George W. Brackenridge : : Maverick Philanthropist / / Marilyn Mcadams Sibley.
George W. Brackenridge (1832–1920) was a paradox to his fellow Texans. A Republican in a solidly Democratic state, a financier in a cattleman's country, a Prohibitionist in the goodtime town of San Antonio, he devoted his energies to making a fortune only to give it to philanthropic causes. Ind...
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Sibley, Marilyn Mcadams, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut George W. Brackenridge : Maverick Philanthropist / Marilyn Mcadams Sibley. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2014] ©1973 1 online resource (310 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. The Monument -- 2. The Brackenridges of Texana -- 3. Los Algodones -- 4. The Renegado -- 5. Federal Treasury Agent, New Orleans -- 6. Frontier Banker, Frontier Town -- 7. Austin's Ill-Fated First National -- 8. Head-of-the-River -- 9. Citizen and City -- 10. An Honourable and Important Place -- 11. Blue against Gray Once Again -- 12. Laying Down and Picking Up the Burdens -- 13. The Biggest Bear Fight in Texas -- 14. For All Time to Come -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star George W. Brackenridge (1832–1920) was a paradox to his fellow Texans. A Republican in a solidly Democratic state, a financier in a cattleman's country, a Prohibitionist in the goodtime town of San Antonio, he devoted his energies to making a fortune only to give it to philanthropic causes. Indiana born, Brackenridge came to Texas in 1853, but left the state during the Civil War to serve as U.S. Treasury agent and engage in the wartime cotton trade. Later he settled in San Antonio, where he founded a bank and invested in railroads, utilities, and other enterprises. Some of Brackenridge's contemporaries never forgave him for his Civil War career, but others knew him as a public-spirited citizen, educator, and advocate of civil rights. He cared little for what others thought of him. Yet, he confided once in a rare interview that his fondest ambition was to leave the world a better place for his having lived in it. To this end, he gave generously of himself and his means. His best-known benefaction is Brackenridge Park, which he gave to the city of San Antonio, but most of his contributions were in the field of education. As regent of the University of Texas for more than twenty-five years, he gave the institution its first dormitory, a large tract of land in Austin, and innumerable smaller gifts. He also offered to underwrite the expenses of the University when Governor James E. Ferguson vetoed the appropriation bill for 1917–1919. Other educational institutions to benefit from his largess were the public schools of San Antonio, a Negro college in Seguin, and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. In addition, he assisted individual students, especially women, through scholarships and loans. Believing that the betterment of humanity lay in education, Brackenridge arranged for the continuation of his philanthropies. By his will he created the George W. Brackenridge Foundation, the first of its kind in Texas and one of the first in the United States. Marilyn McAdams Sibley's study of George W. Brackenridge is the first biography of an important and, for his time, unusual Texan. It presents new material concerning the Mexican cotton trade during the Civil War, on the beginnings of banking in Texas, and on higher education in Texas. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) Brackenridge, George Washington. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000 9783110745351 https://doi.org/10.7560/727014 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292781146 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292781146/original |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. The Monument -- 2. The Brackenridges of Texana -- 3. Los Algodones -- 4. The Renegado -- 5. Federal Treasury Agent, New Orleans -- 6. Frontier Banker, Frontier Town -- 7. Austin's Ill-Fated First National -- 8. Head-of-the-River -- 9. Citizen and City -- 10. An Honourable and Important Place -- 11. Blue against Gray Once Again -- 12. Laying Down and Picking Up the Burdens -- 13. The Biggest Bear Fight in Texas -- 14. For All Time to Come -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. The Monument -- 2. The Brackenridges of Texana -- 3. Los Algodones -- 4. The Renegado -- 5. Federal Treasury Agent, New Orleans -- 6. Frontier Banker, Frontier Town -- 7. Austin's Ill-Fated First National -- 8. Head-of-the-River -- 9. Citizen and City -- 10. An Honourable and Important Place -- 11. Blue against Gray Once Again -- 12. Laying Down and Picking Up the Burdens -- 13. The Biggest Bear Fight in Texas -- 14. For All Time to Come -- Bibliography -- Index |
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