Descriptive Summary
Tucker, William J.
Tucker, William J. Papers
1905-1946
Materials are written in English.
66-001
5 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
William J. Tucker, soldier, newspaper
editor, author, and conservationist, was born in Longview, Texas. In 1929 he became
the first Executive Secretary of the Texas Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission. The
papers contain letters, literary productions, diaries, military records, and an
obituary.
Biographical Sketch
William J. Tucker, soldier, newspaper editor, author, and conservationist, was born
in Longview, Texas. In 1929 he became the first Executive Secretary of the Texas
Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission, the state’s effort to regulate hunting and
fishing and manage wildlife resources responsibly. From 1931 to 1932 Tucker served
as the president of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, a quasi-official
group of public agencies charged with the protection and management of North
America’s fish and wildlife resources. Additionally, he edited the Taylor, Texas,
Daily Press newspaper and served as a Corporal in
the Army Air Force during World War II.
Sources: William J. Tucker Papers, 1905-1946, Dolph
Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Texas Game and Fish Commission Records. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Past
Presidents. http://www.fishwildlife.org/about_past-presidents.html
(accessed August 2, 2010.)
Scope and Contents
The William J. Tucker Papers, 1905-1946, contain letters, literary productions,
diaries, military records, and an obituary. The records pertain to Tucker’s work
with the Texas Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission and his various writings, including
a play entitled Mammons Hidden Shame and a World War I story called They Didn’t
Have His Number. Additionally, the collection contains Tucker’s WWI diaries of the
voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to France, his battle accounts from WWI in France,
and other writings by Tucker. The papers also include a narrative by I. D. Affleck
entitled Defense of the Alamo, Tucker’s World War II Army Air Force records,
magazine and newspaper clippings, and an obituary for George Tucker by his son H. H.
Tucker. Finally, the collection contains correspondence, including letters between
Tucker and John Marvin Hunter, author, editor, and publisher.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Tucker, William J.--Archives.
Hunter, J. Marvin (John Marvin), 1880-1957
Tucker, George
Affleck, I. D. (Isaac Dunbar), b. 1844
Tucker, H. H.
Subjects (Organizations)
United States. Army Air Forces
Texas. Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Subjects
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American
Authors--Texas
Newspaper editors--Texas
Conservationists--Texas
Places
Hot Springs (Ark.)
Marne (France)
Topeka (Kan.)
Albuquerque (N.M.)
New York (N.Y.)
Austin (Tex.)
Bandera (Tex.)
Brenham (Tex.)
Fort Sam Houston (Tex.)
Taylor (Tex.)
Preferred Citation
William J. Tucker Papers, 1905-1946, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Related Material
See also the Hunter (J. Marvin) Papers, 1861-1945.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Walter H. Richter, October 1965.
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
2L147
Letter from Tucker to Major Hawes,
August 17, 1940
2L147
Texas Game and Fish Commission
2L147
Literary productions:
2L147
Mammons Hidden Shame
2L147
They Didn’t
Have His Number
2L147
Diaries of World War I
2L147
Miscellaneous writings and articles
2L147
Defense of the Alamo, by I. D. Affleck
2L147
World War II Army Air Force records of William J. Tucker Jr.
2L147
Frontier Times and clippingsMarch 1943
2L147
George Tucker obituary