History -- Texas
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
The Polk County Enterprise, 1982-10-03, 1983-10-09
File -- Box 8, File 3
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Newspaper Collection consists mainly of Texas newspapers as well as several titles from other states. Also represented are Centennial and Civil War Newspapers. The Newspaper collection includes both original and copied versions.
Dates:
1982-10-03; 1983-10-09
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
The Texas Jurists Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s069
Scope and Contents
This collection was purchased and donated by James L. Britton, III.
This collection is a combination of the Early Texas Jurists collection and the Distinguished Jurists Who Formed the First Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas collection which was arranged, described, and digitized during a large grant project called Texas Tides.
The Early Texas Jurists collection contains autographed documents of 53 early Texas attorneys and judicial officials. The earliest listed is Cephas Adams in a...
Dates:
1837 - 1881; Undated
The Times London - Texas Supplement, 1925-03-31
File -- Box 9, File 4
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Newspaper Collection consists mainly of Texas newspapers as well as several titles from other states. Also represented are Centennial and Civil War Newspapers. The Newspaper collection includes both original and copied versions.
Dates:
1925-03-31
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