Rudolph Leopold Biesele papers, 1820-1959.

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Rudolph Leopold Biesele papers, 1820-1959.

Rudolph Leopold Biesele served as a faculty member in the History Department at the University of Texas from 1931-1957. He also taught at Corsicana and Waco High Schools (1910-1924), the University of Alabama (1929), and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (1930). Biesele is known for his book, The History of German Settlements in Texas 1831-1861 (1931). His papers are arranged in five series: written works (1929-1952), correspondence (1926-1959), research (1820-1952), student work (1933-1940), and maps (1910-1956).

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University of Texas. Dept. of History

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Biesele, Rudolph Leopold, 1886-1960

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Rudolph L. Biesele was born January 29, 1886 in York's Creek, Texas and died in Austin on January 4th, 1960. A full-time history professor at the University of Texas at Austin, with a passion for his German heritage, he devoted most of his life to the research and writing of early German settlements in Texas. In his youth, Biesele was educated in Guadalupe County public schools. He received his teaching certificate from Southwest Texas State Normal School (now Southwest ...