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W. Eugene Hollon Papers, ca. 1950s to 1990s
UM-35
Size: 24 linear feet
Provenance: W. Eugene Hollon 6/1/87; 7/7/88; 10/28/93
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Condition: Good
Copyright: The literary rights to this collection are assumed to rest with the person(s) responsible for the production of the particular items within the collection, or with their heirs or assigns. Researchers bear full legal responsibility for the acquisition to publish from any part of said collection per Title 17, United States Code. The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections may reserve the right to intervene as intermediary at its own discretion.
Completed by: Caroline Rerucha and Traci McCloskey
Historical/Biographical Sketch
William Eugene Hollon was born on May 28, 1913, in Commerce, Texas. He earned a B.A. in English from East Texas State Teachers College (1934), an M.A. in Education and History from the University of Texas (1937), and a Ph.D. in American History from the University of Texas (1942). Hollon taught in secondary schools in Texas from 1934 to 1945. During World War II, he was also an instructor in the Navy Pre-Flight School at Kerrville, Texas. In 1945, Hollon joined the Department of History at the University of Oklahoma, where he taught until 1966. For the last sixteen years of that time, he served as the Curator of History at the University’s Stovall Museum of Science and History. Hollon joined the department of History at the University of Toledo in 1966, and retired from that post in 1977. In addition to his more traditional teaching activities, Hollon served as a Fulbright lecturer in Peru in 1958, and at the University of Madrid, Spain for the 1966-67 academic year. Dr. Hollon was a visiting professor of history at the University of New Mexico in the summer of 1960, and at the University of Montana in the summer of 1964. He also worked as a Peace Corps instructor in El Salvador and Puerto Rico in 1963 and 1964.
Dr. Hollon wrote several major books, scholarly articles, and shorter articles for encyclopedias in addition to a number of book reviews. His publications include outlines of U.S. history, a history of pre-flight training in the American military, and biographies of the western explorers Zebulon Pike and Randolph Marcy. Among his other works are books on the American Southwest, such as The Southwest: Old and New, The Great American Desert, Western America, The Texas Journals and Notes of William Bollaert and Frontier Violence.
Dr. Hollon received fellowships from the American Philosophical Society, the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Research Institute, the Newberry Library, and the Huntington Library. He was a founder and past president of the Western Historical Association, and a member of the Great Plains Historical Association, the Southwestern Historical Association, and the Arizona Historical Association. He also belonged to eh Ohiop Academy of History and the Organization of American Historians. In 1968, he was named a Regents Professor by the Ohio Board of Regents.
While at the University of Toledo, Dr. Hollon helped establish the doctoral program in History, and served as the foundation for the department’s reputation in western history.
Dr. Hollon died May 19, 2002 in Gilmer Texas.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of the papers of W. Eugene Hollon, a leading scholar on the history of the American West. The collection should prove especially useful for the study of the history of the West from Spanish colonization up to the present, as well as historiography and Dr. Hollon’s career.
The collection is arranged by topic into three series: Series I- Personal and Professional Correspondence; Series II- Manuscripts and Research Materials; and Series III- Photographs. The collection occupies 24 linear feet.
Series I is arranged chronologically and alphabetically by correspondent, reader, or organization. Noted correspondence includes letters from Carl Coke Rister, Paul Angle, Ray Billington, and Alfred Knopf. The series dates from 1945-1993. A book of letters from former students and colleagues presented to Dr. Hollon at his retirement from UT is filed within the series.
Series II documents Hollon’s major research and publishing interests during his career. Manuscritpts and proofs of several of Hollon’s books form a large part of the series, including The Southwest: Old and New, The Great American Desert, Western America, The Texas Journals and Notes of William Bollaert and Frontier Violence. The series also includes miscellaneous items such as Hollon’s vitae.
Series III contains photographs associated with Hollon’s research. Researchers should note that the photographs may be governed by copyrights from the original sources.
Series List
S1 |
Personal and Professional Correspondence |
S2 |
Manuscripts and Research Materials |
S3 |
Photographs |
Folder List
Box |
Folder |
Item Description |
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S1. |
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Correspondence |
1 |
1 |
A-G 1945- 49 |
1 |
2 |
H-O 1945-49 |
1 |
3 |
P-Z 1945-49 |
1 |
4 |
A-J 1950 |
1 |
5 |
K-Z 1950 |
2 |
1 |
A-J 1951-53 |
2 |
2 |
K-Z 1951-53 |
2 |
3 |
A-F 1953 |
2 |
4 |
G-M 1953 |
2 |
5 |
N-Z 1953 |
3 |
1 |
A-C 1954-55 |
3 |
2 |
D-L 1954-55 |
3 |
3 |
M-Z 1954-55 |
3 |
4 |
A-G 1956-57 |
3 |
5 |
H-S 1956-57 |
3 |
6 |
T-Z 1956-57 |
4 |
1 |
A-F 1958-59 |
4 |
2 |
G-O 1958-59 |
4 |
3 |
P-Z 1958-59 |
4 |
4 |
A-L 1960 |
4 |
5 |
M-Z 1960 |
5 |
1 |
A-L 1961 |
5 |
2 |
M-Z 1961 |
5 |
3 |
A-J 1962 |
5 |
4 |
M-Z 1962 |
6 |
1 |
A-J 1963 |
6 |
2 |
K-Z 1963 |
6 |
3-4 |
MISC. 1964 |
6 |
5 |
A-Q 1964 |
6 |
6 |
R-Z 1964 |
7 |
1 |
A-J 1965 |
7 |
2 |
K-Z 1965 |
7 |
3 |
A-J 1966 |
7 |
4 |
K-R 1966 |
7 |
5 |
S-Z 1966 |
8 |
1 |
A-F 1966-69 |
8 |
2 |
G-M 1966-67 |
8 |
3 |
N-Z 1966-67 |
8 |
4 |
A-K 1967-68 |
8 |
5 |
L-Z 1967-68 |
9 |
1 |
A-M 1968-69 |
9 |
2 |
N-Z 1968-69 |
9 |
3 |
A-G 1969 |
9 |
4 |
H-R 1969 |
9 |
5 |
S-Z 1969 |
10 |
1 |
A-G 1970 |
10 |
2 |
H-Q 1970 |
10 |
3 |
R-Z 1970 |
10 |
4 |
A-H 1971 |
10 |
5 |
I-Q 1971 |
10 |
6 |
R-Z 1971 |
11 |
1 |
A-G 1972 |
11 |
2 |
H-N 1972 |
11 |
3 |
O-Z 1972 |
11 |
4 |
A-D 1973 |
11 |
5 |
E-N 1973 |
11 |
6 |
O-Z 1973 |
12 |
1-3 |
MISC. 1974 |
12 |
4-6 |
MISC. 1974-75 |
13 |
1-3 |
MISC. 1975-76 |
13 |
4-6 |
MISC. 1976 |
14 |
1-4 |
MISC. 1977 |
14 |
5 |
Retirement Letters 1978 |
43 |
1 |
A-F 1978 |
43 |
2 |
G-Q 1978 |
43 |
3 |
R-Z 1978 |
43 |
4 |
A-E 1979 |
43 |
5 |
F-L 1979 |
43 |
6 |
M-Z 1979 |
43 |
7 |
A-E 1980 |
43 |
8 |
F-L 1980 |
43 |
9 |
M-S 1980 |
43 |
10 |
T-Z 1980 |
43 |
11 |
A-F 1981 |
43 |
12 |
G-Q 1981 |
43 |
13 |
R-Z 1981 |
43 |
14 |
A-D 1982 |
43 |
15 |
E-L 1982 |
43 |
16 |
M-R 1982 |
43 |
17 |
S-Z 1982 |
44 |
1 |
A-G 1983 |
44 |
2 |
H-P 1983 |
44 |
3 |
Q-Z 1983 |
44 |
4 |
A-H 1984 |
44 |
5 |
I-P 1984 |
44 |
6 |
Q-Z 1984 |
44 |
7 |
A-H 1985 |
44 |
8 |
G-O 1985 |
44 |
9 |
P-Z 1985 |
44 |
10 |
A-G 1986 |
44 |
11 |
H-R 1986 |
44 |
12 |
S-Z 1987 |
44 |
13 |
A-H 1987 |
44 |
14 |
I-S 1987 |
44 |
15 |
T-Z 1987 |
44 |
16 |
A-G 1988 |
44 |
17 |
H-Q 1988 |
44 |
18 |
R-Z 1988 |
45 |
1 |
A-G 1989 |
45 |
2 |
H-O 1989 |
45 |
3 |
P-Z 1989 |
45 |
4 |
A-H 1990 |
45 |
5 |
I-Q 1990 |
45 |
6 |
R-Z 1990 |
45 |
7 |
A-G 1991 |
45 |
8 |
H-O 1991 |
45 |
9 |
P-Z 1991 |
45 |
10 |
Unidentified December 1992 |
45 |
11 |
Unidentified December 1993 |
45 |
12 |
December 1992 |
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S2 |
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Manuscripts and Research Materials |
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A. Manuscripts |
15 |
1 |
The Great American Desert |
15 |
2 |
Ch. 5- Ch. 9 |
15 |
3 |
Ch. 10- Bibliography |
15 |
4 |
First Proofs |
15 |
5 |
First Proofs, contd. |
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|
The Southwest, Old and New |
16 |
1 |
Ch. 1- Ch. 7 of Manuscript |
16 |
2 |
Ch. 8- Ch. 13 of Manuscript |
16 |
3 |
Ch. 14- Ch. 20 of Manuscript |
17 |
1 |
Preface – Ch. 4 of typesetting copy |
17 |
2 |
Ch. 5- Ch. 8 of typesetting copy |
17 |
3 |
Ch. 9- Ch. 12 of typesetting copy |
17 |
4 |
Ch. 13- Ch. 16 of typesetting copy |
17 |
5 |
Ch. 17- Ch. 20 of typesetting copy |
17 |
6 |
Bibliography and Index of typesetting copy |
18 |
1 |
Title page- Ch. 5 of plate proofs |
18 |
2 |
Ch. 6- Ch. 10 of plate proofs |
18 |
3 |
Ch. 11- Ch. 15 of plate proofs |
18 |
4 |
Ch. 20- index of plate proofs |
19 |
1 |
Misc. plate and galley proofs |
19 |
2 |
Misc. plate and galley proofs |
19 |
3 |
Misc. plate and galley proofs |
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|
The Texas Journals and Notes of William Bollaert |
20 |
1 |
Title page- p. 149 of manuscript |
20 |
2 |
pp. 150-299 of manuscript |
20 |
3 |
pp. 300-442 of manuscript |
20 |
4 |
Miscellaneous manuscripts |
20 |
5 |
Miscellaneous manuscripts |
20 |
6 |
Miscellaneous manuscripts |
20 |
7 |
Miscellaneous manuscripts |
|
|
Frontier Violence |
21 |
1-2 |
Ch. 1- index of proofs |
22 |
1 |
Ch.1- Ch. 8 of manuscript |
22 |
2 |
Part of Ch. 9 of manuscript |
22 |
3 |
Bibliography and notes of manuscript |
|
|
Western America |
23 |
1 |
Introduction- Ch. 4 of manuscript |
23 |
2 |
Ch. 5- Ch. 9 of manuscript |
23 |
3 |
Ch. 10- Ch. 14 of manuscript |
23 |
4 |
Ch. 15- Ch. 18 of manuscript |
24 |
1 |
Ch. 19- Ch. 22 of manuscript |
24 |
2 |
Ch. 23- Ch. 27 of manuscript |
24 |
3 |
Ch. 28- Ch. 31 of manuscript |
24 |
4 |
Ch. 32- Ch. 35 of manuscript |
24 |
5 |
Ch. 5- Ch. 7, Ch. 9, Ch. 13 (partial) |
24 |
6 |
Ch. 14, Ch. 15, Ch. 17-19 (partial) |
25 |
1 |
Ch. 23-24, Ch. 26, Ch. 28-29, Ch. 31 (partial) |
25 |
2 |
Misc. Illustrations for partial manuscript |
25 |
3 |
Introduction- Ch. 35 of proofs |
25 |
4 |
Ch. 1-13, Ch. 28-35 of proofs |
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|
B. Research Materials |
26 |
1-3 |
Arizona |
26 |
4 |
Colorado |
27 |
1 |
Idaho |
27 |
2 |
Montana |
27 |
3 |
Nevada |
27 |
4-5 |
New Mexico |
28 |
1 |
Oklahoma |
28 |
2-3 |
Texas |
28 |
4-6 |
Utah |
28 |
7 |
Wyoming |
29 |
1 |
The Southwest- Regional |
29 |
2 |
Southwestern Cities |
29 |
3-6 |
Deserts |
29 |
7-8 |
Natural Resources |
30 |
1 |
Flora and Fauna |
30 |
2 |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
30 |
3-7 |
Water |
31 |
1 |
Indian Tribes |
31 |
2 |
Anderson, Dobie, Goldwater, Hayden, Kerr |
31 |
3 |
Randolph B. Marcy |
31 |
4 |
Zebulon Pike Letters |
32 |
- |
Zebulon Pike (index cards) |
33-34 |
- |
Randolph B. Marcy and family (index cards) |
35 |
- |
Bibliography/ notes for The Great American Desert (index cards) |
36 |
1-4 |
Research Materials on violence |
37 |
1-4 |
Research Materials on violence |
38 |
1-3 |
Misc. photographs and maps |
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C. Miscellaneous Materials |
39 |
1-8 |
Misc. Box |
40 |
1-6 |
Misc. Box |
41 |
1-8 |
Misc. Box |
41 |
9 |
Curricula vitae, clippings |
41 |
10 |
Misc. Photographs |
45 |
14 |
Newsclippings |
45 |
15 |
Personal and Professional Info |
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|
D. Professional and Information Papers |
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|
-Articles |
45 |
16 |
On land Use and the Environment |
45 |
17 |
“History: a Discipline in Crisis” Oscar Handlin |
45 |
18 |
“The Murder of the Southwest” Alvin Josephy |
45 |
19 |
“Historical Relevance and the American West” Howard Lamar |
45 |
20 |
“Oklahoma’s Neurosurgical Heritage” Alvin Rix |
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|
-Reviews |
45 |
21 |
Book Reviews by W.E. Hollon |
45 |
22 |
Of Hollon: Frontier Violence: Another Look |
45 |
23 |
The Great American Desert |
45 |
24 |
Of The great American West: Essays in Honor of W.E. Hollon |
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|
- Misc. Materials |
45 |
25 |
Zebulon Pike and the Blue Mountain (movie Script) |
45 |
26 |
National Endowment for the Humanities: Summer Seminar 1978 |
45 |
27 |
National Endowment for the Humanities: Summer Seminar 1979 |
45 |
28 |
Western History Association: Papers and Correspondence |
45 |
29 |
Correspondence from Walter Prescott Webb |
45 |
30 |
Contact Info with University of Toledo |
45 |
31 |
Lecture Notes: Walter Prescott Webb’s Courses |
45 |
32 |
Lecture Notes: Indian Affairs |
45 |
33 |
Lecture Notes: History 424/524 |
45 |
34 |
Lecture Notes: History 435/535 |
45 |
35 |
Lecture Notes: History 436/536 |
45 |
36 |
Lecture Notes: The southwest |
45 |
37 |
University of Texas Commencement Program: June 1, 1942 |
45 |
38 |
Bibliography |
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-Papers |
45 |
39 |
“Land Use Management: An Appraisal” |
45 |
40 |
“The Ox Bow Disaster and Other Assorted Incidents: Murphy’s Law and Oklahoma City, 1964” |
45 |
41 |
“Some Recent Trends in the History Profession” |
45 |
42 |
“Diary of a Confederate Soldier” |
45 |
43 |
“Walter Prescott Webb’s Arid West: Four Decades Later” |
45 |
44 |
“The Preflight Schools in World War II” |
45 |
45 |
“Salty Water for a Thirsty Land” |
45 |
46 |
“The Cowboy’s Paraphernalia” |
45 |
47 |
“The Cult of the American Cowboy” |
45 |
48 |
“The Mountain West: Has It Been Won…” |
45 |
49 |
“The History Profession: Then and Now” |
45 |
50 |
“The Movie Cowboy” |
45 |
51 |
“Our Culture and Cowboy Mentality” |
45 |
52 |
“Reflections on Three Years in an Academic Out” |
45 |
53 |
“Professor Webb Visits Ozona, October 1939” |
45 |
54 |
“Growing Up in Commerce” |
45 |
55 |
“The Great American Desert Revisited” |
45 |
56 |
Introduction to the Franz Essays |
45 |
57 |
“The Great American West: Child of Federal Subsidy” |
45 |
58 |
“Frontier” |
45 |
59 |
“Walter Prescott Webb: The Classroom Teacher” |
45 |
60 |
“Addendum” |
45 |
61 |
“Frontier Violence” (paper) |
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|
-Instructions for Book Reports and General |
45 |
62 |
Writing Tips |
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E. Oversized Maps (Stored in Tube) |
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S3 |
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Photographs (one box) |
42 |
1 |
#1- 40 for the Great American Desert |
42 |
2 |
#1- 50 |
42 |
3 |
#51- 100 |
42 |
4 |
#101- 150 |
42 |
5 |
#151-173 |