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in 1900. In addition to embarking on a "classical curriculum," he was a star on the university's football team, and served as the team's captain for his final season. At a time when college football players were often hard-drinking denizens of the university nightlife, he promoted the example of the
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Bailey, Fred Arthur (November 15, 2013). "Charles W. Ramsdell: Reconstruction and the Affirmation of a Closed Society". In Smith, John David; Lowery, J. Vincent (eds.).
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Cummings, Light Townsend (2013). "Charles W. Ramsdell". In Cox, Patrick L.; Hendrickson, Jr., Kenneth E. (eds.).
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Ramsdell was a professor of history at the University of Texas, and served on the executive committee of the
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Stephenson, Wendell Holmes (1960). "Charles W. Ramsdell: Historian of the Confederacy".
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The Dunning School: Historians, Race, and the Meaning of Reconstruction
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in 1910. Among his influences as an undergraduate were Professor
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Ramsdell was a school teacher in the Houston area around 1900.
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at Thomas Arnold High School, a private institution in Salado.
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Charles William Ramsdell was born on April 4, 1877, in
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Ramsdell attended public schools, but completed his
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University Press of Kentucky. 371:and remained an adherent of the 383:Ramsdell died on July 3, 1942. 213:American Historical Association 208:Southern Historical Association 486: 477: 468: 363:from 1800 to the close of the 16:American historian (1877–1942) 1: 522: 309:, prior to Ramsdell's birth, 300:Confederate States of America 285: 386: 7: 551:Journal of Southern History 407:"Ramsdell, Charles William" 352:and Herbert Eugene Bolden. 254:Presidential reconstruction 146:, Lester Gladstone Bugbee, 10: 678: 657:Columbia University alumni 647:University of Texas alumni 531:Writing the Story of Texas 58:Salado, Bell County, Texas 331:Ramsdell enrolled at the 323: 269: 259: 249: 226: 182: 171: 163: 158: 139: 127: 102: 97: 93: 85: 66: 42: 30: 23: 474:Cummins (2013), pp. 2–3. 378: 276:Charles William Ramsdell 375:throughout his career. 264:Reconstruction in Texas 154:, Herbert Eugene Bolton 350:Eugene Campbell Barker 178:, History of the South 148:George Pierce Garrison 483:Cummings (2013), p.3. 465:Cummins (2013), p. 2. 348:and his classmates, 114:(BA, 1903; MA, 1904) 342:Columbia University 333:University of Texas 318:secondary education 194:University of Texas 118:Columbia University 112:University of Texas 98:Academic background 25:Charles W. 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Photo portrait of Ramsdell at graduation in 1903
Salado, Bell County, Texas
Dallas
Alma mater
University of Texas
Columbia University
Thesis
William Dunning
George Pierce Garrison
Eugene C. Barker
American history
Barnard College
Radcliffe College
Texas State Historical Association
Southern Historical Association
American Historical Association
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Presidential reconstruction
historian
Salado, Texas
Civil War
Confederate States of America
Reconstruction
Bell County, Texas
secondary education
University of Texas
Joe B. Frantz
Columbia University
Lester G, Bugbee
Eugene Campbell Barker

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