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Britton Hispanic Texana Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s048
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an original manuscript from the era of the Spanish conquest in Spanish Americain 1546. The next item is from two hundred and fifty years later – a manuscript papal document (Pius VI)with tables of the church’s revenues and additional documentation from the government in Mexico. A Royal decree from Charles IV, along with proclamations from Viceroys, Commandants and the Emperor Augustin Iturbide broaden the perspective of the collection. The collection’s chronological...
Dates:
1546 - 1877
Carnaval De Huejotzingo Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2015.s084
Scope and Contents
The Carnaval De Huejotzingo Collection contains the art work of Fernando Ramirez Osorio. The majority of the artwork is large poster sized prints that have been autographed by Osorio. The poster prints are individually numbered and packaged in large Carnaval De Huejotzingo commemorative envelopes. A complete set includes five poster prints and the collection contains five complete sets. One set has been framed and is displayed on the first floor of the Newton Gresham Library. The collection...
Dates:
1962 - 2007
Map Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2012.s001
Scope and Contents
The Map Collection contains some original maps and many reproductions. Most maps are related to the US and Texas and date from the mid 19th century.
Dates:
1499 - 2005
Presidential Speech Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2018.s179
Scope and Contents
The Presidential Speech Collection is comprised of several speeches given to the United States Congress, House of Representatives, and other governmental agencies by early United States Presidents (JamesMadison, James Monroe, John Adams, James K. Polk, John Quincy Adams, and James Buchanan).
Dates:
1799 - 1869
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
William Breitenbach Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2018.s184
Scope and Contents
This collection contains information pertaining to Dr. William Breitenbach’s work with Mexican artists and masks. Items included in this collection are correspondence, photographs, descriptions of Breitenbach’s masks, and other professional papers.
*Dr. Breitenbach’s Mexican Mask Collection can be viewed online at the following link:
http://digital.library.shsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p243vra
Dates:
1980 - 2013
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