Free Negroes in Brazoria County, Texas 1822-1860

File — Box: 35, Folder: 11

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: Correspondence, research and genealogical notes compiled by former Rice professor Andrew Forest Muir. Subjects include early Texas history, early Texans, particularly Houston and Harris county, and the Episcopal Church in Texas, as well as the Anglican Church in Hawaii. Muir made the notes as a student at Rice Institute and at the University of Texas. The largest group of materials is Muir’s alphabetical subject research files which relate to 19th century Texas and Houston history; the life and death of William Marsh Rice; the growth of the Catholic, Anglican, and Episcopal Churches in the 19th century via missionary work in Texas and Hawaii; and Hawaiian history, specifically clergymen in Hawaii. These research files were created and maintained by Andrew Forest Muir circa 1935-1969, with subjects covering a wide range dates, circa 1750-1969, bulk 1800s.

Correspondents include fellow Texas historians, librarians and publishers such as Frank Wardlaw, Alfred A. Knopf, A.C. Greene, Angus Cameron (Editor, Alfred A. Knopf), attorney Cooper Ragan, William H. Masterson (regarding Journal of Southern History), Diana and Bill Hobby, J.W. Petty Jr. (Book Mart, Victoria, TX)

Also of interest is Muir's collection of original treasury notes and manuscripts (Series VI) which dates mainly from the Republic of Texas Era and the U.S. Civil War era, reflecting everyday life through local (county, city, state, Confederate) currency from Texas and Southern states, as well as correspondence, receipts, military orders, and more.

Dates

ca. 1916-1969

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Extent

From the Collection: 41 Linear Feet (82 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General note

Notes on Greenbury Logan of Fort Bend County, Samuel H. Hardin, and others, James Richardson of Brazoria County; typescript with corrections of AFM article on Samuel H. Hardin; typescript with corrections of AFM article on Greenbury Logan (unpublished); notes taken from deed records, newspapers, probate records, civil district court records, land certificates, tombstones, criminal dockets, marriage records, journal articles, state records, laws of Texas, journals of the Texas Congress, manuscript collections, published letter collections, published primary sources, reference works; correspondence on research; material on George L. Hammeken; chronology of events in Texas 1861-1865; survey and abstracts of the "Telegraph & Texas Register" and "Morning Star" (Houston) on activities of the city council of Houston (1837-1845); materials of the city of Houston (late 1830s, early 1840s); letters with information on early Houston and the Port of Houston; notes on Henry Thuerwaechter; notes on George Lewis Hammeken from deed records of Limestone County (1833-1922); notes on Texas Supreme Court cases 1847; transcriptions of Sam Houston letters (1848, 1856); chronological lists of battles and actions in Texas in which troops of the regular U.S. army participated and troops engaged (1846-1854); notes on Enrique Mexia; AFM article "Lewis A. levy, Initiator of Organized Jewry in Texas" (unpublished)