Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Addison Clark Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: MS - 224
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Addison Clark and the Clark family from 1867-1910. The first box contains strictly letters from Addison Clark and his wife Sallie McQuigg Clark. In this correspondence, there is mention of Addran College, Thorp Springs, and their children: Addison (Addie) Jr., Jessie May, Bessie Clark, and Carlton Clark. These letters detail Addison Clark's travels throughout the United States as he preaches and visits various churches. He also mentions the progress of AddRan College over time...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1867 - 1910
Ben Procter Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 151
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, photographs, collected research, notes, manuscripts, interviews, book drafts, and lecture notes document the scholarly career of Dr. Ben Procter. The material dates from 1840 through 2006 and covers Dr. Procter's major areas of scholarly interest, William Randolph Hearst, the Texas Rangers (law enforcement agency), and John H. Reagan, Postmaster General of the Confederate States of America. Also part of the collection are class notes from Procter's time at Harvard University,...
Dates:
1840-2007
Colby Dixon Hall and Beatrice Tomlinson Hall Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 190
Scope and Contents
Handwritten correspondence documents two years in the courtship of Colby Hall and Beatrice Tomlinson, who married in August of 1909. During that time, Beatrice was an undergraduate at TCU in Waco and Colby served as Educational Secretary at TCU. In this role, Hall traveled throughout Texas to promote TCU among Disciples of Christ congregations. The letters between the couple are affectionate, and describe their daily lives while apart. The collection also includes letters to Colby and...
Dates:
1892-1960 Inclusive; Majority of material found within 1907-1909 Bulk
Dave Oliphant papers, 1939-2013 (inclusive), 1970-2013 (bulk).
Collection
Identifier: MS15
Overview
The papers document the career of Dave Oliphant. The majority of the papers consist of correspondence, Oliphant's writings, and the publications produced by Prickly Pear Press.
Dates:
1939-2013
Ernest M. Ligon Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS137
Overview
This collection contains correspondence, diaries, record books, manuscript drafts, photographs, and scrapbooks. The bulk of the papers are dedicated to the Character Research Project founded by Ligon. There is also extensive correspondence between Ligon and Eli Lilly, who supported his research.
Dates:
1910-1980; Majority of material found in 1910-1980 inclusive, 1923-1975
Geoffrey Hobday Scrapbooks and Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS 127
Scope and Contents
The collection is divided into two series: I. Scrapbooks 1934-1961; II. Photographs 1950-
1960. The first series, Scrapbooks, 1934-1961 includes three scrapbooks of newspaper
clippings, magazines, playbills, programs, pictures, and letters related to his career as a
conductor. The first scrapbook [large one] chronicles his life’s work from 1934 to 1957
and focuses on Hobday’s performances in Great Britain, France, and Italy. One-third of
the first scrapbook concerns his time in Fort Worth and...
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Joseph Warren Hays Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 159
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a complete set of letters written by Joseph Warren Hays to his family while serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II. The letters detail his aviation training across the United States and his service in Europe toward the end of the war. In his later years, Mr. Hays wrote recollections of his missions over Europe. The collection also includes printed publications, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, a photograph of Hays, and ephemera.
Dates:
1941-1962; 2010; Majority of material found in 1943-1945
letter to Grace Halsell from the U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Digital Record
Identifier: 92
Dates:
1978-04-17
Linda Loftis Tobias Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 125
Scope and Contents
The papers include correspondence, student records and
recitals, performance programs, and news clippings.
Dates:
Other: 1961-2003
Love Family Letters
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 001
Scope and Contents
Correspondence (87 letters and fragments) and a Dallas Morning News article. Letters are arranged chronologically, individually enclosed and then organized into folders by decade. The folders lay flat in an oversized box.
The correspondence deals primarily with the daily life of soldiers, troop movements and battles fought. Requests are often made for news from home. The newspaper article gives a detailed description of the assassination of Robert Love.
Dates:
1859-1903; Majority of material found in 1859-1866