The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 20, Ed. 1 Monday, November 15, 1976 Page: 6 of 8
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Jefferson Davis Association elects Beacroft to Board
At its annual meeting held
recently at Rice, the Jefferson
Davis Association elected
Percival T. Beacroft of
Freeport, Texas, and Wood-
ville, Mississippi, to its Board
of Directors, it was announced
today by Frank E. Vandiver,
President of the Association
and Rice's Provost and Vice-
president.
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Association, a non-profit, tax-
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tered at Rice, was chartered by
the state of Texas in 1963 to
organize and underwrite the
preparation of a complete
edition of the public and
private papers of President
Jefferson Davis. Two volumes
covering the period from 1808
to 1846 have been published. It
is expected that in time
twenty-five volumes will be
necessary for the total works.
The third volume will be
released by the Louisiana
State University press this
coming winter.
Beacroft, who in 1971
purchased and began the
restoration of Rosemont
Plantation, the Davis family
home in Woodville, Missis-
sippi, is a native of Freeport,
Texas, and has shown a life-
time interest in perpetuating
the memory and tradition of
Jefferson Davis. His work at
Rosemont is primarily for
educational purposes and "to
show the greatness of
Jefferson Davis before he was
elected President."
Percival T. Beacroft
After his graduation from
the law school at Southern
Methodist University in
Dallas, Texas, where he was
also an undergraduate,
Beacroft attended the
University of London in
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was president of the Student
Body and a member of Kappa
Alpha fraternity. He has
practiced law both in Texas,
where he is a member of the
Texas Bar, and in New York
City, where he has been active
in theatrical law circles. He
was with The Chase Manhat-
tan Bank in New York City.
Beacroft has also done
restorations in New York and
in Texas. He has two other
restorations which, along with
Rosemont, are listed on the
National Register of Historic
Places. His restorations have
ranged from log house homes
to those of the Greek Revival
period.
The Board of Jefferson
Davis Association is com-
posed of leading southern
educators, state officials, and
philanthropists; all of whom
share an interest in Davis. Dr.
Frank E. Vandiver, Provost of
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Association whose Board
Members now include Elbert
R. Hilliard, John Ted
Hammer, Samuel W. Higgin-
botham, William P. Hobby, W.
A. Kirkland, Mrs. Mary Moody
Northen, Frank E. Vandiver,
Damon Wells, Jr., and Cooper
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Vandiver, a well-known
historian, also serves as chief
advisory editor, with James T.
Mcintosh as editor. Other
advisory editors are: Charlotte
Capers, Bruce Catton, Thomas
L. Connelly, Philip Detweiler,
Richard B. Harwell, Oliver W.
Holmes, James I. Robertson,
Jr., Hudson Strode, Bell I.
Wiley, and T. Harry Williams.
Beacroft also serves on the
Board of the Texas Pioneer
Arts Foundation, the Davis
Family Association, the
Woodville Museum of South-
ern Decorative Arts, the City
of Freeport Planning Council,
and has been the recipient of
the Jefferson Davis medal by
the U.D.C. His business
interests are widespread with
ranches in Brazoria County,
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McFarland, Carla. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 20, Ed. 1 Monday, November 15, 1976, newspaper, November 15, 1976; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245311/m1/6/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.