Wade biography of Michel B. Menard collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a biography written by Houston Wade about Michel B. Menard, founder of Galveston. Included are newsclippings about Menard, other Texas personalities, and correspondence to Mr. Wade regarding the Menard family history.
Dates
- Creation: 1938 - 1939
Creator
- Wade, Houston (Person)
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Wade biography of Michel B. Menard collection, MS 189, must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
Biographical Note
Michel Branamour Meynard, Indian trader, entrepreneur and founder of the Galveston City company, was born near Montreal, Quebec, on December 5, 1805. He became a fur trader, working his way south from Detroit to Missouri, trading with the Shawnee and other Indian tribes. He later traded horses and mules for manufactured goods and built and operated a sawmill . He organized the Galveston Company in 1838 and represented Galveston in the fifth Congress in 1840-41.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract:
This collection consists of a biography written by Houston Wade about Michel B. Menard, founder of Galveston. Included are newsclippings about Menard, other Texas personalities, and correspondence to Mr. Wade regarding the Menard family history.
Acquisition Information
Fletcher Collection, gift of Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 1969
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Wade biography of Michel B. Menard collection, 1938-1939
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Alan Bath
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu