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Parten, J. R., papers

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  • "Collection documents Parten's professional and personal activities including his education at the University of Texas at Austin (1913-1917), his career as an independent oil man and founder of Woodley Petroleum Company and the Pan American Sulfur Company, his years as regent of the University of Texas at Austin (1935-1941), his service as head of the Transportation Division of the Petroleum Administration for War (1942-43), his service as chief of staff of the Allied War Reparations Commission (1945), his work in helping to establish the Petroleum Administration for Defense (1950), his service as a member of the governing boards of the Fund for the Republic and its successor the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (1952-1976), his involvement as an activist and fund raiser for the national and Texas Democratic parties, and his support for a wide variety of civil liberties and peace movement organizations."

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  • "Parten, J. R., papers"