Cotner, Robert C., papers, 1767-1981, 1995.

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Cotner, Robert C., papers, 1767-1981, 1995.

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Papers document the career of Robert C. Cotner (1906-1980), historian, author, and professor at the University of Texas at Austin (1940-1977), and consists of correspondence; files concerning course materials, professional activities, and UT's Department of History; typescripts, notes, and other supporting materials related to Cotner's publications, primarily James Stephen Hogg: A Biography (1959). Additional research material includes a religious diary by Adonirum Judson Moore; a diary account of the Philadelphia Exposition; a Civil War diary transcript; the memoirs of James H. Tomb, a Confederate prisoner of war and an engineer in the Confederate Navy and in Brazil during its war with Paraguay; a transcript of a World War I diary of Texas National Guard experiences at Camp Bowie (Fort Worth) and overseas; diary of Martha Sophien Hogg; and a 1917 diary detailing "The Happenings of Squad Eight at Camp Baule[?]". Also conained are photographs, postcards, transparency slides, film strips, sound recordings, newspapers, and artifacts.

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