Alice Amelia Ernst Branch - Portrait
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up of twenty-five black and white photographs, a Sam Houston Normal Institute Diploma, a Sam Houston Normal Institute Commencement program, and a signed pillow cover from Lula Myrtle Teague Cox's childhood.
Dates
- 1904 - 1906
- 1914
Biographical / Historical
Alice Amelia Ernst married Samuel Clement Branch. They had three daughters, Mary Alice, who married Edar Rather, Sydnor, who married Alfred Burr, and Lillian, who married Ernest Orts.
Alice's father, Edward Ernst, came from Berne, Switzerland, and moved to Huntsville, Texas, in 1852. On July 30, 1855, he married Rebecca J. Cline, of Peoria, Illinois, in Huntsville, Texas. Along with Alice, they had two other children, Mary and Edward Jr.
Alice Amelia Ernst Branch died on May 12, 1900.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints (In a clear archival sleeve in box 1.) : Black and white matted portrait.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
A Black and white matted portrait of Alice Amelia Ernst Branch. The matte is grey, and on the back is "Myrtle Teague" and "Mother Branch Huntsville" in cursive and pencil.
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository