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[Scrapbook, vol. II]
Scrapbook kept by F.A. Mood with materials and clippings of news pertaining to his family, Soule University, and Southwestern University. p. [102-103] of [169]. Volume 2 of 3. -
A Narrative of the Facts Related to the Founding and Progress of Southwestern University from 1840 to 1882
Pamphlet by F.A. Mood regarding the founding of Southwestern University; pages 15-18 torn out, only first 21 pages are digitized. -
[Southwestern University Seal]
The Southwestern University Seal in its first official use on page 68 of the Minutes and Reports of the Board of Trustees and Board of Curators of Southwestern University, 1869-1912. -
Genealogical Family Register
First 11 pages of genealogical family register in the Mood family bible, as recorded by F.A. Mood. [11] p. ; 36 x 30 cm. -
Texas University
Announcement for Texas University and solicitation for donations from “friends of the Church,” promises engraved portraits of Methodist Bishops in exchange for a monetary donation of one or five dollars. -
[Letter from J.C.S. Morrow to J.D. Giddings]
Letter from J.C.S. Morrow to J.D. Giddings soliciting money to build a house for F.A. Mood. -
[Letter from F.A. Mood to J.D. Giddings]
Letter from F.A. Mood too J.D. Giddings regarding the expenses Mood has put up in opening and sustaining Southwestern University. -
Bulletin announcing YMCA request for lecturers
This is a two-page typed letter. The first page has a printed letterhead of 'War Department Committee on Education and Special Training' and is dated 'December 10, 1918'. It is from 'Committee on Education and Special Training' and is signed 'Frank Aydelotte, Director of War Issues Course'. It is addressed to 'Professors in charge of the War Issues Course'. The body of the letter announces that the YMCA is hiring full-time lecturers on Political Economy, United States History, American Ideals, and other social sciences topics to work in the National Army Cantonments for a period of two months. The reads, 'The YMCA wishes to add to its staff a number of lecturers on Political Economy, United States History, American Ideals, and other topics connected with the social sciences who will work in National Army Cantonments during the next two months.' The 'bulletin is issued at the request of Dr. A. O. Lovejoy, Director of Lectures, YMCA Educational Division. The work in question is not connected in any way with the Committee on Education and Special Training of the War Department, but is entirely under the control of the YMCA.' The second page of the letter has the same printed letterhead as on the first page but no additional text.
Washington, D. C. -
Memorandum regarding application to SATC, dated Nov. 2, 1918
This is a typed letter on paper with watermark of Cascade Bond U.S.A. It has a typed letterhead of 'Headquarters District Military Inspector, Students' Army Training Corps, University of Texas, Austin, Texas' and is dated 'November 2, 1918.' The body of the text addresses how applicants will apply to vacancies in the SATC and asks institutions to provide a list to the Headquarters of all vacancies. It is signed 'H. LaF. Applewhite, Lt. Col., U.S.A., Retired, District Military Instector EDS'.
Austin, TX -
Catalog of maps for War Issues Course, dated Nov. 8, 1918
This is an eight-page printed pamphlet. The first page has a letterhead of 'War Department Committee on Education and Special Training' and is dated 'November 8, 1918'. It is from 'Committee on Education and Special Training' and is to 'Institutions where Units of the Students Army Training Corps are located and Chairmen of the War Issues Course groups'. The subject given is 'Maps for the War Issues Course and for other courses in which the Geographical Problems of the War and the Peace which is to follow have a part.' The body begins with an explanation that the American Geographical Society of New York has prepared base maps for the U.S. government. The first section is '1. General Description of the Maps; Their Usefulness'. On the second and third pages of the pamphlet, the following sections are included: 'The Price of Maps; Opportunity for Examination'; '3. Use of Funds'; '4. Wide Distribution of Maps Desired'; '5. Descriptive Matter'; and '6. Correspondence Regarding Maps'. It is signed 'Frank Aydelotte, Director of War Issues Course'. After this is a listing under 'Detailed Description' for the maps available. The scale and size are included and some of them include study ideas. On this page are Europe, Alsace, Lorraine, and Adriatic. On the fourth and fifth pages of the printed pamphlet, the map listings continue, including size and scale. Some have additional ideas on how to use them or details of interest. The maps are: Tyrol, Austria-Hungary, Balkans, Rumania, Russia, Russian Empire, Baltic Basin, Baltic Provinces, Poland and Lithuania, Poland, Caucasus, Block Diagrams of European Problem Areas, and Asia. On the sixth page of the printed pamphlet, the map listings continue with: Danube to India, Western Asia, Anatolia and Armenia, Syria, Palestine, Siberia, Africa, and Central Africa. The seventh page is blank. The eighth and back page of the pamphlet is also blank.
Washington, D.C.