Descriptive Summary
Tharp, Benjamin Carroll
Tharp, Benjamin Carroll
Papers
1920-1921
Materials are written in English.
63-6; 63-72
5 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
Legal papers including an abstract of
evidence, investigations, and stenographic report of Benjamin Carroll Tharp,
botanist and professor, relate to the Red River Boundary dispute between Oklahoma
and Texas, 1920-21.
Biographical Sketch
Benjamin Carroll Tharp (1885–1964) was a botanist, born in Pankey, Grimes County,
Texas. He earned his B.A (1914) and M.A. (1915) from the University of Texas. He
served as plant pathologist at the Texas Department of Agriculture, 1915 to 1917,
and associate professor of biology at Sam Houston Normal Institute, 1917 to 1919,
before joining the University of Texas faculty as a botany instructor. His work on
the ecological survey of 1921 greatly contributed to the settlement of the
Texas-Oklahoma boundary dispute. Tharp retired in 1956.
Sources: Handbook of Texas
Online, s.v. Boundaries,
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/mgb2.html (accessed May 27,
2010).
Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. Tharp, Benjamin,
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/TT/fth1.html (accessed May 27,
2010).
Scope and Contents
The Benjamin Carroll Tharp Papers, 1920-1921, include legal documents relating to the
Oklahoma-Texas Red River Boundary dispute. The papers contain materials such as an
abstract of evidence for Oklahoma vs. Texas, investigations on the Red River, and
stenographic reports.
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Use Restrictions
Unrestricted use.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Tharp, Benjamin Carroll,
1885-1964--Archives.
Sellards, E. H. (Elias Howard), 1875-1961
Hill, Raymond Thompson, b. 1883
Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950
Subjects
Water boundaries
Boundaries--Cases
Boundaries, State
Places
Texas--Boundaries--Oklahoma
Oklahoma--Boundaries--Texas
Red River (Tex.-La.)
Preferred Citation
Benjamin Carroll Tharp Papers, 1920-1921, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
The University of Texas at Austin.
Separated Material
Some material has been separated to the Map Collection.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Chester V. Kielman, September 1962 and March
1963.
Basic 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
2N333
State of Oklahoma versus State of Texas, part II, abstract of
evidence
2N333
Investigations on the Red River
2N333
Stenographic report, volumes 52, 53, 54, 67