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Box 5

 Container

Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:

Scrapbook featuring ship on front, dated 1860-1934. Includes photographs, correspondence, calling cards, school report cards, event programs, and other ephemera, some belonging to Andrew Forest Muir and some to his ancestors.

 File — Box: 5, Folder: -
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...
Dates: ca. 1916-1969

Scrapbook featuring horse and rider on front, dated 1877-1932. Includes family tax records, photographs, social invitations, church events, baptism records, birth certificates, some belonging to Andrew Forest Muir and some to his ancestors.

 File — Box: 5, Folder: -
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...
Dates: ca. 1916-1969