B.F. Jenness papers.

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B.F. Jenness papers.

Consists of the personal papers of Dr. Burt Franklin Jenness concerning his lifelong career as a physician and educator at the University of Texas at El Paso. Materials include correspondence, periodicals, lecture notes, laboratory guide booklets, photographs, health bulletins, newspaper clippings, biographical material, and brochures. Prominent correspondents include Eugene Cunningham, Duncan Aikman, and Owen Payne White.

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University of Texas at El Paso

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Jenness, Burt Franklin, 1876-

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Long-time El Paso resident, physician, and educator. Born in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, in 1876, Dr. Jenness served in the United States Navy from 1902-1914, and was reactivated during World War I from 1917-1918. He joined the faculty of the University of Texas at El Paso, then the Texas College of Mines, in 1917, where he was an instructor in the mining and biology departments until 1949. Jenness served as director of the university's Health Service until his retirement...

University of Texas at El Paso

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White, Owen P. (Owen Payne), 1879-1946

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Lawyer, rancher, newspaperman, and writer of Southwestern historical works with emphasis on El Paso, Texas. Born in El Paso, Texas, in 1879, and died in New York City, in 1946. Wrote eight published books, dozens of magazine articles, poetry, biographies, and autobiographies, between 1923-1945. His articles appeared in "The American Mercury," "Colliers," and the "New York Times Magazine." From the description of Owen Payne White papers, 1907-1946. (Unknown). ...

Aikman, Duncan, 1889-1955

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Duncan Aikman (1889-1955) was a journalist and author. He has worked for the Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican, the El Paso Times, and served in varying editorial capacities for the Los Angeles Daily News . In 1935, he became a free-lance writer, and in the early 1940's he helped to organize the newspaper PM . His books include Calamity Jane and the Lady Wildcats, The Taming of the Frontier, The All American Front, and The Turning Stream . From the guide to the Duncan Aikman pap...

Cunningham, Eugene, 1896-1957

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Eugene Lafayette Cunningham, author of Western fiction and other works, grew up in Texas, served in the Navy during both World Wars, and began writing in 1915. He was a correspondent for various newspapers and magazines and made a trip on horseback over Central America. After 1932 he wrote mainly Southwestern history and fiction, such as Triggernometry, Riders of the night, etc. From the description of Papers of Eugene Cunningham, 1915-1958. (Huntington Library, Art Collections &...