Smith, Ashbel, 1805-1886

The J. Gail Borden, Jr., Papers, 1830-1910, 1932-1937, contain account books, correspondence, and publications, concerning the farming and milk industry in relation to Gail Borden and his milk company.

Correspondence, account books, medical notebooks, a literary notebook, scrapbooks, and news clippings comprise the John Henry Bowers Family Papers, 1854-1949, which relate to both Bowers’ career as a physician and his family affairs.

The Madge Williams Hearne collection contains letters, legal documents, resolutions, appointments, and proclamations related to Texas statesman Sam Houston. It mostly consists of letters written to Sam Houston and others by important historical figures, especially during the Revolutionary period in Texas (1835-1836) and the years of the Republic of Texas (1836-1846).

Correspondence, legal documents, business records, broadsides, and a literary production comprise the Addison C. Hinton Papers, 1835-1853, and relate to Hinton’s civil law practice and his business on behalf of the Texas Navy in New Orleans.

Papers document the life of Sam Houston, including military service, as congressman from and governor of Tennessee, as commander-in-chief of the army in the Texas Revolution, as president of the Republic of Texas, as United States senator from and governor of the state of Texas. Many important state and national figures, especially Andrew Jackson, are represented, as well as personal friends and family members.

The Philosophical Society of Texas was founded on December 5, 1837, in the capitol of the Republic of Texas, Houston, and was revived in 1935 in Dallas. By the 1990s the society had moved to Austin. Records of the society include administrative records of the organization, relating to the history, founding, revival, and purposes of the society, as well as to its day-to-day functioning and administration.

Ashbel Smith Papers, 1823-1926, include correspondence, letter books, speeches, publications, official records, clippings, and photographs documenting the career of the physician, statesman, and educator.