Guide to the Andrew Forest Muir papers


Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	Muir, Andrew Forest, 1916-1969
	Title:	Andrew Forest Muir papers
	Dates:	ca. 1916-1969
	Abstract:	This material includes correspondence, research and genealogical notes which reflect the interests of historian and Rice University professor Andrew Forest Muir. They relate to 19th century Texas and Houston history; free African Americans in Texas pre-Civil War; the life and death of William Marsh Rice; the growth of the Catholic, Anglican, and Episcopal Churches in the 19th century via missionary work in Texas and Hawaii; and Hawaiian history, specifically clergymen in Hawaii. These research files were created and maintained by Andrew Forest Muir circa 1935-1969, with subjects covering a wide range of dates, circa 1750-1969, bulk 1800s, particularly the republic of Texas era and Civil War era. Other topics include Muir's academic career and personal life.
	Identification:	MS 17
	Extent	40.5 linear feet (81 boxes)
	Languages	Materials are in English.
	Repository:	Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX

Biographical Sketch

Andrew Forest Muir was born January 8, 1916 in Houston Heights, Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (1938) and a Master of Arts (1942) from Rice Institute, as well as a Ph.D. from the University of Texas (1949). While in Austin he taught at St. Luke’s school and tutored English at the University of Texas (1942-44), also serving as acting director of the San Jacinto Museum of History (1943-44). Muir next traveled to Hawaii where, from 1945 to 1949, he worked as a civilian employee for the U.S. Engineers in Honolulu, Hawaii, taught history at the Iolany School, and later was Educational Advisor to the Commanding General at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He served as an Assistant Professor of History at Daniel Baker College in Brownwood, Texas, from 1951-53, before moving on to teach at the Polytechnic Institute, in San German, Puerto Rico for the 1953-54 academic year. Honored as a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial fellow for 1957-58, he then joined the history department at Rice Institute in 1958.

As a historian, Muir published numerous studies on religion and church leaders in Hawaii during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as several studies on free blacks in the Houston area. He also authored Early Missionaries in Texas (1941), Railroad Enterprise in Texas, 1936-1841 (1944), The Thirty-Second Parallel Pacific Railroad in Texas 1872 (1949), and Thomas Jefferson Ewing, Texas Ward: Politician (1952) as well as Texas in 1837, which he edited in 1958.

Known as an authority on William Marsh Rice, his work William Marsh Rice and His Institute: A Biographical Study was edited by Sylvia Stallings Morris and posthumously published in 1972. In addition, Muir contributed to The Handbook of Texas, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, the Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, and served as associate editor of the Journal of Southern History.

Andrew Forest Muir died on February 3, 1969.

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Scope and Contents

Correspondence, research and genealogical notes compiled by former Rice professor Andrew Forest Muir. Subjects include early Texas history, early Texans, particularly Houston and Harris county, and the Episcopal Church in Texas, as well as the Anglican Church in Hawaii. Muir made the notes as a student at Rice Institute and at the University of Texas. The largest group of materials is Muir’s alphabetical subject research files which relate to 19th century Texas and Houston history; the life and death of William Marsh Rice; the growth of the Catholic, Anglican, and Episcopal Churches in the 19th century via missionary work in Texas and Hawaii; and Hawaiian history, specifically clergymen in Hawaii. These research files were created and maintained by Andrew Forest Muir circa 1935-1969, with subjects covering a wide range dates, circa 1750-1969, bulk 1800s.

Correspondents include fellow Texas historians, librarians and publishers such as Frank Wardlaw, Alfred A. Knopf, A.C. Greene, Angus Cameron (Editor, Alfred A. Knopf), attorney Cooper Ragan, William H. Masterson (regarding Journal of Southern History), Diana and Bill Hobby, J.W. Petty Jr. (Book Mart, Victoria, TX)

Also of interest is Muir's collection of original treasury notes and manuscripts (Series VI) which dates mainly from the Republic of Texas Era and the U.S. Civil War era, reflecting everyday life through local (county, city, state, Confederate) currency from Texas and Southern states, as well as correspondence, receipts, military orders, and more.

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Arrangement

		Series I: Personal and family, 1872-1969 (Boxes 1-7)
		Series II: Muir student records, 1933-1944 (Boxes 8-9)
		Series III: Rice Institute papers, 1957-1968 (Boxes 10-14
		Series IV: General correspondence, 1931-1969 (Boxes 14-23)
		Series V: Alphabetical subject research files (Boxes 24-78)
		Series VI: Original treasury notes and manuscripts, 1763-1908 (Boxes 79-80)
		Series VII : Microfilm, 1800s (Box 82)

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

This materials is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the Andrew Forest Muir papers, MS 17, must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

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Index Terms

	Subjects (Persons)
		Muir, Andrew Forest, 1916-1969
		Rice, William Marsh, 1816-1900
		Houston, Sam
		Austin, Stephen F.
		Muir family
		Autry, James L., 1830-1862
		Hammeken, George Louis, 1811-1881
		Gray, Peter William, 1787-1841
	Subjects (Organizations)
		Episcopal Church -- Texas -- 19th century
		Catholic Church -- Texas -- 19th century
		Anglican Church -- Hawaii -- 19th century
		Episcopal Church -- Hawaii -- 19th century
		Catholic Church -- Hawaii -- 19th century
		Rice University. Dept. of History
		Christ Church Cathedral (Houston, Tex.) -- history
	Subjects (Places)
		Harris County, Tex. -- history -- 19th century
		Matagorda, Tex. -- history -- 19th century
		Fort Bend County, Tex. -- history -- -- 19th century
		Jefferson County, Tex. -- history -- -- 19th century
		Burleson County, Tex. -- history -- -- 19th century
		Brazoria County, Tex. -- history -- 19th century
		Galveston County, Tex. -- history -- 19th century
		Texas -- history -- 19th century
		Hawaii -- history -- 19th century
		Houston, Tex. -- history -- 19th century
	Subjects
		Banks and banking -- Texas -- 19th century
		Religion -- Texas -- 19th century
		Marriage -- Texas -- 19th century
		Slavery -- Texas -- 19th century
		Free African Americans -- Texas
		Religion -- Hawaii -- 19th century
		Money -- Confederate States of America
		Money -- Republic of Texas
	Formats
		Correspondence
		Notes
		Photographs
		Scrapbooks
		Money
		Newsclippings
		Typescripts

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Andrew Forest Muir papers, MS 17, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

Acquisition Information

Gift of the estate of Andrew Forest Muir and through Ellis Rudy, 1973 and 2004.

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Detailed Description of the Collection



Series I: Personal and family, 1872-1969
	Dates appearing after a person's name relate to that person's birth and death dates, not to the actual contents of the file.
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1	1	Genealogical correspondence, 1934-1950
	2	Genealogical research, British vital statistics
	3	Alberts, Hattie Merdora (McNew), 1893-
	4	Bailey, Alfonzo Miles, 1894-1918
	5	Bailey, Alfred Benjamin, 1853-1931
	6	Bailey, Alfred James, 1888-1956
	7	Bailey, Eleanor Jane, 1866
	8	Bailey, Isabella (Royal), 1854-1931
	9	Bailey, James, 1773/74 - 1852
	10	Bailey, Jane (Miles), 1830-1866
	11	Bailey, John, 1822/23-1866
	12	Bailey, John James, 1851-1919
	13	Bettridge, Effie Hannah (Bailey), 1896-
	14	Bettridge, Effie May, 1918-
	15	Bettridge, James, 1925-
	16	Bettridge, Joseph Orton, 1895-
	17	Bettridge, Paul, 1945
	18	Bingle, Georgia Hannay
	19	Blanke, Charles David, 1912-
	20	Blanke, Charles Thomas, 1935-
	21	Blanke, Fannie May (Melton), 1913-
	22	Bond, Ella Bertha (Meineke) Kittman, 1880-1940
	23	Brown, George James Ewing, 1922-
	24	Brown, James Steven, 1895-
	25	Brown, John Samuel Aaron, 1925-
	26	Brown, Myrtle May (Charwane), 1893-
	27	Buckingham, Beatrice (Bailey), d.1960
	28	Carrick, Nolie Anita (McNew) Ayrand, 1907-
	29	Cash, Bernice Mary Elaine (Brown), 1923-
	30	Cash, Raymond J., 1919-
	31	Charwane, Fannie Emily, 1895-1903
	32	Charwane, Martin Joseph, 1839-1916
	33	Charwane, Mary Hayes (Ewing) James, 1857-1932
	34	Clegg, Jake Barnes, 1892-1958
	35	Crenshaw, Frances Eliza (Meriwether), 1812-1898
	36-37	Ewing, Thomas Jefferson, 1810/11-1870
	38	Ewing, Thomas Jefferson, III, 1878-1942
	39	Foster, James W., 1824/25
	40	Goodbee, Cynthia Annie (Ewing), 1848-1868
	41	Goodbee, Frank, 1837-1878
	42	Gray, Samuel C.
	43	Hallmark, Elizabeth E. (Love), 1832-1907
	44	Hallmark, Jefferson Davis
	45	Hallmark, Joseph Love, 1870-
	46	Huff, William P., 1811-1886
	47	James, George Henry, 1881-1958
	48	James, George Henry Hermann, 1881-1958
	49	James, Thomas Jefferson, 1885-1954
	50	James, William, 1830-1888
	51	James, William Ewing, 1880-1926
	52	Jones, David Howell
	53	Jones, Jane (Williams) James, 1808/09-1868
	54	Jones, Margaret (James), 1833-1911
	55	Jones, Richard S., 1861-
	56	Jones, William R., 1859-1889
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2	1	Kittman, Arnold (1918-1919)
	2	Kittman, William Plaze (1870-1918)
	3	Love, Allen (-1853)
	4	McNew, Arthur John (1923-)
	5	McNew, Clarence Adolf (1925-1927)
	6	McNew, Dorsey Mason (1903-)
	7	McNew, George Hermann (1895-)
	8	McNew, Hugh (1838/39 - 1868)
	9	McNew, John Ewing (1896-)
	10	McNew, John Hugh (1868-1942)
	11	McNew, Thelma Elizabeth (1905-1918)
	12	Meineke, Henrietta Merdora (Ewing) McNew (1850-1915)
	13	Meineke, Loretta (Albrecht) (1888-1937)
	14	Meineke, Theodore (1850-1936)
	15	Meineke, Robert Price (1916-)
	16	Meineke, William Henry Anton Thomas
	17	Melton, Henry Clay (-1930)
	18	Meriwether family of Lowdnes County, Alabama
	19	Meriwether, David (1755-1822)
	20	Meriwether, James S. (1814/15 -)
	21	Meriwether, Jeremiah W. Doctor (1821-1851)
	22	Meriwether, John Garland (1784?-1836)
	23	Meriwether, Mary (Hays)
	24	Meriwether, Samuel W. (1809/10)
	25	Miles, Jane (1745/46-1818)
	26	Miles, Joseph (1794/95-1861)
	27	Miles, Mary (Willis) (-1862)
	28	Miles, Reuben (1831-)
	29	Miles, Robert
	30	Mosbruker, Ellouise (Meineke)
	31	Muir family, transcribed letters, 1901-1938
	32	Muir, Andrew Forest, photographs, 1916-1969
	33	Muir, Andrew Forest, Daniel Baker College, Brownwood, TX, 1950-1964
	34	Muir house and family (real estate records)
	35	Muir, Annie Jane (James) (1878-1927)
	36	Muir, Annie Margarete (1912-1917)
	37	Muir, Carol Ruth (1947)
	38	Muir, Cynthia Anne (1939-)
	38	Muir, James Thomas (1948-)
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3	1	Muir, James Bailey (brother of AFM) (1914-1941)
	2	Muir, Joseph William (Bailey) (1863-1929)
	3	Muir, Joseph William (Bailey) infant daughter of (1908)
	4	Muir, Joseph William (Bailey) infant son of (1919)
	5	Muir, Juanita Jean (Ohlman) (1911-)
	6	Muir, Lawrence Windham Bailey (1921-)
	7	Muir, Letsy Jane (1945-)
	8	Muir, Marion George Bailey (1906-1958)
	9	Muir, Marion George III (1942)
	10	Muir, Mattie Ruth (Hill) (1910-)
	11	Muir, Samuel Ewing Bailey (1910-)
	12	Muir, Sophia Elizabeth (Druitt) (1857-1943)
	13	Muir, William (1845-1938) - transcriptions and notes
	14	Muir, William (1845-1938) - mss letters dated 1894-1936
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4	1	Muir, William Joseph Bailey (1904-)
	2	Muir and related families - newsclippings (obituaries, etc.)
	3	Scanlan, Flora May (Smith)
	4	Smith, Addison Whittaker (1867-1925)
	5	Smith, Addison Whittaker, infant son of (1894)
	6	Smith, Addison Whittaker II (1900-1914)
	7	Thomas, Ann (James)
	8	Vetter, Jennie (Bailey) (1876-1948)
	9	Wedeking, Annie Mary (Meineke) Walter Samperi (1878-)
	10	Wells, Henrietta Merdona (Charwane) Melton Fitzpatrick (1892-1930)
	11	Wells, Moritz Madison (1885-1931)
	12	Wells, Sarah (Ivy) Light James
	13	Genealogical research notecards (alphabetically arranged notecards with names, birth & death dates)
	14	Letter register
	15	Gifts to libraries and museums (AFM correspondence regarding)
		Muir family scrapbooks
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5	-		Scrapbook featuring ship on front, dated 1860-1934. Includes photographs, correspondence, calling cards, school report cards, event programs, and other ephemera, some belonging to Andrew Forest Muir and some to his ancestors.
	-		Scrapbook featuring horse and rider on front, dated 1877-1932. Includes family tax records, photographs, social invitations, church events, baptism records, birth certificates, some belonging to Andrew Forest Muir and some to his ancestors.
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6	-		Scrapbook dated 1872-1934. Includes family obituaries, newsclippings, correspondence related to AFM's parents.
	-		Panoramic views (2) of members of Order of de Molay, 1928 & 1931
	1	Photographs: Friends, A-F, 1930s-1960s
	2	Photographs: Friends, G-Z, 1930s-1960s
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7	1	Photographs: unidentified persons
	2	Photographs: places
	3	Personal correspondence, 1958-1967
	4	Journal, 1950s
	5	Appointment books, 1958-59
	6	Appointment books, 1960-63
	7	Appointment books, 1964-65

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Series II: Muir student records, 1933-1944

Rice Institute, 1933-37

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Diary / appointments, 1933-34

Diary / appointments, 1935

Diary / appointments, 1936

Reading list

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Scrapbook, 1934-1937. Includes report cards, athletic game tickets, photographs from published materials, and other ephemera such as a green bow tie worn on Fridays while a freshman at Rice.

Transcripts and ephemera

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Dr 34

Diplomas for bachelors and masters degrees

University of Texas at Austin, 1944 and n.d.

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2-3

Class notes, 1944

Class notes, Geology, n.d.

Research notes, n.d.

Transcripts

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Dr 34

Dipolma for Ph.D., 1949

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Series III: Rice Institute papers, 1957-1968
	Includes lists of research topics and publications, administrative correspondence regarding salary and grant funding.
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10	1	Guggenheim Fellowship at Rice to study William Marsh Rice, 1957-1958
		Lectureship at Rice Institute
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10	2		1958
	3		1959
	4		1960
	5		1961
	6		1962, includes promotion to Associate Professor
		Associate Professorship
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10	7		1963
	8		1964
	9		1965, includes promotion to Professor
		Professorship
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10	10		1966
	11		1967
	12		1968
		Departmental papers
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10	13		1959
	14		1960
	15		1961
	16		1962
	17		1963
	18		1964
	19		1965
	20		1966
	21		1967
	22		1968
		Instructional materials
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11	1		History 110, Fall 1958
	2		History 110, Spring 1959
	3		History 110, Fall 1959
	4		History 390, Fall 1959
	5		History 110, Spring 1960
	6		History 390, Spring 1960
	7		History 110, Fall 1960
	8		History 110, Spring 1961
	9		History 110, Spring 1961
	9		History 110, Fall 1961
	10		History 110, Spring 1962
	11		History 404, Spring 1962
	12		History 110, Fall 1962
	13		History 404, Fall 1962
	14		History 110, Spring 1963
	15		History 404, Spring 1963
	16		History 110, Fall 1963
	17		History 110, Spring 1964
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12	1		History 390b, Spring 1964
	2		History 110, Spring 1965
	3		History 590b, Spring 1965
	4		History 110, Fall 1965
	5		History 110, Spring 1966
	6		History 390b, Spring 1966
	7		History 535b, Spring 1966
	8		History 110, Spring 1967
	9		History 110, Fall 1966
	10		History 390b / 590b, Spring 1967
	11		History 390b / 590b, Spring 1967
	12		History 110, Spring 1968
	13		History 535b, Spring 1968
	14		History 315, Fall 1968
		Graduate students - History
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12	15		1958
	16		1959
	17		1960
	18		1961
	19		1962
	20		1963
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13	1		1964
	2		1965
	3		1966
	4		1967
	5		1968
		Graduate Committee
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13	6		1963
	7		1965
	8		1966
	9		1967
		Fondren Library Committee
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13	10		1962
	11		1963
	12		1964
	13		1965
	14		1966
	15		1967
	16		1968
		University Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum
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13	17		1965
	18		1966
	19		1967
	20		1968
		Journal of Southern History
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13	21		1958
	22		1959
	23		1960
	24		1961
	25		1962
	26		1963
	27	College Lecture Series, 1959-60
	28	Proposed Urban Studies Center, Rice University, 1965-66
	29	Rice University Semicentennial Year, 1962-63
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14	1	Mary Hayes Ewing Publication Prize in Southern History, 1967
		Fondren Library
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14	2		Edward Watson Kelley Collection, 1967
	3		Peden Memorial Collection, 1964
	4		Fondren Manuscript Collections, 1966-67
	5		Fondren Manuscript Collections: James Lockhart Autry papers, 1959-1963
	6		Fondren Manuscript Collections: James Lockhart Autry papers, 1959-1963
	7		Fondren Manuscript Collections: Don Carlos Buell papers, 1961-1962
	8		Fondren Manuscript Collections: Mary Pauline Dillingham papers, 1959
	9		Fondren Manuscript Collections: Hallie Rienzi (Johnston)Russell Thomas Flint papers, 1959
	10		Fondren Manuscript Collections: William Harrison Hamman papers, 1967
	11		Fondren Manuscript Collections: Masterson Family papers, 1957
	12		Fondren Manuscript Collections: Osterhout Family papers, 1957
	13		Accessions to Fondren Library
	14		Exhibits in Fondren Library

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Series IV: General correspondence, 1931-1969
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14	15	Postcards, 1941-1957
	16	1958
	16	1958
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15	1-2	1959
	3	1960
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16	1-5	1961
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17	1-5	1962
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18	1-5	1963
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19	1-4	1964
	5	1965
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20	1-3	1965
	4-5	1966
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21	1	1966
	2-4	1967
	5	1968-69
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22	1	1968-69
	2	Undated correspondence
		Alphabetical correspondence
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22	3		Academic correspondence, 1936-1949
	4		Clegg family, 1941-1954
	5		Clopper, Edward Nicholas, 1942-1954
	6		Connerly, Doris, 1952-1953
	7		Coulter, Ellis Merton, 1942-1948
	8		Craig, Alta M., 1953
	9		Cross, Wilford Oakland, 1951-1955
	10		Culpepper, Eva Jean Hyndman, 1931
	11		Davidson, Dixie, 1953
	12		Deats, Mrs. E.T., 1942
	13		DeForest, Lionel Theodore, 1936-1939
	14		Denison, Charles C., n.d.
	15		Dix, William S., 1951
	16		Dobie, J. Frank, 1941-1958
	17		Douglas, Joseph B., 1941
	18		Druitt, Florence, 1943
	19		Dunlop, William Ernest, 1933
	20		Dutton, Meirick, 1951-1952
	21		Edwards, Benjamin Franklin Jr., 1943
	22		Federal, 1941-1949
	23		Fletcher, Herbert, 1943-1955
	24		Flye, James Harold, 1938-1953
	25		Forbis, Dorothy, 1943-1946
	26		Ford, Hamilton, 1951-1952
	27		Forristall, Margaret S., 1944
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23	1-2		Foster, William Thomas, 1940-1943
	3		Francesca, SSJD, 1938
	4		Frank, Anton J., 1947-1952
	5		Freund, Max, 1953-1954
	6		Fullerton, Henry Lee, 1940-1952
	7		Goode, William Josiah, 1940-1952
	8		(regarding) Harris, DeWitt Clinton
	9		McGee, William Sears, 1953
	10		Religious, 1936-1950
	11		State of Texas, 1940-1948
	12		Taylor, Sidney, Brother Dominic OHC, 1937
	13		Muir, Andrew Forest: Estate correspondence, 1969-1971

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Series V: Alphabetical subject research files, 1935-1969

Dates appearing after a person's name often reflect their birth and death dates, not the contents of the file. The files themselves were created and maintained by Andrew Forest Muir circa 1935-1969, with subjects covering a wide range dates, circa 1750-1969, bulk 1800s.

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Abud, Henry (priest)

Affleck, Thomas

Notes on slave and real estate records, 1840s-1850s

Albert, Charles H.

San Augustine County, Texas, deacon, 1850s. Anglican priest, missionary to San Augustine and Nacogdoches, rector of Christ Church (Matagorda); notes on his life and career.

Allen, John K. (1810-1838) and Augustus C. (1806-1864)

Founders of Houston; notes on Baldwin, Rice, and Allen families

Allen, Samuel W. (1850s)

of Harris County

Andrews, Stephen Pearl (1812-1886)

Notes on life and career of this Houston lawyer and translator, organizer of First Baptist Church (Houston), ardent abolitionist who attempted scheme to free slaves with British money; portion of AFM article on S.P. Andrews; photocopy of brief in Eliza M. Westall & Wm. G. Hill vs. James F. Perry & Wife (Andrews the attorney for plaintiffs in this suit over the S.F. Austin Estate)

Army

Notes and references to officers of the U.S. Volunteers from Texas in the war with Mexico (1846-1848); officers of the Regular Army who were killed, wounded or captured in Texas (1846-1872); West Point graduates who died in Texas (1845-1867); brief career sketches of West Point graduates whose activities touched Texas at one time or another (mid-19th century).

Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

Notes on references to Texas flora, fauna, and wildlife in Audubon's works and letters; notes on Audubon's trip to Texas (1837); references to works on or by Audubon; John James Jr.'s trip to Texas (1845)

Ault, William

Deacon 1897 Honolulu

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Austin, James E. Brown

Brother of Stephen F. Austin. Notes on records of contested administration of estate of James E. Brown Austin (1837); photocopies of documents: 1. deed, S.F. Austin executor of Santiago (James) E.B. Austin to Michael Scanlin via J.W. Collins (1829-1831) 2.) Deed in Spanish: Jas. B. Austin to William C. White (March 31, 1828)12 deeds to Santiago (James) E.B. (1824-1829) from: John F. Webber, Austin. McFarland, John Rabb, William Harvey, Peter Demoss, John Crownover, A.W.McClain, John Randon, Simon Miller, Elias R. Wightman, Frederick Rankin, William and John Cummings; abstracts of titles in inventories concerning lands sold to James E.B. Austin.

Austin, John (1801-1833)

Notes on John Austin, his life and career, his intended duel with William H. Wharton; photocopy of his instrument founding the city of Brazoria; photocopy of inventory of his estate; photocopy of petition of James F. Perry, executor of Stephen F. Austin (1837)

14-15

Austin, Stephen F.

Research concerning titles to lands in Stephen F. Austin estate; litigation concerning the estate; abstracts from deed records, probate case records, inventories, affadavits, petitions; photocopies of executor's accounts; correspondence and articles referring to Austin estate, photocopy of transcription of Austin's will (1833) and a petition for probate (1837).

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Austin, Stephen F.

Certified copies of land titles issued to S.F. Austin; references to Austin lands in The Spanish Archives of the General Land Office of Texas, By Virginia Taylor (1955)

Austin, Stephen F.

Photocopies of documents: 16 deeds to S.F. Austin from John Edward Dickerson, Phillip Singleton, Luke Moore, John D. Taylor, Mrs. L.A. White, Horatio Chriesman, Achilles McFarland, William Selkirk, William Parker, Alfred Kennon, Thomas Powell, Augustus Hotchkiss, Freeman Pettus, James W. Jones, and Robert Kuykendall; notes on deeds

Austin, Stephen F.

Will and proof : Photocopy of a transcript of the will of S.F. Austin, Deceased (dated April 19, 1833; entered into the probate March 27, 1843); references and notes on entries in the records of Texas counties relating to the will and codicil of Stephen F. Austin

Austin, Stephen F., Jr.

Brief notes on death of Stephen F. Austin Jr. (1828/29-1837), son of James E.B. Austin, nephew of Stephen F. Austin

Autry family (1794-1950)

James L. Autry, member of colonial family of Texas, county judge, pioneer lawyer in new oil industry, an executive of the Texas Company (Texaco). Autry collection (at WRC) includes papers of James L. Autry (1830-1862), lieutenant colonel in C.S.A. and speaker of the Mississippi House; and Micajah Autry (?-1836) who died at the Alamo. Notes on lives and careers of members of the Autry family.

Autry House

Bibliography by subject

Muir's lists of sources by subjects

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(Checklist of) Bibliographical Guides to the Sources and Literature of United States History, compiled by Barnes F. Lathrop, revised1960, and with revisions by AFM, 1966

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Bailey, James Brit

Baker, Brookes Ono, d. 1913

Physician at Kona, Roman Catholic priest

Baker, Daniel

Presbyterian evangelist, namesake of Daniel Baker College in Brownwood, Texas

Baker, Joe H.

Genealogy materials and notes on related families on central and southeast Texas: Menke, Bettis, von Rosenberg, Baker, Affleck, and Hass (late 18th through 20th centuries)

Balls (1837)

Brief notes on balls given in the Republic of Texas, taken from newspapers.

Bankrupts

Notes on bankrupts in the Probate Records of Harris County, 1842-44, filed under the law passed Feb. 19, 1841.

Banks and Banking

Texas, 19th century. Notes on laws of the Texan Congress and legislature concerning regulation or prohibition of banking activities, references in newspapers, court cases involving companies performing acts of banking, early charters, commercial houses operating as banks, first banks under National Bank Act of 1863.

Barnes, William Henry

Church deacon, Hawaii, 1880s

Batterson, Isaac, 1792-1838

Texas mail carrier, 1836. Early resident of what is now Clinton, Harris County, Texas. Member of Austin's colony (1834); notes on Batterson and Harrell families.

Benchley, Henry Weatherby, 1822-1867

Benson, Ellis

San Jacinto veteran. Coroner, Houston, Texas, 1860s

Blackburn, Thomas

Curate of Greenhithe, Kent, 1871, at Diocese of Honolulu 1878.

Blundun, Thomas, d. 1909

Priest and missionary in Honolulu and Victoria, Vancouver Island.

Bradley, Palmer

Houston attorney, 1950s-1960s correspondence with AFM.

Bridger, John, d. 1911

Deacon, Hawaii, 1870s-

Brownsville, TX

Slave trade 1840s, causes of death in general population 1860s-1870s

Bryans & Perrys vs. Hill, 1855

Reproduction of case papers of W.J. Bryan et al vs. W.G. Hill, adminsitrator of Eliza M. Hill, deceased (1855) in Brazoria County District Court over lands inherited by Eliza M. Hill from estate of Stephen F. Austin

Burleson County, Texas

Reproduction of case papers of W.J. Bryan et al vs. W.G. Hill, administrator of Eliza M. Hill, deceased (1855) in Brazoria County District Court over lands inherited by Eliza M. Hill from estate of Stephen F. Austin

Burnet, David Gouverneur

U.S. Consul, Galveston, 1834. Includes AFM's introduction to "Letters on a Proposed War Criminal Trial, 1836". Notes regarding correspondence with Jefferson Davis.

Burr, Aaron

Byrde, Louis, d. 1917

Graduate of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Reverend and missionary worker, Archdeacon (1915). Served in Victoria, Hong Kong and Yungchow, Hunan.

Cain, J. Isaiah

Calder, William, d. 1923

Priest, Honolulu, ordained 1875. Succeeded Frederick Charles Lloyd. Vicar of All Saints, Auckland, New Zealand, 1883, archdeacon 1901.

Camels in Texas, 1836-1876

Notes on importation of camels in Texas for Army transportation; Jefferson Davis' plan to use camels during his term as Secretary of War; Robert E. Lee; programs for civilian use of camels for transportation; notes taken from newspapers, published letter collections, government imprints, secondary accounts, journal articles, congressional journals and documents, published memoirs, reference works, theses, acts of legislature, contemporary magazine articles, The War of the Rebellion.

Cattle

Texas newspaper references 1850s-1860s on cattle drives, sales, industry, sheep, livestock and equipment.

Cemeteries, Texas

Transcriptions of text on gravestones, including names, dates, epitaphs, and in some cases physical descriptions of the monuments. Typescript of AFM article "Nineteenth Century Texas Epitaphs".

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Anderson - Hidalgo Counties

Harris - Montgomery Counties

Navarro - Whartox Counties

State Cemetery, Austin

Notes on state laws establishing the state cemetery at Austin.

Houston, notecards arranged by deceased's name

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Episcopal Cemetery, Houston

Cemeteries, Texas & Hawaii

Notes on specific cemeteries, and AFM's writings on 19th century cemeteries in these locations.

Chambers, Thomas Jefferson

Diary typescript, 1837

Chapman, Robert Martin, 1810-1883

Anglican priest, missionary to Texas in 1838

Charlot, Nathaniel Peck (1850s-1860s)

Anglican priest at Cold Springs (Polk County, Texas) and at Huntsville, former Presbyterian minister; notes on his career.

Charwane, Mary Hayes - estate, 1940-1944

Chase, D.W. (?-1875)

Anglican deacon, missionary to Grace Church (Independence, Texas); notes on his career.

Chilton, Thomas (1798-1854)

Houston minister (1851), author of David Crockett's autobiography.

Church

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Albertina (Sister) (1840-1930)

St. Andrew's Priory, Hawaii. Notes on her career.

All Saint's Chapel, Austin, TX, 1940s-1950s

Anglican clergy: copies of birth, death, and marriage certificates, vital statistics, 19th century

Anglo-Catholicism

Newspaper references, excerpts from clergy diaries, 19th century, on the controversy of ritualism in the Anglican rite; Viscount Halifax (d. 1934); Rev. T. Pelham Dale (1880); references in Punch Rev. Arthur Tooth (1839-1930/31), Thomas Thellusson Carter, Tractarianism.

"BAA 435"

Bibliography and references regarding the Tractarian or Oxford Movement of nineteenth century Britain.

Beatrice, Sister, d. 1921

St. Andrew's Priory, Honolulu, Hawaii. Notes on her career.

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Bertha, Mother, d. 1890

Notes on her career.

Bible in Texas, 1816-1871

Notes on the activities of the American Bible Society throughout Texas; notes on various topics: Wharton family, Union Land Co., free Negroes, Logan family of Fort Bend County, bibliographical materials in Fondren Library, Federal census of Texas, Davis family of Fort Bend County, Coushatta tribe and Indians, Jose Antonio Mejia, George Lewis Hammeken, Henry Watkins Allen, McNabb family of Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties, photocopies of manuscripts concerning Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company.

Boerne, TX - church in

Notes on religious life in Boerne (Kendall County) taken from state laws, imprints of the Episcopal church, reference works, monographs, deed records, tombstones; article "No Sabbath in West Texas: Missionary Appeals from Boerne, 1867-1868" edited with intro by AFM (published).

Christ Church, Houston

Notes 1843-1948 taken from newspapers, church burial register, baptismal records, marriage registers, civil case papers of district court, deed records, unpublished memoirs, abstract of title, monographs, Episcopalian publications, journals of the Texas Congress, unpublished manuscripts, vestry records.

Church, correspondence on

AFM correspondence for research on the Anglican Church in Australia, Hawaii, and Texas.

Episcopal Church, 19th century, Texas

Transcriptions of manuscripts pertaining to the organization of the first convention of the Episcopal Church in Texas (1843); transcription of the register of St. Peter's Church, Brenham, Texas (1869-1885)

Episcopal Church record, 19th century, Texas

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Episcopal Church marriages, 19th century, Texas

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Episcopal Church reformed, 19th century, Texas

Brief notes (1874-1894) on activities of and references to Reformed Episcopal Church in Harris, Travis, and Fort Bend Counties, and states of Colorado and Missouri.

FTA 452

Loose-leaf volume of notes on references of Tractarianism (Oxford Movement), Newmanism, Puseyism, Anglo-Catholicism.

Ingreja Evangelica Lusitana (Portugese Evangelical Church), 19th century

Brief notes on movements in Portugal and Spain (1870s) to establish congregations with Anglican rites. Materials are in Portugese, Spanish and English.

Lay reading

Mary Clara, Sister, d. 1884

St. Andrew's Priory, Hawaii. Notes on her career and death.

Phoebe, Eldress, d. 1890

St. Andrew's Priory, Hawaii. Notes on her career and death.

Roman Catholics in Houston and Fort Bend County, 1840-1872

Notes on marriages and other general topics.

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Houston, TX, 1940s-1950s

Newsclippings, general outgoing correspondence

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Y.P.S.L. committee minutes, Houston, TX, 1930s

Original handwritten meeting minutes.

YT 401

Notes on references to Anglo-Catholocism in the works of Agatha Christie; references to comments concerning Anglo-Catholocism in various literary works.

Clark, Abel, d. 1885

Deacon, Hawaii

Clark, Horace, 1819-1909

Early Texas Baptist preacher, Washington County. Educator, principal/president of Baylor Female College at Independence, Texas (1851-1871), converted to Episcopal Church, rector of the Episcopal Church at Corpus Christi (1880-1897); notes on his life and career, references to Clark.

Cline, M.H.

Member of Williams Chapter of Order of DeMolay, San Benito - Harlingen, TX. One outgoing letter, n.d.

Clopper, Andrew May, 1791-1853

Son of Nicholas Clopper. Texas revolutionary solider of Harris County. Notes relating to Battle of San Jacinto, real estate.

Clopper, Nicholas, Jr.

Notes and correspondence regarding Texas land grants, 1820s and 1830s

Coxe, Arthur Cleveland, 1818-1896

Episcopalian, elected Bishop of Texas, 1856, originally from Baltimore. Declined positions as Bishop of Texas and Rector of Christ Church, Houston. Notes and transcriptions of correspondence.

Cloud, Adam, 1759-1834

Episcopalian priest in Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas. Member of Austin's colony, 1830/31.

Cloud, John Wurts

Anglican priest, resident of Washington-on-the-Brazos, revolutionary soldier, founder of a school at Brazoria. Typescript of autobiography, notes regarding real estate, career, Johnston family of Brazoria, Asa Brigham; AFM typescript article on J.W. Cloud.

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Congress, Texan, 1836-1838

List of members of the Senate and House of the First and Second Congresses (1836-1838), surveys of journals and proceedings of the House and Senate of the First Congress, 1st and 2nd Sessions, and of journal of the House for Called Session (Sept. 1837) and Regular Session (Second Congress, First Session).

Connelly, Pierce, 1804-1883

Anglican priest of the old South, convert to CatholCatholicismcism; Anglicanism in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama.

Consulate, United States, 1827-1837

Transcripts of correspondence from Mexico (including parts of what is now Texas) to local offices of the US Consulate. Also includes lists of consuls' names and locations of offices.

Crockett, David

Transcripts of correspondence from Mexico (including parts of what is now Texas) to local offices of the US Consulate. Also includes lists of consuls' names and locations of offices.

Cross, Joseph

Episcopalian priest, elected 1867; brief notes on career in Houston.

Cullen, Ezekiel Wimberley

Texas real estate notes, 1870s

Curtis, Judson

Episcopalian priest, rector of Christ Church, Houston 1864-1866.

DaGama, Elizabeth Bell (Bates) Volck Hearn, 187?-1937

Widow of the Brazilian ambassador to U.S. (1911-1918), possibly related to the Bates family of Brazoria County, divorce case handled by Albert T. Patrick (1890)

Dahlgren's Furniture Studio, Houston, TX, 1940s

Dalzell, William Tucker Dickinson, 1826/27-19??

Anglican priest, born in St. Vincent, West Indies, educated in medicine and theology at London, rector of Christ Church, Houston 1857-1861.

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Davis Guards, 1861-1865

Notes on military record of every member of the Davis Guards, arranged in alphabetical order; Dick Dowling and Sabine Pass.

Davis, Sam. L. [HY]

Delhi-Taylor Oil Corporation

Brochures, annual reports, 1959-1961

Denison, Samuel Dexter

Episcopalian priest, rector of Christ Church, Matagorda, 1850

Desha, John Rollins Langherne, 1819-1871

Druggist, of Hawaii, originally from Kentucky

Dewees, William B.

Early settler of Texas

Dickinson, Susanna (1815-1883) and her "Babe of the Alamo" Angelina Elizabeth Dickinson (1835-1869)

Notes on the fall of the Alamo, life of Angelina E. Dickinson; certified copies of legal briefs of Peter Bellows vs. Susannah Bellows (1857) and Susan Williams v. John Williams (1838).

Dictionary of Texan English on Historical Principles

Terms used in the Texas during the period of the Republic, taken from Joseph E. Field Three Years in Texas (1836): typed definitions of terms such as "elm bottoms", "pecan", "yellowskin".

Divorces, Texas, 19th century

Handwritten lists of divorces in various Texas counties, notes on divorces issued by the Congress of the Republic or by the district courts of Orange, Jefferson, Travis, Montgomery, and Harris Counties, 1839-1861.

Dobie family, 1838-1910

Notes on land deeds in Harris County.

Dobie, James Frank (J. Frank)

Notes and original correspondence, 1959-1960

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Dowling, Richard William, 1838-1867

U.S. Civil War veteran of Texas, fought in Battle of Sabine Pass. Notes on Davis Guards, and Dowling's relatives including Odlum and Shearn families.

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Dowling, Richard William, 1838-1867

U.S. Civil War veteran of Texas, fought in Battle of Sabine Pass. Notes on Davis Guards, and Dowling's relatives including Odlum and Shearn families.

Downing, Elijah H.

Episcopalian priest at Brenham and Chapell Hill (1855-1857), missionary and rector of Christ Church at San Augustine and Christ Church at Nacogdoches (1851-1854). Notes on his career.

Dueling, 19th century

Notes on duelists roughly in the Republic of Texas (1826-1856); AFM article "Dueling in Frontier Houston" (unpublished); notes taken from newspapers, printed sources, journals of the Texas Congress, acts of the Texas Congress, letter collections, district court records, published diaries, monographs, probate records, state records, journal articles, material of Dr. Chauncey Goodrich, Marcus Cicero Stanley, David G. Burnet, Gen. Hugh McLeod, John A. Wharton, William T. Austin, ____ Lynch, Ben McCulloch, Albert Sidney Johnston, Felix Huston, Mirabeau B. Lamar, W.S. Fisher, William Tinsley, Edward Burleson.

Duncan, Alexander

Duncan, John Holt, 1820-1896

Resident of San Antonio 1856-1868 and Houston 1874-1895. Texas lawyer, Chief Justice of Bexar County (1850s), Confederate officer, district judge, recorder of City of Houston, Harris County Clerk.

Dunn, Joseph Wood, Rev.

Episcopalian priest, missionary at Lockhart, Gonzales, Seguin and Bastrop, 1856-1857.

Dunn, Robert, d. 1902

Clergyman in Hawaii 1874-1876

Eaton, Benjamin, Rev., 1806/7-1871

Episcopalian priest, rector of Trinity Church in Galveston (1842-1871), missionary to Galveston (1841); notes on early organization of Episcopal Church in Texas (1840s), notes on history of Trinity Church (1840s-1850s).

Edwards, Monroe

Slave owner, Brazoria County, 1840s

Elkington, Joseph James, d. 1908

Catholic clergyman, Warden of the House of Charity

Empresario lawsuits, 1837-1840

Notes on the suits brought by S.C. Robertson, McMullin &McGlone, executor of Stephen F. Austin, R.M. Williamson, executor of James F. Perry and Samuel M. Williams, Jose Manuel Bangs and Haden Edwards against the presidents of the Republic to settle the rights and claims of empresarios after the Revolution (1837-1840).

Express companies, 1850s-1860s

Notes on company names, locations, Texas and Virginia, taken from newspapers.

Ewing, Alexander, 1809-1853

Surgeon General at Battle of San Jacinto

Eykyn, Thomas

Diocese of Honolulu, 19th century

Fish, John Fletcher

Episcopalian priest, U.S. Army chaplain at posts of San Antonio and Fort McKavett, TX, (1849-1850?)

Fish, John Fletcher

U.S. Army chaplain, 19th century

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Fisher, George, 1795-1873

Attorney and political adventurer in colonial Texas, businessman and office holder.

Fitch, Carrie

Original correspondence with AFM regarding an essay on Carrie Nation.

Fite, Frank

St. Andrew's Cathedral, Honolulu, deacon 1901

Foster, W.T.

School materials, 1940s, University of Texas

Fourier, Francois

Free Negroes

Notes related to Texas and Alabama individuals and families, 1830s-1860s

Free Negroes in Texas 1827-1865

Free Negroes in Angelina County, Texas 1860-1861

Free Negroes in Bexar County, Texas 1851

Notes on Thomas Cevallos; official view of free Negroes in Bexar County (1851) taken from newspaper and laws of Texas legislature.

Free Negroes in Brazoria County, Texas 1822-1860

Notes on Greenbury Logan of Fort Bend County, Samuel H. Hardin, and others, James Richardson of Brazoria County; typescript with corrections of AFM article on Samuel H. Hardin; typescript with corrections of AFM article on Greenbury Logan (unpublished); notes taken from deed records, newspapers, probate records, civil district court records, land certificates, tombstones, criminal dockets, marriage records, journal articles, state records, laws of Texas, journals of the Texas Congress, manuscript collections, published letter collections, published primary sources, reference works; correspondence on research; material on George L. Hammeken; chronology of events in Texas 1861-1865; survey and abstracts of the Telegraph & Texas Register and Morning Star (Houston) on activities of the city council of Houston (1837-1845); materials of the city of Houston (late 1830s, early 1840s); letters with information on early Houston and the Port of Houston; notes on Henry Thuerwaechter; notes on George Lewis Hammeken from deed records of Limestone County (1833-1922); notes on Texas Supreme Court cases 1847; transcriptions of Sam Houston letters (1848, 1856); chronological lists of battles and actions in Texas in which troops of the regular U.S. army participated and troops engaged (1846-1854); notes on Enrique Mexia; AFM article "Lewis A. levy, Initiator of Organized Jewry in Texas" (unpublished)

Free Negroes in Fort Bend County, Texas 1838-1865

Notes on Peter Martin, Peter Nelson, Norman Davis, Nathan Burnett, and Oliver Brown, free Negroes of Fort Bend County (1838-1856); notes on Wyly martin, first chief justice of Fort Bend County; portion of AFM article on free Negroes in Fort Bend County.

Free Negroes in Galveston County, Texas, 1822-1859

Notes on free and emancipated Negroes in Galveston (1822-1859) taken from letter collections, printed sources, monographs, acts of the legislature, journals of the Texas Congress, newspapers, U.S. government records, deed records, Federal censuses, records of the district court, tombstones, will books.

Free Negroes in Grimes County, Texas 1839-1860

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Free Negroes in Harris County, Texas 1839-1860

Notes on 1847 suit of Emeline ____, memorials and petitions of free Negroes throughout Texas, Frank Burnes, Sulkey _____, Martha Moore, Delphina _____, Richard Robertson (drummer at Battle of San Jacinto), Eli Williams, Horace and Fanny ____, Thomas Savoy, Peter ____, Bob ____, Sally Vince, Maria Hamilton, Charlotte Dunn, Fannie M. McFarland, Ann Tucker, Dick Ellet, Diana Leonard, Zela (Zylpha) Husk, Nelly Norris, George William, Lucille ____, Maria ____, Tom Jefferson, Keziah ____, Sylvia Routh, Emily D. West, Amelia Raymond, Becky ____, Anderson ____, Richard Green, William White, Tamer ____ and Abby _____, Dick _____, Rhoda ____, George ____, Margaret _____, Matilda ____, Lyle ____, June _____, Bob Allen; notes from minutes of the county court, newspapers, army orders, correspondence, city records, legislative acts on free Negroes in general; correspondence on research.

Free Negroes in Jackson County, Texas 1835-1842

Samuel McCullock, Sr. and Jr. of Jackson County and their petitions to free black relatives in Alabama and Texas

Free Negroes in Jefferson and Orange Counties, Texas

Notes (1830s-1860) on members of the Ashworth family of Jefferson County, Hiram Bunch, Robert Wilson, J. M. Carter, William Nelson, T.K. Alexander of Orange County, residents of Panola, Polk, Red River and Refugio Counties; several copies of AFM article "The Free Negro in Jefferson and Orange Counties, Texas" (published); notes taken from Federal censuses, newspapers, pension papers, printed contemporary sources, laws of the Texas Congress, congressional journals, commissioner's court minutes, published diaries, Texas reports, district court records, probate records, deed records, comptroller's military service records, land grant applications.

Free Negroes in Matagorda, Texas, 1841-1855

Peggy Johnston, a free Negro in Matagorda County.

Free Negroes in Montgomery County, Texas

Notes on Maxlin Smith, Liney ____, and Adam Gautier, free Negroes of Montgomery County (1839-1841, 1859), taken from wills, pension papers, journals of the Texas Congress, newspaper, and district court records.

Free Negroes in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 1834-1857

Includes register of all free Negroes in Texas taken from 1850 Census.

Free Negroes in Travis County, Texas, 1839-1858

Slaves manumitted by William O'Connell (1858) and David Connor (1847) of Travis County; Henry Lynch, free Negro; John F. Webber, U.S. pensioner.

Flower, David Dubois

Episcopalian priest, rector of Christ Church (Matagorda) in the early 1850s.

Fontaine, Edward, 1814-1884

Episcopalian priest, former Methodist minister at Houston and Galveston (1840), private secretary to President Mirabeau B. Lamar (1841), rector at Austin (1851), army officer during the U.S. Civil War; Lamar Fontaine (son) author of "All Quiet Along the Potomoc" (?)

Freeman, George Washington, 1789-1858

Episcopalian priest, Missionary Bishop of the Southwest (Arkansas and Texas) in the 1840s, provisional Bishop of Texas (ante 1854-1857).

Gairdner, Meredith, M.D., 1809-1837

Gallagher, Peyton, d. 1903

Galveston ship registrations

Transcription of officials registrations, 1838-1840

Garrett, Alexander Charles, Rev., 1832-1924

Anglican priest, missionary to British Columbia (1860), educator, to San Francisco (1869), Bishop of Texas (1874); notes on Indians in British Columbia (1860s); two photographs of Garrett.

Geology, Texas, 19th century

Notes on a proposed geological survey of Texas conducted in 1858; records on the survey while in progress (1859); correspondence concerning the survey, progress reports, newspaper accounts and reference to survey and natural resources of Texas, legislative reports, legislative acts on the survey, early considerations by Congress for study of geology (1839-1840), William P. Huff and Texas fossils, artesian wells, office of state geologist, payroll of state survey (1859-1861), inventory of the state Geological Bureau (1861); part of AFM article on selection of State Geologist (1858); notes on State Geologist after the Civil War, Francis Moore, B.F. Shumard

Getchell, George Hermann, 1884-1922

Relative (?) and heir to George Hermann: 800 acre farm in Fort Bend County and building next to Rice Hotel, Houston. Murdered by his wife; property reverted to Hermann Hospital. Notes on his life and family.

Gilette, Charles, 1813-1869

Anglican priest, rector of Christ Church, Houston, 1843-1851. Survey of marriage bonds of Gonzales County (1829-1830); marriage records of Montgomery County (1838-1840).

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Globe Chemical Company

Gloyd, McNabb

Godfrey, G.W.

Episcopalian deacon at Trinity Church, Nacogdoches, 1850s.

Goliad (Walt Whitman on)

Quotations from Whitman's Leaves of Grass concerning the Alamo, excerpts on the Alamo from "Song of Myself", criticisms of Whitman, other works of Whitman; correspondence on research.

Gonzales County, marriage bonds of, 1829-1838

Goodwin, Hannibal

Diocese of California, rector of Grace Church, San Francisco

Goodwin, Henry Bradford, Rev., 1802-1859

Episcopalian priest of Maryland, missionary to Texas (1840), briefly rector of Christ Church, Houston in 1840; correspondence on research.

Goshorn, John Marshall, d. 1864

Episcopalian priest, missionary at Church of the Messiah (Gonzales, Texas) in 1859; rector of Trinity Church at time of his death. Died of yellow fever in Galveston, TX.

Gowen, Herbert Henry

Deacon

Gray, Edwin Fairfax

Graduated from the U.S. Naval academy 1852.

Gray, Peter William, 1819-1874

Member, Holland Lodge, 1844-1874. Lawyer of Harris County, state legislator, district court judge, Confederate congressman, associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court; notes on life and career; Milam Guards (1841-1842).

Gray, William Fairfax, 1787-1841

Diarist of revolutionary Texas, attorney, Founder of Christ Church, Houston; first clerk of Texas Supreme Court; district attorney under the Republic of texas; diary of Mrs. Milly R. Gray (1838-1840); Gray family; early Episcopal church in Texas; judicial system of the Republic.

Grayson, Peter William, Col.

Gregg, Alexander, 1819-1893

Episcopal priest, selected Bishop of Texas in 1859.

Groser, Charles Eaton, Rev.

Gulf Coast geography

Brief notes.

Haiti

Hammeken, George Louis, 1811-1881 (1 of 2)

Notes on his life, career, activities, family; the Union Land Company at Anahuac; photocopies of primary documents relating to the period of the Republic of Texas and Hammeken; notes on life and activities of Enrique Antonio Guillermo Mexia, his family; Hammeken as entrepreneur in Mexico, Texas colonist, agent of the Republic of Texas in Mexico, commission merchant (1840s), developer of transportation, President of the Brazos and Galveston Railroad Company; typescript copy of "Recollections of Stephen F. Austin" by Hammeken (1844); correspondence on research.

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Hammeken, George Louis, 1811-1881 (2 of 2)

Handbook of Texas

Typescripts of AFM's contributions to the Handbook, edited by Walter Prescott Webb, 1952.

Hanna, Benjamin Franklin

Hardesty, Mollie Arline Bailey, 1835/36-1918

Confederate nurse and spy, circus owner; brief notes on life, career and family.

Hardin family

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Harris County, TX, 1822-1838

Notes taken from published letter collections, unpublished manuscripts, Spanish colonial records, journal articles, published primary sources, district court records, state records, deed records, probate records, records of the General Council, newspapers, United States territorial papers, records of the General Convention; pieces of AFM manuscripts; correspondence on research.

Harris County, TX, to 1837

Materials on the topic taken from Andrew Briscoe papers and papers of other Chief Justices of Harris(burg) County.

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Harris County, TX, 1822-1866

Early Harris County general notes, research built around families and individuals.

Harris County, TX, 1822-1868

Surveys and transcripts of early records, correspondence, land surveys, etc. taken from deed records, minutes of criminal district court, minutes of county commissioners court, newspapers, census schedules, probate records, legislative statutes, letter collections, historical journals, marriage records, election records, proceedings of the board of land commissioners, published memoirs.

Harris County, TX, 1835-1839

Notes from government records on early settlers, place names, and government of Harris County taken from manuscript collections, election records, diaries, journals of the Texas Congress, state records, correspondence, congressional papers, published letters, deed records, journals of the Consultation, records of the general Council, newspapers, acts of the Congress, probate case papers, monographs, journal articles.

Harris County, TX, Commissioner's Court, 1837-1860

Survey and abstracts of minutes of Commissioners Court of Harris County, March 28, 1837 through May 28, 1860 (incomplete)

Harris County, TX, Deed records of, 1837-1846, 1857-1868

Transcriptions and reference notes, volumes A-K and S-Z.

Harris County, TX, District Court of, 1837-1867

Survey of minutes of 11th District Court, volumes A-H.

Harris County, TX, general

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