Burns Family Slavery and Civil War Materials

Collection

Identifier: THR/01/2015.s090

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Samuel T. Burns Slavery and Civil War documents (1839-1864; 1folder) is made up of a membership application for the Daughters of the Republic of Texas for Mrs. Daisy Cowart, a descendant of Samuel T.Burns. The documents also include correspondence materials on the San Jacinto Museum of History Association. There are also several clippings from local newspapers. Bills of sale account for some slave bought by Samuel T. Burns.

Dates

Creation: 1839 - 1864

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

1 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is comprised of membership applications, receipts, correspondence,newspaper clippings and copies of confederate currency. These are all related to the civil war and slavery period. These materials are dated ranging from 1839 to 1864. This collection is located on the SHSU Special Collection’s manuscript shelves.