United States
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
Aaron Martin U.S. Civil War letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 031
Abstract:
Correspondence from Aaron Martin to his family regarding personal matters, the U.S. Civil War, and army life.
Dates:
1862 - 1865
Americas collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 518
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
Andrew Forest Muir papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 017
Abstract:
This material includes correspondence, research and genealogical notes which reflect the interests of historian and Rice University professor Andrew Forest Muir. They relate to 19th century Texas and Houston history; free African Americans in Texas pre-Civil War; 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...
Dates:
ca. 1916-1969
Ann Marie Turner correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MS 114
Abstract:
The Ann Marie Turner correspondence consists of a collection of letters primarily between Ann Marie Stewart Turner and her husband, James Turner, a Confederate soldier in the U.S. Civil War. The remaining correspondence in this collection is amongst Mrs. Turner and other family and friends.
Dates:
1851 - 1913
Billie Carr political papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 373
Overview
The papers of Billie Carr, political organizer in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, include correspondence, office files, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining to her work in the Harris County Democrats, Texas Democrats, Democratic National Committee, New Democratic Coalition, and Billie Carr & Associates.
Dates:
1956 - 2003
Britton Collection of Early Texas and U.S. Civil War documents
Collection
Identifier: MS 009
Abstract:
Legal documents and correspondence related to the Jose de Escandon expedition of the Gulf Coast (1765-1766) and the establishment of missions in the Seno Mexicano, and U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction documents, as well as other documents related to Texas and American history.
Dates:
1597-1903
Charles B. Johnson Confederate Supply Requisition records
Collection
Identifier: MS 332
Abstract:
Charles B. Johnson Confederate Supply Requisition records pertain to the business of the Wichita Indian Agency as well as receipts, quartermasters’ store lists, payment abstracts, invoices, and records of acquisitions made by the Confederate States of America in the State of Texas.
Dates:
1861 - 1865
Confederate Imprint collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 071
Overview
Official documents, books, advertisements, religious pamphlets, maps, and various other materials related to life in the Confederacy during the period of the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1855-1879
Dillingham Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 257
Abstract
The Dillingham Family Papers, consisting of approximately 900 items or 1.25 linear feet, follows the history of a prominent Texas family from 1858 to 1958. Correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, photographs, journals, poetry, and newspaper clippings show the life style of a family who moved into Texas during the prosperous era of the late nineteenth century and played an important role in developing both the social and economic framework of Houston.
Dates:
1858 - 1958
Edgar S. Maclay letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 147
Abstract:
Letters written by Maclay to Admiral Thomas A. Stevens mentioning his intention to write a comprehensive account of the Navy’s part in the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1894 - 1895