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H. B. Stoddard Collection
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H. B. Stoddard Collection

  • US TxAM-C 1152
  • Collection
  • 1880-1912; Undated

This collection contains items pertaining to the life of Henry Bates Stoddard. Stoddard served on a committee designed to head the local effort to locate a proposed girls' industrial school at A&M. Stoddard was once considered for the Presidency of A&M College of Texas in 1902.

The collection contains many petitions from various citizens of Texas to the Board of Directors of Texas A&M. The petitions request the consideration of H. B. Stoddard to fill the vacant position of President of the College. (Stoddard did not, ultimately, become President.) Included herein is also Stoddard's handwritten will to his daughter and sister-in-law, a picture of Stoddard, two letters written to him, and several other items.

Stoddard Materials

1-01 Contains the Summary

1-02: Certificate of H. B. Stoddard to Colonel on May 20, 1880.

1-03: General Order announcing the command of H. B. Stoddard at the newly founded Camp Ross on May 14, 1888

1-04: Contains a Petition to the Board of Directors of Texas A&M College Stations from the citizens of Galveston, Texas.

1-05: Contains a Petition to the Board of Directors of Texas A&M College Station from the citizens of Bell Country, Texas.

1-06: Contains a Petition to the Board of Directors of Texas A&M College Station from the citizens of Robertson County, Texas.

1-07: Contains a Petition to the Board of Directors of Texas A&M from various citizens of Texas.

1-08: Letter to General H. B. Stoddard from B. Sbisa written on June 5, 1901

1-09: Letter to H. B. Stoddard from Joseph D. Sayers, written on May 18, 1912

1-10: Photo of H. B. Stoddard

1-11: Will of H. B. Stoddard, written in October 1905