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Timmons, James Aloysia, 1836-1902 (Sc 3434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Timmons, James Aloysia, 1836-1902 (Sc 3434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3434. Letter, 18 March 1869, of James A. Timmons, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to A. T. Stewart. The struggling schoolmaster implores Stewart, a wealthy New York merchant and fellow native of Ireland, to help him save his home from judicial sale and support his vocation “instructing the poor Irish children of this place.” He anticipated repaying Stewart in three years out of the tuition from his American students and what little the Irish students can pay. He enclosed the notice of Commissioner’s sale of his house pursuant to a judgment obtained by creditor Robert …
Ray, Joseph Malchus, 1907-1991 (Sc 3329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ray, Joseph Malchus, 1907-1991 (Sc 3329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text scan of memoirs and photographs and digital files of interviews (Click on "Additional Files" below to access) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3329. Memoirs, sundry papers, and oral histories of Joseph Malchus Ray, a native of Warren County, Kentucky, who went on to teach at universities in Texas, Alabama and Maryland. He ended his career as president of the University of Texas at El Paso in 1968, but stayed on afterwards as the H.Y. Benedict Professor of Political Science at UTEP. The memoirs discuss in detail his professional and personal life and the values that shaped …