Jews

File — Box: 55, Folder: 9

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 Jews in Texas (1830s-1870s) taken from contemporary printed sources, newspapers, Federal census, records of land grants, tombstones, state laws, district court records, marriage records, interment records, deed records, congregation minute books and account books, monographs, journal articles, probate records, assessors records, reference works; AFM articles "Lewis A. Levy, the Initiator of Organized Jewry in Texas" and "Lewis A. levy, Pioneer Merchant of Houston" (both unpublished); AFM (?) typescript "Jews and Negroes in the Texas Revolution"; typescript carbon of "The Jews in Houston and Galveston, Texas During the Civil War" by Gary Alan Ratkin (May 1963); correspondence on research.