Pioneers -- Texas

FULL FINDING AID (PDF)

Collectors. Correspondence (1876-1900) between members of the Helphenstine family, which settled in Oklahoma Territory in 1889; scrapbook of newspaper clippings (n.d.) concerning the history of Palo Pinto County, Texas; copies of the STAR NEWS Centennial Edition (1957) of Palo Pinto County, Texas; and a ledger (1907) belonging to L.E. Patterson. Frank and Patty Grass Photograph Collection also in repository.

FULL FINDING AID (PDF)

Attorney. Legal documents (1891-1900), including tax and pay receipts; judicial documents (1894-1899), including injunction bonds, writs of injunction and transcripts of injunction, all from Greer County, Texas and Greer County, Oklahoma. Also included are sheriff deputization certificates (1895-1899), citizen announcements of cattle brands claimed (1894), a homestead certificate (1903) and a teacher certification (1899), also from Greer County, Oklahoma. Lemuel Hensley Tittle Photograph Collection also in repository.

FULL FINDING AID (PDF)

Pioneer. Photocopies of Mrs. Jones' account of pioneer life in early Montague County, Texas, from 1854 to approximately 1867, describing early settlers and raids by the Comanche Indians; of census returns from 1860 and 1870 for the Jones and Baggett families, taken from "Early Records of Montague County, Texas" (1982); obituary (1934) of Mrs. Jones; a roll of the Nacogdohes (Texas) Mounted Volunteers from STRIPES (June 1976), and notes (1988) on the genealogy of the Jones and Baggett families.

FULL FINDING AID (PDF)

History professor. Photocopies of correspondence (1853-1854) from the letterbook of the commanding officer of the garrison at Fort Union, New Mexico; typescript of the diary (1853-1854) of Caleb Burwell Rowan Kennerly, entitled "Diary of a Journey to California, 1853-1854"; photocopies of articles on the founding of D'Hanis, Texas, and on exploring expeditions through the American Southwest; and notecards (n.d.) made by Gamble while conducting historical research on the Southwest.