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General correspondence
Research materials:
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Reference notes for musical/dramatic productions:
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A Guide to the Samuel Erson Asbury Papers, 1920-1955
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Creator |
Asbury, Samuel E. (Samuel Erson), 1872-1962. |
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Samuel Erson Asbury Papers |
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1920-1955 |
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Abstract |
Historical research materials collected by Samuel Erson Asbury documenting the Texas Revolution and other aspects of Texas history as well as the lives of early Texans. |
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Extent |
3 ft. |
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Languages |
Materials are written in English and
Spanish. |
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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin |
Samuel Erson Asbury, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, was assistant state chemist at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Texas A & M University and an amateur historian and collector of Texana.
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Correspondence, photographs, printed material, and transcripts of historical documents and newspaper articles arranged chronologically under subject.
Papers consist of historical research materials collected by Asbury to document the Texas Revolution and other facets of Texas's past as well as the lives of early Texans. Included is genealogical material on Asbury's family and reference notes for a proposed musical drama about Texas.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Asbury, Samuel E. (Samuel Erson), 1872-1962--Archives. |
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Carson, Samuel Price, 1798-1840. |
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Harrison, Jonas, 1777-1836. |
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Ingram, Seth, 1790-1857. |
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Parmer, Martin, 1778-1850. |
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Potter, Robert, 1799?-1842. |
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Thomas, Ann Raney b. 1810. |
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Williams, John A. d. 1840. |
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Regulator-Moderator War (Tex.), 1839-1844. |
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Roses--Texas. |
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San Jacinto, Battle of, 1836 |
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San Antonio (Tex.)--History--Sources. |
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Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846--Sources. |
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Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836--Sources. |
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Samuel Erson Asbury Papers, 1920-1955, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
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General correspondence |
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General correspondence, 1920-1955 |
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Jonas Harrison, legal documents and correspondence, 1807-1861 |
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Jonas Harrison, history and genealogy |
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Jonas Harrison, correspondence pertaining to, 1922-1950 |
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The Alamo, 1835, 1836, 1919, 1932-1936 |
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Sam Houston, 1826-1829, 1836, 1837, 1856, 1922, 1930-1935 |
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Senora Francisca de Alavez, 1928, 1932-1936 |
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Harbert Davenport on James W. Fannin, 1833, 1835-1837, 1932, 1933, 1943 |
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James W. Fannin and Goliad, 1830, 1831, 1835, 1836, 1856, 1933-1936, and undated |
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Robert Potter, 1827-1857, 1930-1934, 1939, 1944 |
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The Twin Sisters, 1857, 1860, 1932, 1933 |
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Cincinnati newspaper, 1835-1837, 1932-1934 |
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Regulator-Moderator War, 1837-1847, 1850, 1897, 1899, 1925-1934 |
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White spirituals, 1931-1933 |
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Folk play songs, 1932 |
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William Barret Travis, 1894, 1895, 1924-1934 |
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The Asbury family, 1747-1874, 1927, 1932-1934 |
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The Woodward family, 1934 |
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Amos Pollard, 1902, 1931-1933 |
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Samuel P. Carson, 1826-1837, 1922, 1931-1933 |
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Rufus C. Burleson, 1859-1869, 1901 |
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Alabama, 1932-1934 |
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North Carolina, 1931-1934, 1944 |
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Tennessee, 1835, 1932-1934 |
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Maryland (Captain Edward Stiff), 1932, 1933 |
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Mississippi, 1813-1848, 1932-1934, 1936 |
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New Mexico (Santa Fe Expedition), 1841-1843 |
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Henry Arthur McArdle, 1932, 1933 |
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American Historical Association, 1932-1934 |
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James Butler Bonham, 1931-1934 |
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Jaybird Association, 1932 |
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List of stories by Samuel E. Asbury, 1933 |
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Congress of Republic of Texas, 1836-1845, 1932, 1933 |
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List of rare book dealers, 1932 |
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Samuel E. Asbury articles, undated |
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David Crockett, 1836, 1931 |
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Seminole War, 1932 |
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General Sidney Sherman, 1932 |
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James M. Morgan and George W. Morgan, 1920, 1927 |
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Martin Parmer, 1902, 1923, 1931-1933 |
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Library of Congress, 1835, 1836, 1931-1934 |
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County history, 1932-1945 |
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Fredonian War, undated |
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Virginia, 1932-1934 |
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John A. and William H. Wharton, 1837, 1932, 1933 |
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San Jacinto veterans, 1836, 1887, 1898, 1933-1936, 1942 |
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James Bowie, 1827 |
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Ira and Seth Ingram, 1822-1837, 1846, 1852-1854, 1923, 1933, 1934 |
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Governor James Stephen Hogg, 1933-1935 |
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Siege of Bexar, 1935, 1936 |
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Battles around San Antonio, 1841, 1921-1934 |
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Roger Q. Mills, 1933 |
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Alexander Horton, 1800-1880 |
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Convention of 1836, 1880, 1905, 1930, 1934 |
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Letters of historians, 1933-1935 |
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Georgia, 1830-1836, 1856, 1931-1934 |
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Texas colonial customs, 1933 |
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Missouri, 1933 |
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Texas newspapers, 1933-1944 |
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Civil War, 1862-1865, 1933 |
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Anson Jones, 1840-1844, 1878-1888, 1933 |
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Louisiana, 1933, 1934, 1943 |
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Arkansas, 1933 |
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Kentucky, 1931, 1934 |
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Yale University, 1933 |
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Illinois, 1931, 1933 |
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List of newspaper files, 1933 |
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South Carolina, 1933, 1934 |
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Pennsylvania, 1933 |
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Indiana, 1933 |
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Texas pioneers, 1933-1935 |
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Texas Army, 1836 |
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The Murrell Gang, 1933 |
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Constitutional Convention, 1845 |
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Wisconsin, 1933 |
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Michigan, 1933 |
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American Antiquarian Society, 1944 |
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University of California, 1934 |
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Massachusetts, 1934 |
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Stephen F. Austin, 1821, 1933-1935, 1944 |
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Texas Centennial, 1934 |
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Phonograph records of the Bible, 1934 |
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Second hand magazines, 1934 |
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Lost Texas documents, 1934 |
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Slavery, 1934 |
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Texas land speculation, 1840 |
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Texas roses, 1934 |
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Battle of San Jacinto, 1942 |
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Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1934 |
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John A. Williams, 1819-1840, 1941-1943 |
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Mexican War, 1934 |
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United States Congress, 1934 |
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Ann Raney Thomas papers, 1880, 1882, 1892, 1943, 1944 |
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McNeel family, 1934 |
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First census Austin's Colony, 1826 |
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1850 population, 1850, 1947 |
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Early Texas artists, 1946 |
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Notes taken in Austin |
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Miscellaneous |
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Printed material: |
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"Music as a Means of Historical Research" by Samuel E. Asbury, 1951 |
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Reference notes for musical/dramatic productions: |
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"Jonas Harrison, the Merchant; References from Publications of Buffalo Historical Society," Notes for the Alamo Narrative," "Notes for the Gonzales Act," 1932; "undated; undated |
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