Zone d'identification
Cote
Nom et localisation du dépôt
Niveau de description
Collection
Titre
Bernard Sbisa Family Collection
Date(s)
- 1877-1919 (Création/Production)
Importance matérielle
2.00 Boxes
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Bernard Sbisa was born in Austria and raised in New Orleans. In 1864, he opened a commercial hotel in Matamoras, Mexico, and four years later opened the Washington Hotel and Restaurant in Galveston, TX. In 1874, Bernard Sbisa opened another hotel, the Grand Southern Hotel in Galveston, TX. He met his wife while operating the Grand Southern Hotel. In January 1878, he accepted a position as manager of the Sustenance Department (food services) at Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas (TAMC) and was later made Steward of the Mess Hall.
Bernard and his wife lived on campus in an apartment in the Mess Hall building. The Sbisas were beloved by the campus and praised for their culinary and social skills. Their daughter, Rita Sbisa, was very active in campus social life and help found a Bicycle club that promoted healthy living and social activities through bicycling. Bernard Sbisa passed away in 1928. Rita Sbisa married Eugen W. Kerr (Class of 1896), and they both lived in Cuba with their three children.
Sbisa Dining Hall, built after a kitchen fire destroyed the original mess hall, was named in honor of Bernard Sbisa in 1926.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
The Bernard Sbisa Family Collection consists of photographic scrapbooks, personal correspondence, photographs of the Sbisa Family, and early Texas A&M College photographs along with other early college photographs of the campus of Perdue. The items included either have no date or are dated from between 1877 to 1919.
Bernard Sbisa was one of the first Texas A&M College professors who lived and taught the early Texas A&M College.
Mode de classement
Arranged by material type.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
unrestricted
Accès physique
Accès technique
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Langue des documents
- anglais
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Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Sources complémentaires
For more information about Sbisa and family, see Sbisa, Bernard in the Remstar 2: Biography Files.
Descriptions associées
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Notes spécialisées
- Conservation: Fragile, handle with care.
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Note de l'archiviste
Finding Aid Authors: Jenny Reibenspies.
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