TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Inventory
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A Guide to the James B. Clark Papers
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Creator: |
Clark, James
B. |
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Title: |
James B. Clark
Papers |
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Dates: |
1858-1909 |
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Abstract: |
Records maintained by
James B. Clark as Proctor of the University of Texas, including expense
reports, funding statements, correspondence, orders, fees and deposits, and
letterpress. |
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Extent: |
ca. 6 ft. |
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Laguage: |
Materials are written in
English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
The University of Texas at Austin |
James Benjamin Clark, Civil War soldier, lawyer, and university
administrator, was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, in 1831 to William and
Louisa Pearce (Lanier) Clark. He attended Franklin College, Tennessee, and in
1851 entered Harvard College, where he graduated in 1855 and enrolled in the
law school. In 1857 he was admitted to the bar in Jackson, Mississippi. In the
spring of 1861 Clark enlisted in the Eighteenth Mississippi Regiment, C.S.A.;
he served for the rest of the war and became a captain. Afterward he moved to
Harrodsburg, Kentucky, where he edited a newspaper and, on November 11, 1869,
married Florence Anderson. On April 9, 1875, Clark moved to Bonham, Texas,
where he practiced law for ten years. On the organization of the University of
Texas in 1883, Clark became a member of the Board of Regents. On July 1, 1885,
he was named Proctor and Custodian General of the university, a position he
held until his sudden death in Austin on December 6, 1908. Clark Field, the
baseball field at the university from 1928 to 1974, was named for him.
[from the Handbook of Texas]
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Records maintained by Clark as Proctor of the University of Texas,
including expense reports, funding statements, correspondence, orders, fees and
deposits, and letterpress.
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James B. Clark Papers, Dolph Briscoe
Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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Inventory |
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| 4L470 |
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Proctor's Records |
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Ledger of itemized operating expenses for the Main
University and the Medical Department, 1885-1899 |
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| 4M379 |
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Financial statements concerning University funding,
ca. 1858-1902 |
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List of credits acquired by students,
undated |
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| 4P278 |
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Proctor's correspondence, records, 1899-1902 |
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| 4Q408 |
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Proctor's orders, 1896-1897 |
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| 4Q480 |
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University Hall checkbooks and check stubs,
1900-1901 |
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| 4Q483 |
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Entrance fee and library deposit stubs, 1887-1889, 1891-1893 |
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| 4Q484 |
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Admission fee and library deposit stubs, 1886-1887 |
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Permits to be examined (1 vol.), 1887-1888 |
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Permits to matriculate and to enter school, special
students (1 vol.), 1890-1891 |
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| 4Q485 |
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Permits to matriculate and to enter school, special
students (1 vol.), 1886-1890 |
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Permits to matriculate and to enter school, regular
students (1 vol.), 1888-1890 |
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Check stubs, 1888, 1890 |
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| 4R102 |
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Correspondence, receipts, 1892-1904 |
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B. Hall Correspondence, 1900-1903 |
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| 2R281 |
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Letterpress, April 17, 1902 - October 26, 1903 |
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| 4P279 |
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Rules for the library |
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Letters from Mrs. Clark |
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Letters from Ashbel Smith |
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Letters from public schools |
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Personal business letters,
ca. 1885 |
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| 4Q484 |
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Personal check stubs,
1889-1890 |
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| 4Q483 |
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Personal check stubs,
1890-1893 |
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| 2.325/K75c |
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Daily Texan (University of
Texas student newspaper) commemorating the life and career of James B. Clark,
January 1, 1909 |
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