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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Content Note
Organization of Collection
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Series 1: Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Series 2: Texas Centennial
Series 3: Miscellaneous material
Series 4: Separated material
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A Guide to the Sarah Roach Farnsworth Papers,
1907-1947
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Creator: |
Farnsworth, Sarah Roach, 1874-1968 |
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Sarah Roach Farnsworth Papers |
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1907-1947 |
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Creator Abstract: |
A descendant of legendary Texas pioneer Deaf Smith, Sarah Roach (1874-1968) was born in San Antonio, Texas, to Henry and Susan Fisk Roach. She married Otis M. Farnsworth and settled in San Antonio, where they operated the Original Mexican Restaurant. Farnsworth joined the Daughters of the Republic of Texas in 1903 and was a charter member of the Alamo Mission Chapter when it was formed in 1906. |
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Content Abstract: |
Correspondence, research material, organization records, and printed material are part of the Sarah Roach Farnsworth Papers, documenting her patriotic and civic activities. |
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Identification: |
Col 934 |
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Extent: |
2.46 linear feet (3 boxes, 1 oversize item) |
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Language: |
Materials are in English. |
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Repository: |
Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas |
A descendant of legendary Texas pioneer Deaf Smith, Sarah Roach was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1874 to Henry and Susan Fisk Roach. She married Otis M. Farnsworth and settled in San Antonio, where they operated the Original Mexican Restaurant.
Based on her descent from great-grandfather Deaf Smith and grandfather Nathaniel Fisk, also a Texas veteran, Sarah Roach Farnsworth joined the Daughters of the Republic of Texas in 1903. She was a charter member of the Alamo Mission Chapter of the DRT when it was formed in 1906 and served the chapter in several capacities, including three terms as president. She also held numerous positions at the state level, including President General from 1931 to 1935. She served several terms on the Executive and Alamo Committees and was the DRT Chaplain. Mrs. Farnsworth took the lead on committees assigned the task of producing a history of the DRT, which was published as Fifty Years of Achievement in 1941 after over a decade of planning and research.
Her interest and activity in the promotion of Texas history at the local and state level led to Mrs. Farnsworth's involvement in plans to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of Texas’ independence. She served as Bexar County Chairman of the Texas Centennial Committee in 1932 and in 1934 was appointed to the Texas Centennial Commission, the permanent body charged with organizing the centennial celebration. She also participated in the organization of centennial events in San Antonio.
Mrs. Farnsworth was also an active member of a number of other organizations, including the Philosophical Society of Texas, Battle of Flowers Association, San Antonio Woman’s Club, San Antonio Art League, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She and her husband were the parents of three children. Sarah Roach Farnsworth died in San Antonio in 1968 at the age of ninety-three.
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Correspondence, research material, organization records, and printed material are part of the Sarah Roach Farnsworth Papers, documenting her patriotic and civic activities.
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Organization of Collection |
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This collection is organized into four series. |
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Series 1: Daughters of the Republic of Texas |
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Series 2: Texas Centennial |
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Series 3: Miscellaneous material |
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Series 4: Separated material |
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Access Restrictions
No restrictions. The collection is open for research.
Usage Restrictions
Please be advised that the library does not hold the copyright to most of the material in its archival collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to secure those rights when needed. Permission to reproduce does not constitute permission to publish. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright, literary property rights, and libel.
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Personal Names |
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Farnsworth, Sarah Roach, 1874-1968. |
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Allred, James V., 1899-1959. |
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Wright, Phil. |
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Organizations |
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Daughters of the Republic of Texas--History. |
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Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Real Daughters. |
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Texas Centennial Commission. |
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Subjects |
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Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.) |
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Veterans--Texas. |
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Women--Texas--Societies and clubs. |
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Locations |
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Texas--Genealogy. |
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Texas--Centennial celebrations, etc. |
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San Antonio (Tex.)--Centennial celebrations, etc. |
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Genres/Formats |
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Personal papers. |
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Administrative records. |
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Biographies. |
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Correspondence. |
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Genealogies. |
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Manuscripts. |
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Printed ephemera. |
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[Identification of item], Sarah Roach Farnsworth Papers, 1907-1947, Col 934, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.
Gift of Sarah Roach Farnsworh, 1957 July.
Processed by Warren Stricker, 1998 August.
Finding aid edited and encoded by Caitlin Donnelly, 2010 November.
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Series 1: Daughters of the Republic of Texas |
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The first of four series consists of material associated with Sarah Roach Farnsworth's involvement with the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT). Correspondence is generally miscellaneous in nature, with some references to her work on compiling a history of the organization. More extensive are the general histories, chapter histories, and biographies gathered in connection with the history project of the 1930s and 1940s and other research on the genealogies of DRT members. Two manuscript versions of brief chapters from the published DRT history, Fifty Years of Achievement, covering the Clara Driscoll scholarship and a biography of DRT president Madge W. Hearne, are included. Other items associated with the history project are several brief histories of DRT chapters, provided by chapter officers or members. |
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In what apparently was another aspect of the history research, Mrs. Farnsworth collected the biographies and genealogies of “Real Daughters,” DRT members only one generation removed from the Republic period of Texas history. About seventy brief accounts provide biographical accounts and first-person reminiscences. Several capsule biographies of Real Daughters and lists supplied by chapters were also produced. A three volume typescript entitled “Ancestors” consists of lists of individuals alongside their pioneer Texas ancestors. Only a few biographical details are included, and the work does not appear to be in any particular order. |
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The remaining DRT-related material includes a portion of the programs, reports, and minutes of the 1935 and 1936 annual meetings and a few scattered reports, programs, and miscellaneous items from various dates. Also included in this series are materials related to veterans of the Republic of Texas, including a necrology of veterans dating from about 1891 through 1897. |
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Correspondence, 1907-1947 |
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Historical research |
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“History of the Clara Driscoll Scholarship” |
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“Mrs. Madge Williams Hearne, State President Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1937-1939” |
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Rosa Tod Hamner, “Daughters of the Republic of Texas” |
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Chapter histories |
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Dr. Ducalion Aldridge Perry Chapter, Abilene |
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Stephen F. Austin Chapter, Austin |
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Reuben Hornsby Chapter, Austin |
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Sam Houston Chapter, Belton |
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Presidio Crossing Chapter, Crystal City |
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Frances Cook Van Zandt Chapter, Fort Worth |
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Gonzales Chapter, Gonzales |
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President Houston Chapter, Huntsville |
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Franklin Hardin Chapter, Liberty |
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Thomas J. Read Chapter, Mexia |
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George Washington Stell Chapter, Paris |
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James Power Chapter, Refugio |
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Alamo Mission Chapter, San Antonio |
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Moon-McGehee Chapter, San Marcos |
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Ben Milam Chapter, Temple |
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James Bowie Chapter, Texarkana |
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Real Daughters biographical material |
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Sallie Billingsley Alford |
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Lida Gibbs Baker |
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Sarah Fordtran Baker |
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Benellen Walton Walker Banks |
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Margaret Ann McAdams Barron |
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Cornelia Pleasants Bell |
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Adelia Long Belsher |
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Sarah Groce Berlet |
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Mary Emily Montgomery Berleth |
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Annie Ayers Booker |
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Linnie Gilmore Bradley |
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Lillah Guerrant Brooks |
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Lennie Jarvis Burgess |
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Annie Darden Cruger |
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Tabitha Ann Guerrant Davis |
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Mrs. J. H. H. [Annie K. Robinson] Ellis |
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Ella Gay Field |
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Mrs. W. O. [Dollie Hamilton] Forester |
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Mary Berry Gardner |
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Vernie Alston Gouger |
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Frances Jane Harling |
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Dollie Bird Hill |
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Mrs. W. B. Houston, see Kate and Zula Jones |
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Marie Lea Hume |
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Mary Ann McDonald Hunsaker |
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Henrietta O. Jones |
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Kate and Zula Jones, Mrs. W. B. Houston |
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Carrie Franklin Kemp |
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Hattie Terrell Ketchum |
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Sarah S. King |
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Julia Turner Knowles |
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Lillian Fuller Knight |
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Anna Randle Kyle |
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Alice Lee |
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Henrietta Young Lorenzo |
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Martha Wright McMeans |
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Maggie Grant Tod Milby |
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Elinor Edwards Mosby |
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Emma Brill Mulcahy |
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Sue Gillaspie Murrelle |
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Josie Gossett Newton |
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Eunice M. Noble |
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Georgie Cupples Smith Olivarri |
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Mary Summers McFarland Peyton |
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Anne Perry Phillips |
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Mattie Ethel McAdams Roberts |
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Lydia M. Robertson |
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Nora Allen Rogers |
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Maggie Mooring Rudd |
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Edith Carleton Simpson |
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Martha Miranda Smith Stahr |
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Bassette Bouldin Stanley |
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Cornelia Branch Stone |
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Johnnie Elizabeth Thornton |
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Mattie Votaw Tracht |
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Maude B. Wallis Traylor |
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Henrietta Bock Trube |
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Mrs. T. C. [Ida Zarr] Walker |
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Mrs. W. E. [Anna Aikin] Wallace |
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Annabel Wallace |
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Jesse Cleveland Washington |
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Marion McGary Wells |
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Mary Louise Wells |
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Annie Campbell White |
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Willie Ruby Graves White |
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Eady Caroline Wilson |
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Theodosia McAdams Wilson |
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Real Daughters, lists |
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“Ancestors” |
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Volume I |
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Volume II |
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Volume III |
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Proceedings |
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Annual meeting, 1935 |
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Annual meeting, 1936 |
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Committee reports, 1941 |
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Resolution |
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Certificate |
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Programs |
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Texas Veterans material |
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General |
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List of veterans’ deaths |
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Miscellaneous material |
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Series 2: Texas Centennial |
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The second series is made up of material associated with Mrs. Farnsworth’s participation in the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration. Correspondence refers to the business of the statewide committees formed to plan the event and some of the activities taking place during the centennial. Letters and transcripts of letters addressed to Texas Governor James V. Allred and San Antonio Mayor Phil Wright are responses to invitations to other governors and state officials to attend centennial events at the Alamo. |
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Other material includes minutes of a few meetings of the Texas Centennial Commission and other related committees, proposals from cities seeking to host the Central Exposition, and a series of press releases containing Texas history vignettes and information on centennial events. A list of historical markers placed during the centennial, schedules of events, programs, invitations, broadsides, newsletters, and centennial publications are also found here. |
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Correpondence |
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General |
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1932-1933 |
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1934 |
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1935 |
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1936 |
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Undated |
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Daughters of the American Revolution correspondence, 1935 |
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James V. Allred correspondence, 1936 |
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Phil Wright correspondence, 1936 |
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Minutes, 1934-1935 |
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Central Exposition proposals |
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Dallas |
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Houston (map) |
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San Antonio Centennial material |
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Press releases |
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Undated |
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Historical markers |
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Petition |
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Resolutions |
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Schedules |
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Programs |
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Invitations |
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Broadsides |
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Sticker |
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Publications |
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Miscellaneous material |
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The third series consists of a small amount of miscellaneous material related to personal activities and other organizations and includes a letter, poetry, and printed items. |
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Ticket: Gonzales Centennial Exposition, 1935 |
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Invitation: Texas Centennial Exposition Eleanor Roosevelt luncheon, Dallas, Texas, 1936 |
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Program: Pioneer Women of Texas statue dedication, Denton, Texas, 1938 |
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Program: R.E.B. Baylor statue dedication, Waco, Texas, 1939 |
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Program: Texas Veteran's Memorial dedication, San Jacinto Battlefield, 1940 |
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| General Collection |
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Nelson M. Davidson. Pencil Trails: Texas Centennial Exposition and Texas. Dallas, Texas: Dealey and Lowe, 1936. |
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Pictorial Parade of Texas: Attend the Texas Centennial Celebrations, 1936. |
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Official Austin: Austin, Texas 1936. Austin, Texas: State Board of Control, 1936 |
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Texas Centennial Review, 1936 May 13. |
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Invitation: First Annual Dogwood Festival, Palestine, Texas, 1938. |
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