Harrison Anthony Trexler

Harrison Anthony Trexler (born December 6, 1883 in Freeport , Illinois , † March 18, 1974 in Dallas , Texas ) was an American historian and university professor .

Life

Family and education

The from Freeport in the State originating Illinois Harrison Anthony Trexler, son of Filbert Trexler and his spouse Lelia Perkins, turned after visiting the public schools studying history at Hastings College in Hastings in the state of Nebraska to, there he acquired in 1906 the academic degree a Bachelor of Philosophy . In 1906 and 1907 he continued his education with postgraduate studies at the University of Chicago , since 1909 he studied for two semesters abroad at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , in 1914 he was accepted at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in the state Maryland earned a Ph. D. in History with a thesis entitled "Slavery in Missouri 1804 - 1854" .

The Methodist baptized Harrison Anthony Trexler married Nell Bullard on July 12, 1916. This connection came from the sons James Hugh and David William. The Freemason Trexler, who resided in Dallas, Texas, died in the spring of 1974 at the age of 90.

Professional background

Harrison Anthony Trexler received his first position as Professor of History at Hardin College in Mexico , Missouri , in 1907 . After returning from Bonn, he was appointed Acting Professor of History and Political Science at Allegheny College in Meadville , Pennsylvania in 1910 , and in 1913 he moved to the University of Montana in Missoula in the west of the country as Assistant Professor of History and Political Science State of Montana . From 1919 Trexler taught as Professor of Political Science at Whitman College in Walla Walla , Washington State , and from 1923 he worked as Professor of History and Political Science at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham , Alabama . In 1929 he followed the call as Professor of History at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, a position he filled until his retirement in 1950. Harrison Anthony Trexler also taught summer courses at Johns Hopkins University in 1924 and 1925 .

Harrison Anthony Trexler, whose scientific work particularly concerned the Civil War and the history of slavery in the United States , held memberships in the American Historical Association , the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, the Southern Historical Association, the Missouri Historical Society and the Beta Theta Pi .

Publications

• Silver production and the Montana campaign of 1896, HA Trexler, [Sl], 1908
• Slavery in Missouri, 1804-1865, in: Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science, ser. 32, no.2, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1914
• The value and the sale of the Missouri slave, Missouri Historical Review, [Sl], 1914
• The first Confederate capital, in: Birmingham-Southern College Bulletin, 21st, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Ala., 1928
• The Confederate Navy Department and the fall of New Orleans, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex., 1933
• The Confederate Ironclad "Virginia" ("Merrimac"), The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 1938
• The Davis administration and the Richmond press, 1861-1865, Reprinted from the Journal of southern history, [Np], 1950

literature

• American Historical Association., Smithsonian Institution. Press., Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress): Annual report of the American Historical Association. : volume I, USGPO, Washington, 1953, p. 183.
• Who was who in America. : volume VII, 1977-1981 with world notables , Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1981, p. 576.
• Gerald D. Saxon, Maxine Holmes; Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of Dallas., United States. Work Projects Administration: The WPA Dallas guide and history, Dallas Public Library, Texas Center for the Book, Dallas, Tex., 1992, p. 219.

Web links

• Literature by and about Harrison Anthony Trexler in the WorldCat bibliographic database