Guide to the Clarence Wharton Papers, 1804-1956


Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	Wharton, Clarence Ray
	Title:	Guide to the Clarence R. Wharton Papers
	Dates:	1804-1956
	Abstract:	The Clarence R. Wharton Papers includes Wharton’s papers, correspondence, research files and manuscripts related to Texas history. The correspondence pertains primarily to the preparation and/or publication of his works, such as Gail Borden, pioneer, Wharton's History of Fort Bend County, Remember Goliad, L'Archeveque, and others. Also included is manuscript material of other authors.
	Identification:	MS 019
	Extent:	10 cubic feet
	Language:	Finding aid written inEnglish.
	Repository:	Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Historical Note

Clarence Ray Wharton, son of Frank B. and Ella Ray Wharton, was born in Tarrant County, Texas, on Oct. 5, 1873. He attended county schools, taught from 1888 to 1892, studied law and was admitted to the bar around 1893. He began a law practice in 1885 in Decatur with Charles V. Terrell, moved in 1897 to Richmond and then to Houston to join the law firm of Baker, Botts, Baker, and Lovett in 1901. On Aug. 5, 1902 he married Adele Spoonts, and together they had four children. He was made full partner of the law firm in 1906, and as a corporate attorney represented Houston Lighting and Power, Houston Gas and Fuel, and Houston Electric companies. Wharton was the first chairman of Houston Community Chest, and prominent in the American Red Cross during World War I. He was active in the Harris County Historical Society, reaching vice president in 1923. He was very well known for his many articles and published works on Texas history. He died in Houston on May 1, 1941 and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery.

Excerpted from The New Handbook of Texas, 1996.

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Scope and Contents

The Clarence R. Wharton Papers includes Wharton’s papers, correspondence and manuscripts related to Texas history. The correspondence pertains primarily to the preparation and/or publication of his works, such as Gail Borden, pioneer, Wharton's History of Fort Bend County, Remember Goliad, L'Archeveque, and others. Included also is manuscript material of other authors.

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Arrangement
	Materials are organized into eight series:

		Series I: Correspondence, 1849-1956 (boxes 1-4)
		Series II: Legal, 1927-1940 (boxes 4-5)
		Series III: Speeches, 1918-1940 (boxes 4-5)
		Series IV: Thomas F. Harwood materials, 1923-1925 (box 6)
		Series V: Visuals (box 6)
		Series VI: News clippings/scrapbooks, 1930s (boxes 6-7)
		Series VII: Texas History Research Files (box 8)
		Series VIII: Printer matter/manuscript materials, 1804-1939 (boxes 8-20)

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

This material is open for research.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from the Clarence R. Wharton papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

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Index Terms

	Subjects (Persons)
		Swisher, John Milton
		Bailey, George M.
		Dixon, Sam Houston
		Rister, Carl Coke
		Borden, Gail
		Harwood, Thomas F.
		Briscoe, Andrew – homes and haunts
		Fannin, Jas. W.
		Hogg, Stephen
		Bastrop, Baron de
		Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de
	Subjects (Places)
		Fort Bend County, Tex.
		Brazoria County, Tex.
		Goliad, Tex.
		San Jacinto battlefield, Tex.
	Formats
		Correspondence
		Financial records
		Printed materials

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Related Material

The Masterson Texana Collection (book collection) is a good source for published materials related to the manuscript materials. See http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/search_masterson_books.html.

See also Harris Masterson I Papers MS468. Online guide available at http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/mss/ms468.html.

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Series I: Correspondence, 1849-1956 (boxes 1-4)
box	folder
1	1	W.P. Huff to Jas. Knight, 1849
	2	1920s
	3-4	Concerning Pictorial History of Texas, 1926-1927
	5	American Historical Society, April 19, 1928-Dec. 30, 1939
	6	Mary R. Bolton, 1928-30
	7	Concerning San Jacinto book, 1929-31, 1938-39
	8	B.O. Baker, 1930s
	9	General, Sept. 1930-Jan. 1936
	10	Concerning Texas history book, 1930-31, 1938-39
box	folder
2	1	Houston Independent School District, 1931-32
	2	Re: Gail Borden, May 1935-Jan. 1939
	3	Re: Mirabeau B. Lamar, Oct. 1935-Dec. 1935
	4	General, Feb. 1936-1942
	5	Re: Jean L’Archeveque, Nov. 1936-Aug. 1939
	6	Re: Wm. Scurlock, Feb. 1937-March 1937
	7	Re: Charles S. Taylor, June 1937-Nov. 1937
	8	Re: Ft. Bend County, Aug. 1937-Feb. 1939
	9	Re: Ft. Bend County, March 1939-Jan. 1940
	10	Re: Texas history, 1937-38
box	folder
3	1	Re: Judge Baird, Sept. 1938-Jan. 1941
	2	Re: Texas history, 1939-41
	3	Lena Archebech, Aug. 1939
	4	Re: History of Ft. Bend County, 1939-40
	5	Re: Beauregard Bryan, March 1939-Feb. 1943
	6	Jesse H. Jones, 1952
	7	Isaac B. DeSha, 1953, 1956
		Publishers
box	folder
3	8		Bobs-Merrill Co. Publishers, 1934
	9		Kingsport Press, 1923, 1929-30, 1933
	10		Southern Publishing Co., 1930-42
	11		Southwest Press, 1931, 1934-35
	12		Turner Co., 1935-39, 1941
box	folder
4	1		Publishers, general, 1930-31, 1933-35, 1939
	2		Miscellaneous, n.d.

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Series II: Legal, 1927-1940 (boxes 4-5)
box	folder
4	3	Southwest Press contract, 1935
	4	Publishing agreement with Naylor Co., 1939
	5	Royalty contract with Southern Publishing Co., 1933
	6	Contract between C. Wharton & Banks Upshaw & Co., 1935
	7	Moses Jones v. J.R. Williams
	8	Heirs of John Bricker v. Keystone Mills Co., c. 1933
	9	Gulf Oil Corp. v. Marathon Oil Co., c. 1936
	10	Gulf Oil Corp. v. Marathon Oil Co., c. 1937
	11	Gulf Oil Corp. v. Marathon Oil Co. (appendix), c. 1937
	12	El Paso Electric Co. v. National Labor Relations Board, c. 1939
	13	Jurisdiction of the Alcade Courts in Texas prior to the revolution [c. 1927]
	14	List of papers and documents in custody of Dr. Hill, 1940
	15-16	Pamphlets (legal and speeches), 1935
box	folder
5	1-2	Pamphlets (legal and speeches)

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Series III: Speeches, 1918-1940 (boxes 4-5)
box	folder
5	3	Speeches, 1935
	4	Address, Harris Co. Taxpayers League, 1931
	5	“A Day of Destiny,” Texas Bankers Association, 1918
	6	“Industrial Peace in Texas,” Texas State Manufacturers Association, 1939
	7	“It May Take a Thousand Years,” Baylor University Commencement, 1938
	8	“Labor Laws of Texas,” Executive Committee of Texas Manufacturers Association, 1940
	9	C.V. Terrell portrait presentation, State Teachers College, Denton, 1936
	10	“Utility Situations in Texas,” Galveston City Attorneys Association, 1929
	11	Speeches, general, 1920s-30s

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Series IV: Thomas F. Harwood materials, 1923-1925 (box 6)
box	folder
6	1	Gammel’s Book Store, 1923-25
	2	Scribners & Sons, 1924-25
	3	Eugene Digges, 1924
	4	E.L. Shettles, 1924
	5	Receipts

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Series V: Visual materials (box 6)
box	folder
6	6	Goliad, Tex.
	7	Andrew Briscoe house
	8	Perry house, Peach Point
	9	Elizabeth Powels' Place
	10	Phelps house, “Orizimbo”
	11	Mrs. Edwin Shepherd, others
	12	William Summers tombstone
	13	C.R. Wharton
	14	Mrs. John A. Wharton & daughter
	15	Palmetto
	16	Old train station in Houston
	17-18	Assorted images

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Series VI: News clippings/scrapbooks, 1930s (boxes 6-7)
box	folder
6	19	Various
	20	“Let Us Have Industrial Peace”
	21	“100 Years Ago Today” column, c. 1936
box	folder
7	1-2	Photocopies of “100 Years Ago Today”
	3	“Signers of Declaration of Independence of Texas”
	4	“George M. Bailey”
	5	Miscellaneous clippings, pictures, verse
	6	“Information (and misinformation) gathered while writing a history of Ft. Bend County, 1935-39”

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Series VII: Texas History Research Files (box 8)
box	folder
8	1	Gutzom Borglum
	2	Josephine Wharton Bradley
	3	Mrs. J.E. Irvin
	4	Invitations
	5	Secretary of Commerce statement, 1943
	6	Statement by Vice President Wallace, 1943
	7	Sam Houston biographical information
	8	List of Clarence Wharton’s works
	9	“Remember Goliad” brochure
	10	Prospectus: History of Fort Bend County, 1822-1900
	11	Prospectus mailing list
	12	Ingroa letters (photocopies)
	13	Wharton family genealogy
	14	Miscellaneous

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Series VIII: Printer matter/manuscript materials, 1804-1939 (boxes 8-20)
		Subseries A: Reviews
box	folder
8	15		Coronado’s Children
	16		From Quebec to New Orleans
	17		Judge Winston’s Life of Jefferson Davis
	18		The Texas Navy
		Subseries B: Transcriptions
box	folder
8	19		Letter re: Harrisburg and the railroad, 1839
	20		“Counties in Texas in which San Jacinto Veterans are known to be buried”
	21		List of Colonel Fannin’s men, 1836
	22		Jas. W. Fannin letters, 1830-32
	23		Six Letters from Texas, 1836
	24		“List of people who received Mexican land in Harris County”
	25		“More Desperadoes Arrested,” 1876
	26		“Letter from Hall’s Command, “ 1878
	27		“Letter from State Trooper,” 1877
	28		“Arrest of the Stage Robber,” 1877
	29		“From One of McNelly’s Boys,” 1876
	30		“State Trooper,” 1878
	31		“Letter from Lt. Hall’s Command,” 1877
	32		“McNelly’s Men and the Desperadoes,” 1876
	33		“On Sail Boat,” 1878
	34		“From a Soldier’s Reminiscences,” 1850
	35		Texas Telegraph and Register, Oct. 1835-April 1836
box	folder
9	1		Letters and articles concerning Gail Borden; bound
	2		Texas items from LA newspapers, 1804-37; bound
	3		Lapham letters; bound
	4		Lost Towns; 1830s newspaper notices; bound
	5		Wild Oats Sowing; ts. carbon transcription of print; bound, 1937
		Subseries C: Manuscripts
box	folder
10	-		Sidelights of the Battle of San Jacinto, Vol. 1&2, (2 c.) R. B. Blake Ts., ts. carbon; bound
	-		Chapters for San Jacinto book, ts. carbons
	-		History of Fort Bend County Ts., ms. alterations; bound
	-		Fort Bend County, Ts., ms., photographs, clippings, notes; bound, 1938-39
	-		Preface to Fort Bend County, ts. carbon
	-		Index to History of Fort Bend County,ts.
	-		Bibliography for Fort Bend County, ts. carbon
box	folder
11	-		Translation of H. Ehrenberg’s Fahrten und Schicksale Eines Deutschen in Texas,E.W. Bartholomae M.A. thesis, ts., ms. annotations; bound, 1925
	-		Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Letters Ts., photocopy, clippings; bound
	-		Life of Governor Hogg…, George Bailey Ts. carbons (2 volumes), inserted clippings; bound, 1927
	-		“The Need for a New Approach to the History of Texas,” R.G. Santos
box	folder
12	-		One Hundred Years Ago Today, Vol. 1 & 2 Ts.; bound, 1935-36
	-		Colonel John M. Swisher Remembrances of Texas and Texas People, 1879; ts.; bound
box	folder
13	-		Pictorial History of Texas Photos with ms. notes; bound Illustrations with notes. 2 copies; bound Illustrations with notes, variations; bound 1937 Illustrations with notes, variations; bound, c. 1939
	-		Men Who Fought with Houston at San Jacinto (2 volumes), Sam Houston Dixon Ts. carbons with alterations, 2 volumes; bound
box	folder
14	-		Berber Davenport File of Fannin Documents, Ts., ms., photocopies, clippings; bound, 1933 Ts. carbon; bound
	-		Some Critical Reflections on the Christian Religion, W.H. Wilson Ts., with letter; bound, 1929
	-		The Nueces-Rio Grande Border, Paul S. Taylor Ts., annotations, additions; bound
	-		Jack Tolman, Ts., ms., printed articles, memoirs, photo, holograph letters; bound
box	folder
15	-		History of Texas “Notes prepared by R.D. Holt…;” bound Ms. ts., maps, illustrations; bound Ts. carbon; bound
	-		L’Archeveque and other Sketches,Ts., ms., photographs; bound
box	folder
16	-		Thirty Presidents, Ts, illustrations, alterations; bound, 1931
	-		The Whartons of Old Brazoria, Ts., ms., photographs, letters, clippings; bound
	-		The Whartons of Old Brazoria, Bob Boyce Ts., ms.; bound, 1923
	-		Baron de Bastrop, with R.W. Moore’s M.A. thesis Ts., ms., photocopy, maps, photographs; bound, c. 1932
	-		The Vindication of Don Carlos Barrett, Horne,Ts, ms. alterations; bound, 1930
	-		A Report of Hurricanes, and Conditions Indicating a Hurricane in the Vicinity of Galveston, Texas, from 1867 to 1916, Rex D. Frazier Ts.; bound, 1921
box	folder
17	-		Remember Goliad, ts.; bound
	-		The Goliad Campaign, Ts., added printed pages, clipping; bound, 1933
	-		El Presidente: Life of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Ts.; bound Ts. carbon; bound
	-		Santanta, the Great Chief of the Kiowas, and His People (3 vol.) Ts. carbons (2) with added illustrations; bound Printed, ms. and ts. notes, illustrations; bound
	-		Charitable Trusts, Ts. carbon; bound
	-		Alphabetical List of Soldiers in the Goliad Campaigns, Aterbury
box	folder
18	1		“Sterling, the Thirteenth Governor of Texas,” ts.
	2		“The Phantom State of West Texas,” ts. carbon
	3		“Lysander Wells’ Letter,” ts. carbon
	4		Heroes of the Revolution, ts. carbon
	5		“The Governors of Texas,” ts. carbon
	6		“A Day in Old Brazoria,” ts. carbon
	7		“What is the Farmer’s Future?,” ts.
	8		Introduction to Garden Club of America, ts. carbon
	9		“Charges of Judge Evermont Ward,” ts.
	10		A Short History of Texas, ts. carbon, Josephine Wharton Bradley
	11		A Short History of Texas, Josephine Wharton Bradley Ts, ms., ts. alterations; bound
	12		Gail Borden (first draft), ts. annotations
	13		Chapter 11: “Gail Borden Goes to London,” ts. carbon, annotations
	14		Bibliography for Gail Borden, ts. carbon
	15		Gail Borden, Jr., Pioneer Ts. carbon with ms. alterations; bound, 1939
	16		“America, Knight Errant of the Ages,” ts. carbon
	17		“A Renegade Son,” ts. carbon
	18		“Boundary Settlement,” ts. carbon
	19		“East of the Rio Grande” (play), ts. carbon
	20		“Houston—A Seat of Government of Texas,” ts. carbon
	21		Unnamed manuscript, ts. carbon
	22		Manuscript annotations for The Life of Philip, Late Duke of Wharton
		Subseries D: Proofs
box	folder
19	-		Pictorial History of Texas , Illustrations, ms. alterations; bound, 1930; Illustrations, ms. alterations; bound, 1930 (pages cut to trade size); Illustrations, ms. alterations; bound, 1935; Without illustrations, with ms. corrections and additions for Vol. 2; bound First edition proofs with few corrections (2 volumes); bound
box	folder
20	-		History of Fort Bend County, Ms. alterations/additions, inserted clippings/illustrations; bound, 1939 Title, table of contents, illustrations, 1939 Newsprint off-print, Chapter XII Ts. And ms. additions and alterations, inserted clippings, Annotated; bound
	-		The Heroes of San Jacinto, Dixon & Kemp Ms. and ts. additions and insertions; bound
	-		San Jacinto: The Sixteenth Decisive Battle, Ms. alterations; bound First proof
	-		Remember Goliad , Inserted clippings, illustrations, ms. alterations, photocopies, c. 1931; bound

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