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The Texana Documents Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s068
Scope and Contents
The manuscript collection begins with the personal papers of Henderson Yoakum, who wrote the first comprehensive history of Texas. They include a muster roll from his Cherokee campaign, discharge orders and payment authorizations for his troops, as well as Yoakum’s license to practice law. The Texana Documents collection also contains papers and letters related to early Texas, primarily focusing on annexation issues, during the period from 1842-1845. In the Correspondence section, Governor...
Dates:
1837 - 1961
Thornton Papers
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s070
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of 13 letters written by Margaret Thornton of Huntsville, Texas, to various relatives in her native England, plus two additional letters by other family members writing from overseas.The Thornton letters describe daily life and events in East Texas, especially Walker County and Huntsville, as interpreted by a recent immigrant from England. Among her descriptions are the yellow fever epidemic of 1867, a fire and fire control (a bucket brigade), and martial law...
Dates:
1861 - 1869
Warden Keith Price Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2021.s226
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal and professional materials collected by former TDCJ Warden Dr. Keith Price. These materials include from TDCJ internal correspondence and training materials, publications, greeting cards, photographs, and other ephemera from Dr. Price’s career.
Dates:
1970 - 2021
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- Correspondence 22
- Letters 11
- Newspapers 9
- Criminology 7
- Legal Documents -- Receipts -- Ledgers -- Invoices -- Financial Records 7
- Corrections -- Texas 6
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- History -- Texas 6
- Prison administration 6
- Texas -- History 6
- United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 6
- Criminals 5
- Military 5
- Periodicals 5
- Photographs 5
- Texas -- Huntsville 5
- Texas. Department of Criminal Justice 5
- Confederate States of America 4
- Correctional personnel 4
- Corrections 4
- Corrections -- Texas -- History 4
- Criminals -- Rehabilitation 4
- Journals 4
- Lawyer 4
- Manuscripts 4
- Prison reformers 4
- Prisons 4
- Prisons -- Texas 4
- Prisons -- United States 4
- Texas 4
- Texas Department of Corrections 4
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 4
- Walker County (Tex.) 4
- Confederate States of America -- Army 3
- Convict labor 3
- Convict labor -- Texas 3
- Corrections -- Standards 3
- Criminal Record 3
- Ephemera 3
- Huntsville (Tex.) -- History 3
- Legislation 3
- Politicians - Texas 3
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- Audio Tapes 2
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- Certifications 2
- Court Records 2
- Crime 2
- Criminal Justice, Administration of -- History 2
- Criminal Proceedings 2
- Criminal Psychology 2
- Education 2
- Epidemics 2
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- Genealogy - Texas 2
- Government Documents 2
- History -- United States of America 2
- Houston, Texas 2
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- Land grants 2
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- Lawsuits 2
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- Memoir 2
- Memorials 2
- Mexico 2
- Mexico -- Relations -- Texas 2
- New York (State), Board of Parole 2
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- Poetry 2
- Powell Family 2
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- Presidents -- United States 2
- Prison administration -- Texas 2
- Prison reformers -- Texas 2
- Prison reformers -- United States 2
- Prison reformers -- United States -- History 2
- Prisoners -- United States -- Correspondence 2
- Reconstruction 2
- Ship Island 2
- Slavery -- Texas 2
- Texas. Supreme Court 2
- Walker (county) 2
- Women prisoners 2
- Yellow fever 2
- Yellow fever -- Texas 2 ∧ less
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- English 23
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