Papers, 1834-1956, 1946-1949.

Webb, Walter Prescott, 1888-1963

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6621qz0 (person)

Walter Prescott Webb (April 3, 1888 in Panola County, Texas – March 8, 1963 near Austin, Texas) was an American historian noted for his groundbreaking work on the American West. As president of the Texas State Historical Association, he launched the project that produced the Handbook of Texas. He is also noted for his early criticism of the water usage patterns in the region. In 2012, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy &#38 Western Heritage Museum. Webb w...

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fv9b1g (person)

Sheridan claimed he was born in Albany in the State of New York, the third child of six of John and Mary Meenagh Sheridan, Irish Catholic immigrants from the parish of Killinkere in County Cavan, Ireland. He grew up in Somerset, Ohio. Fully grown, he reached only 165 cm (5 feet 5 inches) tall, a stature that led to the nickname, "Little Phil." Abraham Lincoln described his appearance in a famous anecdote: "A brown, chunky little chap, with a long body, short legs, not enough neck to hang him, an...

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ck93n8 (person)

Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

Rister, Carl Coke, 1889-1955

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64j1ck4 (person)

Historian, author, professor. Born in 1889 in Hayrick, Coke County, Texas. Awarded B. A. (1915) by Simmons College in Abilene, Texas , M.A. (1919) and Ph. D. (1925) by George Washington University. Served on the faculty of Simmons University (now Hardin-Simmons University) from 1920-1929; University of Oklahoma from 1929-1951; and Texas Technological College from 1951-1955. Served as president of the Mississippi Valley Historical Society, and was a member of numerous academic and historical orga...

Hafen, LeRoy R. (LeRoy Reuben), 1893-1985

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tm83mt (person)

Director of the Colorado State Historical Society and professor of history at Brigham Young University. From the description of Papers, 1820-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536868 From the description of Papers, 1847-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461669 Le Roy Reuben Hafen (1893-1985) was the state historian at the State Historical Society of Colorado for 30 years. Author of numerous articles and books on the history of the American West, Hafen edi...

Texas Technological College. Dept. of History

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qv8tqb (corporateBody)

United States. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km312r (corporateBody)

The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sk28nd (person)

Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Castañeda, Carlos Eduardo, 1896-1958

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ww7hwc (person)

Carlos Eduardo Castañeda was professor of Latin-American history at the University of Texas. He was the author of Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936. The Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, San Antonio, Texas, was founded by Franciscan missionaries in 1720. Secularization began in 1794, and the Mission was closed in 1824. From the description of Life in the old Mission of San Jose / by Carlos E. Castaneda, University of Texas, [1933?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702...

Satanta, Kiowa Chief, approximately 1815-1878

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xs6c2v (person)

Payne, David Lewis, 1836-1884

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v7101t (person)

Richardson, Rupert Norval, 1891-1988

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68s63th (person)

Teacher, researcher, author, university administrator, churchman, and civic servant. Born 1891 in Stephens County, Texas. Associated with Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, Tex.) as either a student or faculty member or administrator from 1907-1988. Serving as university president from 1943-1953. Founded (1924) and served as long-time editor-in-chief of the West Texas Historical Association. Best known work, TEXAS: THE LONE STAR STATE, was first published in 1943; its fourth edition was publish...