urn:taro:utexas.cah.00040 A Guide to the William A. Blackburn Papers, 1869-1909 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 2001.Edited with XMetal 2.0 by Bob Stewart, June 20, 2002. Finding aid written inEnglish. Tue Jul 22 15:26:26 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00040 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). November 2004Revised by Evan Hocker Descriptive Summary Blackburn, William A., 1969-1909. William A. Blackburn Papers 1869-1909. 7 ft., 5 in.; manuscript, typescript, printed, photographic. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Papers concerning activities of W. A. Blackburn, lawyer, of Austin, Texas, and other family members, with some local church records. Materials are in English and German. Scope and Contents

Papers concern legal activities, land speculation, and estate management for the Townsend family and the activities of W. A. Blackburn, lawyer; W. D. Blackburn, mining engineer; and N. T. Blackburn, engineering professor. They contain correspondence, bills, receipts, powers of attorney, wills, photographs, daybooks, journals, diary, scrapbook materials, and record books for the First Presbyterian Church and for the German Methodist Episcopal Church of Austin, the latter in German.

Photographic collection consists of photos of Townsend family members and commercially produced stereographs of Colorado, Fairmont Park in Philadelphia, and San Jose Mission in San Antonio. Also contains early snapshots, possibly of sharecroppers' houses.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) - Papers Blackburn, Nathaniel Townsend. Blackburn, W. D. Blackburn, William A. Robards, Charles L. Townsend family Subjects (Persons) - Photographs McKinley, William Robertson, James Harvey Townsend Family Subjects (Organizations) - Papers First Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.?) German Methodist Episcopal Church of Austin Methodist Episcopal Church, South Presbyterian Church. Places - Papers Austin (Tex.) Taylor (Tex.) Texas. Places - Photographs Austin, Texas Colorado Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mexico. Subjects - Papers Engineering Land speculation Practice of law Mines and mining Subjects - Photographs Austin Dam (Colorado River) Bullfights and bullfighters Daniel Baker College (Brownwood) First Presbyterian Church (Austin) Houses and housing Rocky Mountains San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission Texas - Capitols. Other Creators - Photographs Chamberlain, W. D. (photographer) Doerr, H. A. (photographer) Preferred Citation

William A. Blackburn Papers, 1869-1909, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

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Blackburn-Townsend Family Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

 William A. Blackburn Papers Inventory Correspondence 3H53 General, 1870-1873 (W. A. Blackburn) 3H54 General, 1874-1876 (W. A. Blackburn) 3H55 General, 1877 (W. A. Blackburn) 3H56 General, 1877-1878 (W. A. Blackburn) 3H57 General, 1880-1886 (W. A. Blackburn) 3H58 General, 1887-1893 (W. A. Blackburn) 3H59 General, 1894-1900 (W. A. Blackburn) 3H60 General, 1901-1909 (W. A. Blackburn) 3H61 Robards and Jackson, 1869 3H61 W. D. Blackburn, 1909 3H62 W. D. Blackburn, miscellaneous 3H62 N. T. Blackburn, 1904-1909 3H62 General, undated 3H63 Fieldnotes 3H63 Diary of Helen Blackburn, 1907 3H63 Scrapbook and scrapbook materials, 1892-1895 3H63 Trustee book of German Methodist Episcopal Church of Austin, Texas, 1878-1904 3H63 Account book of First Presbyterian Church, 1889-1893 3H63 Cash books, 1871-1879 3H64 Ledger, 1879-1891 3H64 Daybook, 1880-1888 3H64 Journal, 1880-1909 3H65 Daybook, 1889-1891 3H65 Journal, 1891-1892 3H66 Journal, 1905-1906 3H66 Docket, 1870-1872 3H67 Bills, receipts, financial records 3H68 Bills, receipts, financial records 4K472 Journal, Volume 2, 1894-1898 4K473 Journal, Volume 3, 1898-1909 Artifact Collection William A. Blackburn Photographs, 1869-1909; 5 inches: 72 albumen and collodion stereographs; 52 albumen, collodion, and gelatin cabinet cards; 8 other albumen prints; 6 matte collodion prints; 20 other collodion prints; 91 photomechanical reproductions. Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by persons and places.

 3S33 Photographs, Persons 3S33 1. C., W. J.--1894 3S33 2. Culbertson, Angeline Louise--1889 3S33 3. Culbertson, Angeline Louise--1890 3S33 4. Culbertson, Angeline Louise--1892 3S33 5. Culbertson, Angeline Louise--1893 3S33 6. Culbertson, Angeline Louise--1897 3S33 7. Culbertson, James William--1892 3S33 8. Culbertson, James William--1893 3S33 9. Culbertson, James William--1894 3S33 10. David--1904 3S33 11. Dewey (Adm.)--1899 [?] 3S33 12. Handen, George Rankin [?] 3S33 13. Margaret [cousin of W. A. Blackburn?] 3S33 14. McKinley, William--1900--also see # 11 3S33 15. Miller, I Ernest--1874 3S33 16. Mosely, William Blackburn 3S33 17. Nason, Henry Townsend--1896 3S33 18. Pauline 3S33 19. Pauline 3S33 20. Robertson, James 3S33 21. Townsend, Angeline L. 3S33 22. Townsend, Angeline L. 3S33 23. Townsend, Elma 3S33 24. Townsend, James Wanton 3S33 25. Townsend, James Wanton 3S33 26. Townsend, James Wanton--3 copies--also see # 23 3S33 27. Townsend, Martin Ingham--1895--also see #23 3S33 28. Townsend, Pauline S.--see # 23, 24 3S33 29. Townsend, R. W., Jr. 3S33 30. Will--[W. A. Blackburn?] 3S33 31. Will--[W. A. Blackburn?] 3S33 32. Worrell, Steve H --1903 3S33 Photographs, Places 3S33 1. Austin, Capitol Building 3S33 2. Austin, Capitol Building 3S33 3. Austin, Capitol Building 3S33 4. Austin, First Presbyterian Church 3S33 5. Austin, Hyde Park 3S33 6. Austin, Hyde Park 3S33 6.a. Austin, Austin Dam (3 views) 3S33 7. Austin, Skyline 3S33 8. Bullfight, Mexico 3S33 9. Bullfight, Mexico 3S33 10. Bullfight, Mexico 3S33 11. Cape Horn, Columbia River 3S33 12. Ceylon, Kandy--Giant Bamboo 3S33 13. Cheyenne, Cascade Falls 3S33 14. Cheyenne, Seven Falls 3S33 15. Colorado, Balanced Rock 3S33 16. Colorado, Boulder Pass 3S33 17. Colorado, Cleer Creek Canyon 3S33 18. Colorado, Cleer Creek Canyon 3S33 19. Colorado, Crooked Tree Bend 3S33 20. Colorado, El Mayor Douro Rock, Glen Eyrie 3S33 21. Colorado, Estes Park 3S33 22. Colorado, Estes Park, Lake Mary 3S33 23. Colorado, Gateway to the Garden of the Gods 3S33 24. Colorado, Gateway to the Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak 3S33 25. Colorado, Green Lake 3S33 26. Colorado, Glen Eyrie 3S33 27. Colorado, Monument Park 3S33 28. Colorado, Mount Lincoln summit 3S33 29. Colorado, Snake River 3S33 30. Colorado, Ute Pass, Falls 3S33 31. Colorado, Ute Pass, Rainbow Falls 3S33 32. Colorado, Ute Pass 3S33 33. Daniel Baker College, Brownwood, Texas 3S33 34. Honolulu, Hawaii, Avenue of Royal Palms 3S33 35. Ixtaccihuatl, Woman in White, Mexico 3S33 36. Little [UNK] 3S33 37. Main Street 3S33 38. Mexico 12 views 3S33 39. Michigan, Museum and snow 3S33 40. "Old Faithful", Yellowstone National Park 3S33 41. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Basin Summer House 3S33 42. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Basin, walk to 3S33 43. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Brown Street Entrance 3S33 44. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Columbia Bridge 3S33 45. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Laurel Hill 3S33 46. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Lemon Hill 3S33 47. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Lemon Hill 3S33 48. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Lemon Hill, Summer House 3S33 49. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Lincoln Monument 3S33 50. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Old Park 3S33 51. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Old Park 3S33 52. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Old Park 3S33 53. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Round House 3S33 54. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Semon Hill 3S33 55. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Semon Hill 3S33 56. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Valley Green Hotel 3S33 57. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Wissahicken Bridge 3S33 58. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Wissahicken Creek 3S33 59. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Wissahicken, [UNK] in 3S33 60. Philadelphia, Fairmont Park, Wissahicken, [UNK] 3S33 61. Philippine Islands, San Pedro Macati 3S33 62. Richard's House and Tent 3S33 63. San José Mission, San Antonio, Texas 3S33 64. San José Mission, San Antonio, Texas 3S33 65. San José Mission, San Antonio, Texas 3S33 66. San José Mission, San Antonio, Texas 3S33 67. San José Mission, San Antonio, Texas, Rose Window 3S33 68. San José Mission, San Antonio, Texas 3S33 69. San José Mission, San Antonio, Texas 3S33 70. Scenes in the Life of Christ--14 3S33 71. Scotland, Forth Bridge and Highland Kilt 3S33 72. Shack and Tennant House 3S33 73. Shack--interior 3S33 74. Shack--interior 3S33 75. Shack--interior 3S33 76. Sugar Valley 3S33 77. Sugar Valley 3S33 78. Sugar Valley 3S33 79. Tennant House--also see # 72 3S33 80. Tent House 3S33 81. Tent House--interior 3S33 82. Tent House--interior 3S33 83. Tent House--interior 3S33 84. Wood Street 3S33 Photographs, Things 3S33 1. Boat, Model 3S33 2. Calf 3S33 3. Horse 3S33 4. Plant 3S33 5. Plant 3S33 6. Wagon 3S33 7. Windmill 3S33 8. Wood Hauler 3S33 Album 3S33 1. P. [?] H. Turnbull 3S33 2. Unidentified--9