Williams, Amelia Worthington, papers, 1815-1985.

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

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Texas politician, soldier, and frontier hero. He was the first president of the Republic of Texas and served as a United States Senator for that state. From the description of Letter, ca. 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699442 From the description of Letter, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435304 Sam Houston's colorful public life began with his heroic action during the war of 1812. He served as congressman and governor of Tennessee, spent years amon...

Barker, Eugene C. (Eugene Campbell), 1874-1956

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Eugene C. Barker was a University of Texas historian and educator. From the description of Barker, Eugene Campbell, papers, 1785-1895, 1812-1895. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 70277022 ...

Kemp, Louis Wiltz, 1881-1956

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Born in Cameron, Texas on September 4, 1881, Louis Wiltz Kemp was deeply interested in Texas history. He was instrumental in the construction of the San Jacinto Monument, the reburial of Texans in the State Cemetery, and the locating of the massacre site of James W. Fannin's men. He did significant research on the veterans of the Battle of San Jacinto and the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Kemp was employed by the Texas Company. He married Violet Volz in 1925. L. W. Kemp died ...

Williams, Amelia Worthington, 1876-1958

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Educator and historian, born in Maysfield, Texas, the oldest child of a merchant and cotton planter, Williams earned a B. A. degree at Southwest Texas State Normal School (1922) and B A. and M. A. degrees (1926) and Ph. D. (1931) at the University of Texas. She taught in several rural Texas schools from 1904 to 1925. From 1925 until retirement in 1951, she taught American and British history at the University of Texas, where she also collaborated with Eugene C. Barker in...

Asbury, Samuel E. (Samuel Erson), 1872-1962

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Asbury, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, was assistant state chemist at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Texas A&M University and an amateur historian and collector of Texana. From the description of Asbury, Samuel Erson, papers, 1920-1955. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22902157 Historian and chemist. From the description of Samuel E. Asbury papers, 1807-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70956192 Harrison w...

Williams, Amelia Worthington, 1876-1958

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Educator and historian, born in Maysfield, Texas, the oldest child of a merchant and cotton planter, Williams earned a B. A. degree at Southwest Texas State Normal School (1922) and B A. and M. A. degrees (1926) and Ph. D. (1931) at the University of Texas. She taught in several rural Texas schools from 1904 to 1925. From 1925 until retirement in 1951, she taught American and British history at the University of Texas, where she also collaborated with Eugene C. Barker in...

Wade, Houston

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