[Pamphlet and reprint collection]. [between 1899 and 1930]

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[Pamphlet and reprint collection]. [between 1899 and 1930]

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Pamphlets and letters written by Judge O.W Williams, containing stories and essays about life on the rustic frontier of Texas - particularly the high plains, Big Bend area, and Fort Stockton - at the turn of the 20th century.

10 items in 1 folder ; 37 x 24 cm.

Southwestern University, A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7323050

Southwestern University, A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center

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Williams, O. W. (Oscar Waldo), 1853-1946

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Lawyer, surveyor, historian, and county judge Oscar Waldo Williams (1853-1946), originally from Kentucky, grew up in Carthage, Illinois, and attended school at Christian University in Canton, Missouri, and Bethany College in West Virginia. He earned a law degree from Harvard University in 1876. Due to his contraction of tuberculosis, Williams moved to Dallas, Texas, in 1877 for its dry climate. He initially worked as a surveyor of public lands, including counties and cit...