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Harold Hyman World War II oral history interviews

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Identifier: MS 0610
Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Scope and Contents

The Harold Hyman oral history interviews is a collection of oral history interviews conducted by Dr. Chandler Davidson, featuring audio recordings and a transcript of interviews with Dr. Harold Hyman on his experiences of service in the Marines during World War II. The interviews were held on February 10, 2012 and April 18, 2012.

Dates

  • February 10-April 18, 2012

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Restrictions on Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the Harold Hyman oral history interviews must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical / Historical

HYMAN, HAROLD M. (Harold Melvin), (1924-). Harold Hyman, the William P. Hobby Professor Emeritus of History at Rice University, taught at Rice from 1968 through 1997, and continued to teach graduate seminars at the university for some years. He specialized in legal and constitutional history, the Civil War and Reconstruction, urban, 19th century political and entrepreneurial history. His numerous publications include Era of the Oath: Northern Loyalty Tests during the Civil War and Reconstruction, for which he received the Albert J. Beveridge Award from the American Historical Association, and Oleander Odyssey: The Kempners of Galveston, TX, 1854-1980s, which was awarded the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for the Best Book on Texas History. Dr. Hyman was elected to the Society of American Historians in 1974, and named a Fulbright 40th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow in 1986. Other awards received by Dr. Hyman include the Sidney Hillman Foundation Prize in 1960, the Freedom Foundation Award in 1983, and the Allan Nevins-Douglas Southall Freeman Award of the Civil War Round Table in 1986 for distinguished relevant scholarship.

A native of Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Hyman served in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War II, during which time he was an aerial photographer-gunner in campaigns in the South Pacific. He was married to the late Ferne Hyman for 65 years, and has three children and nine grandchildren.

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0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

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Overview

The Harold Hyman oral history interviews is a collection of oral history interviews conducted by Dr. Chandler Davidson, featuring audio recordings and a transcript of interviews with Dr. Harold Hyman on his experiences of service in the Marines during World War II.

Acquisition Information

The Harold Hyman oral history interviews were received on April 23, 2013 from Dr. Chandler Davidson, Tsanoff Professor of Public Affairs Emeritus, who conducted the interviews with Dr. Hyman.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Harold Hyman World War II oral history interviews, 2012
Status
Completed
Date
2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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