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Americas collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0518

Abstract: Original letters, broadsides, pamphlets, printed materials and books documenting the 19th century and early 20th century political and cultural relationships between the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, Cuba, Spain, and Portugal.

Dates: 1811-1920

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Clarence R. Wharton papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0019

Abstract: The Clarence R. Wharton Papers includes Wharton’s papers, correspondence, research files and manuscripts related to Texas history. The correspondence pertains primarily to the preparation and/or publication of his works, such as "Gail Borden, pioneer," "Wharton's History of Fort Bend County," "Remember Goliad," "L'Archeveque," and others. Also included is manuscript material of other authors.

Dates: 1804-1956

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Elizabeth Craw diary

Collection

Identifier: MS 0386

Abstract: The collection consists of the personal diary of Elizabeth Craw (1819-ca.1909), which records her journey from Ohio to see her soldier fiancé in Texas, and her experiences there. Craw’s fiancé fought and died at the Battle of the Alamo.

Dates: 1833-1841

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Heiskell research on correction of Alamo defender's name

Collection

Identifier: MS 0266

Abstract: One folder with one 13 pg. letter to the governor of Texas from Roy H. Heiskell and two letters from the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Custodians of the Alamo, to Roy H. Heiskell regarding the proper spelling of his great-great uncle (and Alamo defender) Charles M. Heiskell’s name in the historical record at the Alamo.

Dates: 1977

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

James Lockhart Autry Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0003

Abstract Business papers, correspondence, photographs and memorabilia related to the James Lockhart Autry family of Texas (1875-present) and of North Carolina (1832), Tennessee (1824-1840) and Mississippi (1840-1875) show the life style of a family who moved into Texas and played an important role in developing both the social and economic framework of Houston. Among the business papers are correspondence and legal briefs from the terms Autry served as general counsel to the Texas Company, president of...

Dates: 1832 - 1998

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar travel journal

Collection

Identifier: MS 0311

Abstract: On his 1835 trip from Georgia to Texas, Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar kept a manuscript diary. The journal is written in continuous narrative form, with frequent historical or descriptive passages inserted, covering the months June-October, 1835, the period during which Lamar apparently made his decision to settle in Texas permanently and join in the Texian battle for independence from Mexico.

Dates: 1835

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Moses Austin Bryan letter to Col. W.W. Fontaine

Collection

Identifier: MS 0316

Abstract: This letter (10 January 1890) from Moses Austin Bryan letter to Col. W.W. Fontaine is in response to a series of questions concerning the revolutionary period in Texas history.

Dates: 1890-01-10

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Sam Houston papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0049

Abstract: Sam Houston was the leader of the Battle of San Jacinto which won Texan independence from Mexico, the first regularly elected president of the Republic of Texas, U.S. Senator from state of Texas, and later Governor of Texas. This collection of letters contains government letters and documents written by Houston, letters to Houston from other government officials, and people seeking favors, and personal materials such as letters to and from family members, and bills. Government and military...

Dates: 1821 - 1863

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Thomson family of Texas papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0288

Abstract: This collection is bound into an 8”x11” spiral binder, and contains typed transcripts of letters and recollections of various members of the Thomson family, describing family business, moves to Texas, general health of Texas colonists, the Mier Expedition, the Texan war for independence. Some accounts are first hand descriptions of participation, such as James Monroe Hill’s account of the Battle of San Jacinto.

Dates: 1832 - 1898

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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Americas collection

Clarence R. Wharton papers

Elizabeth Craw diary

Heiskell research on correction of Alamo defender's name

James Lockhart Autry Family Papers

Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar travel journal

Moses Austin Bryan letter to Col. W.W. Fontaine

Sam Houston papers

Thomson family of Texas papers

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