Amelia Worthington Williams
Amelia Worthington Williams (March 26, 1876 – April 14, 1958) was an American historian who researched the Alamo and Sam Houston.
Biography
She was born in Maysfield, Texas, on March 26, 1876, to Thomas Herbert and Emma Massengale Williams.
Williams was the oldest of seven children. She was recognized for her scholastic abilities. She attended
Williams was an instructor at the University of Texas from 1925 to 1951. She researched and wrote about the Alamo, of which she was considered a foremost authority,[5] and Sam Houston.[1] Her dissertation was the first scholarly study of the survivors of the Alamo.[6] Portions of the dissertation were published in Southwestern Historical Quarterly in 1933 and 1934.[1]
She collaborated with Barker on The Writings of Sam Houston; she is credited with convincing Houston's descendants to provide access to documents.[1]
Williams was a Presbyterian and a Democrat.[1]
Williams died in Austin on April 14, 1958. She had been working on a biography of Sam Houston. She was buried near her hometown of Maysfield, Texas in the Little River Cemetery.[1][4]
Memberships
- Daughters of the Republic of Texas (Honorary lifetime member)
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- United Daughters of the Confederacy
- Order of the Eastern Star
Source:[1]
Selected works
- "The Siege and Fall of the Alamo," thesis, 1931.[7]
- "A Critical Study of the Siege of the Alamo and of the Personnel of its Defenders," Ph.D. dissertation, 1931.[8]
- Following General Sam Houston, 1793–1836. The Steck Company, 1935.
- The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813–1863. With Eugene C. Barker. 1837–1843.
Papers
Williams' papers are held at the University of Texas at Austin.[9][10]
Further reading
- American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: A Biographical Dictionary. United States: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Williams, Amelia Worthington". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. J.T. White. 1962.
- ISBN 978-0-8117-0060-3.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4671-4939-6.
- ISBN 978-1-4396-7069-9.
- ^ Barnes, Michael (May 7, 2022). "An urban homestead called Flower Hill preserves a family's Austin-centric history". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
- ^ Williams, Amelia Worthington (1931). A critical study of the siege of the Alamo and of the personnel of its defenders (Thesis).
- JSTOR 30235477.
- ^ "Williams, Amelia Worthington, papers". Briscoe Center. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ "Amelia Worthington Williams Papers, 1815-1985". Texas Archives. Retrieved June 6, 2023.