- US TxAM-C 1242
- Collection
- 1864-1894
This collection includes letters, genealogical data, notebooks, pictures, and picture postcards (1888-1909) of members of the family of D. Port Smythe.
Smythe, D. Port
This collection includes letters, genealogical data, notebooks, pictures, and picture postcards (1888-1909) of members of the family of D. Port Smythe.
Smythe, D. Port
Part of J. W. Batts
6/1: Abstract of Title - Block 105 Pages 1-13, October 1894
6/2: Abstract of Title - Block 105 pages 14-28, October 1894
6/3: Abstract of Title - Richard Perry Pages 1-13, December 1894
6/4: Abstract of Title - Richard Perry Pages 14-29, December 1894
6/5: Abstract - Unidentifiable, Undated
Receipts - Lot No. 8, Block No. 28, Corpus Christi, Texas
Part of William Harrison Mays Papers
Item 6 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated October 15, 1872
Item 7 - Receipt for taxes paid by Moses Sinclair, dated October 19, 1872
Item 8 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated March 6, 1874
Item 9 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated [?], 1874
Item 10 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated May 29, 1877
Item 11 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated February 14, 1879
Item 12 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated February 14, 1879
Item 13 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated February 19, 1880
Item 14 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated December 20, 1889
Item 15 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarisa [name misspelled on document] Sinclair, dated February 21, 1895
This collection contains the works of Robert F. Smith pertaining to his work over the early history of A&M College called "Brief Sketch of A&M College". Included are his notes, rough drafts, and his original manuscript written in pencil, "History of the Agricultural and Mechanical College", 1895.
Smith, Robert F.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Letters
This collection consists of three handwritten letters dated around 1896.
United States Navy Training Journal of Charles Webster
This collection contains the US Navy training journal of Charles Webster, 1894-1896, compiled under the guidance of Captain Merrill Miller. The Journal is 222 pages and illustrated with numerous sketches, drawings, and clipped prints.
Part of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Letters
Arthur to McClure, 1 folio; 1 typed transcript
Arthur to Ralph, 1 folio; 1 typed transcript
Arthur to "Dear Sir", 1 page ALS; 1 typed transcript
Part of Hernan Contreras Papers
1/14
Letters - George J. Reynolds to W. H. Mays - Josephine Reynolds to Alice Mays
Part of William Harrison Mays Papers
Item 45 - Letter from Geo. J. Reynolds to H. W. Mays, dated March 8, 1898 (3 separate pages, sleeved separately)
Item 46 - Letter from Josephine Reynolds to Mrs. Alice Mays, dated April 15, 1898
This collection includes letters written by Buck's friends and colleagues, recommending him for the position of President of A&M College of Texas.
Buck, Gideon J.
Lieutenant Milby Porter Scrapbook
This scrapbook contains photos taken during the Spanish-American War, including the Houston Light Guard, Camp Cuba Fibre (Florida), Camp Ovward (Savannah, Georgia), Camp Columbia (Cuba), Havana, and Environs (including graphic photos of human skulls).
All photographs were taken, developed, and printed by Lieutenant Milby Porter, Co. A 1st Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and Former Student at Texas A&M College.
Lawrence Sullivan Ross Correspondence
This collection contains 54 handwritten letters and documents addressed to Lawrence Sullivan Ross during his time as Governor of Texas [1887-1891], and from his time of President of Texas A&M College [1891-1898]. Also included are two Texas A&M College memorial service program for Lawrence Sullivan Ross [January 15-16, 1898].
Ross, Lawrence Sullivan, 1838-1898
Correspondence and News Clipping
Part of Gideon J. Buck Collection
1/1
Brief biography of Gideon J. Buck
1/2
Letters exchanged between Buck and L. S. Ross (2 pages handwritten). The letter from Ross to Buck is dated May 10, 1894.
Recommendation letters on behalf of Gideon J. Buck for the position of President of Texas A&M (folders 1/3 through 1/11).
1/3
From W. E. Collard from Austin, TX (1 page handwritten). January 7, 1898
To W. R. Cavitt from a man in Laredo, Texas (1 page typed). January 8, 1898
1/4
From J. S. Hogg to Hon. Gideon J. Buck in Austin, Texas (1 page typed). January 10, 1898
From J. G. Yeufrior (Downey, Cal.) to Hon. W. R Cavitt (1 page handwritten). January 14, 1898
1/5
Handwritten copy of January 10th letter in folder 1/4 (1 page).
1/6
From J. K. Shread (Waco, Texas) to J. S. Hogg (1 page handwritten). January 10, 1898
From J. S. Hogg (Austin, Texas) to Gideon J. Buck (1 page typed). January 31, 1898
1/7
To the Board of Directors of Texas A&M by a group of men in Waco, Texas. Their names are: J. K . Street , J. T. Morrison, Waller S. Baker , J.W. Taylor, R. E. Jouitis, Charles B. Pearre, R. W. Park, Lo. McCulluek, J. S. Sluoler, D. R. Gurly, E. Rotain, D. W. Naroly, and Sam R. Scott (3 pages typed). January 28, 1898
1/8
Handwritten copy of letter in folder 1/7 (4 pages).
1/9
From H. E. Willson in Taylor, Texas (2 pages handwritten). January 27, 1898
1/10
From Julian Garroll Kendrion M.D. (Downy, Cal.) to Judge Spenion Ford in Bryan, Texas (2 pages typed). February 1, 1898
1/11
From C. Pearre to unknown in Laredo, Texas (2 pages handwritten). February 8, 1898
1/12
Newspaper article announcing the death of J. C. Kendrick (xerox copy). June 1, 1906
Part of Edward Everett Papers
1/2
Journal entries. Caption title: "San Antonio de Bescar. September 1846." 11 Sept. 1846-4 April [1847]
Half sheets (6) of ruled paper, torn in half horizontally, and stitched along left margin. Signed "Edward Everett" in pencil in upper left corner of top sheet. Had been folded and labeled on the back in pencil "Original journal, San Antonio 1846."
Journal entries. Continues recounting events in San Antonio, 16 -20 Dec. 1846
Half sheet of unruled pale blue paper, originally torn along left margin, recto filled and verso bearing single one-line entry.
Journal entries. Records events near the Rio Grande, 26 Dec. 1846-2 Jan. 1847
Large folded sheet of white paper, faintly ruled in blue. Had been folded and labeled on back in ink Memorandums of Journey to Rio Grande, with penciled annotations Journal and Dec. 26 '46.
Memoir. Titled "At San Antonio Texas, in the Quartermasters Department, U.S.A. 1846-1848," [1899?]
Handwritten in ink on 8 x 5 inch machine ruled sheets of notepaper, this memoir records Everett's activites not only in the Mexican War (1846-1848), but through some part of the Civil War, that page being annotated in pencil with 1899 and the note that it was "substituted ... in the copy sent to Quincy." The memoir is the most substantial and heavily edited part of this series. Pages are numbered in ink at top margin 1a, 2a, 1-38, 38a, 39-70, 70b [1899 substitute page], 71. Later published, all or in part, under the title "Military Life" in Transactions of the Illinois Historical Society…for 1905.
This collection consists of one letter to Adelia Clifton from Sam Clifton regarding combat in the Philippines dated April 27, 1899 (ALS, 2 leaves).
Part of Edward Everett Papers
This series consists of three groups of journal entries, and a memoir handwritten in ink. All are written on loose sheets of white notepaper or stationary which had been machine ruled in blue, except for one sheet of pale blue, unruled paper with a yellowed, rough left margin, which may have been torn from a notebook, but more likely was the remaining half of a larger sheet of paper.
Nearly all the pages bear some lightly penciled annotations, corrections and additions, undoubtedly in Everett's handwritting, and all but the memoir, with one page labeled a copy of 1899, had been folded to approximately 20 x 9 cm., then labeled as if for filing. Unclear in all cases which sets of entries are original or fair hand copies, though it appears that Everett may have been preparing all the entries for publication, probably in a personal memoir.
Journal entries are devoted to Everett's experiences in Texas during the Mexican War (1846-1848) and are dated from shortly after Edward Everett was wounded in the knee (11 Sept. 1846) and confined to the military hospital to 4 April 1847. The memoir extends the record to encompass the rest of 1848, and extend the chronology of Everett's life to well past the Civil War, though the latter events are only touched on briefly.
Everett's narrative of his experiences give a great deal of detail and insight concerning life on the Texas frontier near the Mexican border, as well as the hardships encountered by American soldiers and both American and Mexican civilians during the Mexican War (1846-1848).
Part of Crawford Family Letters
1/36: Three envelopes, no return addresses are included
Envelope 1 - postmarked on the front, April 27 - La Grange, Georgia, addressed to C. P. Crawford Esq., Flat - Pond, Lee County - GA, with additional writing stating, Ben Hill, April 1859.
Envelope 2 - postmarked on the front, April 12 - Atlanta, Georgia, addressed to Mrs. C.P. Crawford, Milledgeville, GA, with additional writing. On the back, the postmark is Milledgeville, GA. April 18, 1899, with additional writing stating, St. John Potomac "Sam"*.
Envelope 3 - postmarked on the front September 19 - Atlanta, Georgia, addressed to Capt. C. P. Crawford, Milledgeville, GA, with additional writing that states, "My precious Pet Abbis, for study & usefulness - CPL". The back of this envelope is stamped Milledgeville, GA. Sep 20, 1899.
Part of Hernan Contreras Papers
1/15
Mechanical Engineering Drawings by Moseley
Part of Hal Moseley Papers
32 hand-drawn illustrations plus a cover by Hal Moseley, for a Texas A&M College mechanical engineering class.
The Fourteenth Ohio National Guard - The Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry
This collection contains the The Fourteenth Ohio National Guard - The Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Sergeant Major Charles E. Creager (1899). Inserted and attached inside the volume are numerous newspaper clippings, obituaries, and memorabilia.
The collection contains a letter written by J. B. Rayner announcing a forthcoming visit to Edna, Texas, dated October 19, 1900 (envelope included), and a handbill announcing Rayner's talk on October 27, 1900.
Rayner, John Baptis
The charcoal images are as follows:
A barefoot African American family, mother, father, and eight children in period rural dress standing in front of a portion of a ramshackle cabin with a split wood shingle roof.
A longer view of the family, a bit scattered in front of a full view of the cabin.
Mother and daughter inside the cabin in front of a wall covered with newspaper.
Mother sitting outside the cabin, shown from the exterior chimney end.
Mother and son by a well in a wooded area.
Father and other male workers bailing cotton.
Spanish-American War and Boxer Rebellion Scrapbooks
This collection is comprised of 12 scrapbooks (compiler unknown) that contain magazine and newspaper clippings, maps, and other printed ephemera chronicling the Spanish-American War (April-August 1898) in Cuba, and the Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901) in China. No commentary or other original text has been provided by the compiler. The volumes differ slightly, but all are bound in either dark green or dark brown cloth, with maroon quarter calf. Most of the spine covers are damaged or missing. The scrapbooks measure from 20-25 cm. high and from 24-29 cm. wide.
Cavitt Documents, Correspondence and Articles
Part of Cavitt Family Papers
This box contains notes and correspondence pre and post-1900 pertaining to J. F. Cavitt's quest to trace his roots back to his great-grandfather, Richard Cavitt, and also to find relatives with the Cavitt or Cavett surname.
1/1: Correspondence, Pre-1900
1/2: Correspondence, Post-1900
1/3: Slave Documents
1/4: Miscellaneous Documents
1/5: Family History Notes and Documents
1/6: Genealogy and Family History
1/7: Financial Documents
1/8: Court Documents
1/9: Maps - Wheelock and of Land owned by the Cavitt Family
1/10: News Clippings and Articles
Cavitt Financial Records and Ledgers
Part of Cavitt Family Papers
The box contains 7 ledgers, predominantly from the latter half of the 18th Century. Ledgers belong to different members of the Cavitt family.
The Caribbean Scrapbook contains photographs and notes on St. Kitts and Nevis circa 1896 to 1900.
Charles Woodward Hutson Collection
This collection includes biographical notes about English Professor Charles Woodward Hutson, an excerpt from a letter of W. J. Walden, Class of 1900 (August 19, 1954), and a chant of the Texas A&M Class of 1898 (2 copies).
Hutson, Charles Woodward, 1840-1936
This collection comprises twenty-seven autograph letters from various family members, three autograph documents written by Joel Crawford, additional unsigned correspondence, fout vintage photographs, five black and white photograph reprints, thirteen mailing envelopes, and a number of other address panels on the letters, some with quite scarce postal stamps from small towns in Georgia and Florida. Short excerpts of some letters are included in the description listing.
The collection also includes biographical information on the Crawford family, a photocopy of a marriage certificate for Charles P. Crawford's marriage to Anna Ripley Orme, and a page from the estate of Joel P. Crawford, signed by his executors James Buchanan and Charles P. Crawford admitting it into the record.
Postal history envelopes contained throughout the correspondence: cancellation stamps from La Grange, Fort Gaines (1855), Bainbridge (1855), Blakely (1855), and Macon (1858), Georgia, Orange Mills (1858), Florida, and Richmond (1862), Virginia. There are also five additional undated envelopes from members of the Crawford family.
Crawford, Charles P.
This collection contains letters written to Hal Moseley, dealing primarily with football and football coaches at A&M from 1898 to 1900. Also, included in the collection are Moseley's own report cards from 1899, commencement invitations from 1898 and 1900, and hand-drawn illustrations from a mechanical engineering class he attended at A&M. The collection also contains a subscription advertisement for the "Texas Foot Ball Review" dated March 25, 1897.
Moseley, Hal
This collection contains a personal ledger of Eva Long Anderson. She includes grocery lists, receipts, remedies for ailments, recipes, and newspaper clippings from the 1890s-1900. The remedies are particular for various diseases ranging from sulfur for smallpox, elecampane root for rabies, and potash for warts. Her son, Mr. Anderson provided the ledger for Cushing Archive in 1964 and the correspondents are included in the box between himself and the archive at the time, Ernest Langford.
Anderson, W. A.
Part of Eva Long Anderson
1/1: Mrs. Anderson's Ledger
1/2: Correspondence with Cushing to Gift Ledger
Part of Crawford Family Letters
1/30
Biographical information includes a news article clipping on the death of Charles Crawford, mistakenly listed as Charles T. Crawford in the article, 1900; a short handwritten biography on Charles P. Crawford, undated; a photocopy of a marriage certificate for Charles P. Crawford’s marriage to Anna Ripley Orme - 1880; and a photocopy of a page from the estate of Joel P. Crawford, signed by his executor James Buchanan admitting it into the record, 1858.
William Bretschneider '97 Collection
This collection consists of 62 manuscript envelopes and letters (all in German) from William Bretschneider (A&M College class of 1897) to his sisters and mother between 1894, 1897 and 1900 when he worked for the Texas Railroad, and New Orleans Railroad.
African American Southern Family Scrapbook
This collection consists of a photo scrapbook with six small charcoal images that depict African-American life in the rural south with an unrelated pictorial on-lay on the upper cover, all tied together with string.
James C. Nagle Photograph Album
The James C. Nagle Photographic Album is a Kodak album containing photographs of Texas A&M College campus, circa 1900.
Nagle, J. C. (James C.), 1865-1927