Correspondence, legal and printed material, creative works, scrapbooks, photographs negatives and artifacts document the life of Austinite Mary Kennerly Cloud, mother, newspaper editor, Republic of Texas Museum curator and volunteer. The collection is divided into three series: Personal, Organizational and Photographs. It should be noted that the line between Kennerly Cloud's personal activities versus those as the curator of the Texas Republic Museum are not always clearly defined. This lack of definition is reflected in correspondence contained in the first series, some of which appears to be of a personal nature (family genealogical research) despite the fact that it is addressed to her as a museum curator. This lack of definition is also apparent in the Manuscripts and Notes subseries. Highlights from the Personal series include a "Bill of Sale for a Negro Girl" dated 1840 and invitations contained in the Printed Materials subseries to the opening of the new Capitol building, May, 1888 and Miriam "Ma" Ferguson's inaugural ball, January, 1924. The Organizational and Photographs series give a little more insight into her long-standing interest in Texas history as well as her life as a career women. Her 28-year tenure as curator of the Texas Republic Museum, during which she belonged to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, William B. Travis Chapter, is relatively well-documented. Highlights from the third series, Photographs, include two photoscrapbook albums containing text as well as photographs on a variety of Texas heroes and historical political figures including Henry Smith, Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, Stephen F. Austin, Kenneth L. Anderson and A.W. Terrell.