Battle, William James, photographs, 1888-1959.

University of Texas.

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These slides were transferred to the Briscoe Center from the Harry Ransom Center in 2008. From the guide to the UT Color Slides Collection 2008-079., 1938-1965, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) These images were used for UT’s 75th Anniversary presentations in 1958. Many are copies of photographs in the Briscoe Center’s collections and are dated much earlier than the reproductions in this collection. From the guide to ...

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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Woodrow Wilson (b. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia-d.February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), was the twenty-eight President of the United States, 1913-1921; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-1913; and president of Princeton University, 1902-1910. Biographical Note 1856, Dec. 28 Born, Staunton, Va. 1870 ...

Battle, William James, 1870-1955

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William James Battle, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1888 and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1893, the same year he went to the University of Texas as associate professor of Greek. Dean of the College of Arts by 1908 and Dean of Faculty by 1911, Battle was elected acting president of the university in 1914. After a controversial two years he stepped down and in 1917 went to the University of Cincinnati until 1920 when he returned...

University of Texas. Students

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Terrell, Alexander Watkins, 1827-1912

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Alexander Watkins Terrell was born November 3, 1827 in Patrick County, Virginia. In 1832 his family moved to Cooper County, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Missouri, he read law at Booneville, and was admitted to the Missouri bar in 1849. His first law practice was in St. Joseph. After moving to Austin, Texas (1852), he became judge of the Second Judicial District (1857-1862). In 1863, he enlisted as major in the 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment, Arizona Brigade; after promotion t...

Brown, Robert L. (Robert Leslie)

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During the summer of 1967, Robert L. Brown worked for the Alaska Department of Highways, Fairbanks District, and spent his time at Nenana, Alaska, working on the Tanana River Bridge, Milepost 3 on the George Parks Highway. From the description of Robert L. Brown photographs, 1967. (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 489776152 Mormon author who wrote "They Lie in Wait to Deceive" with his wife Rosemary. From the description of Interview, 1981. (...

Parlin, Hanson Tufts, 1879-1951

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Kinsolving, George Herbert, 1849-1928

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Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. From the description of George Herbert Kinsolving papers, 1875-1908. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 658901718 University of Virginia students. From the description of Notebook of G.H. and W.L. Kinsolving, 1870-1871. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51207349 George Herbert Kinsolving (1849-1928) was born in Bedford County, Virginia. He attended the University of Virginia (1868-1870) and g...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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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 ...

Burges, R. F. (Richard Fenner), 1873-1945

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Lawyer, soldier, politician, and conservationist Richard Fenner Burges (1873-1945), the son of Bettie Rust and William H. Burges, was born in Seguin, Texas. He attended Texas A&M University for one year and was admitted to the bar in 1894 after reading law in the offices of his father in El Paso and J. D. Guinn in New Braunfels. In 1898, he married Ethel Petrie Shelton, with whom he had a daughter. Burges served as El Paso city attorney and wrote the charter for the establishmen...

Harper, Henry Winston, 1859-1943

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Mezes, Sidney Edward, 1863-1931

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Sidney E. Mezes: professor of philosophy at University of Texas and Dean of Faculty (1902-1908) and University President (1908-1914); in 1914 elected president of College of the City of N.Y., retiring in 1927; in 1917 appointed director of "The Inquiry" to prepare data for the Paris Peace Conference, and accompanied Wilson to Paris in 1919. From the description of Sidney Edward Mezes papers, 1918-1931 (inclusive), 1918-1919 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702167245 ...

Vinson, Robert Ernest, 1876-1945

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Tuttle, Daniel Sylvester, 1837-1923

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First Episcopal bishop to Utah. He served as bishop from 1867-1886. From the description of Correspondence. 1873-1883. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 18231611 Episcopal Bishop of the Missionary District of Montana, Idaho, and Utah, and the Missionary District of Utah and Idaho; Bishop of the Diocese of Missouri; and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (1903-1923). From the description of Daniel Sylvester Tuttle papers, 1871-1915. (Unknown). Wor...

Houston, David Franklin, 1866-1940

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Houston was an educator, cabinet officer, and business executive. In Woodrow Wilson's administration he was secretary of agriculture (1913-1920), secretary of the treasury (1920-1921), and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. From the description of David Franklin Houston papers, 1891-1930 (inclusive), 1913-1921 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612368785 From the guide to the David Franklin Houston papers, 1891-1930 (inclusive), 1913-1921 (bulk)., (Houghto...