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Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Grounding of the S.S. Schroon papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0265
Abstract:
The papers include investigative reports, correspondence, and ship and crew information in relation to the grounding of the S.S. Schroon while helping the S.S. West Hematite. The S.S. Schroon was an American sea-going vessel invovled in cargo transport.
Dates:
1922 - 1937
Houston Hadassah collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 775
Overview
This collection consists of eleven boxes containing administrative, awards and certificates, bulletins, correspondence, directories, event materials, newsclippings, photographs, radio and television, scrapbooks, and yearbooks from Houston Hadassah, spanning from 1934-2022.
Dates:
1934 - 2022
Indentured servant contract between the Duke of Chandos and one George Harvey
Collection
Identifier: MS 0171
Overview
The holding consists of an Indentured Servant Contract between the Duke of Chandos and one George Harvey, a parchment document, approximately 23 x 29 inches in size, in English and dated 1761, setting forth the terms of the indenture.
Dates:
1761
J.D. Sandefer, Jr. tribute
Collection
Identifier: MS 0542
Overview
This collection contains a bound volume of many letters of condolence to J.D. Sandefer Jr.’s children. The letters are sent by various bankers, attorneys, businessmen, and the Presidents of Baylor University, Hardin-Simmons University, and Howard Payne University. All of the letters extol Sandefer’s abilities as a businessman, friend, and civic leader.
Dates:
1975
Libby Prison Inmate Letter
Collection
Identifier: MS 0113
Abstract:
Letter written during the Civil War by an anonymous Union Army prisoner- of-war, dated December18, 1864, and addressed from Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, to United States Senator William Wright of New Jersey, describing his worsening health while held in close confinement in the prison as hostage for a Confederate officer imprisoned in West Virginia, and urging the senator to intercede on his behalf to secure his exchange and release.
Dates:
1864
Logbook of the Brig Dona Maria Thereza
Collection
Identifier: MS 0571
Scope and Contents
Approximately 130 pages. The first 80 pages are in Portuguese and cover voyages from Fayal in the Azores to Riga and back to Lisbon, with an additional trip from Fayal to St. Petersburg. The remainder is in English and covers a voyage from Boston to Fayal.
Dates:
1814-1816
Logbook of the Schooner Don Nicholas
Collection
Identifier: MS 0572
Scope and Contents
The log reveals the ship’s travel from port to port, touching at Calais; Baltimore; Portland; Santiago, Cuba; New York; among others. Its varied cargo included bushels of corn, molasses, sugar, tobacco, etc.
Dates:
1846-1847
Miron / Berman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0839
Overview
One box of photographs, citizenship documentation, marriage and death records, correspondence, biographical information, education records, military paperwork, and family history and genealogy materials document the lives of some of the Miron / Berman family from 1924 to 1982.
Dates:
1924 - 1982
"On the Flogging of Women" commentary
Collection
Identifier: MS 0100
Overview
Document is an anonymous commentary on an article appearing in the February 28, 1827 edition of “The Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter” that discussed propositions put forward by Lord Bathurst for reforms in the treatment of enslaved people in the Colonies; in particular, a prohibition of the flogging of women, which failed to pass.
Dates:
1827
Partial Logbook of the Ship Leonidas
Collection
Identifier: MS 0570
Scope and Contents
The log covers the period February 10, 1827, through November 19, 1828, and contains daily reports at sea and in port. The initial pages, and those for the months of May and June 1827, are missing. Entries indicate that the ship departed from its usual Charleston to Boston route in August 1828 and sailed for New York, then to Vera Cruz, Mexico, arriving there three months later. The partial logbook contains approximately 60 pages and measures 11” x 16.25”.
Dates:
1827-1828