Tait, George, Family Papers, 1852-1853, 1899-2004

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Tait, George, Family Papers, 1852-1853, 1899-2004

Composed of correspondence, postcards, diaries, printed material, magazine and newspaper clippings, financial records, certificates, books, genealogical and research materials, photographs, and miscellaneous items, the George Tait Family Papers, 1852-1853, 1899-2004, chronicle the history of the Tait and Barber family as well as their activities in Corpus Christi, Fredericksburg, and Beeville, Texas.

19 ft., 9 in.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8204556

University of Texas Libraries

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Tait, George Rankin, 1893-1946

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Tait family

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University of Texas at Austin.

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The University of Texas at Austin (UT) opened in 1883 with eight professors, four assistants, a proctor, and 221 male and female students. The first set of graduates, consisting of thirteen law students, attended UT commencement on June 14, 1884. By World War I, enrollment rose to 2,254 and by World War II to over 11,000. African Americans were admitted in 1950, and by 1966, there were 27,345 students. Over the next 40 years, the university continued to expand. In 2009 e...

Tait, George Lawrence, 1928-

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Born to George Rankin Tait (1893-1946) and Lucille Lorine Barber (1892-1989) in Beeville, Texas, George Lawrence Tait (b. 1928) attended the University of Texas at Austin from 1947 through 1951. His father, George Rankin Tait, attended St. Louis College (now St. Mary’s College) in San Antonio, before enlisting in the U. S. Army during World War I. Following the war, he married Lucille Lorine Barber in 1923, and the couple moved to Corpus Christi, where George worked for Southwestern...

Tait Lucille Barber, 1892-1989

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