TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Organization
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Rudolph Kleberg papers:
Robert Kleberg family papers:
Robert Justus Kleberg papers
Photographic material:
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A Guide to the Rudolph Kleberg Family Papers,
1829-1966
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| Creator | Kleberg family (Rudolph
Kleberg, 1847-1924) |
| Title | Kleberg (Rudolph) Family
Papers
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| Dates: | 1829-1966. |
| Abstract | Papers of Rudolph
Kleberg (1847-1924), newspaper editor, lawyer, Texas Senator, United States
Attorney and Representative, and official reporter of the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals. Papers include Kleberg family correspondence originating from
Germany and the King Ranch. |
| ID | KLEBERG, RUDOLPH, FAMILY
PAPERS |
| Extent | 5 ft., 8 in. |
| Languages | and [code "engger" not found in ISO 639-2 list]. |
| Repository | Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin |
Born in Cat Spring and reared in Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, Rudolph
Kleberg (1847-1924) was the son of German immigrants Robert Justus (1803-1888)
and Rosa von Roeder Kleberg (1813-1907), who arrived in Texas in 1834. After
serving in the Civil War, Kleberg practiced law, founded and edited the Cuero
Star (1873-1876), and served as DeWitt County Attorney (1876-1880). After a
period in the Texas Senate (1883-1885), he was appointed U.S. Attorney for the
Western District of Texas (1885-1889). He served in the U.S. House of
Representatives from 1896 to 1903 and became official reporter for the Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin in 1905, a position he held until his death
in 1924.
Older correspondence and miscellaneous items in German.
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Correspondence, literary productions, diaries, scrapbooks, printed
material, legal and financial records, maps, photographs, and family histor
document the life and career of lawyer and public servant Rudolph Kleberg
(1847-1924) and the lives of members of his family. Included is correspondence
relating to Kleberg's terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1896-1903)
and his years as reporter for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (1905-1924)
as well as his literary works and scrapbooks. In addition there is extensive
family correspondence, much of it originating on the King Ranch, and family
diaries and scrapbooks. Significant topics cover the Aransas Pass deepwater
harbor, Kleberg's aid to accused murderer Leo Frank, the publishing of Texas
Criminal Reports, the purchase of the Alamo, German-American views during World
War I, railroad regulation, and the history of Cuero. Robert Justus Kleberg's
papers include letters written by him, his wife, and her family members in
Germany before emigration to Texas in 1834; later family correspondence; and
some business letters.
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Organization
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| Papers are organized into three series: 1. Rudolph Kleberg papers. 2.
Rudolph Kleberg family papers. 3. Robert Justus Kleberg papers. |
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Arrangement
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| Arranged alphabetically and chronologically by subject. |
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| Subjects (Persons) |
| | Kleberg family. |
| | Eckhardt family. |
| | Sack family. |
| | Von Roeder
family. |
| | Kleberg, Rudolph,
1847-1924--Archives. |
| | Kleberg, Robert Justus,
1803-1888. |
| | Kleberg, Caesar,
1873-1946. |
| | Kleberg, Louise Indiana,
1876-1953. |
| | Kleberg, Mathilde Violet,
1883-1968. |
| | Frank, Leo,
1884-1915. |
| Subjects (Organizations) |
| | King Ranch
(Tex.) |
| | Kleberg Town and
Improvement Company. |
| | United States. Congress.
House. |
| | West Publishing
Co. |
| | Cuero Star (Cuero,
Tex.) |
| | C. J. Krehbiel (Firm :
Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| Subjects |
| | German
Americans--Texas. |
| | Ranches--Texas. |
| | Real
property--Texas. |
| | World War,
1914-1918. |
| Places |
| | Cuero (Tex.) |
| | De Witt County
(Tex.) |
| Genre |
| | Diaries. |
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Rudolph Kleberg Family Papers, 1829-1966, Center for American
History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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Rudolph Kleberg papers:
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| 2J45 | | | Correspondence, business and public life: |
| | | | Received, arranged chronologically,
1868-1904 |
| | | | Received, arranged alphabetically, A-S |
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| 2J46 | | | | Received, arranged alphabetically, T-Z |
| | | | Letterpress book,
1905-1913 |
| | | | Sent,
1905-1924 and undated |
| | | Letters of condolence,
1924-1925 |
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| 2J47 | | | Telegrams of condolence,
1924 |
| | | Literary productions: |
| | | | By Rudolph Kleberg: |
| | | | | Prose and poetry: |
| | | | | | Manuscript and typescript,
1896-1923 and undated |
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| 2J48 | | | | | | Published material,
1898-1917 |
| | | | | Musical works and correspondence,
1924-1936 and undated |
| | | | About Rudolph Kleberg,
1887, 1924-1925, and undated |
| | | Scrapbook material: |
| | | | Scrapbook 1,
1880-1930 and undated: |
| | | | | Pasted material |
| | | | | Loose material |
| | | | Scrapbook 2,
1892-1900 and undated |
| | | | Scrapbook 3,
1896-1901: |
| | | | | Pasted material |
| | | | | Pasted and loose material |
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| 2J49 | | | | Scrapbook 4,
1896-1902, 1913, and undated |
| | | Appointments and certificates,
1885-1918 and undated |
| | | Invitations and introductions,
1884-1918, and undated |
| | | Land documentation,
1873-1917 and undated |
| | | Political and legislative material,
1883-1917 and undated |
| | | Financial and legal records,
1874-1924 and undated |
| | | Court Reports correspondence,
1907-1924 and undated |
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Robert Kleberg family papers:
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| 2J49 | | | Letters by writer: |
| | | | Rudolph and Mathilde Kleberg,
1866-1914 and undated |
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| 2J50 | | | | Caesar Kleberg,
1884-1944 and undated |
| | | | Alfred Leon Kleberg,
1894-1939 and undated |
| | | | August Joseph Kleberg,
1885-1919 and undated |
| | | | Mathilde (Til) Violet Kleberg,
1896, 1913-1916 and undated |
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| 2J51 | | | | Louise (Lula) Kleberg,
1885-1914 and undated |
| | | | Ernst Kleberg,
1943-1884 |
| | | | Henrietta King and Alice King Kleberg,
1887-1931 and undated |
| | | | Various Kleberg family members,
1867-1944 and undated |
| | | | Eckhardt family members,
1864-1959 and undated |
| | | | Hillebrand family members,
1858-1887 |
| | | | Miscellaneous letters, A-Z,
1866-1964 |
| | | | Unidentified writers and fragments,
1899, 1918, 1924 and undated |
| | | Sack'sche Familienstiftung correspondence,
1845-1925 and undated |
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| 2J52 | | | Letters of condolence: |
| | | | Mathilde Kleberg,
1932 |
| | | | Caesar Kleberg,
1946 |
| | | Family history and genealogy,
1961 and undated |
| | | Literary productions,
undated |
| | | Diaries: |
| | | | Lula, 1895; Tillie, 1898; Mathilde, 1909 |
| | | | Loose material from diaries,
1898, 1901, and undated |
| | | Greeting cards, pictorial material, and miscellany,
1930 and undated |
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| 2J53 | | | Scrapbook material: |
| | | | Scrapbook 1,
1883-1904 and undated |
| | | | Scrapbook 1 loose material,
1898-1918 and undated |
| | | | Scrapbook 2 (the theater) loose material,
1901-1905 and undated |
| | | | Scrapbooks K, L, and LIK loose material,
1911-1937 and undated |
| | | Printed material: |
| | | | Sack family publications: |
| | | | | Das silberne Buch der Familie Sack,
1900 |
| | | | | Miscellaneous publications,
1905, 1924-1925 |
| | | | Newspaper clippings: |
| | | | | Family affairs,
1915-1966 and undated |
| | | | | General,
1898-1948 and undated |
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| 2J54 | | | | | Miscellaneous publications,
1879-1956 |
| | | Miscellaneous financial papers,
1925-1947 |
| | | Legal and legislative material,
1885-1955 and undated |
| | | Eulogies and tributes,
1913-1946 and undated |
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Robert Justus Kleberg papers
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| 2J54 | | | Biographical and historical material,
1876 and undated |
| | | Family correspondence,
1820-1836, 1866-1867, 1881-1904 and
undated |
| | | General correspondence,
1866-1912 |
| | | Land documentation and correspondence,
1838-1869 |
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| 2J55 | | | Land documentation and correspondence,
1870-1890 and undated |
| | | Financial and business records,
1840-1887 and undated |
| | | Veterans of the Texas Revolution correspondence,
1870-1888 and undated |
| | | Certificates and official notices,
1824-1873 and undated |
| | | Miscellaneous speeches,
1867, 1905, and undated |
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| 2J56 | | | Chief Justice, DeWitt County, documents,
1852-1856 |
| | | Austin and DeWitt counties business,
1838-1870 |
| | | Poetry,
1898 and undated |
| | | Domestic scrapbook,
1894 and undated |
| | | Photostat volumes: |
| | | | Kleberg letters and documents,
1837-1885 and undated |
| | | | Kleberg letters and documents,
1835-1898 and undated |
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| 2.325/V53 | | | Oversize documents |
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| OD1287 | | | Oversize documents |
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Photographic material:
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| 3Y491 | | | Portrait of Mr. & Mrs. Marcellus Kleberg |
| | | Portraits of Caesar Kleberg |
| | | Unidentified photos |
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| 3S221 | | | Portrait of Caesar Kleberg |
| | | Caesar Kleberg hunting |
| | | Caesar Kleberg with Will Rogers? |
| | | Unidentified group |
| | | Unidentified portrait |
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| 3Y552 | | | Photograph album, trip to California and Southwest,
ca. 1910 |
| | | Loose prints from scrapbooks and diaries: |
| | | | Lula Kleberg's diary,
ca. 1895 |
| | | | Scrapbook, Rudolph Kleberg family papers #1 (scrapbook
in 2J52),
ca. 1883-1904 |
| | | Loose prints: |
| | | | Caesar Kleberg and King Ranch,
ca. 1875-1945 |
| | | | Robert Justus Kleberg,
undated |
| | | | Marcellus Kleberg and wife,
undated |
| | | | Various unidentified persons,
undated |
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| OD 1278 | | | Panoramic photograph of an unidentified
group. |
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