Jane Howe Gregory Papers
Scope and Contents
The items in this collection represent Jane Howe Gregory’s extensive research into the Texas Penitentiary system, primarily focusing on issues surrounding female inmates. Journal articles, class notes, and prison records are the most common types of materials in this collection. Prison statistics and prison reforms pertaining to female prisoners are the most common themes.
Dates
- 1705 - 1999
Conditions Governing Access
Some materials in this collection are restricted due to personal content. Restrictions are noted at the file level.
Conditions Governing Use
The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies. Please contact the Newton Gresham Library's Special Collections and University Archives department to request permissions to reproduce materials for any other purpose, or to obtain information regarding the copyright status of a particular digital image, text, audio or video recording.
Extent
17 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The Jane Howe Gregory Research Collection contains correspondence, class notes,newspaper and journal articles, as well as copied prison records. These materials are arranged as they were originally found.
- African American
- Austin, Texas
- China
- Corrections
- Corrections -- Texas
- Corrections -- Texas -- History
- Correspondence
- Crime
- Criminal Justice, Administration of
- Criminal Proceedings
- Criminal Record
- Criminals
- Criminals -- Rehabilitation
- Criminology
- Freedman's Bureau
- Gibbs Brother and Company
- Gregory, Jane Howe
- Gregory, Jane Howe -- Correspondence
- Higher Education
- History -- Texas
- Houston, Texas
- Huntsville (Tex.)
- Journals
- Legislation
- Letters
- Manuscripts
- Newspapers
- Politicians - Texas
- Prison administration
- Prison administration -- Texas
- Prison reformers
- Prison reformers -- Texas
- Prison reformers -- United States
- Prison reformers -- United States -- History
- Prisoners
- Prisoners -- United States
- Prisoners -- United States -- Correspondence
- Prisons
- Prisons -- Texas
- Prisons -- United States
- Prostitution
- Reconstruction
- Slavery
- Texas -- Huntsville
- Texas Department of Corrections
- Texas State Penitentiary-- Huntsville Unit (Walls Unit)
- Texas. Department of Criminal Justice
- United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
- Walker (county)
- Walker County (Tex.)
- Women prisoners
- Women prisoners -- Texas
- Title
- Jane Howe Gregory Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Shaneil Snipe
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository