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CS_00/CS_13. Texas History

 Collecting Area Term
Identifier: CS_00/CS_13

Found in 2785 Collections and/or Records:

Janet Lipscomb Alexander papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00056
Abstract

Janet Lipscomb Alexander taught grade school in Caldwell County, Texas from 1926-1970 and was a genealogist. The papers document Alexander's childhood, career, and family.

Dates: 1839 - 1986

L. C. Alexander papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00704
Abstract

Papers of Alexander, Confederate veteran, lawyer, and district judge, and partner in Waco, Texas, law firm known consecutively as Alexander and Winter; Alexander, Winter and Dickson; Alexander and Campbell; and Alexander and Atkinson, document his business affairs and legal practice in Waco, Texas.

Dates: 1876 - 1900

Melrose Alexander collection

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00706
Abstract

The photographs and documents in this collection were owned by Brownwood, Texas, resident Melrose Alexander, who died in 1994.

Dates: circa 1890-1980

Robert Alexander papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00709
Abstract

Papers relating primarily to the religious activities of Alexander (1811-1882), for 45 years a Methodist clergyman and circuit rider stationed in Texas who was instrumental in the founding of Texas University, later Southwestern University, of which he served as president.

Dates: 1838 - 1844; 1850 - 1851; 1875 - 1884

T. C. Alexander diary

 Collection
Identifier: camh-arc-004540
Abstract

The T.C. Alexander diary gives a daily account of the U.S. Army's march from Tennessee to Mexico, the army's action in Mexico, and its return to the United States.

Dates: 1846 - 1847

John T. Allan letter book

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00710
Abstract

Entries related to real-estate transactions in the Austin vicinity, produced by Allan (ca. 1826-1888), appointed state treasurer in 1867.

Dates: 1858 - 1869

George W. Allard letter

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00711
Abstract

Letter from Allard, November 8, 1935, in Byers, Texas, to Mrs. J.A. Byler, describes the Battle of Dove Creek, in Tom Green County, January 8, 1865, in which the Kickapoo Indians, en route to Mexico from Indian Territory, were attacked by and defeated Captain Henry Fossett's state border guards.

Dates: 1935

A. C. Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00713
Abstract

Photostats of a diary and two copies of the reminiscences of an officer in William Walker's Nicaraguan expedition (1856-1857).

Dates: 1857; 1875; 1904

Beverly Whipple Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: camh-arc-004400
Abstract

The Beverly Whipple Allen Papers, 1853-1938, relate primarily to the pastoral duties of Allen, a Methodist clergyman, while some of the papers pertain to Allen's first career as an attorney in Austin.

Dates: 1853 - 1938

George and Georgiana Allen family papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00714
Abstract

Correspondence of George and Georgiana Allen relate to their experiences as Americans establishing a plant nursery in Mexico and fleeing Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.

Dates: 1913