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Mansion Curating System - 1979-1982

[Note: The following folders come from a box labeled Mansion Curating System. The box contained seven three-ring binders labeled curating system—alphabetical, one binder labeled Governor’s memento collection, one labeled items loaned to the Mansion and items loaned out from Mansion, and one labeled items missing, sold or transferred. It also included many file folders containing information on items in the Mansion and one folder of information related to appraisals of Mansion furnishings.]
The seven binders contained information sheets on various types of objects in alphabetical order by type of object. Information sheets contain the name of the person creating the form, descriptions of items, a color Polaroid photograph of most of them, record of appraisals, and information on the history of the object(s).

Oyster Reports, Letters, and Memorandum

Reports, letters, and memorandum on the oyster mortality project by Harry J. Bennet, A.D. Bajkov, James L. Boswell, Clair Brown, Sidney O. Brown, M.D. Burkenroad, Fred Caulthron, C. Ray Elsey, I. I. Gardescu, Gordon Gunter, C. K. Hancock, Harold W. Harry, Joel W. Hedgpeth, and Willis G. Hewatt.

Reports, Letters, and Memorandum on the Oyster Mortality Project

Reports, letters and memoranda on the oyster mortality project by A. A. Jakkula, Fred W. Jensen, P. Korringa, Louis Lambert, Hugh B. Lofland, Elmer J. Lund, G. Robert Lunz, Jr., John C. Aull, Alvin F. Dodds, Shirley Alfred Lynch, John G. Mackin, Jay D. Andrews, Wiley G. Lastrapes, H. A. Marmer, R. Winston Menzel, Thurlow C. Nelson, Joseph F. Prokop, W. C. Rasmussen, Sammy M. Ray, J. H. Roberts, Fred W. Sieling, John J. Sperry, Victor Sprague, and Claude E. ZoBell.

Sbisa Correspondence and Photographs

S1-1/1: Correspondence

  • Passport for Rita R. Kerr. October 22, 1877
  • Photocopy of correspondence to Mrs. O. P. Kerr from Eugene [?] Kerr. October 29, 1893 (3 pages)
  • Funeral notice for Mrs. Francisco Orfila, Bryan, TX. June 13, 1888
  • Recipe with a note. May 5, 1899
  • Correspondence to Bernard Sbisa from J. G. Huth, November 18, 1911 (2 pages)
  • Correspondence to 'Professor' [Bernard Sbisa] from [Father] J. B. Gleisanner of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Bryan, TX. April 1, 1917 (1 page)
  • Correspondence to Ma Chere Rita from Meg [?], December 8, 1918, (2 pages)
  • Correspondence to Ma Chere Rita from Meg [?], December 30, 1918[?] (2 pages)
  • Correspondence to Mrs. Sbisa from T.D. Row [?], February 27, 1919 (2 pages)
  • Photocopies of E. W. Kerr article in the Galveston Daily News. Wednesday, June 10, 1896 (2 pages, 2 copies)

S1-1/2: Photographs of the Sbisa family and friends of the family.

S1-1/3: Photographs taken at A&M College

  • Inside Old Mess Hall [?]. Undated
  • Group photo. 1895 [?]
  • Group photo outside of Old Main with Rila Sbisa. Undated
  • Group photo of Corps of Cadets and Matriarchs in front of Mess Hall [?]. 1896 (possibly taken by E.W. Kerr)
  • Group photo outside Academic building in front of Sull Ross statue [possibly group of professors, administrators, or families]. Undated

S1-1/4: Postcards

  • A&M Old Main building burning. Undated
  • A&M College campus house [?]. Undated
  • Military Walk. Undated (3 copies)
  • Sbisa Hall. Undated (3 copies)
  • Sbisa Hall, black and white photograph postcard. Undated

Sbisa Scrapbooks and Yearbook

Box 1

  • S2-1/1: Small photographic Sbisa family scrapbook. Undated (5.5 x 8 inches)
  • S2-1/2: Medium photographic Sbisa family scrapbook. Undated (7 x 11.5 inches)

Box 2

  • S2-2/1: Longhorn (A&M College Yearbook), 1903
  • S2-2/2: Scrapbook. Undated (11.5 x 7 inches)
  • S2-2/3: Scrapbook. Undated (11.5 x 7 inches)

Formation of Santa Rosa Ranch

From a hand-drawn plat map of the Santa Rosa Ranch to a Sheriff's foreclosure notice, this series yields valuable information on the transition of the property from its original owners as well as its lessees and sets-up the scenario for the later problems to be resolved in the courts. This series is comprised of Chattel mortgages, Warranty Deeds, Promissory notes, Deeds, and a Dissolution of Partnership document.

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