urn:taro:utexas.cah.00420 A Guide to the Joe B. Frantz Papers, 1801-1943, 1951 June 2005Encoded in XMetal 3 by Evan Hocker according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Descriptive Summary Frantz, Joe B. (1917-1993) Joe B. Frantz Papers 1801-1943, 1951 Materials are written in English. 1 ft., 6 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Biographical Note

Historian Joe Bertram Frantz spent his childhood in Weatherford, Texas before attending Weatherford College and the University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1938; M.A., 1940). He began his professional career at the San Jacinto Museum before World War II intervened. Frantz served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and fought in the Pacific Theater. After the war he returned to Texas and studied under legendary University of Texas historian Walter Prescott Webb. Frantz's doctoral dissertation, Gail Borden, Dairyman to a Nation, gained acclaim and in 1949 he was hired to teach in the University of Texas history department.

Frantz soon developed a reputation as a skilled speaker and knowledgeable expert on the American West. He went on to become chair of the history department, as well as president of the Texas State Historical Association and editor of the Association's Southwestern Historical Quarterly. After retiring from the University of Texas, Frantz remained active in many professional organizations and continued to teach at Corpus Christi State University. He died November 13, 1993.

 Scope and Contents

Papers document the professional career of historian Joe B. Frantz. Types of material include literary productions, manuscripts, articles, and bibliographies.

 Preferred Citation

Joe B. Frantz Papers, 1801-1943, 1951, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2N241 Borden Company newspaper articles 2N241 Literary productions 2N241 Literary compositions 2Q79 Papers 2Q79 Literary productions, Six Thousand Miles of Fence, publisher's manuscript 3J244 Literary productions: 3J244 Gail Borden, Dairyman to the Nation, Antecedents: Norwich, New York, 1814 3J244 Kentucky, Indiana, 1814-1822 3J244 1822-1829 3J244 1829-1835 3J244 Thomas H. Borden 3J244 Newspapers, October 1835 - 1836 3J244 Newspaper days, 1837 3J244 non-newspaper, 1836-1837 3J244 1838-1840 3J244 1841-1845 3J244 1846-1850 3J245 Gail Borden, Dairyman to the Nation, 1851-1853 3J245 Meat Biscuit, 1854-1855 3J245 1855 3J245 1856-1860 3J245 1861-1865 3J246 Gail Borden, Dairyman to the Nation, 1866-1875 3J246 1866-1875 3J246 1876-1943 3J246 Undated 3J246 Bibliography 2L151 Speech, "Prospecting in Western History" 3E316 Walter Prescott Webb International Symposium, 1972