Texas War Records Collection, 1916-1919, 1940-1951

American Library Association

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The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. Founded in 1876, it is the oldest and largest library association in the world....

Webb, Walter Prescott, 1888-1963

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Walter Prescott Webb (April 3, 1888 in Panola County, Texas – March 8, 1963 near Austin, Texas) was an American historian noted for his groundbreaking work on the American West. As president of the Texas State Historical Association, he launched the project that produced the Handbook of Texas. He is also noted for his early criticism of the water usage patterns in the region. In 2012, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy &#38 Western Heritage Museum. Webb w...

Woolrich, Willis Raymond, 1889-

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Willis Raymond Woolrich, 1889-1977, was born in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, on March 1, 1889. He received a bachelor of science from the University of Wisconsin in 1911 and an advanced degree in 1923. Afterward Woolrich worked as an engineer for both Western Electric and the International Harvester Company. In 1916 he joined the University of Tennessee and helped develop new methods of refrigeration. Woolrich later became the director of the Agriculture Industry Division of the Tennessee Valley Au...

Milam, Carl Hastings, 1884-1963

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Carl Milam recalls his experiences during World War I. He offers general background information and shares his thoughts regarding the war. He mentions his basic training and reluctance to go to war. Other topics discussed include: his reaction to President Woodrow Wilson's declaration of war; his trip overseas; impressions of the French people; camp conditions, troop morale; his attitude toward the Armistice; the return trip to the United States; receiving his discharge; contact with other veter...

Jewett, A. C.

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Ramsdell, Charles W. (Charles William), 1877-1942

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Charles William Ramsdell, Sr. (1877-1942) was born at Salado, Bell County, Texas. His entire career was associated with the University of Texas (UT), which he entered as a student in 1900. He received B. A. and M. A. degrees from UT in 1903 and 1904, respectively, and a Ph. D from Columbia University in 1910. On August 26, 1906, he married Susan Griffith, and the couple had two children, Dr. Mary Alice R. Dye and Charles William Ramsdell, Jr. From 1906 until his death on July 3, 194...

Benedict, Harry Yandell, 1869-1937

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Harry Yandell Benedict (1869-1937) was a mathematician, astronomer and educator. He served as the tenth president of the University of Texas from 1927 until his death. Benedict belonged to many academic societies and authored several books. He was instrumental in the building of the McDonald Observatory. Benedict Hall on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, is named for him. From the description of Benedict, Harry Yandell, papers, 1855-1940. (University of Texas Libraries...

United States Food Administration

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American food regulatory agency. From the description of Food Administration records, 1917-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866949 Organized in 1917; managed civilian food production, distribution, conservation and pricing during World War I; using both volunteers and a paid staff, accomplished its work in New Jersey through an enforcement division, through committees representing different food trades, through county-level food administrators and through publicity ef...

Blair, William McC. (William McCormick), 1916-

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Ambassador. From the description of Reminiscences of William McCormick Blair, Jr. : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122480904 ...

Gutsch, Milton R., 1885-1967

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Dunlap, Orrin Elmer, 1896-1970

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Orrin E. Dunlap (1861-1953) was a photographer and writer based in Niagara Falls who offered a unique perspective on Niagara Falls. Dunlap was also the managing editor for the Niagara Falls Gazette from 1890-1895....

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941

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Lawyer, business executive, Democratic Party leader, U.S. secretary of the treasury, Director General of Railroads, and U.S. senator from California. From the description of Papers of William Gibbs McAdoo, 1786-1941 (bulk 1880-1941). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063506 McAdoo was born near Marietta, Cobb County, GA, on Oct. 31, 1863; attended the Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville; admitted to TN bar in 1885 and began law practice in Chattanooga, TN; moved to NYC, 1892; devel...

Williams, O. W. 1853-1946.

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Bryant, John Myron, 1877-

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Allen, Winnie.

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University of Texas and Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center archivist (1925-1960) was born in Henrietta, Texas, in 1895, taught school at various locations in the state (1917-1923), authored several books on Texas history, and died in 1985. From the description of Allen, Winnie, papers, 1863-1964. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23087299 Temple Houston Morrow was a grandson of Sam Houston. Winnie Allen was an archivist at the Library of the University ...

Porter, George Forbes, 1902-

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Texas. Militia

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Winkler, Ernest William, 1875-1960

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Ernest William Winkler (1875-1960) was a librarian and bibliographer. He was state librarian of Texas in 1906, and from 1909 to 1915. He became librarian of the University of Texas in 1923. He compiled and edited the Check List of Texas Imprints . From the guide to the Winkler, Ernest William, Papers 68-177; 69-106; 73-073; 74-039; 81-076; 2012-041., 1846-1972, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) Ernest William Winkler (1875-1960) w...

Granberry, Collier Read

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Collier Read Granberry (1899-1962) was an instructor and professor of electrial engineering at the University of Texas (1926-1962) and parliamentarian of the Texas House of Representatives for 18 legislatures (1915-1962). From the description of Granberry, Collier Read, papers, 1851-1966. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 318189429 Austin native Collier Read Granberry (1899-1962) received a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Tex...

United States. Fuel Administration

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American governmental wartime regulatory agency. From the description of Fuel Administration miscellaneous records, 1916-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869838 ...

Texas. Council of Defense

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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...

Vinson, Robert Trent

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Powers, Robert B.

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McClendon, James William.

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Detroit physician. President of the Detroit branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1938 to 1945. From the description of James J. McClendon papers, 1932-1969. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321089 ...

Goodwin, John Edward

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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 ...

Texas War Records Collection Organization

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The Texas War Records Collection comprises materials related to Texas' participation in World War I and World War II. The collection has its roots in an organization developed at the University of Texas circa 1918-1919, the Texas War Records Collection organization. This organization was proposed by Milton R. Gutsch, history professor at the University of Texas at Austin, October 8, 1918, and approved by the School of History and then University President Robert E. Vinson a few days...

United States. Council of National Defense

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Duncalf, Frederic 1882-

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