Papers, 1909-1964, 1933-1964.

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Papers, 1909-1964, 1933-1964.

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Includes correspondence, legal, financial, and printed material, literary productions, charts, photographs, and scrapbook materials pertaining to Dr. Armstrong's career as an optometrist in Brownwood, Texas. Collection bulks (1933-1964) with business and personal correspondence, which includes a signed letter from Helen Keller.

1,363 leaves

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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Armstrong, R. Wright (Robert Wright), 1892-1966

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Railroad executive, civic leader, veteran, musician, University Board Member. Born in 1892 in Brownwood, Texas. Served in World War I and World War II. Vice-president of the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad and served on the Board of Directors of Texas Technological College from 1961-1966. Member of the Committee of Governing Boards of State Supported Universities, Texas Transportation Institute, West Texas Chamber of Commerce, Brownwood Chamber of Commerce, Texas Heritage Foundation, and American...

Armstrong, Mollie Wright, 1875-1964

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Optometrist, civic leader. Born in 1875 in Bell County, Texas. Began her practice in 1899 in Brownwood, Texas, as the first woman optometrist in Texas. Served on the State Board of Optometry Examiners for 25 years, served as director of the Brownwood Chamber of Commerce, was a member of the State Democratic Executive Committee, and organized the Business and Professional Women's Club of Brownwood. After retiring at age 89, she wrote a history of optometry in Texas. She h...

Wright, Thomas Cooper.

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Keller, Helen, 1880-1968

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Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968) devoted her life to bettering the education and treatment of the blind, the deaf, and the nonverbal, and was a pioneer in educating the public in the prevention of blindness in newborns. Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880. When Helen Keller was 19 months old she became ill with Scarlet Fever, which resulted in her becoming blind and deaf. In her autobiography The Story of My Life, a book she first wrote in 1903 at the age of 23, she desc...