2/1: Abstracts- Block 12, March 1867 - June 1879

2/2: Abstracts- Block 15, April 1867 - October 1869

2/3: Abstracts- Block 20, February 1867 - October 1876

2/4: Abstracts- Block 21, January 1872 - February 1890; Undated

2/5: Abstracts- Block 25, September 1861 - December 1874

2/6: Abstracts- Block 25, February 1875 - February 1881; Undated

2/7: Abstracts - Block 105, April 1867 - December 1878; Undated

This collection contains the original diary handwritten as a fair copy by John W. Anderson in 1867, in a notebook made by A. Drury, measuring approximately 24 x 19 cm. The notebook is bound in cardboard, covered in paper, with quarter leather corners and backstrap. Pages are machine ruled in blue, almost all filled with entries handwritten in ink. An albumen photographic print of Richmond before the Civil War is included as a full-page size frontispiece.

An extremely ornate calligraphic title page drawn by Anderson dedicates the diary "To His Beloved Sister, Minnie (Mrs. M. L. Hopkins) ... By John W. Anderson, M.D. 1867." The entries, dated 1861-1866, were copied over in 1867 after the end of the Civil War (1861-1865), from various other journals Anderson kept during the war, as a commemorative record of historical events, including his personal experiences and observations. Sections are enhanced with decorative initial letters and given titles such as "First Year of the War. 1861," with the last section, dated 1866, entitled "Reconstruction."

In the manner of a scrapbook, the journal is profusely illustrated with: pasted in photographs of military and political figures, as well as Anderson family members; pasted in Confederate money and stamps; pen and ink, mostly humorous sketches by John W. Anderson, some hand-colored; hand drawn and colored rebuses, with pasted on, or pen and ink drawn sections; as well as two hand-drawn maps, one showing the First Battle of Bull Run, annotated in red ink with the location of Alabama companies, and of the deathsites for those soldiers well known to Anderson, the other a map in a circular format, showing, at the center, Richmond, Virginia, with roads, railroads and fortifications radiating from or surrounding it. The photographs of family members are particularly interesting as they are included to accompany sketches of the "dramatis personae" of Anderson's narrative.

The original diary pages were numbered 2-300 in pencil on the upper outer corners of each page by Mrs. Robert W. Barnett, whose husband's great-great-grandfather, John W. Anderson had written the diary in 1967, as a fair copy compilation of journals he kept throughout the war and its immediate aftermath.

The original diary is very fragile and housed in a phase box under Restricted access. Permission must be requested from the Cushing Memorial Library Director and an appointment made to view the original diary.

Anderson's reporting skill is evident in the pithy, often vivid diary entries, evidently written by a quite well-educated and informed individual. As a member of the more privileged Southern classes, he is adamantly opposed to what he views as Northern tyranny and does not criticize the institution of slavery. While under siege in Richmond, Va., Anderson and his family, and particularly his fellow soldiers, face hardship in obtaining adequate shelter and food. Although often lighthearted, the entries betray an increasing awareness of the grimness of a drawn-out war and siege on Richmond.

Comments on battles include disparagement of Beauregard's failure to pursue the Federal forces at the battle of Shiloh, as well as mixed evaluations of General John Bell Hood and his Texas Brigade. On a more personal note, during one of Anderson's trips outside of Richmond on business to Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, or Maryland, Anderson's beloved daughter dies. In contrast, there is a charming account of his little boy's birthday party, complete with a pen and ink sketch of the child tearing into a rare treat of a meat pie. The death of a friend, wounded and without the comfort of family, is told without the usual light touch, but full of sympathy.

Events described expressing public opinion on the part of the Southern citizens under besiegement in Richmond include a "bread riot," illustrated with a sketch of women stealing bacon, with one shooting a policeman. Currency values are often mentioned. The flogging of Missouri Representative George Graham Vest by Mrs. Dowell in the House of Representatives is recorded, as is the 1865 New Year's feast prepared by Richmond citizens for the soldiers. After the war, the decision to institute cleaning of the Confederate graves and place flowers on them every 31 May foreshadows the official designation of Memorial Day to commemorate all U. S. soldiers killed in battle.

Also included with the original diary as Item 2. is a black and white photographic copy of the diary pages made by the repository in 1988. This photographic copy includes a few colored enlargements of illustrations in the diary.

Each 8 by 10-inch photograph of a page in the original diary is numbered on the back in pencil. The photographs are inserted in photograph sleeves, two photographs inserted back to back in each sleeve, and bound in three three-ring clamshell box albums holding approximately 50 photograph sleeves each. The black and white photographs of the diary pages are thus divided between the three clamshell box albums, with the colored photographs of selected illustrations added as a group in the back of the third clamshell album box (Item 2. Box 4/album 3). All photograph sleeves clearly bear in print marking pen the Collection ID number and the appropriate page number from the back of the print on the margin of the sleeve.

Negatives for the photographic copy of the diary are included in Box 5, folder 1. As with the photographic prints of the pages, the negatives are also inserted in sleeves and labeled with the Collection ID number and page numbers. The pages were obviously photographed in groups of all "Even" and "Odd," corresponding to recto and verso pages; therefore, the sleeves are labeled with the page numbers and either "Even" or "Odd." It is preferred that this copy of the diary be used as a surrogate copy.

Item 3. of the Diary is a photocopy made on archival quality paper in 2002 of the photographic prints of the original diary. This copy is also suitable for a surrogate copy.

1/1: Transcript of letters. Effort was made to preserve the flavor of the originals, as some letters have been grammatically corrected the original spelling has been retained throughout even where it was inconsistent.

1/2: Copies of letter transcripts, along with rough drafts of the transcripts.

1/3: Original Ingram letters, and a diary from the Civil War.

This collection contains original letters exchanged between George W. Ingram and his wife, Martha F. Ingram, while George was serving as an officer in the 12th Texas Cavalry during the Civil War. Typed transcripts of the letters are included.

This collection contains over twenty-two letters mainly from James to Caroline Yeager. The letters began on January 22, 1862, to Yeager's siblings telling them about the war, asking them to write, and including information on the Union army. There are also some letters with unknown dates and copies, detailed genealogies of the Yeager family including a chart of James Evans Yeager, a publication titled "The Nicholas Yager-Yeager Descendants: A Genealogy 1678-1986" by Odesa Collins, photographs of flatware, glassware and place settings owned by the Yeager's, and two old money bills.

James Evans Yeager was born November 28, 1750, in Alabama and died in a Northern Prison Camp during the Civil War. Other members of the Yeager family are noted in the genealogy publication, but the information is primarily about Nicholas Yager (the original spelling of the surname), patriarch of the family. Very little information on the personal or professional lives of the individuals is included, but the publication does contain photographic copies of family members with captions.

• Six notebooks or exercise tablets, each measuring 26 x 21 cm.
• Five of the exercise tablets have red cloth taped binding at the tops, with white machine ruled pages and white paper covers, illustrated with a design which includes the United States flag with 44 gold stars and thirteen stripes on it, aloft against a pale blue sky, with "THE STARS AND STRIPES" in gold letters outlined in red at the top.
• Since these tablets couldn't have been produced at least until after 1890 when Wyoming became the forty-fourth state in the Union, this copy of the diary had to have been copied out twenty-five years or more after the original entries were made in 1862-1865.
• The sixth exercise tablet is similar in size, but with green tape binding at the top, a buff-colored cover, and a design incorporating a leaf and vine design in which the words "A COLUMBUS EXERCISE TABLET, PRICE 5 CTS" is divided in the center by a round seal of a sun rising over a tree-surrounded field of harvested wheat sheaves labeled "THE SEAL OF OHIO LINE". Below is an underlined space labeled "Name" and beside it another underlined space labeled "Teacher".
• All six notebooks have been rubber-stamped in black ink on covers and all pages, probably by a later owner in the twentieth century, with a three-line label: "Civil War Diary of, John Henry Bliler, 1862-1863-1864-1865".
• Front covers of the notebooks are also inscribed in ink as well, apparently in John Henry Bliler's hand, with a numbering sequence as follows:
  • "no 2 of 7 AND No. 1 of 7"
  • "No 3 OF 7, From November 11, 1863, To May 16 [carat] inclusive 1864"
  • "NO 4 OF 7, From May 17, 1864, To [unclear] 3rd [ditto i.e. 1864] inclusive"
  • "NO 5 OF 7, From October 4, 1864, to November 30 inclusive 1864"
  • "From November 30, 1865 to April 12, 1863 [Note: part of this in pencil to replace information from a torn area on cover], No 6 OF 7"
  • "No 7 OF 7"
• Pages of the diary are numbered continuously in the lower right corner of each notebook in pencil: 1-9 [i.e. 8], 9, 11-25 [notebook "No 2"]; 26-44 [notebook "No 3"]; 45-64 [notebook "No 4"]; 65-83 [notebook "No 5"]; 84-106 [notebook "No 6"]; 107-123 [notebook "No 7"].
• The penciled page numbers and a few other notes were probably made by a later owner of the diary, to construct the index which accompanies the photostatic copy of the original pages and the typewritten transcript held in a blue three-ring binder, described in Series 2. The text of the black-inked three-line rubber stamped label on the notebooks' covers and pages match exactly that of the typed label affixed to the front cover of this blue three-ring binder.
• Each of the first five exercise books is also stamped in blue ink on the cardboard back cover with a three-line label: "From STEIGLER BROS., 520 Central Avenue, HOT SPRINGS, - ARK." Steigler Brothers is a bookstore and may have been the original purveyor of the blank exercise books.
• Entries written by Bliler are in pencil and black or blue ink. All pages have come apart from the top bindings of the exercise tablets. Some water damage obscures a few entries, and a very few pages have torn edges by which portions of entries have been lost irretrievably, but the handwriting is overall very legible.

Camp Waitman, Arkansas.

Camp Weightman, Arkansas. January 15, 1862

Camp Organization, Arkansas. March 1, 1862

Camp Nall(?), Arkansas. March 31, 1862

Corinth, Mississippi. May 12, 1862

Camp near Saltillo, Mississippi. August 20, 1862

Baldwin, Mississippi. September 7, 1862

Washington, Arkansas. September 13, (1862)

Camilla, Georgia. October 20, 1862

Aunt Honeybunch to Jo Fred. TLS, 1 leaf, photocopy. April 20, 1953

This collection contains the original handwritten diary of D. Hobart Taylor from January 1 to May 30, 1862. Taylor was a northern soldier during the Civil War. Also included in a transcription of the diary.

1/1 through 1/6
Letters, February 12, 1862 - August 6, 1863

These six letters, dated December 12, 1862 - August 6, 1863, are from Benjamin M. Linsley to his friend Mrs. Lucy G. Palmer in Suffield, Conn. Each letter is written in ink on both sides of a single folded sheet, except for the first one, which is on two folded sheets, sewn together in the center with cloth thread at some point after they were composed. All are addressed by Linsley from the camp near Falmouth, Va., where his regiment, the 14th Infantry of the Army of the Potomac was based, except the last one, which is addressed from McKinnis Hospital in Baltimore, Md., where Linsley was sent to recover from typhoid fever.

In the letters, Linsley comments on the failure of the Union army to obtain substantial victories ever since the Union defeat at Fredericksburg; inflated prices for postage stamps and sutler's goods; the despair he feels at the poor treatment in general of the sick in military hospitals, not only by medical personnel but by fellow soldiers; strategies for obtaining better food and bedding for his brother while nursing him through a severe fever, probably typhoid; the need for statesmen of moral standing more like George Washington than the much clamoured for "little man" George MacClellan; the trials of long marches in either rain and mud to cross the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers, only to retreat back over them after the battle of Chancellorsville, or the intense heat of marches toward Warrenton Junction, Va., from which Linsley was transported with the sick and wounded to recover from typhoid himself in McKinnis Hospital at Baltimore; the desperation of deserters being taken to their punishment; the immoral behaviour of men in camp; the need for more good chaplains like Clay Trumbull of Hartford, Conn., who served with his brother's regiment of Volunteers; and perhaps, more poignantly, the eerie sound of drums during funerals for the many soldiers who died in camp from sickness in their poor living conditions.

The letters are now each encased in a clear plastic sleeve. A one-page report from the National Archives and Records Administration is included with the first letter. This NARA report (2 July 2001) replies to a request made by Professor Dale Baum of Texas A & M University in April 2001 to locate and make a copy of Benjamin M. Linsley's pension documents packet, stating NARA staff could not locate the materials. Baum had listed Linsley as an enlistee of the U.S. Army in Company A, 1st Battalion, 14th U.S. Infantry.

This diary serves as John Henry Bliler's account of the Civil War. It was kept in the Bliler family, in some form since the Civil War, up until it was acquired by the repository.

It looks that Bliler copied over his original diary several times himself, and this last copy occupies all but a few leaves of the five exercise tablets. As noted in the description of Series 1, these first five exercise books could not possibly have contained a copy made any earlier than 1890. The only exception seems to be a portion of the last tablet, which is filled by entries copied over in pencil in 1944 by one of Bliler's descendants, Ardath Bliler Kelly, reportedly since the family copy had become quite damaged by then.

Thus, according to p. 56 of the typewritten transcript of the diary entries in the five exercise books, "[John Henry] Bliler copied his account of the Civil War three times during his lifetime. The last copy was made shortly before his death in 1924." On page number 116 in pencil in the fifth exercise book, an entry from March 31, 1944, made in different handwriting reads "The following copied from by [sic.] originally by Ardath Bliler Kelly, granddaughter of the narrator [sic.]. The original is ragged and yellowed and crumbling." Entries which are thus copied on p. 116-123 of this last exercise book are out of order, dated June 24, [1865] - June 29, 1865, followed by a note in Ardath Bliler Kelly's hand, "A portion of the original omitted in the copy," then the dates January 24 - January 31, 1865.

The typed transcript and index were probably made by Roy K. Bliler later than 1944, and not too long previous to when it was received by the repository. This transcript preserves the original order of John Henry Bliler's diary entries.

The collection contains the original handwritten diary of southern rebel J. F. Rowley from 1863 to 1865 in a protective engraved box and a transcription of the diary.

2/10: Correspondence between Evans and Gus Wortham, 1970
Letters concerning partnership and financial settlements [received in repository torn in four parts and taped back together]

2/11: Correspondence, February 13, 1973 - August 5, 1988
Concerns Evans' personal financial transactions. Includes Valentine's cards, get-well notes and thank-you notes from personal friends

2/12: Ledgers and check registers, 1959-1988
Contains photocopy of what appears to be a hand-written ledger for Evans' personal investments during 1959- 1982

2/13: Investments and check register, 1978-1991
Investments and check register on handwritten ledger sheets for 1978-1991; individual computer printouts of Evans assets and liabilities for years 1986 and 1988

2/14: Check registers, 1983-1986.
Three registers numbered by hand in ink "#5," "#6," and "#7"

2/15: Financial statements, 1977-1994
Original handwritten in pencil ledger for the year 1977 (not bound). Photocopy of 1978 income ledger. Photocopy of income and disbursements 12/31/1997 year ending unbound. Bound monthly reports from accounting firms; reports for the years 1979-1983 and 1989 are not present

2/16 - 2/19: Tax information, 1954-1983
Information, stubs, and receipts for charitable donations and miscellaneous expenses and income used in calculating Evans' personal tax returns; Income Reporting Slips for 1983

2/20: Working chart of accounts, October 31, 1992
Computer-generated working chart of accounts for general, U-Bar Ranch, Brackettville Ranch, and Spring Ranch.

2/21: Depreciation schedule, December 31, 1991
Photocopy, 14 p. depreciation schedule for D. Hannis Ranch, Spring Ranch, and Brackettville Ranch.

2/22: John Henry Evans, February 3, 1863
Birth Certificate for Sterling Evans' father. Also included are two pages of hand-written notes regarding the life of John B. Evans including his wife, Betty Roberts, and her parents. Undated and author unknown. "John B. Evans" is believed to be John Bell Evans, John Henry's father.

2/23 - 2/24: Ollie Evans Leuschner, 1981-1989
Financial and inheritance matters concerning the estate of Evans' sister, including ownership maps and correspondence and a photocopy of the will of Ollie Evans Leuschner.

This collection contains nearly 1000 items related to the civil rights movement from 1955-1975. The early part of this collection (1955-67) formed the basic research for Levy's book Voluntary Servitude, Whites in the Negro Movement, (New York: Appleton-Century, 1968). The collection includes hundreds of pages of writings, publications, bulletins, internal memos, broadsides, hand-printed magazines, etc. Prominent figures of the civil rights and revolutionary movements, organizations, and committees are covered in the collection. The collection also includes two photographs of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act with Rev. Martin L. King, Jr. and other luminaries of the civil rights movement.

1/1: Collection Guide

1/2: History of Smythe Family (typed)

1/3: Smythe Family Genealogical Chart

1/4: Letters, 1880; 1888; 1895; 1909

1/5: Undated Notes and Letters

1/6: Notebook owned by H. G. Smythe

1/7: Smythe Bros. Drugstore Notebooks

1/8: Medical Notebook

1/9: Picture Postcards

1/10: Photographs

1/11: Photographs

1/12: Bryan Daily Eagle, Vol. 1, No. 1. 1889

1/13: Funeral Notice for Dr. D. Port Smythe (1889)

1/14: Letters

1/15: Biography of Dr. Conrad Rettig, ancestor of Mrs. R. E. Barthold's husband.

This collection contains the papers of Sterling C. Evans including personal correspondence with friends, family members, and business associates; personal notebooks; plat maps, blueprints, diagrams of land: legal and financial documents surrounding real estate transactions; favorite quotations and poems; manuscripts; a travel diary; notes, notebooks of advertising and commercial brochures; photographs, newspaper clippings, receipts for gifts, and personal artifacts. The collection also contains the papers of his lifelong assistant, Dorothy Whitley.

The papers reflect Evans' personal life, his early career in the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, his professional career with the Federal Land Bank, and his retirement to a second career of investments in and operating large ranches and plantations in Texas, New Mexico, and Louisiana. In addition, the papers reflect his generosity and his involvement with Texas A&M University through his service to the Board of Regents during a pivotal time in the university's history as well as his support of the university library.

While the papers record Evans' early career, they more extensively detail his agricultural business after his retirement from the Federal Farm Credit Administration and the Federal Land Bank. This post-retirement career is highlighted by a growing friendship with Gus Wortham of Houston, Texas, and their joint real estate ventures such as Randle Lake Plantation in Milam County, Texas, Bear Lake Plantation in Tallulah, La., Crescent Plantation in Louisiana, Little Eva Plantation in Chopin, La., Nine Bar Ranch in Cypress, Texas, and the U Bar Ranches in Medina County, Texas and Hidalgo County, N.M., as well as other smaller operations. These subject files include personal correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, photographs, brochures, advertising materials, and news clippings.

Correspondence includes Evans' exchanges with his wife, Cathrene Thomas Evans, and well-known professional associates such as Gus Wortham, W. N. Stokes, John Wasson, Eugene Butler, Mildred McCoy, Carl Detering, John Lindsey, Earl Rudder, Frank Vandiver, William Mobley, Perry Atkission, Ray Bowen, Irene Hoadley, Fred Heath, Ambassador Edward Clark, and Dolph Briscoe. Also included is correspondence from many family members, and close friends, as well as students from Texas A&M University and Evans' former employees.

This series details the development of Evans' ranching enterprises. Correspondence records Evans' incisive decision-making and the strong friendships he made and maintained within the cattle industry. Particularly noteworthy is the record of Evans' successful partnership with Gus Wortham, from the early growth of their association and friendship, through to the partnership's amiable dissolution in later years. In particular, information found in subseries 3.3. Little Eva Plantation, Chopin, La., 1864-1991 (bulk: 1941-1970) highlights the importance Evans placed on cultivating the historical context of many of his ranches.

This collection includes letters, genealogical data, notebooks, pictures, and picture postcards (1888-1909) of members of the family of D. Port Smythe.

6/1: Notebook containing an index to the materials kept in the "Big Iron Safe." Some of the materials indexed in this notebook are found in Boxes 6-11.

6/2: Notebook No. 1 describing papers once stored in a safe and steel cabinet of Mercurio Martinez with notes on contents of deeds. Some of the materials indexed in this notebook are found in Boxes 13-19.

6/3: Notebook No. 2, describing papers once stored in a steel cabinet. Some of the materials indexed in this notebook are found in Boxes 19-28.

6/4: List and short description of old files and papers of Robert Lee Bobbitt, attorney, which were stored in Mercurio Martinez's Big Iron Safe at 416 Lincoln Street, Laredo, Texas, 1963.

6/5: Notes and copies of documents related to a dispute over the Dolores Ranch site between Enrique Martinez et. al. and Antonia Martinez de Vidaurri, A copy of a statement made by Ramon Arrendondo, contains the story of a family of refugees from the Mexican Revolution. 1960-1962. December 11, 1961,

6/6: Notes, family trees, and copies of documents related to Dolores Ranch site in dispute between the Martinez and Vidaurri families, 1884-1961.

6/7: More papers and maps related to the Dolores Ranch site in dispute between the Martinez and Vidaurri families, 1956-1961.

6/8: Correspondence, maps and additional papers related to the Dolores Ranch Site in dispute between the Martinez and Vidaurri families, including a December 23, 1961, sketch map showing dates of surveys of Webb, Encinal, Duval, Zapata and Starr counties.

S1-1-1: Photographs - Family and Friends, 1864-1921

Walter Wipprecht (Sr.). June 3, 1864
William Kimble Read, list of graduation dates from TAMC, UV and Tulane U. on back. 1871[?]
Paul Wipprecht. September 1881
F. E. Gieske. April 27, 1886
Paul B. [?]. April 28, 1889
Carl Wipprecht in cadet uniform. 1917 or 1918 [?]
Father Geismen of Bryan, Texas (St. Anthony’s Catholic Church)
W[alter] Wipprecht [Jr.]. 1921

S1-1-2 Photographs - Family and Friends, all Undated

Elizabeth and Paul Wipprecht
Paul Wipprecht and other unidentified people
Walter Wipprecht [Jr.] (left) and Paul Wipprecht (right)
Richard Lucas and W[alter] Wipprecht, Jr.
Walter Wipprecht [Jr.?]
Carl Wipprecht
Louise Burnett and Amelia Benson
Julian Booth and Jack [?]
Gutman Finley
Pil Dohman
Walter Gillis, J. B.[?], R. B. Jackson, Frank Grady, and George Smith
Pit Dohman (2 photos)
Nell Wilkerson
Unknown group photo on tin plate (possibly Wipprecht’s)

S1-1-3 Photographs - Cadet Walter Wipprecht and Fellow Cadets, 1883-1887

W[alter] Wipprecht (Sr.). July 7, 1882
Walter Wipprecht (Sr.) College Station, TX. December 15, 1883 (copy made by Carl Wipprecht)
Rudolph Flach. June 1885
Franz Flach. June 1885
J. L. Gray Brenham, TX. December 15, 1883
Fred Von Rosenbury. Undated
Detert [?] by photographer R. T. Hunter Bryan, TX. Undated
[?] Freeman by photographer R.T. Hunter Bryan, TX. Undated
N. A. Dawson Austin, TX. December 15, 1883
J. B. Queen Bryan, TX. December 25, 1883
A. Ponaunfels. Undated
A. F. Armstrong. January 1883
B. L. Mackensen Belton, TX. December 15, 1883
B. E. Knoth Industry Austin County, TX. Undated
Teo. W. Roach (class of ’13). December 10, 1883
Class of R. E. Pemmington. December 15 1883
[?] Andrews Austin, TX. Undated
Wilson T. McAair. June 7, 1887
L. E. Allen Marlin, TX. May 23, 1887
K. Mcbueccock June [?] 1885
R. B. Greeu December 15, 1883
W[alter] Wipprecht. December 15, 1883
Unknown TAMC Corps of Cadet. Undated
Unknown TAMC Corps of Cadet. Undated
Carter [Wipprecht]. Undated
Wilson [Wipprecht?] by Hunter Brothers photo Bryan, TX. 1883
Fred Von Rosenbury by Photographer E. C. Lewis Bryan, TX. Undated

S1-1-4 Photographs - Friends of Professor Dr. Rudolph Wipprecht and Wife Julia Kapp, all Undated

Dr. Ben Kwalle Industry [and his wife?]. Undated
James Walker, family friend and editorial writer of Galveston News. Undated

S1-1-5 Photographs of Mr. & Mrs. H. H. Dinwiddy and Niece, 1883

H. H. Dinwiddy, Professor of Chemistry and Chairman of the Faculty of Texas A&M College. July 1883 (2 copies)
Mrs. H. H. Dinwiddy. Undated (3 photos)

S1-1-6: Photographs - Non-family or Unknown Individuals, 1885-1917

Unknown group. Undated
Ada Richer, College Station, TX. June 9, 1885
[?] Ballinger. Undated
Mr. [?] Hood. Undated
Andrew and Bobb Travis [as children] College Station, TX. Undated
Unknown family. Undated
Unknown house. Undated
Frances Williamson [as child]. Undated
Wesley Michael Nagle [as child]. January 12, 1905
Unnamed man (possibly Walter Wipprecht). July 1917

S1-1-7 Old Brazos County Courthouse, 1892-1893; circa 1920s

(Old) Brazos County Courthouse with David and Ann Kernodle in foreground. circa 1920s
(Old) Brazos County Courthouse. Undated
(Old) "Brazos County Courthouse built in 1892 demolished in 1954". 1892-1893

S1-1-8 Photographs - Children of Walter Wipprecht, Sr., 1896-1902

Milking cow named "Queen Muriel of Bryan", owned by Carl Wipprecht Bryan, TX. Undated (2 photos)
Walter Wipprecht Jr., Football at Bryan High School, Born September 21, 1902, A&M Class of ’26. Undated
Welch Wipprecht [as young girl], Born April 25, 1894. Undated
Ida Wipprecht [as young girl]. December 7, 1896; Ida Wipprecht. 1914
Ida Welch Wipprecht 5 months old Born April 25, 1894. Undated
Read Wipprecht (born December 17, 1895), Ida Welch Wipprecht (Born April 25, 1894), and Carl Wipprecht (Born August 9, 1897). Undated
Walter Wipprecht Jr.. Undated

S1-1-9 Photographs - Early Texas A&M College, Undated; pre-1911

Old Main Building. Undated (pre-1911)
Texas A&M Campus buildings, Gathright Hall and Old Main. Undated (pre-1911)
Gathright Hall. Undated (pre-1911)
TAMC Barns. Undated
Pfeuffer Hall. Undated
Mechanical Engineering Shop. Undated (2 photographs)
Inside of Mechanical Engineering Shop. Undated
(old) Chapel. Undated
Corps of Cadets firing artillery cannon. Undated

S1-1-10 Photographs - Walter Wipprecht Family Farm, 1921; Undated

Sheep. Undated
Cotton plant on automobile. Undated
Model T Ford automobile in cottonfield. Undated
Person in cotton field [possibly Walter Wipprecht Sr.]. Undated (2 photos)
Cotton field. September 9, 1921 (2 photos)
Hogs. Undated (4 photos)
Farm cat. Undated (2 photos)
Post Oak. Undated
Mesquite shrub. Undated
Pastureland. Undated
Steer. Undated
Snake. Undated

S1-1-11 Photographs - Walter Wipprecht, Sr. and Jr., 1935

W. Wipprecht. Undated
Walter Wipprecht. Undated
John David Kernodle standing in 20 acre plot of pine trees on the Walker Place Farm (near Jandy Creak) Brazos Country, TX. Undated
Unknown person on left photo; Walter Wipprecht Jr. (right photo) on his experiment pine planting on the Thomson Creek Farm. Undated
Thompson Creek Pine Stand, 3rd Walter Wipprecht owner and planter (also known as Walter Place). Undated
Two horseback riders in the snow on Walter Wipprecht Jr.’s farm. Undated
Walter Wipprecht Jr.’s Farm in Brazos County. Undated
Unknown horseback rider and man on Walter Wipprecht Jr.’s Farm. Undated
Unknown farmers on Walter Wipprecht Jr.’s farm Undated
Five farmers on Walter Wipprecht Jr.’s farm. Undated
Pine trees on Walter Wipprecht Jr.’s farm. 1935
Unknown man in pine. Undated
Two unknown people and Walter Wipprecht Jr. (on left). Undated
Walter Wipprecht Jr.. Undated

S1-1-12: Photograph - Reed and Carl Wipprecht, Carl Wipprecht Jr., Undated

S1-1-13: Photographs - Stephen F. Austin High School (Bryan, TX), 50th Anniversary Reunion, 1989

Classes of 1938-40 Stephan F. Austin High School, Bryan, TX. July 1-2, 1989
Marvin Hagemeir - Class of 1938, Stephan F. Austin High School, Bryan, TX. July 1, 1989
David Kernodle, Lena Marie Adams Mullard, Anne Kernodle Matthews. July [1-2], 1989
Jo Ann McCullough. July [1&2] 1989
Mary Goodlet & David Kernodle Bryan High School Reunion. June 8, 1985
John David Kernodle on far right, Mae Goodlet. June 8 1985
Class of ’42, 50th reunion Texas A&M, Gene Geer (right) and David Kernodle (center). Undated
Mr. and Mrs. David Fitch, C. D. Reeves, Dorothy Reeves Nee Thomson, and David Kernodle. Undated

S1-1-14: Photograph - Ida Wipprecht Kernodle, 1967

S1-1-15: Photographs - Miscellaneous, all Undated

House - "similar to style of Julia Wipprecht’s [house]" [Bryan, TX?]
Children on a Horse
Marcella Hurt’s Donkey Cart
Unidentified woman
Unidentified man
Unidentified man
Unidentified house
Unidentified house
Unidentified man
Unidentified man on horseback
Farm hands? Group photo Undated
Farm hands? in cotton field (2 photos)
Royal wedding, coronation, or formal event [?]
Children in front of house
Unidentified women on porch
Farm

S1-1-16: Photograph Negatives, all Undated

Farm bonfire/wood pile [?]
Barn (2 negatives)
Steer
Two men
Snake
Picnic (2 negatives)
Hogs (3 negatives)
Man standing and man on horseback
Post oak tree
Shed [?]
Pasture with animal lean-two
Fence
Wood pile
Two men on horseback
Mesquite trees (2 negatives)
Farm
Farm shed
Debris (5 negatives)
Farm cat (2 negatives)
Farm roof
Horses hitched to a buggy
Cotton field
Nacogdoches Elm Tree with newspaper clipping about famous elm tree
Wagons
Pasture
Farmland
Man in field
Child near farm house
Home in town/city
Stable near church
Woman (2 negatives)
Infant
Woman in front of house (2 negatives)
Woman with infant
Children at play
House
Man with milking cow (5 negatives)
Milking cow
Milking cows
Steer
Three women in winter garb
House
Church steeple
House
House
Tree
Women on a tree stump

S1-1-17: Carl Wipprecht Photographic Scrapbook, Undated

S1-1-18: Photographs - A&M College Mule and Foal, June 12, 1920

"A Fertile Mare Mule and Some Facts of Her Foaling". June 12, 1920
Two photos of mule and foal (2 pages)

S1-1-19: Personal Correspondence and News Clippings, 1881-1934

Correspondence to [?] from W. D. Whitney and R[udolph] Wipprecht. November 12, 1881 (2 pages)
Correspondence to Rudolph Wipprecht from W. J. Knapp. December 17, 1881 (2 pages)
Correspondence to J. Brill from W. J. Knapp. September 7, 1884
Correspondence to [?] from Julie Wipprecht. March 31, 1919 (2 pages)
Correspondence in German to [?] from K[?] [illegible?]. Undated
Correspondence to Waco Auto Loan Company from W[alter] Wipprecht [Sr.?]. November 23, 1923
"Summer Against Harrington". Undated
Newspaper clipping of "Swamp Chestnut Oak" from [?] Forest News. June 1936

S1-1-20: Correspondence, Calendar and Greeting Card, 1936-1937

A&M College Foreign Exchange Student (China) Correspondence, 1936
Japanese watercolor illustration with small calendar for the year 1937
Japanese watercolor Christmas greeting card from J. Watanabe. Undated
Correspondence to Elisabeth Wipprecht from C. L. Hu. May 18, 1936 (3 copies)

S1-1-21: Correspondence - Teachers Retirement Fund, June 1937 - February 1946

NOTE: Contains Sensitive Information
To W[alter]. Wipprecht [Sr?] from W. H. Holzmann. June 25, 1937 (2 pages)
To "Gentleman" from W[alter]. Wipprecht. June 9, 1938 (1 page]
To Walter Wipprecht [Sr?] from Mortimer Brown. May 27, 1938
To Mortimer Brown from W[alter]. Wipprecht. May 30, 1938
To Walter Wipprecht from B. B. Sapp. September 22, 1942
TRS Certificate issued to Walter Wipprecht [Sr?]. September 22, 1942
W[alter]. Wipprecht [Sr?]. April 21, 1945
To Walter Wipprecht from G. W. McDaniel. September 10, 1945
To W[alter]. Wipprecht from W. H. Holzmann. September 17, 1945
To W[alter]. Wipprecht from W. H. Holzmann. January 2, 1946
To W[alter]. Wipprecht from W. H. Holzmann. January 2, 1946
To Walter Wipprecht from G. W. McDaniel. January 10, 1946 [1 page, 1 ticket]
To W. C. Mitchell from W. Graham. January 11, 1946
To "Gentleman" from C. D. Ownby. January 11, 1946 [1 pages]
To Walter Wipprecht [Sr?] from W. C. Mitchell. January 15, 1946
To E. B. Sapp from C. D. Ownby. January 30, 1946
To Walter Wipprecht [Sr?] from G. W. McDaniel. February 1, 1946
Teachers Retirement System of Texas rules and guidelines. Undated (4 pages)

S1-1-22: Correspondence, September 1949 - August 1950

To Walter Wipprecht [Jr?] from H. A. Widdecke - September 7, 1949 ; H. A. Widdecke to W[alter]. Wipprecht [Jr?]. December 2, 1949 ; From W[alter]. Wipprecht [Jr?] to H. A. Widdecke. November 16, 1949 ; "He Found the City Men Said Never Existed" article clipping from Business Week. October 29, 1949
To Walter Wipprecht [Jr?] from H. A. Widdecke. July 19, 1950
To Walter Wipprecht [Jr?] from H. A. Widdecke. August 29, 1950 ; Walter Wipprecht [Jr?] to H. A. Widdecke. August 1, 1950

S1-1-23: Correspondence - Old San Antonio Road, 1947-1951

"Providing for Preservation of the Old San Antonio Road". January 7, 1949 (2 pages)
To Judge Ware from Walter Wipprecht [Jr?]. October 24, 1947
To Bill Moore from W[alter]. Wipprecht [Jr?]. January 6, 1948
To A. S. Ware from W[alter]. Wipprecht [Jr?]. February 19, 1948
To D. C. Greer from A. S. Ware. February 20, 1948
To A. S. Ware from D. C. Greer. March 1, 1948
To State Highway Department Receipts from Motor Vehicle Registrations in Brazos County, TX. August 1, 1948
To A. W. Ware from W[alter] Wipprecht [Jr.?]. September 13, 1948
To A. S. Ware from D. C. Greer. September 14, 1948
To D. C. Greer from W[alter] Wipprecht [Jr.?]. October 1, 1948
To John S. Redditt from W[alter] Wipprecht [Jr.?]. December 21, 1949
To Walter Wipprecht from Bill [William T. ] Moore. January 12, 1949
To William "Bill" T. Moore from W[alter]. Wipprecht [Jr.?]. January 19, 1949
To W[alter]. Wipprecht [Jr.?] from Bill [William T.]. Moore. January 21, 1949
To Bill Moore from W[alter]. Wipprecht [Jr.?]. January 24, 1949
To W[alter]. Wipprecht [Jr.] from Bill [William T.] Moore. January 25, 1949
To W. R. Potts from W[alter]. Wipprecht [Jr.?]. April 21, 1949
To William T. ["Bill"] Moore from W[alter]. Wipprecht [Jr.]. May 20, 1949
To Ike Ashburn from Walter Wipprecht [Jr.?]. January 10, 1951
"Providing for Preservation of Old San Antonio Road". Undated
"Providing for Preservation of Old San Antonio Road". March 19, 1949 (2 pages)

S1-1-24: Correspondence to Capt. [?] Jargenson from Jimmy Parsons. Undated (2 pages)

S1-1-25: Home Almanac, customized for the James and Wipprecht Leading Druggists (Bryan, TX). 1893 (34 pages)

S1-1-26: A&M College Commencement Program, 1907 and letter from Robert M. Ruff to A&M University found within program. August 1, 1999

S1-1-27: Service and Calf Record. 1925 (2 lists)

S1-1-28: "Texas History Movies: For Young and Old". 1928 (64 pages)

S1-1-29: "Color Bauties of a Century of Progress" building illustrations, Chicago. 1933 (32 pages)

S1-1-30: "Official Souvenir Guide Texas Centennial Exposition Texas Centennial Exposition" postcards. June 6 - November 1936 (112 pages)

S1-1-31: AMC Composite Regiment Ball. March 29, 1940 (7 pages)

S1-1-32: Small Black bound address book. 1941

S1-1-33: A&M Senior Banquet Program Class of 1942 (leather bound, possibly related to Wipprecht Jr.). May 14, 1942 (8 pages)

S1-1-34: Stephen F. Austin High School Class of 1943 Commencement Program. May 28, 1943 (4 pages)

S1-1-35: "A Man and his College". 1950 (15 pages)

S1-1-36: "You’re A&M College". 1950

S1-1-37: Reprint - Inauguration of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas address given by Governor Richard Coke and Thos. S. Gathright, October 4, 1876. reprint 1951 (14 pages)

S1-1-38: "Son, Remember". 1951 (30 pages)

S1-1-39: "101 Aggie Jokes vol. 1". 1965 (47 pages)

S1-1-40: Business Cards, all Undated

W[alter] Wipprecht [?] (2 copies)
James & Wipprecht, The Leading Druggists
Military Property Custodian A&M College of Texas Clearance for Commandant … [blank]

S1-1-41: First Presbyterian Church. Undated (26 pages)

S1-1-42: Newspaper Article Clippings, 1973; Undated

"Work Crew Unearths 'Invaluable Collection'" from an unknown newspaper. Undated
"Seventy-Seven Years Serving the Brazos Valley" from The Bryan Daily Eagle. Undated
"For Whom Does the Bell Toll Since she Told?" from an unknown newspaper. Undated
"Senior Citizens honored during month of May" from The Pictorial Press. Undated
"EAC, Beautification Awards Given" from The Bryan Eagle. May, 7 1973
Photocopies

S1-1-43: Newspaper Article Clippings, all Undated

Typed corrections on article "Some Stories of Miss Ida" from Bryan Legends and Legacies by Betsy Kernodle Cabell
"Married" from unknown newspaper
"Will Rebuild this Season" from unknown newspaper
"Wipprecht--Reed" from unknown newspaper

S1-1-44: Oversized Materials, 1933-1942; Undated

60th Anniversary Souvenir Edition The Bryan News. 1936
"Action at Aggieland" The Bryan Daily Eagle. 1938
Carl Wipprecht Cattle Bloodlines. February 4, 1933
Long Class Reunion. 1942
A&M College Group Photo. Undated
Glass plate negative boxes (5 boxes)

This collection contains two letters with transcriptions from James Samuel Hart to Julia Nancy Foster in 1865 along with a brief biography of the two and photocopies of photographs.

Transcriptions of the letters were created and provided by Elaine Matheney Gibson.

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• Baptism Certificate. October 5, 1866
• Note. March 8, 1876
• Note. May 20, 1876
• Poem. 187x
• Document (2 pages). March 25, 1878
• Schoolwork (8 pages). 188x
• Schoolwork (2 pages). 1880
• Document (2 pages). March 2, 1882
• Document. July 28, 1882
• Baptism certificate. May 17, 1885
• Poem (2 pages). 1888
• Memorial. April 20, 1889
• Theater flier. Undated
• Poem. December 31, 1890
• Document (2 pages). July 24, 1892
• Document (12 pages). 1892
• Document. September 22, 1894
• Announcement card. November 15, 1894
• Schoolwork (4 pages). January 29, 1895
• Document. February 8, 1895
• Wedding Announcement. November 12, 1895
• Memorial for Juan de Dios Peza. 1899

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• Family reunion. September 21, 1900
• Dictionary. Undated
• First Holy Communion certificate. April 22, 1906
• Funeral announcement. January 28, 1907
• Document (7 pages). June 18, 1908

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• "Los Negros Son Supores a los Condena-dos Mantecosos Mexicanos, Jim Ferguson"
• Portion of a document. January 17, 1916
• Envelope. October 14, 1916
• Dance invitation. October 28, 1916
• War Savings Bond
• "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, C. Perez Alvarez and family"
• "Heartfelt Greetings for Christmas and the New Year, C. Perez Alvarez and family"
• Thanksgiving Card
• List of people. April 8, 1918
• "Americanism and the Americanized Mexican" by Alonso S. Perales (3 pages). February 17, 1920
• Sheet of calculations and maths schoolwork

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• Document, "Oracion para bendecir la mesa". Undated
• Marriage announcement of Casimiro Perez and Silvestra Perez. November 1922
• Article, "Mexico's Budget Indicates Progress" (3 pages). May 1, 1923
• Apprenticeship Indenture for H.H. Contreras. June 30, 1923
• Announcement. December 1923
• Poster. September 16, 1924
• Issue of the College Republican News. October 30, 1924
• Poem, "Me for Ma and Ma for Pa and Pa for Pelf, Wine and Beer". November 1924
• Funeral announcement. February 22, 1925
• Card from unknown. February 24, 1925
• Article "Nota del Representante de Chile". November 21, 1925
• Funeral announcement. January 1926
• Commencement invitation. July 20, 1926
• Booklet "The League of United Latin-American Citizens: A Texas-Mexican Civic Organization". Undated
• Perfect Attendance Certificate for Celia Perez. October 11, 1929
• Report card for Celia Perez. April 23, 1930

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• Red Cross pamphlet. Undated
• Memorial announcement. April 23, 1932
• Issue of the Texas Republic. May 5, 1932
• Newspaper clipping. July 10, 1932
• Memorial announcement. April 24, 1933
• Memorial announcement. April 23, 1934
• Poem, "A Atenas: Grabriel Gonzalez Mier," (8 pages). August 26, 1934
• Almanaque Medicinal. 1935
• Starr County Democrat obituary for Casimiro Perez. Undated
• List of people (4 pages). Undated
• Announcement. November 1936
• Excerpt from a newspaper. December 9, 1936
• Excerpt from a speech. Undated
• Excerpt from a newspaper announcing Estela Perez's marriage to H.H. Contreras (2 copies). November 6, 1938
• Notecards for a speech (12 cards). Undated
• Funeral announcement (3 copies). May 9, 1939
• Funeral announcement. May 6, 1940
• Speech (7 pages). Undated
• Announcement. Undated
• Poem, "El Partido Rojo y el Azul". Undated
• Speech. Undated

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• Delinquency statement. June 13, 1942
• Boggus Motor Sales advertisement. Undated
• Red Cross membership card. 1943
• Funeral announcement. October 27, 1945
• Annual Review pamphlet. July 21, 1946
• Communism in Action booklet. 1946
• Announcement from the Immaculate Conception Parish. Undated
• Valley Evening Monitor article titled "Bentsen signs '30' to Newsletters as 81st Congress Nears Session's Finish". October 20, 1949
• "Carta Abierta al Publico" by H.H. Contreras. December 19, 1950
• Obituary for Silvestra Perez in the Laredo Times. May 15, 1950

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• Funeral announcement for Petra G. Vida de Gutierrez. January 31, 1950
• Position Description: Construction Engineer. October 29, 1951
• Position Description: Construction Engineer. October 30, 1951
• Newspaper. December 21, 1951
• Recordation Oportuna. April 1952
• Funeral announcement for Lydia Griselda Perez. February 11, 1954
• Flier (2 copies). May 3, 1974
• Excerpt from a newspaper announcing Estela Contreras' campaign for County Commissioner of Precinct 4. February 16, 1978
• Speech (4 pages). Undated
• Letters to the Editor excerpt from The South Texas Reporter. May 19, 1983
• Article from The Monitor titled "Attorney indicted". March 24, 1988
• Article from The Monitor titled "Let's let Hispanics become Americans". May 3, 1988

The letters are typed carbon copies of the original handwritten letters, some have handwritten typo corrections.

This collection contains a variety of documents related to William Harrison Mays, an African American cowboy living in Corpus Christi, TX during the late 19th and early 20th century, and his family. The collection consists of tax receipts, promissory notes, land deeds, and receipts for lumber and building loan payments, photographs, and correspondences from which the researcher is able to track the development of a family over the course of three generations.

Of particular interest is a letter written by W. H. Mays' grandson, Roby Williams, dated September 12, 1982, in which he claims that his grandfather, "was a gun toten cow puncher with the Kings and Kennedys who used to ride over the border and steal Mexican's cattle and bring them back to Kings ranch and brand them KR. Grandpa knew he was living such a hard and risky life, he knew he was subject to being killed on some of these adventures and cattle drives up to Abilene, Kansas, so he didn't buy anything in his name. If he was arrested for cattle rustling, they couldn't take his property." One of the deeds dated 1872 may dispute this claim as it conveys to "Harrison Mays, Colored" a property in Corpus Christi for the sum of twenty-five gold dollars. However, all the tax receipts thereafter for the property are made out to a Clarissa Sinclair (also known as Alice Sinclair, William Harrison Mays' wife).

Other items of interest include a photograph, circa 1865, of two African-American men each standing with a leg up on a wooden box with a large bag marked "$1,000." The handwritten caption on the back reads: "Uncle Willie Cox on left. Just after a win in a cock's fight. Bag contains $1,000.00 in gold. San Luis Portisi, Mexico."

Item 1 - Deed of Conveyance, handwritten, from James Gallagher to Charles Avery for Lot. No. 8, Block No. 28, Corpus Christi, TX. Dated August 14, 1866. (2 pages, sleeved separately, writing on front and back)

Item 2 - Deed of Conveyance, handwritten, from Charles Avery to Clara St. Clair for Lot. No. 8, Block No. 28, Corpus Christi, TX. Dated August 18, 1866.

Item 3 - Deed of Conveyance, handwritten, from the Estate of Charles Avery Executors to Clara St. Clair, dated December 27, 1869 (2 pages connected along the top of both pages, writing on front and back)

Item 4 - Deed of Conveyance, handwritten, from J. Temple Droswell to Clara St. Clair for Lot No. 8, Block No. 28. Dated May 1, 1872

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Ledger of Speeches and Essays
1867, 1871, 1878, 1880-1884

Included inside ledger:
Program, Commencement of the Sam Houston Normal Institute, June 13, 15, & 16 1880
Program, University of Nashville State Normal College 7th Annual Commencement, Wednesday, May 30, 1883

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Diary E of John B. Zimmerman, Bryan, Texas
January 1, 1891 - November 6, 1891

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Letter to John from mother Martha ?
March 18 [????] letter was found folded in the back pocket of diary 1/2

This collection contains seven original handwritten letters by Browning, two copies of letters to Browning, one original handwritten letter to Browning from artist John Nettleship and one letter fragment with Browning's signature.

Also included is a program for the Armstrong-Browning Library Dedication, newspaper clippings regarding a stolen Browning relic and Dr. Frederick Furnivall, and a magazine article "Browning on the Brazos".

This collection includes a ledger and a diary from John B. Zimmerman. The ledger contains mostly handwritten speeches and essays by John, also found within the ledger are notations of "flour received from Dailley & Co." for May to July 1867, two commencement programs attached in the back for Sam Houston Normal Institute (1880) and the University of Nashville State Normal College (1883), both where John graduated from. The diary was written later during the year 1891, though the physical diary itself was meant for the year 1890. Notes concerning this can be seen on the inside of the front cover, as well as the following notation, "Diary E - For abbreviations and explanations, see diaries B & C". However, there are no other diaries included in this collection.