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American educator of Texas history (1913–1997)
J. Milton Nance
Born Joseph Milton Nance
(1913-09-13 ) September 13, 1913Died January 17, 1997(1997-01-17) (aged 83)
Joseph Milton Nance (September 18, 1913 – January 17, 1997)
[a] was an American historian and educator with a focus on the
history of Texas . From 1941 until his 1979 retirement, he taught at
Texas A&M University ,
[2] and he was the department chair of the Department of History and Government from 1958 to 1968, and of the successor Department of History until 1973.
[3]
[4] The J. Milton Nance Lectures in Texas History
lecture series at TAMU is named in his honor.
[5] During the 1966–1967 year, he served on a program committee of the
Texas State Historical Association .
[6] For much of his life, he lived in
College Station, Texas .
[7]
[8]
Background
Nance was born in
Kyle, Texas September 18, 1913. Joseph was the oldest of the eight children of Jeremiah Milton "Jerry" Nance Jr.
[b] and Mary Louise Hutchinson,
[c] who married in 1912.
[9]
Joseph Milton Nance married Eleanor Glenn Hanover in 1944.
[7] They had three sons,
[4] Jeremiah Milton Nance III (born 1948),
[d] Joseph Hanover Nance (born 1952),
[e] and James Clifton Nance (born 1957).
[f]
Education
Nance had received a
B.A. in 1935, an
M.A. in 1936, and a
Ph.D. in 1941, all from
University of Texas at Austin . He also received a certificate in naval communications from
Harvard in 1943.
[7]
Works
Nance's personal papers are archived by the
Briscoe Center for American History and are available online.
[13]
Nance wrote or edited multiple books, including:
Nance, J. M. After San Jacinto: The Texas-Mexican Frontier, 1836-1841 .
Nance, J. M. Attack and Counterattack: The Texas-Mexican Frontier, 1842 .
McCutchan, J. D. Nance, J. M. (ed.). Mier Expedition Diary: A Texan Prisoner's Account . Introduction by J. A. Kenamore.
Baugh, V. E. Rendezvous at the Alamo: Highlights in the Lives of Bowie, Crockett, and Travis . Foreword by J. M. Nance.
Nance, J. M. McDonald, A. P. (ed.). Dare-Devils All: The Texan Mier Expedition, 1842-1844 .
Nance, J. M. McDonald, A. P. (ed.). Dare-Devils All: Biographical Data on Selected Members of the Mier Expedition . Vol. 2.
Puryear, P. A.; Winfield, N. Jr. Sandbars and Sternwheelers: Steam Navigation on the Brazos . Introduction by J. M. Nance.
Notes
^ Most sources state January 17, though the
Library of Congress Linked Data Service states his death date as January 15.
[1]
^ July 19, 1884
Kyle, Texas – May 17, 1966
Hays County, Texas
[9]
^ April 4, 1890
Texas – May 29, 1967
[9]
^ According to Texas state birth records, Jeremiah Milton Nance III was born on February 28, 1948, in
Brazos, Texas , U.S.
[10]
^ According to Texas state birth records, Joseph Hanover Nance was born on June 18, 1852, in
Brazos, Texas , U.S.
[11]
^ According to Texas state birth records, James Clifton Nance was born on September 2, 1957, in
Brazos, Texas , U.S.
[12]
References
^
"Nance, Joseph Milton" .
Library of Congress Linked Data Service .
^
"Nance, Joseph Milton" .
Social Networks and Archival Context .
^
"East Texas Colloquy" . East Texas Historical Journal . 20 (1). 1982.
ISSN
0424-1444 .
^
a
b Tribe, Henry Franklin.
"Nance, Joseph Milton" .
TSHA .
^
"Campus Names" .
The Battalion . October 29, 1980. p. 4.
^ Ellis, L. Tuffly (1967).
"Affairs of the Association" . The Southwestern Historical Quarterly . 71 (1): 151–161.
ISSN
0038-478X .
JSTOR
30237973 .
^
a
b
c
"NANCE, JOSEPH MILTON" . Who's Who in America 1974–1975 . Vol. 2 (38th ed.).
Marquis Who's Who . p. 2257.
^
"NANCE, JOSEPH MILTON" . Who's Who in America 1978–1979 . Vol. 2 (40th ed.).
Marquis Who's Who . p. 2364.
^
a
b
c King, Florence H. Buford Walker, Fern K. (ed.).
"HAUPT, John Henry Sebastian" . Buford Families in America . Archived from
the original on May 29, 2016.
^
"NANCE, JEREMIAH MILTON 3RD." .
Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997 . Texas Department of State Health Services – via
Ancestry.com .
^
"NANCE, JOSEPH HANOVER" .
Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997 . Texas Department of State Health Services – via
Ancestry.com .
^
"NANCE, JAMES CLIFTON" .
Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997 . Texas Department of State Health Services – via
Ancestry.com .
^
"Joseph Milton Nance Papers, 1875-1994" .
Briscoe Center for American History – via Texas Archival Resources Online.
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