TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Contents
Organization
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
The Adventures of Samuel Swartwout
in the Age of Jefferson and Jackson
Bass, Feris A., Jr., 1973-1975 and undated
Fragile Empires: The Texas
Correspondence of Samuel Swartwout and James Morgan 1836-1856
The
Correspondence of James Treat
Texas Land and Development
Company
General Files, 1955-1989 and undated
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Billy Ray Brunson:
An Inventory of His Papers, 1806-1989 and undated, at the
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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| Creator | Brunson, Billy Ray |
| Title: | Billy Ray Brunson Papers,
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| Dates: | 1806-1989 and undated |
| Abstract: | The collection
consists of manuscripts and research material generated by Billy Ray Brunson in
preparation of his books. |
| Collection # | S126.1 |
| Quantity: | 7 Boxes (7.0 linear
feet) |
| Language | English. |
| Repository: | Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
Billy Ray Brunson was born in Chico, Texas in 1924. During World War
II, Brunson served in the United States Army. Later he attended Texas Tech
University where he received a Ph. D. after completing his dissertation
The Texas Land and Development Company in 1960.
Billy Ray taught history at Texas Tech University from 1956-1960 and 1963-1964.
He left in 1965 to begin teaching at Southwest Texas State University (Texas
State University) where he continued until his death in 1988. His publications
include The Texas Land and Development Company: A
Panhandle Promotion, 1912-1956 (1970), Fragile
Empires: The Texas Correspondence of Samuel Swartwout and James Morgan
1836-1856 (1978 with co-editor Feris A. Bass, Jr.), and
The Adventures of Samuel Swartwout in the Ages of
Jefferson and Jackson (1989).
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Manuscript drafts and research materials generated during preparation
of Billy Ray Brunson's books constitute the bulk of the collection with lesser
amounts of correspondence concerning publication. The research material
includes photocopies of the James Morgan Papers held by the Rosenberg Library
in Galveston, Texas as well as copies of material from other collections.
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Organization
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| The collection is organized into the following series: |
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| | The Adventures of Samuel Swartwout in the Age of
Jefferson and Jackson (Boxes 1-4) |
| | Feris A. Bass, Jr. (Box 4) |
| | Fragile Empires: The Texas Correspondence of Samuel
Swartwout and James Morgan 1836-1856 (Boxes 4-7) |
| | Madeleine T. Manford (Box 7) |
| | Texas Land and Development Company (Box 7) |
| | General Files (Box 7) |
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Access Restrictions
Open for research
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| The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed. |
| Subjects (Persons) |
| | Brunson, Billy Ray, 1924-1988 |
| | Morgan James, 1786-1866 |
| | Swartwout, Samuel, 1783-1856 |
| Subjects (Organizations) |
| | Texas Land and Development Company |
| | U. S. Customs Service--Officials and employees--Biography |
| Subjects |
| | Embezzlement--United States--History--19th Century |
| | Texas--History to 1846 --Sources |
| | United States--History--1815-1861 |
| | Republic of Texas--History |
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
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- Texas Land and Development Company Records, 1912-1956
- William Frederick Lowe Oral History Interview [sound recording],
1958
- David Dell Bowman Oral History Interview [sound recording],
1958
- Homer Rook Oral History Interview [sound recording], 1959
- Hanley Wasson Oral History Interview [sound recording], 1959
- Fred Watson Oral History Interview [sound recording], 1958
- William Jeff Williams Oral History Interview [sound recording], 1959
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Billy Ray Brunson Papers, 1806-1989 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas.
Preferred Citation for material from other collections: Please contact
holding institution for proper citation information.
Collection accession #(s):
2001-0136-B
Gifts, 1960 and 2001.
Karen Hicks, 2004.
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The Adventures of Samuel Swartwout
in the Age of Jefferson and Jackson, 1806-1989 and undated
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| | | Correspondence |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 1 | | | Bill Brunson,
undated |
| 2 | | | Publisher Search,
1985-1987 |
| 3 | | Book Promotion/Order Forms,
circa
1989 |
| | | Manuscript |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 4 | | | Pre-pages,
undated |
| 5 | | | Introduction, handwritten,
undated |
| 6 | | | Introduction - typed draft,
undated |
| | | | "Origins" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 7 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 8 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 9 | | | | Galley Proof,
undated |
| | | | "Adventures in
Wonderland" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 10 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 11 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 12 | | | | Galley Proof,
undated |
| | | | "United States v. Bollman and
Swartwout" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 13 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 14 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| | | | "Ex
Parte Bollman and Ex Parte Swartwout" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 15 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 16 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| | | | "United States v. Aaron Burr" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 17 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| | | | "After
Richmond" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 18 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 19 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 20 | | | | Galley Proof,
undated |
| | | | "Toward a Corrupt Bargain in
the Era of Good Feelings" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 21 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 22 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 23 | | | | Galley Proof,
undated |
| 24 | | | "The Largest Plum of
All" - Handwritten,
undated |
| | | | "The General Scramble for
Plunder" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 25 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 26 | | | | Typed draft and research material,
undated |
| 27 | | | | Galley Proof,
undated |
| 28 | | | "Swartwout's Early Years as
Collector" - Handwritten,
undated |
| | | | "A Popular
Collector" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 29 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 30 | | | | Galley Proof,
undated |
| | | | "Texas" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 31 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 32 | | | | Galley Proof,
undated |
| | | | "Swartwout's Last Year as
Collector" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 33 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 34 | | | | Galley Proof,
undated |
| | | | "Rumors, Speculations, and
Accusations of Defalcations" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 35 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 36 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 37 | | | | Galley Proof,
undated |
| 38 | | | | Research material (Photocopies),
1841-1843 and undated
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| | | | "Confiscations, More
Defalcations, and Proposals for Reform" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 39 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 40 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| | | | "An Unlucky Number--Document
No. 13" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 41 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 42 | | | | Research material (Photocopy),
undated |
| | | | "How Many
Copies?" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 43 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 44 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 45 | | | | Research material (Photocopies),
1838-1859 |
| | | | "By Speaker or by
Ballot?" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 46 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 47 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 48 | | | | Research material (Photocopies),
1839 |
| | | | "The Select
Committee" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 49 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 50 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 51 | | | | Research material,
undated |
| | | | "Jesse
Hoyt" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 52 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 53 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| | | | "The Majority
Report" |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 54 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 55 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 56 | | | | Research material (Photocopy) House of Representatives Report # 313,
1839 |
| | | | "The Minority
Report" |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 1 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 2 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 3 | | | | Galley Proof,
undated |
| | | | "An Involuntary
Exile" |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 4 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 5 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| | | | "Swartwout's Return
Home" |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 6 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 7 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 8 | | | | Research material (Photocopies),
1842-1844 |
| | | | "The Final
Years" |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 9 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 10 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| | | | "The Uses and Abuses of
Samuel Swartwout" |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 11 | | | | Handwritten,
undated |
| 12 | | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| 13 | | | | Galley Proof,
undated |
| 14 | | | Bibliography,
undated |
| 15 | | | Index,
undated |
| 16 | | | Corrections,
undated |
| 17 | | | Computer disks (22) operating system not known,
undated |
| 18 | | | "Original Copy" Typed
draft (partial),
undated |
| 19 | | | Typed draft,
undated |
| | | | Galley Proof |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 20 | | | | "Best Copy",
undated |
| 21 | | | | Complete with Corrections noted,
undated |
| 22 | | | | From Edwin Mellen Press,
1989 |
| 23 | | | | Final version,
1989 |
| 24 | | | | Preface through Chapter 14,
undated |
| box | folder |
| 3 | 1 | | | | Various versions, unlabelled,
undated |
| | | Research Material |
| box | folder |
| 3 | 2 | | | Conclusions,
undated |
| 3 | | | Miscellaneous notes and preparations,
undated |
| 4 | | | Newspaper sources,
undated |
| 5 | | | Notes,
undated |
| 6 | | | Notes on events 1828-1850 (from The Diary of Phillip
Hone) |
| 7 | | | Notes from newspapers,
undated |
| 8 | | | Note cards (Labeled Chapters),
undated |
| 9 | | | Note cards (unlabeled),
undated |
| 10 | | | Note cards,
undated |
| 11 | | | Note cards - References,
undated |
| | | | Photocopies |
| box | folder |
| 3 | 12 | | | | Appointment as Collector of Customs,
1939-1969 and
undated |
| 13 | | | | Journal of the Select
Committee of the House of Representatives of the U. S. to Investigate the
Defalcations of Samuel Swartwout and Others,
1839 |
| box | folder |
| 4 | 1 | | | | Letters from Alexander Hamilton to Martin Van Buren,
undated |
| 2 | | | | "The Lives and Opinions of
Benjamin Franklin Butler and Jesse Hoyt", by William L. MacKenzie,
1845 |
| 3 | | | | New York Newspapers re Samuel Swartwout,
1837-1839 and
undated |
| 4 | | | | Niles National
Register,
1825-1843 |
| 5 | | | | "Opinions of General
Andrew Jackson of the Annexation of Texas",
1844 |
| 6 | | | | Photocopies - miscellaneous,
1807-1969 and
undated |
| 7 | | | | Political Sketches of Eight Years in Washington by
Robert Mayo,
1839 |
| 8 | | | | Research material - miscellaneous,
1806-1962 and
undated |
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Bass, Feris A., Jr., 1973-1975 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 4 | 9 | | Anthropology Notes,
undated |
| 10 | | Archaeological Reports,
1974-1975 and undated
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| 11 | | Archeological Survey, Laredo International Bridge II,
1973-1975 and
undated |
| 12 | | Archaeology - General,
1974 and
undated |
| 13 | | Archaeology Notes,
1974 and
undated |
| | | Class Notes |
| box | folder |
| 4 | 14 | | | Archaeology Foundations and Background,
1973-1974 |
| 15 | | | Archaeology of Mesoamerica,
1974 |
| 16 | | | Texas Archaeology,
1973 and
undated |
| 17 | | Mexican American Art,
1973 and
undated |
| 18 | | Southern Texas Archaeological Association,
1974 |
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Fragile Empires: The Texas
Correspondence of Samuel Swartwout and James Morgan 1836-1856, 1830-1978
and undated
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| | | Correspondence |
| box | folder |
| 4 | 19 | | | Brunson, Billy Ray and Bob Dalehite, Rosenberg
Library, Galveston, Texas,
1971 |
| 20 | | | Brunson, Billy Ray with Judy Timborg, Shoal Creek
Publishers,
1978 |
| | | Manuscript Draft |
| box | folder |
| 4 | 21 | | | Preface and Introduction,
undated |
| 22 | | | Pages 1-410,
undated |
| 23 | | | Pages, 411-819,
undated |
| 24 | | | Partial,
undated |
| 25 | | | Footnotes,
undated |
| 26 | | Miscellaneous,
1846 and
undated |
| | | Research Material |
| box | folder |
| 5 | 1 | | | Research Material - General,
undated |
| | | | Photocopies of Correspondence |
| box | folder |
| 5 | 2 | | | | To James Morgan from Augustus W. Radcliff,
1845-1848 |
| 3 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1835-1840 |
| 4 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout [and notes],
1836 |
| 5 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1836 |
| 6 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1837 |
| 7 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1838 |
| 8 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1840 |
| 9 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1841 |
| 10 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1841 |
| 11 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1842 |
| 12 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1842 |
| 13 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1843 |
| 14 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1843 |
| 15 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1844 |
| 16 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1845 |
| 17 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1845-1847 |
| 18 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1846 |
| 19 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1847 |
| 20 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1851 |
| 21 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1852 |
| 22 | | | | James Morgan to Samuel Swartwout,
1856 |
| 23 | | | | James Morgan and Colonel James Watson Webb,
1839-1851 |
| 24 | | | | James Morgan - Miscellaneous,
1836-1853 |
| 25 | | | | James Morgan - Miscellaneous,
1838-1844 |
| 26 | | | | James Morgan - Miscellaneous,
1836 and
undated |
| 27 | | | | James Morgan and Samuel Swartwout,
1836-1848 |
| 28 | | | | James Morgan and Samuel Swartwout,
1836-1853 |
| 29 | | | | James Morgan and Samuel Swartwout [and notes],
1837 |
| 30 | | | | James Morgan and Samuel Swartwout [and notes],
1838 |
| 31 | | | | James Morgan and Samuel Swartwout,
1838-1853 |
| 32 | | | | James Morgan and Samuel Swartwout [and notes],
1840 |
| 33 | | | | James Morgan and Samuel Swartwout [and notes],
1841 |
| 34 | | | | James Morgan and Samuel Swartwout [and notes],
1846 |
| 35 | | | | James Morgan and Samuel Swartwout [and notes],
1847 |
| 36 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1834 |
| 37 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1836 |
| 38 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1836 |
| 39 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1836 |
| 40 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1836-1839 |
| 41 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1836-1841 |
| 42 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1837 |
| 43 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1837-1839 |
| 44 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1837-1841 |
| 45 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan [and notes],
1837-1848 |
| 46 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan [and notes],
1838 |
| 47 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1838 |
| 48 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1838 |
| 49 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan [and notes],
1839 |
| 50 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1840 |
| 51 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1840-1848 |
| box | folder |
| 6 | 1 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan [and notes],
1841 |
| 2 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan [and notes],
1842 |
| 3 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan [and notes],
1842-1843 |
| 4 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1843 |
| 5 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan [and notes],
1844 |
| 6 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1844 |
| 7 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan [and notes],
1845 |
| 8 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1845 |
| 9 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1846 |
| 10 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1847 |
| 11 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1847-1849 |
| 12 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan [and notes],
1848 |
| 13 | | | | Samuel Swartwout to James Morgan,
1848 |
| 14 | | | | Unidentified correspondents,
undated |
| 15 | | | | Miscellaneous,
1844 |
| | | | Photocopies from James Morgan Papers, Archives
Collection, Rosenberg Library |
| box | folder |
| 6 | 16 | | | | Financial Material,
1835-1863 and
undated |
| 17 | | | | General,
1835-1926 and
undated |
| 18 | | | | Land Grants,
1830 |
| 19 | | | | Legal Material,
1830-1867 |
| 20 | | | | Legal Material,
1850 and undated
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| 21 | | | | Legal Material - Deed of Sale (Tax Sale),
1849 |
| 22 | | | | #31-00123 through #31-0229 (Partial),
1836 |
| 23 | | | | #31-0230 through #31-0316 (Partial),
1836 |
| 24 | | | | #31-0316 through #31-0574 (Partial),
1836-1841 |
| box | folder |
| 7 | 1 | | | | #31-0577 through #31-898 (Partial),
1841-1923 |
| 2 | | | Miscellaneous,
undated |
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Manford, Madeleine T. - The
Correspondence of James Treat, 1971,
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| box | folder |
| 7 | 3 | | Research Material - Photocopies of correspondence from
the James Morgan Papers,
1836-1839 |
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Texas Land and Development
Company, 1981-1960 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 7 | 4 | | Correspondence,
1958-1960 |
| 5 | | Correspondence - Letters Collected,
1918-1960 |
| 6 | | Dissertation,
1960 |
| 7 | | Picture Postcard - "Lake
Plainview Park, Texas Land and Development Co., Plainview Tex.",
undated |
| 8 | | Research Material - Notes from Interviews,
1958-1959 |
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General Files, 1955-1989 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 7 | 9 | | Correspondence,
1966-1989 |
| 10 | | Academe, November-December,
1985 |
| 11 | | Carter/Leonard/Sloan Family Record - Genealogical
material (Family of Martha Luan Carter Brunson),
undated |
| 12 | | "Cattle Brands of
Texas", Forward by Wayne Gard, Published by First National Bank in
Dallas,
circa
1955 |
| | | Class Material |
| box | folder |
| 7 | 13 | | | American History (History 3346) Lessons 1-13
Questions,
undated |
| 14 | | | Bibliography "Texas",
undated |
| 15 | | | Faculty Senate Newsletter,
1977 |
| | | Hays Consolidated Independent School
District |
| box | folder |
| 7 | 16 | | | Computers,
undated |
| 17 | | | Curriculum - Spanish,
1981 |
| 18 | | Literary Production - "Swartwout" - draft,
undated |
| | | James Morgan Family |
| box | folder |
| 7 | 19 | | | Genealogy of James Morgan Family,
undated |
| 20 | | | Genealogy of James Morgan Family,
1988 |
| 21 | | | "The Morgan Family and
Descendents" - Morgan Genealogy,
undated |
| 22 | | | Photographs - Descendents/Family of James Morgan,
undated |
| 23 | | "Reflections on the Dream
Factory - The American Film Industry as a Historical Field",
undated |
| 24 | | Research Material - Bibliography (Texas History),
undated |
| 25 | | "Truman Foreign Policy: A
Traditionalist View" (Photocopy), by Robert H. Ferrell,
The Alternative, Vol. 6 No. 7:9-29,
1973 |
| 26 | | Sermon/riddle,
undated |
| 27 | | Texas Tech University Foundation 1970 Report,
1971 |
| 28 | | Wimberley Independent School District,
undated |
| 29 | | Windchill Table,
undated |
| 30 | | Miscellaneous,
1969-1987 and
undated |
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