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D. Allan Bromley Letter to James D. Watkins
No full textLetter by D. Allan Bromley, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), to Admiral James D. Watkins, Secretary of the Department of Energy. Bromley invites Admiral Watkins to a meeting of the Science, Technology, and National Security Panel of the Presdient's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
Merlyn D. Watkins
No full textMerlyn D. Watkins, son of Ora Abplanalp and LaVerle Watkins, received a mission call for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the New Zealand Mission
Watkins Family papers, MSS.1530
No full textAbstract: A collection of papers, most of them relating to the business dealings of this Marengo County, Alabama family of cotton planters and slaveowners.Scope and Content Note: An extensive collection of papers, relating principally to Brackett O., and James L. and Eveline Watkins. They are arranged in three series relating to: the estates of James L. and Eveline; the estate of Brackett O.; and material pertaining to various members of the Watkins family. The majority of the papers concern the business transactions of James L. Watkins and the estate of Brackett O. Watkins. There are a limited number of business and household receipts and other documents belonging to the estate of Eveline Watkins.The collection contains business accounts, bills and receipts for farm equipment, supplies, and household purchases, records of cotton sales, records of slaves, tax receipts, bonds, a will, a legal brief, land appraisals, inventories, and surveys, personal and business correspondence, inheritance papers, agreements, and a court summons. All papers are originals.The papers of of James L. Watkins' estate reflect his transactions as a cotton planter and merchant. The collection is void of any personal correspondence. John Gray Allen was executor of James L. Watkins's estate and the bulk of the papers are addressed to him.The material concerning Brackett O. Watkins' estate sheds light his activities as a cotton planter. There is a limited amount of information dealing with his personal affairs.Biographical/Historical Note: James Watkins (1770--September 1, 1840) was born near Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina. He married Phebe DeJarnette ( - September 13, 1840). They had eight children: John, Brackett O., James L., Munford D., Christopher, Culpepper, and Jermina (Ingram). John, James and Brackett settled in Alabama. John lived in Wilcox County, while James and Brackett eventually settled in nearby Marengo County, where they both became became cotton planters.Brackett Watkins (ca. 1813--ca. 1842) married Dolly Curtis on December 4, 1834 in Marengo County, Alabama. She was the daughter of Samuel Curtis, a Revolutionary War veteran, and his wife, Elizabeth. Both Brackett and Dolly Watkins died by the summer of 1842. Their children were raised by Joseph Agee and his third wife, Elizabeth Curtis, a sister of Dolly.James L. Watkins (September 16, 1808--October 28, 1847) married Eveline Dumas (February 21, 1811--October 14, 1853) of North Carolina on February 24, 1829 in Wilcox County, Alabama. James L. Watkins made his living as a merchant and cotton planter in Marengo County. Eveline Watkins apparently maintained a separate estate with real property valued at $2000 in 1850. James Watkins was survived by Eveline and several children: Jeminia Q., wife of Reuben Pickett; Seraphina, wife of Isaac Dansby; Mary A., wife of Vastine J. Pope; Helen M. Watkins; Calvin H. Watkins; William H. Watkins; James D. Watkins; and Napoleon B. Watkins. John Gray Allen, a close friend of Brackett O. and James L., was the administrator of James L. and Eveline Watkins's estates (Allen had purchased land from B.O. Watkins in 1849). He later married Nancy Roe Kennon Curtis Boatright, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Curtis and sister of B.O. Watkins' wife, Dolly
[Winfield D. Watkins]
No full textUndated portrait of Winfield D. Watkins, who served on the Texas Tech University Board of Regents from 1953-1959 and was chair from 1957-1959
Marriage record of Bush, Perry D. and Watkins, Nettie L.
No full textMarriage license for Perry D. Bush and Nettie L. Watkins. D.W. Landers was the Notary Public
Watkins, John D.
No full textJohn Watkins died on July 22, 1870 in Macon, Georgia.https://digitalworks.union.edu/alumnifiles_1823/1056/thumbnail.jp
Cost-allocation principles for pipeline capacity and usage
No full textThis paper applies principles f rom game theory to the problem o f allocating the cost o f a shared facility, such as a pipeline. The theory o f cooperative games s t r ongl y suggest s t hat no method e x i s t s for allocating costs that wi l l achieve all major policy goals. We apply results from the theory o f cooperative games a n d principles o f cost allocation to assess some c o mmo n l y adopted rules for allocating costs and def i ni ng u n i t charges. Mos t notably, the postage-stamp toll is f o u n d to fail a mi ni mal set o f commonly applied principles.cost allocation; pipeline
Darla and Arlys Watkins
No full textDarla D and Arlys Watkins are the daughters of Orlan Ray and Carrie Marie Rasmussen Watkins from Sunnyside, Utah. Their mother died a couple years following this in 1937. Their father remarried Lucille Hasler
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