Sexton Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: THR/01/2012.s002

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Franklin B. Sexton Papers documents the life of Confederate legislator Franklin Barlow Sexton. The correspondence represents a wide range of personal and business communication. Some of the most common topics in the subject files are deeds, receipts, requests for payment and land dealings. Newspaper clippings cover a variety of topics, some of which are: agriculture, national defense, oil in Texas, poetry,churches and Texas history.

Dates

1844 - 1985

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

16 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection contains correspondence, personal notes, business records, legal records, business notes, ephemera and newspaper clippings listed chronologically ranging from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s.