Heinsohn, Edmund, papers, 1925-1990.

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...

Heinsohn, Edmund.

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Edmund Heinsohn was born in Fayetteville, Texas on July 17, 1888. He graduated from the University of Texas with A.B. and LL. B. degrees in 1911 and 1912. He practiced for eleven years before entering the Methodist ministry in 1923, and was assigned to the University Methodist Church in Austin, Texas, in 1934, where he remained for twenty-five years. He served as a trustee for Southwestern University and chairman of the board of trustees at Huston-Tillotson College, both of which awarded him hon...

University Methodist Church (Austin, Tex.)

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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 ...

Rainey, Homer P. (Homer Price), 1896-

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Homer Price Rainey (1896-1985) was born in Clarksville, Texas, where he grew up in a poor farming family. He was valedictorian of his class at Lovelady High School in 1913. At the age of 19, he became a Baptist minister, and he served in the United States army during World War I. In 1919, Rainey earned his B.A. degree from Austin College and taught education there for three years before attending the University of Chicago, where he earned a master’s degree in 1923 and a doctorate in...

Smedley, Graham B.

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Graham B. Smedley (1880-1954) was a member of the Commission of Appeals to the Texas Supreme Court, Section B, 1933-1945, and the Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, 1945-1954. An acknowledged authority on land titles, oil and gas rights, and irrigation law, Smedley was known as "the great little dissenter" and for the sharpness of his dissents. He practiced law in Dallas, Midland, Wichita Falls, Fort Worth, and Austin. While with the Texas Attorney General's Office in 1913-18, he hand...

Bedichek, Roy, 1878-1959

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Roy Bedichek was born in 1878 in Illinois but moved to Texas as a child. After graduating from the University of Texas, he worked as a reporter, teacher, and editor and as secretary of various organizations before becoming associated with the University Interscholastic League in 1917 where he remained as director until 1948. He was an avid amateur naturalist and began to write about his interests in 1946. He completed four books before his death in 1959. From the description of Bedic...

Hickman, John E.

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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964

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J. Frank Dobie was a noted Texas author and English professor at The University of Texas at Austin. He was also editor of the Texas Folklore Society's publications during the 1930's and 1940's. From the description of Letter : to W.A. Philpott, 1938 April 12. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22699684 Historian, author, folklorist. Born in 1888 on a ranch in Live Oak County, Texas, Dobie was awarded his B.A. by Southwestern University (1910), M.A. by Co...

Jester, Beauford Halbert, 1893-1949

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University of Texas Board of Regents

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Smith, A. Frank, 1889-1962

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Smith was the owner of the Photographic Temple of Art, Lobban's Building, Main Street, Charlottesville, Va. From the description of University of Virginia Rotunda carte-de-visite, 1870 (ca.). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49377882 Owner of a plantation in Princeton, Mississippi. From the description of Plantation records, 1851-1852. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 22291881 ...

Methodist Church

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From a small beginning in May 1932, the Methodist Crusaders Choir, then with 75 choristers, was hurriedly formed and made its first public appearance at the General Conference Meetings of the Methodist Church of Australasia. It is primarily a hymn-singing choir, and the devoted members feel that the main purpose in their coming together is to spread the gospel message of the Church by means of song. From the description of 7066 Methodist Crusaders' Young People's Choir Records, 1949-...