E. Logan Goar Collection

Collection

Identifier: F020-82

Staff Only

Scope and Content

The collection arrived in good condition and was initially processed with only a container list as description. Due to a change of the content management system, further description proved to be necessary.

Dates

Creation: 1917 - 1926
Creation: Majority of material found within 1917 - 1918

Creator

Sutton, W. E. (Dr.) (Collector, Person)

Language of Materials

Collection is in English.

Access Restrictions

Materials in this collection are open for research.

Literary Rights Statement

Permission to publish material from this collection in any form, current or future, must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.

Biographical Sketch

Everett Logan Goar was born in Indiana in 1918. After pursuing a career in medicine, Goar served with the United States Army Medical Corps, reaching the rank of Major. After leaving military service, he studied Ophthalmology, achieving a degree from Colorado University in 1925. Goar opened an Ophthalmology practice in Texas, and then joined the faculty at Baylor University. He served as head of the Ophthalmology program from 1943-1954, and as a professor emeritus until his retirement from Baylor in 1971. Goar also remained a practicing ophthalmologist until his retirement from medicine in February of 1971. He passed away in November of that year at the age of 84.

Sources

Source: Editorial Staff, “Obituaries – Everett Logan Goar, 1886-1971”, "American Journal of Ophthalmology", July, 1971: 214-215.

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet ((One half-sized manuscript box and one framed painting).)

Additional Description

Abstract

Series Description

This collection contains a scrapbook of photographs, articles, notes, and information collected by W. E. Sutton and given to Everett Logan Goar. It also houses a framed a painting depicting the mid-air breakup of the airship USS Shenandoah.

Provenance Statement

The E. Logan Goar Collection was donated to the History of Aviation Archives, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas, by Everett Logan Goar on 1982-07-15.

Additional Sources

Additional information about American aviation activities in World War I can be found in the George H. Williams, Jr. Collection and the Frank W. Bailey Collection.

Image ID

It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission from copyright holders of materials to which this institution does not own copyright.

Images in this collection are identified by a unique number that provides information about the format, record group, collection, series, box, folder, and image numbers. Please use this number when ordering reproductions of images from this collection.

Record Group Code

1 = CAT/Air American Archives

2 = Doolittle Archives

3 = Lighter than Air Archives

4 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library

5 = History of Aviation Archives

6 = University Archives

7 = HAC Stacks

8 = WPRL Stacks

9 = Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Collection

10 = Belsterling Collection

11 = Closed Stacks

12 = Unidentified

13 = Chance Vought Archives

14 = Twirly Birds Archives

Image Format Code

P = Photograph/Postcard

S = Slide

N = Negative

T = Positive Transparency

B = Black and White

C = Color

Example: 4ELG-1-1-PC1

4 = George H. Williams, Jr. World War I Aviation Library

ELG = Everett Logan Goar Collection

= Series Number

1 = Box Number

1 = Folder Number

P = Photograph/Postcard

C = Color

1 = Image Number

Images archived in plastic image holders may also have a location code in the format: 1/TL. In this example, the number is the sheet number and the letters indicate the top left position on the sheet. Position indicators are T = top, L = left, R = right, M = middle, and B = bottom. Position indicators may be combined to describe the position on the sheet, as shown in this example.