J._Milton_Nance

J. Milton Nance

J. Milton Nance

American educator of Texas history (1913–1997)

Joseph Milton Nance (September 18, 1913 – January 17, 1997)[lower-alpha 1] 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]

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Background

Nance was born in Kyle, Texas September 18, 1913. Joseph was the oldest of the eight children of Jeremiah Milton "Jerry" Nance Jr.[lower-alpha 2] and Mary Louise Hutchinson,[lower-alpha 3] 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),[lower-alpha 4] Joseph Hanover Nance (born 1952),[lower-alpha 5] and James Clifton Nance (born 1957).[lower-alpha 6]

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.

Footnotes

Notes

  1. Most sources state January 17, though the Library of Congress Linked Data Service states his death date as January 15.[1]
  2. July 19, 1884 Kyle, Texas – May 17, 1966 Hays County, Texas[9]
  3. April 4, 1890 Texas – May 29, 1967[9]
  4. According to Texas state birth records, Jeremiah Milton Nance III was born on February 28, 1948, in Brazos, Texas, U.S.[10]
  5. According to Texas state birth records, Joseph Hanover Nance was born on June 18, 1852, in Brazos, Texas, U.S.[11]
  6. According to Texas state birth records, James Clifton Nance was born on September 2, 1957, in Brazos, Texas, U.S.[12]

References

  1. [1]
    "Nance, Joseph Milton". Library of Congress Linked Data Service.
  2. [2]
    "Nance, Joseph Milton". Social Networks and Archival Context.
  3. [3]
    "East Texas Colloquy". East Texas Historical Journal. 20 (1). 1982. ISSN 0424-1444.
  4. [4]
    Tribe, Henry Franklin. "Nance, Joseph Milton". TSHA.
  5. [5]
    "Campus Names". The Battalion. October 29, 1980. p. 4.
  6. [6]
    Ellis, L. Tuffly (1967). "Affairs of the Association". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 71 (1): 151–161. ISSN 0038-478X. JSTOR 30237973.
  7. [7]
    "NANCE, JOSEPH MILTON". Who's Who in America 1974–1975. Vol. 2 (38th ed.). Marquis Who's Who. p. 2257.
  8. [8]
    "NANCE, JOSEPH MILTON". Who's Who in America 1978–1979. Vol. 2 (40th ed.). Marquis Who's Who. p. 2364.
  9. [9]
    King, Florence H. Buford Walker, Fern K. (ed.). "HAUPT, John Henry Sebastian". Buford Families in America. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016.
  10. [10]
    "NANCE, JEREMIAH MILTON 3RD.". Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997. Texas Department of State Health Services – via Ancestry.com.
  11. [11]
    "NANCE, JOSEPH HANOVER". Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997. Texas Department of State Health Services – via Ancestry.com.
  12. [12]
    "NANCE, JAMES CLIFTON". Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997. Texas Department of State Health Services – via Ancestry.com.
  13. [13]
    "Joseph Milton Nance Papers, 1875-1994". Briscoe Center for American History – via Texas Archival Resources Online.
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