Descriptive Summary
Coop, Leonard G.
Leonard G. Coop Photograph
Album
1919-1926
Materials are written in
English.
95-050
3 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History,The University of Texas at
Austin
Leonard G. Coop was a
Field Director for the American Red Cross from 1919 to 1926. This album
documents Coop's career in Texas and also several major disasters including the
Corpus Christi hurricane of 1919, the Hatch, New Mexico flood of 1922 and the
Florida hurricane of 1926.
Biographical NoteLeonard G. Coop was a Field Director for
the American Red Cross from 1919 to 1926.
Scope and ContentsThis album documents Coop’s career in
the Red Cross and the places in Texas where he was stationed, among them Fort
Bliss, Camp Bowie, Fort McIntosh and William Beaumont General hospital in El
Paso. Also very vividly portrayed are some of the disasters to which the Red
Cross responded, including the Corpus Christi hurricane of 1919, the Hatch, New
Mexico flood of 1922 and the Florida hurricane of 1926. The Mexican Revolution
and conflicts along the border with Texas are also portrayed, mainly in photo
postcards by W. H. Horne.
Access RestrictionsUnrestricted access.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Coop, Leonard G.
Horne, W. H. (Walter H.),
1883-1921--photographer
Subjects (Organizations)
American Red Cross
Subjects
Big Bend Region (Tex.)
Hospitals
Hurricanes
Mexico--History--Revolution,
1910-1920
Places
Camp Bowie
(Tex.)
Corpus Christi
(Tex.)
El Paso (Tex.)
Fort Bliss
(Tex.)
Fort McIntosh
Hatch (N. M.)
Preferred CitationLeonard G. Coop Photograph Album,
1919-1926, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas
at Austin.
Processing InformationBasic processing and cataloging of
this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s
History Revealed: Bringing Collections to
Light project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
3So45a
Photograph Album