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The Dowell Family Papers: The Splintering of an Archival Treasure

The Dowell Family Papers: The Splintering of an Archival Treasure Maurice Dowell. Photo by the author of Composite Photographs of Members, House of Representatives, 46th Texas Legislature, 1939­1941. Article Notes and Documents By David B. Gracy II* aurice Hood Dowell loved Texas history--maybe too much, maybe not enough. He built a Texana book collection of considerable repute. He assumed the role of family archivist documenting his ancestors' roles in Texas history by lovingly saving documentation of his rancher, banker, and University of Texas regent great uncle George Washington Littlefield and of his physician grandfather Greensville Dowell, renowned for his work on yellow fever and hernia treatment, whose teaching laid a foundation for what became the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Saving all of this voluminous documentation indeed has added to our understanding of the history of the Lone Star State. But Dowell's failure to provide for preservation of the * David B. Gracy II is a second half cousin once removed to Maurice Dowell and the first chair of the TSHA's Archives Committee. He is Governor Daniel Professor Emeritus in Archival Enterprise in the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. He thanks Brenda Gunn and her staff, Dolph Briscoe Center for American http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southwestern Historical Quarterly Texas State Historical Association

The Dowell Family Papers: The Splintering of an Archival Treasure

Gracy, David B.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly , Volume 117 (3) – Dec 27, 2014
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Maurice Dowell. Photo by the author of Composite Photographs of Members, House of Representatives, 46th Texas Legislature, 1939­1941. Article Notes and Documents By David B. Gracy II* aurice Hood Dowell loved Texas history--maybe too much, maybe not enough. He built a Texana book collection of considerable repute. He assumed the role of family archivist documenting his ancestors' roles in Texas history by lovingly saving documentation of his rancher, banker, and University of Texas regent great uncle George Washington Littlefield and of his physician grandfather Greensville Dowell, renowned for his work on yellow fever and hernia treatment, whose teaching laid a foundation for what became the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Saving all of this voluminous documentation indeed has added to our understanding of the history of the Lone Star State. But Dowell's failure to provide for preservation of the * David B. Gracy II is a second half cousin once removed to Maurice Dowell and the first chair of the TSHA's Archives Committee. He is Governor Daniel Professor Emeritus in Archival Enterprise in the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. He thanks Brenda Gunn and her staff, Dolph Briscoe Center for American

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Southwestern Historical Quarterly – Texas State Historical Association

Published: Dec 27, 2014

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