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Leonidas Davis Carrington family papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.01993

Scope and Contents

Collection concerns the family of Carrington (1816-1897), merchant and soldier, and relates to family news and genealogical information about the Carrington, Denny, and Rothhaas families; Carrington’s activities as a captain in the Confederacy; and land transactions. Included are correspondence, reports, legal documents, financial papers, calling cards, newspaper clippings, magazine, funeral notices, and photographs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1825 - 1897
  • Creation: 1923 - 1943

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no use restrictions on this collection. Publisher is responsible for complying with copyright law.

Extent

2 inches

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection concerns the family of Carrington (1816-1897), merchant and soldier, and relates to family news and genealogical information about the Carrington, Denny, and Rothhaas families; Carrington’s activities as a captain in the Confederacy; and land transactions. Included are correspondence, reports, legal documents, financial papers, calling cards, newspaper clippings, magazine, funeral notices, and photographs.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by archives staff in 1938.

Subsequent revisions were made by Claire Maxwell, December 1984.

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

Title
Leonidas Davis Carrington Family Papers, 1825-1897, 1923-1943
Status
Ready To Publish
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Repository

Contact:
2300 Red River Street
Austin TX 78712