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University of Texas, Center for American History

A Guide to the Adams (Walter Dickson) Papers, 1880-1961


Descriptive Summary

CreatorAdams, Walter Dickson 1871-1961
TitleAdams (Walter Dickson) Papers
Dates: 1880-1961
Accession No.AR 62-75
Extent8 ft, 9 in.
LanguageEnglish.
RepositoryCenter for American History,The University of Texas at Austin

Biographical Note

Adams was editor of Texas Druggist magazine for 20 years (1922-1942) and served as president of the Texas Pharmaceutical Association and the American Pharmaceutical Association.

Scope and Contents

Papers concern the career of pharmacist Adams (1872-1961), a prominent leader in his profession who was active in state and national politics and in the promotion of higher education in Texas. Adams’s interest in local and family history is also reflected in the papers.

Correspondence, speeches, reports, account books, legislative bills, prescriptions, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings and pamphlets arranged chronologically under subject.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted Access.

Index Terms

Subjects (Persons)
Adams, Walter Dickson, 1872-1961
Adams family
Bailey, Joseph Weldon, 1863-1929
Forney, John Wien, 1817-1881Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967
Forney family
Graham, J. W.
Subjects
American Pharmaceutical Association
Texas Pharmaceutical Association
College of Industrial Arts (Denton, Tex.).
Pharmacists--Texas
Pharmacists--Texas
Dallas (Tex.)--History--Sources
Forney (Tex.)--History--Sources
Kaufman (Tex.)--History--Sources

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Walter Dickson Adams Papers, 1880-1961, the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Correspondence:

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2N2831894-1914
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2N2841915-1924, 1926-1958, undated
University of Texas 1922-1959
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2N285American Pharmaceutical Association
1924-February 1932
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2N286March, 1932-May 1936
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2N2871936
Council letters 1930-1935
Headquarters building 1924-1958
Remington Medal 1931-1961
Fairchild Scholarship 1932
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2N288American Pharmaceutical Association publication expenses 1931-1936
J. W. Graham 1889-1932
American Pharmaceutical Association letter books 1929-1932
History of Texas pharmacy 1927-1930
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2N289Texas Pharmaceutical Association
1917-1937
Ladies Auxiliary 1919-1952
Presidents, biographical data 1928-1929
Military pharmacy 1929-1936
John W. Forney 1935-1959
College of Industrial Arts 1909-1917
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2N290Forney Post Office 1902-1952
Adams family, genealogical 1900-1957
Speeches and public addresses


 

Reports and membership rolls:

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2N291American Pharmaceutical Association, annual convention 1934-1936
Texas Pharmaceutical Association:
Convention reports 1915, 1934
Financial reports 1926-1935
Executive Committee reports 1922-1933
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2N292Texas Druggist reports 1933-1942
Texas Pharmaceutical Association membership rolls 1896-1909
American Pharmaceutical Association membership roll 1931
Registered pharmacists in Texas rolls 1933, 1935


 

Miscellaneous manuscript material:

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2N292Texas Veteran Druggist Association
Texas Pharmaceutical Association constitution
Survey of Texas Retail Druggists 1932
Essays and articles
Proceedings, 13th annual meeting, national Association of Boards of Pharmacy and American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy 1939
Adams, biographical and personal
John W. Forney


 

Ledger books:

(for additional ledgers, see oversize material)
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2N2931883-1896
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2N2941894-1903
1912
1941


 

Prescriptions

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2N294Prescriptions [ca. 1886-1896]


 

Proceedings

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2N295Texas Pharmaceutical Association 1880-1889


 

Invoices, receipts, miscellaneous business papers

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2N2951886-1901
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2N2961903-1918, 1932, 1936, 1949-1950


 

Printed material:

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2N297Advertising copy
American Pharmaceutical Association annual meeting programs 1930-1958 [incomplete]
Texas Pharmaceutical Association annual meeting programs 1928-1938 [incomplete]
Texas Pharmaceutical Legislation
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2N298Certificates, membership cards, passes
Miscellaneous printed material


 

Scrapbooks:

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2N298State Pharmaceutical Conventions [ca. 1924-1937]
Miscellaneous scrapbook materials
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2N299State Pharmaceutical Conventions 1929-1935
National Pharmaceutical Convention 1932
Adams presidential election 1931
Adams Day celebration 1932
Joseph W. Bailey


 

Printed material:

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2N300Newspaper material
Unmounted clippings


 

Photographs:

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3S102Adams, Walter D.
29 views
Adams, Mrs. Walter D.
Alcuit [?], Mallie
Anderson, Marvin C.
2 views
Anderson, Robert B.
2 copies
Anderson, Mrs. Robert B.
Bass, H.K.
Bass, John H.
2 copies
Baum, W.
Betterton, W. J.
3 copies
Bickford, D.M.
Bodeman, W.
Bolin, J.M.
Bradley, J.H.
Brenner, L.C.
Burgheim, Jacob
2 views
Burlage, Henry M
2 copies
Byars, E.C.
Campbell, J.G.
Cole, Buster
Compton, R.B., Jr.
Compton, R.B., Sr.
Connally, Tom
Conner, L. Meyers
3 views
Dreis, Herman
Dreiss, Adolph
Dreiss, Edward
2 views
Duncan, Chester A.
Dunning, H.A.B.
Ellis, Lester
Evans, Coakey
Fearis, B.W.
Fernandez, Y.D.
Fischelis, Robert P.
Forney, John W.
Garner, John Nance
Graham, James [?]
Graham, J.W.
2 views
Graham, Mrs. J. W.
Graves, George D.
Gregg, G.L.
Griffith, A.W.
Harben, Carson
Harben, Sam P.
2 views
Harben, Mrs. Sam P.
Harrison, Wilford
Hays, Harvey L.
Hayter, J.P.
Hein, Henry F.
Heyer, George W.
Hilton, S.L.
Hooker, Harry
Hopkins, Diana
Hopkins, Harry L.
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
5 views
Kalteyer, F. J.
Kalteyer, George H
2 views
Kelly, E.F.
Linton, Jack
Long, J.S.
Lowe, John
McCloskey, John F.
2 views
Meissner, Fred
Montgomery, Louis
Morrow, Sam
Murdock, Wilborn Henry
Neville, George
Newcome, E.L. [?]
Patterson, W.H.
Philip, W. Bruce
Phillips, E.C.
Pittard, Knox
Powell, T.W.
Price, Homer
3 copies
Ray, John B.
Ray, Mrs. John B.
Rayburn, Sam
4 views
Reviere, L.C.
Reynolds, George T.
Rice, George H.,
2 views
Rice, H.D.
Rike, Mrs. Zeb
Riley, James Whitcomb
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
2 views
Roosevelt, Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Franklin, Jr.
Roosevelt, Mrs. Franklin, Jr.
Roosevelt, Franklin, III
Roosevelt, Mrs. J.R.
Roosevelt, Mrs. James
Schaefer, Hugo H.
Seely, A.H.
Sheppard, Morris
2 views
Skillern, W. Arthur
Stoddardt, Thomas
Sumners, Hatton W.
Texas Drug Travelers Association
Texas Pharmaceutical Association, 28th convention, Waco, Texas June 1907
Texas Pharmaceutical Association, ladies auxiliary [ca. 1926]


 

Oversize material:

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3S143


 

Oversize photographs:

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3S163Adams, Walter D.
5 views
Anderson, M.C.
Bass, John H.
Birdwell, G.D.
Bradley, J.H.
Brenner, L.C.
Brown, B.B.
Burgheim, Jacob
Burns, W.C.
Burrough, H.C.
Carleton, H.L.
Caskey, Eugene M.
Collier, Jack
Collins, J.W.
Connally, Tom
Conner, L. Meyers
Conner, L. Meyers
Cousins, Walter H.
Covey, John W.
Craycroft, C.E.
Danforth, W. J.
Dillard, R.G.
Dreiss, Edward
Eberle, E.G.
Fearis, B.W.
Fischer, A. M.
Galen, (130-201 A.D.)
Graham, J.W.
Griffith, Arthur W.
Harben, Sam P.
Harris, C.C.
Hayter, J.P.
Hazlett, James L.
Hein, Henry F.
Henrich, A.C.
Heyer, George W.
Hippocrates, (460-361 B.C.)
Jackson, H.C.
Kalteyer, George H.
Keating, P.V.
Laseoff, Lou
Marvin, Z.E.
Medieval hospitals
Morrison, Harlee
Morrison, W.B.
Murdock, Wilborn H.
National Association of Retail Druggists Convention
3 views
National Institute of Pharmacy
3 views
Neville, George
Oesch, Edward D.
Oliver, E.B.
Paracelsus (1493-1540)
Paul, W.U.
Philips, E.C.
Pierce, F.A.
Pittard, J. Knox
Pool, Roy
Price, Homer M.
Ray, John B.
Rhazes (865-925 A.D.)
Rice, George H.
2 views
Rike, Zeb W.
Roesch, C.J.M.
Schrodt, Jacob
Seeley, A.H.
Seibert, J.E.
Short, Lester
Skillern, W. Arthur
Snell, Tom J.
Stinson, Lee T.
Thames, Joseph J.
Thames, M.G.
Thompson, A.A.
Tucker, William L.
Unidentified
4 views
Vesalius
Voelcker, Rudolph
Walker, R.H.
2 views
Weeks, John A.
Wells, E.M.
Wentland, W.H.
Whisenant, Walter H.
Williams, C.B.
Williams, J.L.


 

Panoramic photographs:

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3T400a