Descriptive Summary
Kilman, Edward, 1896 -Ed Kilman
Collection1905-1989Materials are in English.MSS
008014 linear feet; 12
record storage cartons, 2 document boxes, 1 flat box
Houston Metropolitan Research
Center, Houston Public Library
Ed Kilman was a
newspaperman in Houston for many years, working as a reporter, columnist, and
an editor for the Houston Post. He also wrote a
number of books on Texas history. This collection contains many of his
writings, as well as personal correspondence and papers.
Biographical Note
Edward Wolf Kilman was born at Ennis, Texas in
1896, moved to
Houston in
1902, was educated in Houston public schools
and
Sam Houston Normal Institute (Huntsville, Tex.), and the
Texas National Guard Training Camp. He was secretary to State Senator Dean, Lt.
Governor
Lynch Davidson, and Senator
Jeff Strickland. He joined the
Houston Post in
1925, becoming Austin correspondent in
1927, editor in
1943, and in
1962 editor emeritus of the editorial page.
In
1946 he went with other American newspaper
editors to the European theater of war as quest of the army and returned to
England in
1949 to observe Britain's experiment in
socialism, his articles being published nationally. He wrote a Sunday column,
Texas Heartbeat, many editorials specializing
on Texas history and politics, and actively engaged in writing on political
campaigns and elections. With
Louis Ward Kemp, he wrote the book
Texas Musketeers, and a booklet on the San Jacinto
battle and campaign. With
Theon Wright he wrote a biography of
Hugh Roy Cullen,1881-1957 , published in
1954, and with
Charles E. Gilbert he wrote The Cullens: Two Great Texans. His book
Cannibal Coast, a history of the Karankawa
Indians, was published in
1960. He wrote a biography of
Ross S. Sterling which was not published. In
1940 he was given an award of merit by the
American Legion for the outstanding editorial of the year. In
1944 he was awarded the Good Citizenship
Medal by the Paul Carrington Chapter of the The Sons of the American
Revolution, and was awarded citations from the
Managing Editors Association of Texas and the
Associated Press.
Among his civic activities, he
was on the boards of the
Houston Boy Scouts Council and the
American Red Cross, was a member and president of the
Houston Downtown Kiwanis Club, president of the
Harris County Historical Society, a member of the
Texas Philosophical Society, the
American Academy of Political and Social Science,
Houston Chamber of Commerce, and was an honorary
member of the
Sons of the Republic of Texas. He attended the
Presbyterian Church. In
1945 he was appointed to serve on the
Centennial of Statehood Commission, and in
1955 was appointed to the
Texas State Parks Board. He was married and had
one daughter and two grandchildren. Kilman retired
May 1, 1965, and died on
June 8, 1969
Scope and Contents
The collection contains personal and business correspondence, articles
and books by Ed Kilman and other writers. It starts with correspondence, items
of personal interest, articles on him, and information on the organizations
with which he was involved. It continues with correspondence relating to his
work with the Houston Post, some
chronicologically, some under the correspondent's name. Then his
Texas Heartbeat columns, copies of his
speeches, copies of his articles including a series on the history of the
Houston Post, followed by articles and information
listed by subject matter, including correspondence and information on his
European trips. Next are writings, manuscripts, research materials on his
books, both published and unpublished, followed by research materials, topics
of interest, manuscripts, and writings by other people, sorted alphabetically.
There follows four boxes of small books, booklets, pamphlets and monographs in
the order used by Kilman, and the proceedings of the
Philosophical Society of Texas from
1946 to 1969. Finally there is a
scrapbook, a booklet on Texas, a copy letter book, and a box of 113
photographs.
Arrangement- Series 1: Personal correspondence and related
materials
- Series 2: Houston Post
correspondence
- Series 3: Texas Heartbeat
columns
- Series 4: Ed Kilman Speeches
- Series 5: Newspaper Articles by Ed Kilman
- Series 6: European trips
- Series 7: Notes and Other Writings
- Series 8: Women of the
Southwest, proposed book materials
- Series 9: Proposed book on Ross Sterling
- Series 10: Research material, topics of interest, manuscripts,
and writings by other people
- Series 11: Publications by writers other than Ed
Kilman
- Series 12: Philosophical Society of Texas
- Series 13: Scrapbook, etc.
- Series 14: Photographs
Index Terms
SubjectsAuthors--1940-1960Newspaper correspondentsNewspaper editorsNewspapers--Texas--HoustonSan Jacinto, Battle of, Tex., 1836
Organizations
American Academy of Political and Social ScienceAmerican Red CrossAssociated PressBoy Scouts of AmericaCentennial of Statehood CommissionHarris County Historical SocietyHouston Chamber of CommerceHouston Post (Houston,
Tex.)
Kiwanis InternationalManaging Editor's Association of TexasPhilosophical Society of TexasSons of the American RevolutionSons of the Republic of TexasTexas State Parks BoardPlacesAustin (Tex.)Ennis (Tex.)Houston (Tex.)
Names
Cullen, Hugh Roy, 1881-1957Gilbert, Charles E., 1927-Kemp, Louis WardKilman, Edward Wolf,
1896-1969
Sterling, Ross S., 1875-1949Wright, Theon
Access Restrictions
None.
Use Restrictions
None.
Related Material
RG D 006 - Houston Post Photographic
Collection
Preferred Citation
Ed Kilman Collection. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston
Public Library.
Acquisition Information
Donated to HMRC by Alice Kilman,
January 1978.
Processing Information
Processed by Mary D'Albertson, Frank Gregg, and Kay Burford; completed
in
June 1997.
Detailed Description
Personal correspondence and related
materials
11Biographical data on Ed Kilman (Including An Orchid to You KXYZ Radio May 7, 195012Letters Ed Kilman to Berta (sister) June 1913-March 7, 195013Letters Ed Kilman to his wife Alice, n.d., 1946 (See also European Tour 1946, Box 6 Folder 10, for more letters)14Letters from Alice Kilman to Ed Kilman15Correspondence from daughter (Bobbie) Margaret Terry and family n.d.16Correspondence from grandchildren Martin and Patricia Ann n.d., 195817Correspondence with Earl Lewis, Jr. 1962-196518Correspondence with Lewis Clarke 1962-196519Correspondence with unidentified family members110Personal correspondence to/from friends 1920-1968111Personal correspondence to/from friends, n.d.112Correspondence, agreements, fee information on books/articles by Ed Kilman 1923-1968113Personal business correspondence 1925-1964114Personal correspondence-medical 1941-1964 (see also Gov't Box 6 Folder 17)115Letter of congratulation to Ed Kilman on his appointment as editor of the Houston Post (1) January 29-February 3, 1943116Letters of congratulation to Ed Kilman on his appointment as editor of the Houston Post (2) February 4-April 13, 1943117Personal correspondence - traffic violations, criminal problems, city services 1956-1967118Correspondence/invitations for Ed Kilman to speak at functions 1956-1964119Correspondence on Ed Kilman's donations of time or money 1959-1964120Requests from organizations121Correspondence - Ed Kilman's operation August 1964-March 1965 letters122Correspondence - Ed Kilman's operation August 1964-March 1965 cards 123Correspondence - Ed Kilman's retirement December 1961-January 1962124Correspondence - condolences on death of Ed Kilman June-July 1969125Resolution by Texas House of Representatives congratulating Ed Kilman on appointment as Editor of the Houston Post and copy of Senate Journal containing his message of thanks126Personal - various certificates, Honorable Discharge Letter 1925 Ration Book127Personal - Press passes, badges, campaign buttons128Personal items Ed Kilman - bills, receipts, etc.129Poems by Ed Kilman130Expense accounts by Ed Kilman131Poems, articles, etc. of interest to Ed Kilman132Articles of interest to Ed Kilman133Articles on Ed Kilman134Your Texas Pamphleteer. Ben B. Hunt pamphlet with article Texas Genius Suggests Texas Liar's Club referring to Ed Kilman 1946135Copy of Houston Post-Chronicle Press1935136Joke newpaper, 4 pages: Post-Distress; Post-Gargle; Post-Barnacle; Post-Press- January 31, 1931(Damaged) and photocopy137Boy Scouts of America - Sam Houston Area Council. Correspondence 1961-1968(including with George W. Strake)138Kiwanis - correspondence 1943-1968139Kiwanis - general: notices, minutes, talks etc. 1947-1968140 The Philosophical Society of Texas- Bylaws, meeting notices 1948-1965, correspondence (including bio. of W. P. Hobby 1878-1965141The Press Club of Houston,
correspondence 1959, 1963-1964, Bulletins 1963142Ex-Students Association Sam Houston State Teachers College1964143Sam Houston Shrine/Museum, Huntsville, Texas- correspondence 1953-1956144Sam Houston Shrine/Museum, Huntsville, Texas- correspondence 1957-1959145Sam Houston Shrine/Museum, Huntsville, Texas- clippings 1953-1957146Sam Houston Memorial Association- Minutes, finances, reports 1954-1958147Harris County Heritage Society Newsletter March 1967, letter 1958, Report 1962148Harris County Historical Society- correspondence 1949-1963149Harris County Historical Society- Charter 1939, Notices of Meetings, Minutes 1949-1966150Harris County Historical Survey Committee- correspondence 1958-1967151Sons of the Republic of Texas- correspondence, invitations, Newsletters 1960-1965 152Sons of the Republic of Texas - Yearbooks 1946-1947, 1948, 1952153Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution- correspondence 1956, 1960-1968154Texas State Historical Association - correspondence 1965, 1967, Texas State Historical Board- correspondence 1935155Texas State Historical Theater Foundation- correspondence 1960-1963. Minutes 1961. Leaflets156Miscellaneous Historical/Heritage societies/organizations - correspondence, notes 1950's , and 1960's157Texas State Parks Board- Correspondence, including with Dolph Briscoe Jr. and Max Starke1956-1964158Texas State Parks Board- Padre Island Park Bill 1959159Correspondence regarding repairs by Jack's Garage (on Board business) 1962160Correspondence Ed Kilman on work as prisoner advocate 1960-1964161Correspondence W. P. Hobby, Gov A. B. Langlie to Ed Kilman, invitations, programs regarding 44th Annual Conference, Houston, Texas on June 29-July 2, 1952
Houston Post
correspondence
21Correspondence - undated22Correspondence - 1923-194323Correspondence - 1946-194924Correspondence - 1950-195225Correspondence - 1953-195426Correspondence - 1955-195627Correspondence - January-June 195728Correspondence - July-December 195729Correspondence - January-July 1958210Correspondence - August-December 1958211Correspondence - January-June 1959212Correspondence - July-December 1959213Correspondence - January-May 1960214Correspondence - June-December 1960215Correspondence - January-April 1961216Correspondence - May-August 1961217Correspondence - September-December 1961218Correspondence - January-April 1962219Correspondence - May-June 1962220Correspondence - July-September 1962221Correspondence - October-December 1962222Correpondence - January-March 1963223Correpondence - April-June 1963224Correpondence - July-August 1963225Correpondence - September-October 1963226Correspondence - November-December 1963227Correspondence - January-May 1964228Correspondence - June-September 1964229Correspondence - October-December 1964230Correspondence - January-February 1965231Correspondence - March-May 1965232Correspondence - June-December 1965233Correspondence - 1966-196831Correspondence to/from William (Bill) B. Alderman1959-196532Correspondence to/from W. L. Atwood 1952-195733Correspondence to/from Murray Ballinger n.d., 3 letters to M. Ballinger 1943 on Bad Women of Old Southwest34Correspondence to/from Robert Lee Bobbitt35Correspondence -to/from Edwin Bonewitz1963-196636Correspondence to/from John Connally 1963 and Newsletter37Correspondence to/from Price Daniel38Correspondence to/from Blanton Dorman1961-196639Correspondence to/from J. A. Elkins1942-1964310Correpondence to/from Harry F. Eskill 1935-1937; Mary Eskill 1942-1957, 1965311Correspondence to/from W. C. Fancher1958-1967312Correspondence to/from Herbert Fletcher (The Anson Jones Press) 1960-1962313Correspondence to/from W. St. John Garwood1956-1964314W. St. John Garwood Graduation Speech to Garwood High School Garwood, TexasMay 25, 1964315Correspondence to/from J. P. Gibbs and Gibbs Brothers Company1930, 1959-1964316Correspondence to/from Margaret Grant, Niels J. Grant Jr.1965-1966317Correspondence to/from W. P. Hamblen1958-1963318Correspondence to/fom F. L. Heard1956-1965319Correspondence to/from F. L. Heard, others on Osa/Pine Springs Cemetery1957-1959320Correspondence to/from Gordon Hines1956-1959321Correspondence to/from Oveta Culp Hobby1946-1964(9 letters)322Oveta Culp Hobby- news clippings, News Release 1963323Correspondence to Ed Kilman about William Pettus Hobby and sidelight correspondence 1931-1956324Correspondence to/from Benjamin Hodgson, England, U.K.325Correspondence to/from Ima Hogg1952-1961326Correspondence to/from Elise Hopkins 1963-1965 on The Fannin Trail presented by the students of H7-2, Cullen Jr. High Houston, Texas1963327Correspondence to/from Boyce House1958-1961328Correspondence to/from Guy Cade Jackson Jr.1954-1960329Correspondence to/from Leon Jaworski1962-1963330Correspondence to/from Joe H. Jenkins n.d., 1949, 1960-1965331Correspondence to/from J. Frank Jungman1956332Correspondence to/from Dan E. Kilgoreon history of Sallie Skull1967333Correspondence to/from Frank King n.d., 1960-1963334Correspondence to/from W. W. ("Cap") King1957-1958335Correspondence to/from Jeffa S. McCarty (Mrs. E. J.) regarding Billy Mayfield1962-1963336Correspondence to/from Mae Wynne McFarland (Mrs. Ike Barton) n.d., 1958-1960337Correspondence to/from Jake McNabb338Correspondence to/from Al Melinger1956-1964339Correspondence to/from J. W. Mills1953-1961340Correspondence to/from R. ("Bob") E. Moreland1959-1961341Correspondence to/from W. M. Morrison (W. M. Morrison Books, Waco, Texas)1956-1963342Correspondence to/from Wilhelmina Beane Moskey1963-1964343Correspondence to/from Harold Preece1963-1965344Correspondence to/from Frank D. Quinn1956-1960345Correspondence to/from Frank D. Quinn 1961-1963346Correspondence to/from Frank D. Quinn1964-1967347Correspondence to/from Thomas G. Rice1950-1960348Correspondence to/from Mary Lavinia Griffith Saunderson park donated by family to Nacaogdoches, Texas1963349Correspondence to/from Frances Schlagintweit, Munich, Germany 1946-1948350Correspondence to/from Allan Shivers1949-1963,1967351Correspondence to/from R. Henderson Shuffler with Ed Kilman's comments on Shuffler's talk to Sam Houston Memorial Association 1960, 1965352Correspondence to/from the Steins family, Dunsfold, England, U.K.n.d., 1949-1953353Correspondence to/from William Warren Sterling1947-1959; Zora Eckhardt Sterling1960354Correspondence to/from C. R. Stevens1962-1964355Correspondence to/from Martinus H. Stougaard 1926, 1957-1963356Correspondence to/from Austin B Taylor1961-1965357Correspondence to/from W. Ernest Thompson1958-1965358Correspondence to/from Robert ("Bob") Thornton and Irene Thornton, Halifax, England U.K.1949-1964359Correspondence to/from Fritz A. Toepperweinn.d. 1959-1962360Correspondence to/from Herman Toepperwein n.d. 1960-1963361Correspondence to/from Edmund Travis1962-1968362Correspondence to/from Jay Vessels n.d., 1959-1964363Correspondence to/from Paul Wakefield- Texas Heritage Foundation1957-1959364Correspondence to/from John Wayne1959-1960365Correspondence to/from Eugene Weafer, National Milk Bowl1956-1966366Correspondence to/from Joseph Wearden1956-1958367Correspondence to/from Eugene Whitmore1959-1965368Correspondence to/from Hugh Williamson1962369Correspondence to/from H. P. ("Tex") Willis and his articles1954-1964370Correspondence to/from Adam Wolf and his family, Germany1947-1963. Wolf Family history.371Correspondence to/from Russell F. Wolters1961-1963372Correspondence to/from Ben Woodhead1963373Correspondence to/from Dee Woods 1942, 1959, 1964.
Texas Heartbeat
columns
41Index to Texas Heartbeat Columns by Ed Kilman from the Houston Post (with Grandchild Index) - 1942-196542Index to Texas Heartbeat Columns by Ed Kilman from the Houston Post with handwritten notes - 1942-196543Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - December 27, 1942 - June 26, 194944Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - July 3, 1949 - June 11, 195045Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - June 18, 1950 - March 4, 195146Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - March 11, 1951 - December 30, 195147Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - January 13, 1952 - November 9, 195248Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - November 16, 1952 - April 195349Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - May 1953 - December 13, 1953410Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - January 17, 1954 - September 19, 1954411Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - September 26, 1954 - March 1955412Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - April 1955 - December 4, 1955413Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - January - December 23, 1956414Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - January - December 15, 1957415Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - January 19 - November 30, 1958416Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - December 7, 1958 - December 20, 1959417Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - January - September 18, 1960418Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - September 25, 1960 - April 30, 1961419Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - May 1961 - January 1962420Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - February - July 1962421Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - August 1962 - January 1963422Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - February - June 1963423Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - July 1963 - January 1964424Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - February - August 23, 1964425Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - October 18, 1964 - April 11, 1965426Texas Heartbeat Columns - typed Manuscript - Undated (1)427Texas Heartbeat Columns - typed Manuscript - Undated (2)428Texas Heartbeat Columns - typed Manuscript - Undated (3)429Texas Heartbeat Columns - typed Manuscript - February 18, 1962 - September 9, 1962430Texas Heartbeat Columns - typed Manuscript - September 30, 1962 - December 29, 1962431Texas Heartbeat Columns - typed Manuscript - January - March 1963432Texas Heartbeat Columns - typed Manuscript - April - June 1963433Texas Heartbeat Columns - typed Manuscript - July 14 - December 196351Texas Heartbeat Columns - typed Manuscript - January - March 22, 196452Texas Heartbeat Columns - typed Manuscript - April - July 196453Texas HeartbeatColumns - typed Manuscript - August - December 22, 196454Texas Heartbeat Columns - typed Manuscript - January 11, 196555Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - Duplicates (1)56Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - Duplicates (2)57Texas Heartbeat Columns - clippings - Duplicates (3)58Texas Heartbeat - research material - clippings
Ed Kilman Speeches59Copies of speeches by Ed Kilman - n.d., 1949-1951510Copies of speeches by Ed Kilman - 1946, 1949 (Europe), 1952, 1955511Copies of speeches by Ed Kilman - 1946, 1955-1960512Copies of speeches by Ed Kilman - 1955-1957513Copies of speeches by Ed Kilman - 1958-1960514Copies of speeches by Ed Kilman - 1961-1964515Copies of speeches by Ed Kilman - undated and loose516Copies of speeches by Ed Kilman - undated and loose pages
Newspaper Articles by Ed Kilman
517Typed manuscripts by Ed Kilman - various topics: Texian, Let's Quit Braggin'; San Jacinto Campaign; The Double-Cross of the Double-Breast; Crime and the Texas Republic; Memoriable Campaigns for Governor; Legend of San Jacinto518Book reviews by Ed Kilman - typed Manuscript519Articles by Ed Kilman - clippings: including Texanecdotes: Houston Post-Dispatch: What the Bootlegger Thinks of Prohibition February 14, 1926 ; Little Abe Hummel Leaves Memories Here February 21, 1926 ; Capital Scribes Stalk Bucks' December 20, 1931 ; Thunder Showers Dog Pathway of Writer in Quest For Famous Game Fish Lair in West Texas August 12,1928 Houston Post: Correspondence of the Cloppers Recounts Events of Harris County Century Ago December 10, 1936 ; Liquid Bait Hooks Monster Fish Mammouth Bass Mystery Sensation of Elkins Lake January 1, 1949; English Heartbeat: Labor Moves -- Wrong Way September 10, 1949; Parisian Heartbeat: France Gay, Grim Beneath October 2, 1949 Texanecdotes n.d. : The Houstonian: Former Student Now a Prominent Journalist writes Interestingly of his Year as a Student in Sam Houston Normal Institute in Olden Days n.d.520Campaign Thunder by Ed Kilman. Clippings. Memorable Texas political campaigns. Series of 21 articles in Houston Post 1938521The Life Story of the Houston Post by Ed Kilman: clippings. February 18-October 13, 1940. Chapters 1 - 15522The Life Story of the Houston Post by Ed Kilman: clippings. February 18-October 13, 1940. Chapters 16 - 33523The Houston Post - general historical information, circulation figures, employee records524The Houston Post - research material; correspondence 1940-1946525The Houston Post - History - Outline of Notes 1924-1939526The Houston Post - History - Post files 1940-1953527The Houston Post - History - written by Ed Kilman528The Houston Post - History - consolidated Post Notes 1940-1950529The Houston Post - History - undated materials530The Houston Post - History - clippings: March 1, 1891; December 8, 1931; January 1948 (by Ed Kilman); May 18, 195361Article by Ed Kilman in Houston Post July 1, 1949, on J. A. Elkins catching mammoth bass (joke)62Hands Across the Canyon by Ed Kilman. Article on James A. Elkins and Gus Wortham in Texas Parade, June 1959 with typed Manuscript63Correspondence on tourist sites in Texas, Houston Post article May 1964 Writings on various topics by ed Kilman, general info. arranged alphabetically: 64Annexation of Texas (from Texas Heartbeats) 1945-1946. 94-page typed Manuscript65 Roy Bean Clandestine prize fight. Prize Fight Law West of the Pecos. Typed Manuscript66Crockett, Davy. Typed Manuscript The Daffy Crocks' Defense. Texas Heartbeat April 24, 195567 Sile P. Dewberry Columns 1933 Dear People's Business - clippings
European trips
68European tour 1946 (1) Correspondence. Trip Programs69European Tour 1946 (2) Germany, Italy, France, Great Britain: souvenirs, programs, maps, local information; passes; tourist information; publications. Guide to National Health Service Act 1946 (U.K.)610European Tour 1946 (3) Letters to Mrs. Kilman, n.d., June 1946611European Tour 1946 (4) Articles - clippings612European Tour 1946 (5) Articles - typed: Rome, London, July 1946613European Tour 1949 (1) Correspondence, souvenirs, accounts614European Tour 1949 (2) Articles, clippings: England, France, Germany615Copies articles by Ed Kilman: from Germany September 10, 1949; London Heartbeat September 29, 1949 (part); Paris Heartbeat October 2, 1949
Notes and Other Writings
616Evershade, Charles. Pencil notes from diary. Texas Heartbeat 1962 on Evershade617Government correspondence, articles, notes 1950-1962. Texas Heartbeat October 5 and 12, 1952618Government - news clippings 1949-1962619Hempstead Riot 1905 . Article by Ed Kilman, Houston Daily Post April 26, 1905: Story of The Hempstead Tragedy.620Houston, Texas - history of. Notes, Manuscript, correspondence Ed Kilman 1962-1963621Huntsville Club 1958 . Letter to Ed Kilman 1958, letter n.d. letter from Ed Kilman n.d. regarding ex-Huntsvilleans622Texas Banking. Doubloons to Dollars. the Evolution of Texas Banking. Booklet by Ed Kilman623Texas history - news clippings by Ed Kilman: Houston Post-Dispatch: Mier Expedition, A Modern Version Houston Post: Five Generations... Texas Ranch - James Taylor White, Chambers Co. June 3, 1934; Miguel Mudoon - Jovial Early Texas Padre June 10, 1934; Matt Moorman (& Helen Daggett); August 19, 1934; Bob Potter, Texas Firebrand; December 16, 1934; Where Texans Declared Independence from Mexico; March 2, 1936; Alamo and Goliad MassacresFollowed Disobeyal of Orders April 4, 1936; Texas Constitution Born at Tumultuous Convention on Brazos April 28, 1936; Vast Tribal Array of Texas Indians Vanishes with Frontier April 28, 1936; Wharton County Fulfills Colonists' Hope April 28, 1936; Sensational Franco-Texienne Bill Raised Fears of Domination June 28, 1936; Second Mexidan War Threat Killed Franco-Texienne Bill July 5, 1936; Texas Gained Two Distinguished Citizens through Duals, John Hemphill and Louis Wigfall August 2, 1936; Miss Lydia Macomb of Harrisburg Cherishes Rich Heritage from Nine Generations December 13, 1936; Stephen F. Austin Drew Plans for Peach Point Home of Sister November 28, 1936; Dowling, Irish Hero of Sabine Pass, Ran famous Houston Bar (Texas Heartbeat) March 13, 1955624Terry's Texas Rangers. Correspondence to/from Kilman on Terry Family 1936-1962625Flier for book on Karankawa Indians Cannibal Coast by ed Kilman. Pencil notes, typed Manuscript626Correspondence to/from the Naylor Company 1949-1968 regarding publication of Cannibal Coast627Correspondence to/from Ed Kilman on Karankawa Indians 1934-1964628Clippings on Karankawa Indians - by Ed Kilman in Houston Post: Cannibal Karankawa's First Families of South Texas December 3, 1933Karankawa Enslaved Famed Spanish Explorer in Texas; December 10, 1933; Karankawa's Spoiled de Vaca's Dream of Colony in Texas December 17, 1933; La Salle Welcomed to Galveston Island by Karankawa December 24, 1933 Optimistic Missionaries Tried to Civilize Karankawa December 31, 1933 Lafitte's Men and Cronks Battled at Galveston Island January 7, 1934; Irish Colonists of Century Ago Vanquised Cannibal Karankawa Indians to Establish Empire in South Texas July 8, 1934; Playful Karankawas Sacked Stephen F. Austin Colony January 14, 1934; Cannibal Karankawas Vanished Less Than Century Ago January 21, 1934 Article by Frank X. Tolbert Last Karankawa Explodes Myth 629typed copies of other peoples' writings on the Karankawa Indians630The Cullens: The Epic Story of Two Great Texans. Booklet by Ed Kilman and Charles E. Gilbert on Ezekiel W. and Hugh Roy Cullen . U & H, Houston, Texas January 1949631Book on Hugh Roy Cullen by Ed Kilman and Theon Wright. Typed transcript Cullen Interviews 1951 and 1952632Photocopy of above transcript633Newspaper reviews, correspondence 1954 clippings. Contract Ed Kilman and Hugh Roy Cullen June 30, 1950. Reviews.634Book on Jean Lafitte. Draft Manuscript, research notes635Picaroon by Ed Kilman based on Jean Lafitte's time on Galveston Island. Typed Manuscript. Foreward. Pages 1-104. Chapters I through VIII636Picaroon by Ed Kilman based on Jean Lafitte's time on Galveston Island . Typed Manuscript. Pages 105-203. Chapters IX through XV637Picaroon by Ed Kilman based on Jean Lafitte's time on Galeveston Island. typed Manuscript. Pages 204-329. Chapters XVI through XXIV638Books on Sam Houston by Ed Kilman: Retreat to Victory, Magnificent Barbarian - correspondence639Books on Sam Houston by ed Kilman: Retreat to Victory, Magnificent Barbarian - research material, notes640Books on Sam Houston by Ed Kilman: Retreat to Victory, Magnificent Barbarian - research material - clippings641Magnificent Barbarian - typed Manuscript642Magnificent Barbarian - typed Manuscript643Retreat to Victory - typed Manuscript644The Legend of San Jacinto by Ed Kilman. typed Manuscript and speech on San Jacinto645San Jacinto Campaign - typed chronology - 2 pages646The Battle of San Jacinto and the San Jacinto Campaign by L. W. Kemp and Ed Kilman. Booklet71San Jacinto. Typed Manuscript72Texas Musketeers. Proposed book on by ed Kilman and L.W. Kemp on Battles and Texas Heroes. Correspondence Kilman and Johnson Publishing Company 1935-1950 . Contract Johnson Publishing Company with L. W. Kemp and Ed Kilman for a reader on leaders of the Texas Revolution - February 23, 1935 Assignment of Copyright August 14, 195973Texas Musketeers. Clippings and articles by Ed Kilman in Houston Post (poor condition): - Aylett Bucker Original Texas Whataman. August 5, 1934 - Bob Potter , Texas Firebranch. December 16, 1934 - 3-legged Willie. January 19, 1936 - Sandy Horton, Redlands Warrior. January 25, 1936 - John H. Moor - Ben Milam, Soldier of Fortune. February 23, 1936 - Bill Travis, Red-Haired Hero. March 1, 1936 - Amon King's Strange Destiny. March 8, 1936- James Fannin, Slave Smuggler, Martyr. March 15, 1936 - Isaac Burton's Horse Marines. March 22, 1936- Ed Burleson, Champion Warrior. March 29, 1936 - Albert S. Johnston, Wizard of War. April 5, 1936 - Jack Hays, First Texas Ranger. April 26, 1936Material related to planned book by Ed Kilman on Women of the Southwest and/or Texas (Bad Women of the Southwest, Wild Belles of Texas, etc.) listing chapter/section title with subject and proposed book title in parentheses
Women of the
Southwest, proposed book materials
74The Angel of Goliad (Panchita aka Senora Alavaz). Typed Manuscript75Panchita. Typed Manuscript, correspondence 1932-1936 , notes (Bad Women)76The Babe of Alamo (Angeline Dickinson). Correspondence to/from Ed Kilman (including Lee Simmons, Edwin Bonewitz). 1942-195677The Babe of Alamo (Angeline Dickinson). Correspondence to/from Ed Kilman (including with Lee Simmons, Edwin Bonewitz. 1957-195978The Babe of Alamo. typed Manuscript by Ed Kilman. (Wild Belles)79The Babe of Alamo. Notes, typed and handwritten710Bloody Bonnie Parker. Typed Manuscript. (Wild Belles)711The Comanche Chief's White Squaw (Cynthia Ann Parker). Typed Manuscript712Confessions of Zilla Fitz James, A Fallen Debutante. Typed Manuscript. (Wild Belles)713Diamond Bessie (Bessie Moore). Typed Manuscript. (Wild Belles)714Diamond Bessie. Drafts, articles, copy news clipping from Marshall News Messenger: East Texas' First Most Famous Big Name Trial; The Killing of Diamond BessieMoore" August 23, 1936 (damaged). (Bad Women)715Enchantress in the Nude (Adah Isaacs Menken). Typed Manuscript. (Wild Belles)716Idah Isaacs Menken - notes, drafts, articles Bad Women)717Galveston's Street of Shame. Article by Ed Kilman in The American Mercury May 1952. Correspondence on article.718Postscript to Post Office Street. Typed Manuscript. (Wild Belles)719The Gambling Belle of Tascosa (French McCormick). Typed Manuscript. (Wild Belles) 720The Great Western, history of. Correspondence, brochures 1957-1960. Typed Manuscript. (Bad Women)721The Hanging of Chipita (Chipita Rodriguez). Clippings, notes. Typed Manuscript. (Wild Belles). Clipping Hanging Tree, Ghost of Texas' Only Executed Woman Walks by Cliff Blackburn, May 15, 1960 722Helen Jewett , Richard Parmalee Robinson. Correspondence, articles 1939(Bad Women)723Kathryn Kelly, the Mate of Machine Gun Kelly. Typed Manuscript. (Bad Women)724Kitty Clover - Slave Mistress. Typed Manuscript. (Wild Belles)725Kitty Clover and Monroe Edwards. Typed Manuscript, articles by Ed Kilman in Houston Post: Monroe Edwards - Texas Bad Man June 13&20, June 1934. (Bad Women)726The Love Life of Belle Starr Typed Manuscript. (Wild Belles)727Belle Starr. Note, newspaper articles Texas ParadeJanuary 1942. The Junior Historian n.d. (Bad Women)728Ma Barker. Typed Manuscript. The Bloody Benders by Edith Connelly Ross (Bad Women)729Madam of the Mansion House (Pamelia Mann). Typed Manuscript730Pamelia Mann . Articles by Ed Kilman in Houston Post: Early Houston Crime Wave June 17 & 24, 1934. Houston Post photocopy. Manuscript731Mystic Maude (Lottie Deno). Typed Manuscript732Lottie Deno. Correspondence, notes. Clippings by Frank X. Tolbert 1956733Plea for a Fallen Woman (Temple Houston's pleas for Minnie Stacey). Photocopy of Texas Heartbeat April 23, 1950. Typed Manuscript. (Wild Belles).734rose of the Cimmaron (In the Southwest Manner). Typed Manuscript735Rose of the Cimmaron. Correspondence, notes. (Bad Women)736Sallie Scull. Photocopy articles by Ed Kilman: Thrice-Wed Firebrand, Belle of the Rio Grande Valley March 12, 1952. (Wild Women)737Unidentified typed Manuscript - marked 250E (pages 49-81)738Unidentified typed Manuscript - marked State Annexation Chapter(pages 1-49)739Unidentified typed Manuscript - marked Republic (pages 1-18)740Unidentified typed Manuscript - loose pages741Unidentified typed Manuscript - pages 1-310 (1) P1-40742Unidentified typed Manuscript - pages 1-310 (2) P41-310
Proposed book on Ross Sterling
81Correspondence regarding the biography of Ross Sterling including to/from Governor Sterling, n.d., January 15, 1948 - December 15, 1950, 198982News clipping death of Ross Sterling March 25, 194983Booklets on Ross Sterling; menu of Testimonial Banquet at Rice Hotel December 12, 1930; pamphlet by Ross Sterling on Texas Highways84History of the Humble Oil Company. Typed Manuscript85Sterling -- Texan. A Biography of Ross Sterling. Typed Manuscript. Page 1 - 13086Sterling -- Texan. A Biography of Ross Sterling. Typed Manuscript. Page 131 - 26087Sterling -- Texan. a Biography of Ross Sterling. Typed Manuscript. Page 261 - 38888Sterling -- Texan. Photocopy of typed Manuscript (1) Page 1 - 12989Sterling -- Texan. Photocopy of typed Manuscript (2) Page 130-159810Sterling -- Texan. Photocopy of typed Manuscript (3) Page 160-388 + 2-page Post Obitum811Sterling -- Texan. Photocopy of typed Manuscript (1) Page 1-99812Sterling -- Texan. Photocopy of typed Manuscript (2) Page 100-199813Sterling -- Texan. Photocopy of typed Manuscript (3) Page 200-299814Sterling -- Texan. Photocopy of typed Manuscript (4) Page 300-388 + 2-page Post Obitum815Sterling -- Texan. Poor photography of typed Manuscript (1) Page 1-129816Sterling -- Texan. Poor photocopy of typed Manuscript (2) Page 130-260817Sterling -- Texan. Poor photocopy of typed Manuscript (3) Page 261-387
Research material, topics of interest, manuscripts,
and writings by other people
Sorted alphabetically
818Alabama-Coushata Indians : Booklet Texas Indians - The Story of Indian village and The alabama Indians in Polk County, Texas on the Alabama-Coshatti Reservation by Anna Kilpatrick Fain (autographed). Notes. Report from The Reservation. 4 pages, April 1963
819Juan Nepomuceno AlamonteAlamonte's Journal 1836-1837, typed copy. Booklet The Private Journal of Juan Nepomuceno Almonte Feb. 1 - April 16, 1836 with introduction by Samuel E. Ashbury 1944(autographed). Letter Ashbury to Kilman.Photocopy articles on Almonte's Journal from the Herald 1836; June 22, June 23 , June 25, June 27, June 29, July820Thd History of Harrie A. Ames during the early days in Texas by herself age 83. Copy letter Bob Potter to Harriet Ames January 18, 1841821Anderson (Grimes Co.) History of, by William P. Zuber . Typed Manuscript sent to Ed Kilman by T. P. Buffington June 26, 1903822Austin Family Lore by Hally Bryan Perry. Mimeograph copy.823Bailey, George M. (1864-1927). Correspondence to, 1918-1927; articles on, biographical data. Typed Manuscript824Baker, Moseley - letter to Sam Houston October 1944. Typed copy. Brief biography by Ed Kilman.825Baker, Robert W. State Senator. Remarks to Texas Senate. April 20, 1961. Copy826Burnet, David G.Two letters from Elizabeth Martin about Burnet 1936; photocopy sketch of Burnet's home; note 1963827Chambers County, Texas. A Complete History of Chambers County, Texas by Dean Tevis. Typed copy from The Anahuac ProgressJune 25, 1937828Chambers, Thomas Jefferson (Major-General). Typed copy of Journal December 31, 1836-December 31, 1837829Chambers, Thomas Jefferson. Letters, legal papers - typed copies830Civil War Research material: correspondence 1950-1953; typed copies of old letters 1862, 1875. Booklet Texas Civil War Centennial Program 1961-1965831Civil War. News clippings 1863-1898, 1959-1961: Galveston Weekly News 1864, Houston Daily Post 1898 , Houston Telegraph 832Crockett, Davy. Typed Manuscript by L. W. Kemp in support of Crockett dying at The Alamo833Circular to expand circulation of Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, Houston October 5, 1847 834Patriots Must Rally to Save our Nation from Socialism! Address by H. R. Cullen to graduating class of Baylor University College of Medicine June 12, 1950. Reprint Houston Post. Ezekiel W. Cullen and H. R. Cullen in Texas History. Address by Former Governor W. P. Hobby at laying of cornerstone of EWC BuildingUniversity of Houstonat March 16, 1947835DeGrass, Col. J. C. Radical. (Reconstruction of State politics, Austin City). Typed Manuscript836Augustin de Iturbide, Emperador de Majico by Alberto de Mestas, Typed Manuscript91Elkins, J. A. Copies draft speeches, talks92Evershade, Constance. Diary 1890-1893. The Evershades and the Rice-Cherry House - Typed Manuscript. Evershade, Charles. diary 1885-1900. Typed copy93Franco-Texienne Bill . Typed copies of articles from The Telegraph 1841: The Bill of Abomination94Press comments on Sam Houston's
relationship to the Franco-Texienne Bill. Typed Manuscript95Governors' letters to R. S. Sterling 193196Grapes. Correspondence M-P Vineyard with Ed Kilman 1939-1940; booklets on growing grapes in Texas and Houston97Hannay, Judge Allen. Texas Border Decision. Opinion August 4, 194598Harris County, Historical Sketch of. Extract from Burke's Almanac. 187999Hobby, William Pettus (b. 1878). Biographical information, anecdotes, etc.910Hunter, Robert Hancock (b. 1813). Diary of My Life, typed copy911Huntsville Diary 1918 (S.H.N.I). Shorthand notes starting January 30, 1918912Kemp, Louis Wiltz Collection 1964 . Information on 2 letters to Kilman from Winnie Allen1964, 1 letter Kilman to Allen. Part of Tribute to Kemp in The Texian February 1957913The Legacy of Lou Kemp. Address by William B. Alderman to Navarro County Historical SocietyJune 2, 1963914Kemp, L. W. Kiwnis Memorial Committee Resolution on his death. Memorial by Ed Kilman. Tribute in Texas Pictorial Handbook July 1957915Kirby, John H. Program, menu for banquet in his honor by City of Houston and State of Texas Commemorative of the Industrial Awakening in Texas, Rice Hotel, Houston, TX November 12, 1901916La Porte, TX . Notes on people and buildings; letter from Mrs. J. W. Canada917McBride, Jack (died December 25, 1966). Pilot. Typed copy of obituary918Mitchell, Nathan (b.1817). Copy of Manuscript biography (regarding Karankawas)919Monkey Puzzle tree. Correspondence 1952 relating to Kilman's attempt to import some trees from England920Moore, Commodore Edwin Ward. Manuscript Texas Navy - Saga of the Sea921Nueces River / Civil War engagement August 1862 . Research notes922Panola County, Texas - History of to 1860 - from thesis of L. R. Sharp Sr. 1940. clippings, Manuscript 923Port Arthur Texas Story . Booklet by Thomas Goodfellow and Matthew O'Brien 1954. (Regarding DPOWA)924Port of Houston. 50th anniversary celebration November 10, 1964. Program. Invitation925Regulator-Moderator War . Typed copy Thrilling Scenes in Texas by Dr. Levi H. Ashcraft. 926Sam Houston State Teachers College. Typed history from dissertation by Harmon Lowman927San Jacinto Campaign by N. D. Labadie. Typed Manuscript928San Jacinto Campaign - The Battle. Articles, notes, clipping (1936), tourist folder, information, the Monument 1958 929Article on Don Juan Nepomuceno Seguin by V. H. Torrance - Article Horns from the Ghost Herd by Bill Blanton - Monograph A Solution for our Race Problem by Rolland Bradley930Sherman, Sidney (d. August 1, 1973) by Sue Menard McCaleb. Typed Manuscript Catherine Isabella Cox, wife of General Sherman (1815-1865) by Mrs. W. E. Kendall. Typed Manuscript.931Smith, Eratus ("Deaf") 1787-1837 . Typed Manuscript932Southwest Review - Index. 1936-1955 (Incomplete)933Sunday Closing (Texas Blue Laws). copies 2 Resolutions, notes on934Texas Firsts by J. Howard West. Booklet 1957 , inscribed to Ed Kilman935Texas history - news clippings: Atlanta Constitution: ... Georgia by C. J. Holleran, June 30, 1950 (Johanna Troutman's Texas flag Beaumont Enterprise: Durst Family was First to Setlle In East Texas, Peek into History Shows March 30, 1924Houston Post: John Crittendon Duval by Kate Davidson Graves, November 15, 1936. (Last survivor of Goliad - Father of Texas Literature)Shreveport Times: Murder of East Texas Man Shakes Nation by Roy Gibbons, March 9, 1947Houston Press: Thunder on the Gulf - A Story of the Texas Navy by C. L. Douglas n.d. Famous Line Drawn by Travis at Alamo Cause of Argument n.d.936Texas history - miscellaneous - printed and typed:- Flyer on R. N. Conger's Pictorial history of Waco Map of Robertson County by R. D. Parker1952 Presidents of the Senate, Speakers of the House, Texas Legislature 1846-1937 . Typed copy12th to 27th Texas Legislature listing Negro Senators/Representatives. Typed copyLog of Austin Papers 1836-1902 by Hally Bryan Peavy. Typed copyBrief biography of Anson Jones. PrintedTournaments (in Victoria, Texas) by M. S. McLean. Printed copyBroadsides. Typed ManuscriptGovernors' messages to Texas Legislature 1891-1927. Typed copiesTexas under Six Flags by A. Garland Adair . Typed copy2 typed pages on Ashbel SmithPhotocopy Judgement Benjamin Page vs. The Republic of Texas937Texas history - maps:Copy Military Map of Texas & Coahuila 1835-1836Port of Houston1958Spanish - Texas (poor condition)Copy Colton's New Map of the State of Texas 1861Official DRT Centennia Map of Texas 1934Booklegger's Map of the U.S. 1926 (joke map)938Texa in Maps by James P. Bryan and Walter K. Hanak . Booklet. Inscribed to Ed Kilman by J. P. Bryan939The History of Texas Newspapers from the earliest Period to the Present including a Full and Complete List of Newspapers printed during the colonial Period and the Days of the Republic with brief sketches of some of the Pioneer Editors by Ben C. Stuart; Beaumont, Texas 1917. Typed copy from original940Texian Navy. Correspondence, brochures, pamphlets 1954-1962. A Brief History of the Texas Navies by Samuel Murray Robinson . Advertisement. 1961 Under Texas Skies; Sea Battles in Texas Waters between the Confederates and the Federals by Major Horace H. Shelton 1951. Vol. II, No. I941The History of Her Life by Mrs. Ann (Raney) Thomas. Born November 5, 1810, England. Correspondence Nannie M. Tilley to Samuel E. Ashbury 1944, Samuel E. Ashbury to Ed Kilman 1944. Typed copy:942The History of Her Life: First Book: England.943The History of
Her Life: Second Book: The Voyage, New Orleans and Texas, Marriage to John Thomas.944The History of Her Life: Third Book: Life in Caney, Bailey's Prairie and Run-away Scrape945The History of Her Life: Fourth Book: Life in Louisiana, Death of Thomas and her sons, marriage to Coleman, her land in Matagorda County946the History of Her Life: Fifth Book: Mr. Coleman's villainies, they lose all their properties - returns to Texas - her daughter marries - the bombardment of Lavaca947The History of Her Life: Sixth Book: Visit to North Carolina and return; various jobs in families for years948The History of Her Life: Seventh Book: Living with more families - at last a charge on the County at 77 years949Trinity River. Correspondence 1959-1962 with Ernest P. Krueger. Copy speech Change with Change by Claud B. Barrett950Trinity River. News clippings951Woodhead, John B. (B. 1852) and son Ben Sykes Woodhead (b. 1874. British immigrants to Houston. Entries from diaries - typed copy952Leaflets, From the Book of Life, La Grange Journal. book by Ben F. Harigel. March 1946. Inscribed Sincerely Ben F. Harigel
Publications by writers other than Ed
Kilman
Pamphlet Index prepared by Alice Kilman, subjects listed alphabetically
101The Humble Way magazine March-April 1954-The Humble Way magazine Summer 1963Texas Sketchbook. A Collection of Historical Stories from The Humble Way on missions, Colonizers, Galveston, Stagecoach Inns, Independence (town), Border Forts, Texas Navy, Coronado, La Salle, Rio Grande, Goliad, Cabeza de Vaca, Frontier Forts (illustrated by E. M. Schiwetz): May 15, 1952; February 15, 1955, February 15, 1956; January 15, 1962, Houston Symphony Orchestra. Program 7th Subscription Series November 1971Dedication of Official Site Marker programs: Constitution Bend, June 4, 1971; Old Market Square, April 20, 1972
102The Archives of BexarEugene Barker - Texas History Center - University of TexasPinedas Sketch by John Farmer 1959Plea for More History in Business - Eugene C. Barker 1944Publications of The Texas Folk Lore Society. No. 5 Editor J. Frank Dobie1926Under Texas Skies: the Texas Declaration of Independence. Texas Heritage Series No. 1 19611032 Flag Stories - Old Glory. 1957 and 1960. BookletsFirst Flag of Texas Independence by Mary Agnes Mitchell. 1937. AutographedFlags That Have Waved Over Texas. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State 1929-1930Great Hanging at Gainsville. Thomas Barrett Texas Museum DirectoryViews in Texas Memorial Museum. July 1944Texas Libraries. Vol. 18, No. 5, May 1956Under Texas Skies: Our Sacred Documents. Texas Heritage Foundation . Vol. 1, No. 6 November 1950The Texas State Historical Association 65th Annual Meeting. April 1961The Library Door. The Publication of the Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library. Autumn 1961. Vol. 1, No. 1The Panhandle-Plains Museum Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas. Brochure104When Texas Came Romping into the Union by Robert Emmett Pellow. 1935When Texas Annexed Uncle Sam or Who Said Texas Brags. Ben B. Hunt. 1946. Pamphlet105Calamity Jane. Life & Adventures of , by herself. BookletMadam Candelaria. Unsung heroine of The Alamo by Maurice Elfer. 1933. BookletAmerican Mercury, May 1952Redlight Padlocking by Edwin Grant. 1952. PamphletLa Porte, Texas - Diamond Jubilee. May 17-24, 1964Belle Starr - The Bandit Queen by William Yancey Shackleford. 1943. InscribedNavy of the Republic of Texas by Edith McCrary. 1944/1945. MonographMy Night by Ida Darden. 1951Gentleman of the House by Ida Darden. 1936Weep No More, My Lady by W. E. Debnan. 1950Reveries and Rhymes by Francesca Falk MillerVitagrams by Nieci Ford Willard. 1943. Autographed106Ezekiel W. Cullen & H. R. Cullen in Texas History. an Address by W. P. Hobby March 16, 1949James Bowie, Big Dealer by Frank Dobie. 1957A. DeSha of Old Kentucky by Clarence Wharton. 1940. Edmund Travis - The Editor Compleat. 1964. Reprint from Austin StatesmanVarner-Hogg State Park Dedication by Governor Price Daniel . Program March 24, 1958San Augustine- Homes and Historical Places. 1963David Wade - Texas Pioneer by Houston Wade. 1943. From La Grange JournalSamuel May Williams by Ruth G. Nichols. 1959. PamphletSockdolager - A Tale of Davey Crockett. Edward EllisWild Adventures of Davey Crockett. by Arthur Tolliver (inscribed by Joe Jenkins)James Stephen Hogg. Collected writings. 1906Tribute to Charles Vernon Terrell. May 10, 1956Horace Dickinson Taylor 1821-1890 by Lucy Taylor Ray. BookletAnson Jones - A Wandering Physician by Herbert Gambrell. Southern Methodist University. Reprint from Southwest ReviewJane Long by Anne Ammons Brindley. 1952 . Reprint from Southwest Historical Quarterly Ford Bend County - Historic Homes. MapVelasco in Texas History - Brazoria County Centennial Club. 1936. PamphletThe First Austin Colony. Leaflet. Autographed Early History of Fayette County. Loose pagesOur Presidents - Washington to Eisenhower. Comic BookBilly The Kid, The Outlaw by Pat F. Garrett. 1946107Twice Told Tales of Texas. Texas Memorial Museum. 1939 (Reprint 1943). BookletFrontier Legend. Texas Finale of Cpt. Wm. F. Drannan. Pseudo Frontier Comrade of Kit Carson by W. N. Bate. 1954Texas Historical & Biographical Magazine. August 1982. Vol. II, No. 8Texas by Carl Willard Smith. 1946. Inscribed and annotated by Joe Jenkins. BookletWhen Texas was Young by Jesse A. Ziegler. BookletLegend of the Bluebonnet by Mary Daggett Lake. 1926. BookletFall of the Alamo by Captain R. M. Potter U.S.A. 1926. BookletFour Thousand Yars in San Antonio by Gerald Cullinan. BookletDays of Colonial Texas by Helen Pearl Tinch. 1967 . Autographed. BookletCentury of Texas Governors by Texas Centennial Commission. 1943. Booklet67th Annual Meeting - Texas State Historical Society. 26-27 August 1963The Texas Archive War of 1842 by Dorman H. Winfrey. 1960The Ark of Covenant Texas Delclaration of Independence by R. Henderson Shuffler. 1961. BookletThe Story of Monument Hill by L. A. Duewall. 1955. Autographed. BookletFootnotes of the Buckhorn by Fritz Toepperwein. 1960. Autographed. BookletThe Story of The Alamo by Frederic Ray. 1955. Booklet108Bayou Bend Collection - Dedication. 1966One Hundred Years in Houston. 1856 Pamphlet for Centennial of Cochran's Insurance AgencyTouring Bayou Bend with Ima Hogg. Article Houston Post Sunday Magazine Feb. 20, 1966L'Archeveque by Clarence R. Wharton. 1941. BookletLyceum to Library by Orin Walker Hatch. 1965. A Chapter in the Cultural History of HoustonHouston's Welcome to the World - Rice Hotel, by Carl V. Jarrell with cartoons by Bert BlessingtonHarris County - Republic of Texas 1939-1945 - Herbert Fletcher. 1950Yankees in the Republic of Texas. Arthur E. Burnett. 1952 Letters from the Colonel - Edward House to Frank Andrews 1899-1902 by James A. Tinsley. 1960Monroe D. Anderson - Life and Legacy by William B. Bates. 1957. MonographMcNelly's Rangers by George Durham. MonographThe Texas Rangers by Harvey Castleman. 1944. Inscribed by Joe Jenkins. Monograph109Texas in the Civil War - Texas Civil War Centennial CommissionProgramTexas in the Civil War by Allan C. AshcraftTexas at Vicksburg by Edwin C. Bearss. 1961A Terry's Ranger Writes Home Leters of Pvt. Benjamin F. Burke. By Jesse Burke Heard. 1965Battle of Galveston. January 1, 1963 by Robert M. Franklin. Autographed. MonographAndrew Johnson - 14th Amendment Then & Now. An Address by J. W. Canada, La Porte, Texas. 1957Dr. Seaman A. Knapp by J. W. Canada. 1957. Autographed. BookletWhat Became of Judge Baird by Clarence Wharton. BookletFacts The Historians Leave Out by John S. TilleyRe-issues of: Valley Echo News December 1862, and Harper's Weekly, May 3, 1962; May 17, 1962; July 5, 1962 and July 26, 19621010Address of the Grand Master to the Grand Lodge of Texas. December 1980When Texas was Young by Jessie A. Ziegler . BookletBulletin of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, January 1952. Vol. 10, No. 1. contains article: Twin Sisters by Edward N. Clopper. Page 391011Prehistoric Rock Shelter in Val Verde County Val Verde County , Texas by J. E. Pearce and Jackson, A. T. July 15, 1933. Univ. of Texas BulletinBibliographic Guide to the Archaeology of Texas by T. N. Campbell. 1952The Kent-Crane Site - A Shell Midden on the Texas Coast by T. N. Campbell. 1952. ReprintArchaeological Materials from Five Island in the Laguna Madre, Texas Coast by T. N. Campbell 1956. ReprintThe Karankawa Indians by Albert S. Gatschet. 1891. Inscribed: For my good Friend, Ed Kilman, who rediscovered and put hide & hair on these injuns. Bill MorrowList of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology. 1937Skeletal Remains In North America by Ales Hrdicka. 19371112Old Time White Camp Meeting Spirituals by Samuel E. Ashbury and Henry E. Meyer. 1932Little Brown Church in the Vale in Story and In Song. 1st Congregational Church, Bradford, IowaFashions of the Republic of Texas by Mary Reid. 1942Words, Words, Words by Harry C. Withers. 1950Provincial Drama Rituals for Texas by Samuel E. Ashbury. AutographedA Chronological History of the Singers of German Songs in Texas by Oscar Haas. 1948. Autographed1113Texas Merry-Go-Round. 1933Texas by The Potomac by Jonathan Titulescu Fogarty (James T. Farrell). 1950 Some Texas Stream and Place Names by George C. Martin. 1947The San Jacinto Campaign by Col. Andrew Jackson Houston. 1925. Taken from Vol. 1: The Texas RevolutionSam Houston, The Life and Loves of the Empire Builder by Walter Scott McNuttSam Houston - The Empire Builder by Walter Scott McNutt . (Damaged)Sam Houston, Soldier - Patriot - Statesman, The Great Man of TexasSam Houston. (Pithy Anecdotes of Sam Houston)" by Agnes McEmery. 1936Houston in Song and Verse by George Fuermann . 1967. AutographedOff the Beaten Trail by Ed Syess. 1963California Brags collected by Oren Arnold1114The Fifty-Fourth Texas Legislature. A Review of Its Work. 1955Report to the Legislature. Governor Price Daniel1957-1963Texas State Directory. 51 Legislature EditionTexas State Directory. 53rd Legislature SuppliementTax Research Association Journal August 1949Report to The governor and the Fifty-Fourth Legislature. 1955. Texas State Historical Survey1115The Republic of Texas. by The American West magazine and The Texas State Historical Association. 1968. General Editor Stephen B. Oates Inauguration of the State Agr. and Mech. College of Texas. October 4, 1876.SMU Mascot Peruna by Leila Rostiser. 1951Son, Remember by James Pipkin. 19511116ASons of The Republic of Texas Yearbooks: 1948, 1952, 1956, 1958The Texian. August 19621116BProceedings of The Annual Convention of The Daughters of the Republic of Texas: 1948, 1954-55, 1957, 1958, 1959-60, 1960. Bound copies. 1117AHistorical Homes & Buildings in Texas. MapGeneral Land Office. LeafletAustin Knew His Athens by Gracey Booker Toland. 1958History of Brazoria County - Old Plantations and Their Owners ofBrazoria County, Texas - Steamboats on the Brazos by Mary Nixon Rogers175 Books about Houston & Harris County. Houston Public Library. 1967Historical Sketch of Harris County. 1879. Typed copy from Burke's Almanace and Emigrant's Handbook1117BThe Story of San Antoino's O. Henry House by Dr. Ferdinand P. HerffHistoric Galveston Homes. Galveston Historical Society. 1951Historic Old Jefferson, Texas. LeafletGarrett Plantation. 1-page printoutSam Houston Park. Harris County Historical Society leafletSt. Peter Church, Spring Branch, Texas, Centennial. 1848-1948Texas Avenue at Main Street by A. Pat Daniels. The Chronological Story of a City Block In Houston, the most significant in history of Texas. 1964. AutographedSan Augustine- Medallion Homes & Historical Place - Tour 1965The Buffalo Tree. A History of Early Houston by Marie Lee Phelps. 19591118Check List of Texana. San Jacinto Museum of History Association. 1949Brief Account of the Battle of San Jacinto. 1951. Reprint from American HeritageTribute to Louis Wiltz Kemp. 1956. Bulletin Vol. 2 No. 3. SupplementSan Jacinto Museum of History . 1950-51 Report San Jacinto Museum of History . HandbookSan Jacinto Museum and Monument - 1st 10 years. George A. Hill Jr. 111th Anniversary of Battle of San Jacinto Museum. 1947. ProgramThe Legend of San Jacinto. Song, words by O. Henry, music by Bernard WhitefieldSan Jacinto Museum of History Association . Bulletin on Miss Annie Hume. 1957San Jacinto Museum of History Association Bulletin on Jesse Jones. 1957San Jacinto Museum of History Association. Bulletin on San Jacinto Day 1960San Jacinto Museum of History Association. Bulletin Suppelment 1956-59Exhibit of Water Colors by Samuel Chamberlain. 1957. Booklet1119Bilbo, Brewer and Bribery in Mississippi Politics by Ex Senator G. A. Hobbs. 1917Mark Twain vs. Street Railway Co. by John S. Mayfield. 1926Henry Clay's Last Criminal Case by J. Winston Coleman Jr. 19501120ATexas' Last Frontier A Brief History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley by Frank Cushman Pierce 191725 Years Behind Prison Bars by Bill MillsComanche Trail of Thunder and the Massacre at Parker's Forth May 19, 1836 by Gene Fallwell. 1960. Inscribed by Ed KilmanNature's Choice. North Galveston, Texas. Promotional booklet.Treasure Island. Brazoria County, Texas. Promotional booklet.1120BDedication of the Restored U. S. Court House-Federal Building. Galveston, Texas June 17, 1967Texas History Movies by Magnolia Petroleum Company (Mobil Oil). Action Cartoons. 1928Texas History Movies by Magnolia Petroleum Company (Mobil Oil). Action Cartoons. 1943My Folks Came in a Covered Wagon. Treasury of Pioneer Stories. 1956 1121Catalog of N. H. RoseCollection of Old Time Photographs of the Frontier. 1952Texas Collection by Bailey Carroll 1963. Inscribed to Ed KilmanNaylor Company - Book Publishers of the Southwest. Catalog 1963-641122Texas History Teachers Bulletin. University of Texas. Bulletin Vol. XIII, No. 1A History of the Land Grants and Other Aids to the Texas Railroads by State of Texas by S. G. Reed. 1942. Inscribed to Ed Kilman.Pile It Higher & Deeper or S. P. & A. Grade Curve by Walton Hinds. Autographed. Booklet1123Harris County Historical Survey Committee 1969-70 Roster of Cooperating OrganizationsAgriculture Sick from Doctoring by Lamar Fleming Jr. 1962Off-Shore Drilling Operations - Gulf of Mexico. Langham, Langston & Burnett brochuresInaguration & Dedication - San Jacinto Museum. April 20, 21, 1939. ProgramRomance of Texas Money by William E. Howard. 1946Turkey and the United States: How The Travel a Common Road to Ruin . Addressed by Way of Warning to President Hayes by Henry Carey Baird18771224AFergusonism . Down to Date. Ferguson vs. Sterling - An Editorial Study in Contrast. May 29, 1932 . Austin Statesman The Old Farmer's Almanac 1950 and 1951 ; Farmers' Almanac 1967 Thanks - for making the 1964 Report of the Sam Houston Area Council Boy Scouts of America January 28, 1965Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout Recognition Program March 8, 1957Boy Scouts of America1964 Silver Beaver Award list for Sam Houston Area Council1224BAmaya v. Stanolind Oil and Gas Co.Opinion by Hon. Allen B. Hannay (inscribed to Ed Kilman and signed). Reprint June 1957J. W. Luttes, et al., v. The State of Texas. Argument in Support of Motion for Rehearing in The Supreme Court of Texas 19581858-1958. The First Hundred Years. Chambers County Centennial. May 13-17, 1958. Official Program. AutographedOrdinance Survey Map No. 169, Aldershot, England. 1946Booklet on The Tower of London. 1947 Program of visit to the County Borough of Halifax of Their Royal Highnesses The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh and the Duke of Edinburgh July 26, 19491224CIs the flag worth fighting for? Let's find outby Joseph Allan BeekFreedom in Action. An Answer to the Question: What Can I Do? by Elwood Fouts 1956Gobiernate a ti Mosmo por H. L. Hunt 1961Cheer. February 1957 edition. Walter E. Heath InsuranceFrom Here On! Roll call of the United Nations Booklet. 1945AMERICA BETRAYED... the tragic consequences of REDS on Government payroll! by Joseph P. Kamp. 1950Texas Chapter in American Freedom. Some of the Documents of our Texas Heritage. San Jacinto Museum of History Association. 1948Freedom's Advocate. Excerpts from speeches by the Honorable John Ben Shepperd, Attorney General of Texas. Inscribed: To Gov. Hobby, with deep admiration for his many valuable contributions to freedom. John Ben Shepperd 10/32The Corruption of America. 1943Give me liberty. Rose Wilder Lane. 19451224DA. Sterling Record. Including.... Governor Sterling's Platform. Editorial comments. Jim, Where Did You Get It?. Hick HalcombOur Sacred Mondeys or 20 Years of Jim and Other Jams (Mostly Jim). The Outstanding Goat Gland Specialist of Texas Politics by Don H. Biggers. 1933Inheritance Tax Laws, State of Texas 1947In the District Court, Travis County, Texas. 126 Judicial District. R. S. Sterling vs. Miriam A. Ferguson et al. (2 copies)How I Took Hollywood by Storm by Boyce House. Limited Edition Number 101 of 300. signed. 19421224EThe Best of Houston, April 1, 1963 issue. Pamphlet Twenty-Second Founder's Day Dinner held at The Lawer's Club, April 28, 1950University of Michigan. . Ann Arbor. Address by Honorable Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr. Memorial program for Henry Fishburne Estill, Litt. D. 1861-1942The Unveiling of the Bust of Dr. Harry Fishburne Estill, LL.D. November 11, 1950. Presented by his friends and former students. Memorial card Benjamin Harrison Powell and Marian Rather Powell. Invitation/program for Historic Huntsville Third Annual Garden Tour. April 4, 1948Inauguration program, January 18, 1955, Austin, Texas, of Ben Ramsey and Allan ShiversProceedings of the State Democratic Convention, Senate Chamber, Austin, Texas. May 23, 1944 (damaged)Program, Sigma Delta Chi Historic Sites Luncheon on commemoration of Gail Borden. University of Houston. October 1, 19551224FRecollections of Coldwater, A Vanished Town by Boyce House. January 1958 reprint from The Journal of Mississippi HistoryIn A Little Town Long Ago by Boyce House. Signed, Christmas 1960. Reprint from Arkansas Historical QuarterlyBryan at Baltimore. The Democratic National Convention of 1912. By Boyce House. Reprint March 1960Keep Years Younger - Enjoy Freedom. Vim, Vigor, Vitality Mentally, Spiritually, Physically! by Ham Houston. December 19471224GSam Houston State Seventy-Eighth Annual Catalog. Teacher's College Bulletin, Huntsville, Texas 1957-1958Is Your Future in Huntsville? Huntsville-Walker County Chamber of Commerce. Promotional booklet1224HInvitation to Inaguration of Lyndon Baines JohnsonKinney County. Booklet by New World Study Club, Bracketville, Texas, April 25, 1947The Catholic University of America, Commencement Address by Robert H. Kelley, June 15, 1938. AutographedTrends in Our Government, speech by Dr. Marion Lawler to Kiwanitas Club September 11, 1958So This Is Langry by Grace Barnes and Beth Gault, 19461756-1956 Liberty Bicentennial Observance, Liberty, Texas. April 18-21, 1956. Souvenir ProgramGeneral Douglas MacArthur's Address to the Congress of the United StatesApril 19, 1951The Second was Always First. Military campaign booklet (by Wick Fowler?)The Way to Design by Ignatz Sahula-Dycke. 1943. Autographed1224IA Book of Facts: Martial Law in East Texas What it has meant to the State and the Nation. East Texas Chamber of Commerce. 2 copies. Longview January 1, 1932 and January 9, 1932. With handwritten note from Paul WakefieldThe Missions of Texas. Reprint from Scene Magazine for Southwest Bell Telephone CompanyNacogdoches, Texas , where history and progress join hands. Chamber of Commerce leafletNacogdoches. Tourist booklet 1960Cowpokes. Cow Country Cartoons by Reid, Ace. 1958 . Autographed1964 Texas Official Highway Travel Map. Texas Highway DepartmentTexas Tourist Travel Guide 1948A Century of Usury in Texas by Edmunds Travis. 1940The Glory Trail. The Great American Migration and its impact on natural resources. Review Copy. The National Wildlife FederationThe Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas by A. Elizabeth Taylor. Reprint from The Journal of Southern History May 19511224JTypewritten manuscript on Martin Varner and Varner PlantationTypewritten manuscript on the Patton family and Miscellaneous notes on schools, early life in Columbia, etc.1225AUnder Texas Skies. Garland Adair, Editor: 1946, February 1948, June 1948, August 1948, July 19501225BUnder Texas Skies: January 1951, March 1951, April 1951, October 1951, November 1951, April 1952, May 1952, October 1952, Novemeber 1951Adair's Texas Pictorial Handbook : August 1956, Janaury 1957, March 1957, May 1957, July 1957, September 19571225CUnder Texas Skies: May 1953 , July 1953Texas Heritage Texas Heritage Foundation Publication: February 1959, March 19591226AJournals of the Sixth Congress of the Republic of Texas Volume I1226BJournals of the Sixth Congress of the Republic of Texas Volume II1226CJournals of the Sixth Congress of the Republic of Texas Volume III1326DConstitution of the United States with the Bill of Rights and all later amendments; Supreme Court and the Constitution; Constitution of the United States of America with a summary of the States ratification thereof - includes the Constitution of the Confederate States of America
Philosophical Society of Texas
1327APhilosophical Society of Texas - Draft of FoundingPhilosophical Society of Texas- Annual Meeting December 5, 1947Philosophical Society of Texas- Annual Meeting 1948Philosophical Society of Texas - Annual Meeting 19571327BPhilosophical Society of Texas - Proceedings 1946Philosophical Society of Texas - Proceedings 1947Philosophical Society of Texas - Proceedings 1948Philosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 1950Philosophical Society of Texas - Proceedings 1951Philosophical Society of Texas - Proceedings 1953Philosophical Society of Texas - Proceedings 19541327CPhilosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 1955Philosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 1956Philosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 1957Philosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings1958Philosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 1959Philosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 19601327DPhilosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 1961Philosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 1962Philosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 1963Philosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 19641327EPhilosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 1965Philosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 1966Philosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 1967Philosophical Society of Texas- Proceedings 1969
Scrapbook, etc.
141Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs of a fishing trip taken by Ed Kilman and others May 1930
142Copy Book of letters from Ernest E. Friedenhaus who was in charge of the Land Department of T. W. House14344th Annual Governors Conference, Houston, Texas, June 29-July 2, 1952. Leather bound Program and Promotion on Texas
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