Benedict, Harry Yandell, papers, 1855-1940.

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Benedict, Harry Yandell, papers, 1855-1940.

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Papers produced by Harry Y. Benedict and by members of the Benedict family. Materials relate to family history, and to Benedict as a student, professor and president of the University of Texas. Included are official correspondence and records of the University, speeches on education and related subjects, records concerning the Carl Stone Benedict Scholarship, and Benedict's history of the University of Texas. Papers also contain miscellaneous documentation on business and political developments, weather, railroads, and Bethany Church in Nacogdoches (1853-1882), as well as materials related to pioneer Methodist minister Orceneth L. Fisher (1803-1880) and his second wife Rebecca Jane Gilleland Fisher (1831-1926), president of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas for 32 years (1894-1926) and often called the "Mother of Texas". Included are correspondence, speeches, literary productions, class notes, memoranda, biographical data, legal papers, scrapbooks and photographs.

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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 ...

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...

Daughters of the Republic of Texas

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University of Texas Board of Regents.

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Fisher, Rebecca Jane Gilleland, 1831-1926

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Called the Mother of Texas, Rebecca Jane Gilleland Fisher (1831-1926), was born in Philadelphia on August 31, 1831, the daughter of Johnson Gilleland and Mary Barbour. Fisher moved with her family to Texas around 1837. Her father fought in the Texas Revolution under Captain Thomalson. Living near Don Carlos Rancho in Refugio County, the Gilleland family was attacked by members of the Comanche tribe in 1840. The Comanche murdered her parents and captured Fisher and her brother, Willi...

Bethany Baptist Church (Nacogdoches County, Tex.)

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Fisher, Orceneth, 1803-1880

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Born in Illinois, Orceneth Asbury Fisher (1831-1885) was the son of Methodist circuit rider Orceneth and Elizabeth Watts Fisher. The Methodist church sent the elder Fisher to Texas in 1839. Two years later, he led a group of five wagons, including his family, to the Republic. He preached and led ministries throughout East Texas, including service as chaplain of the Congress of the Republic of Texas, before being transferred to California and then Oregon. Orceneth Asbury Fisher follo...

Benedict family.

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