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A Guide to the Blackburn-Townsend Family Papers
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| Creator | Blackburn-Townsend |
| Title | Blackburn-Townsend Family Papers, |
| Dates: | 1821 (1865-1909) 1918. |
| Abstract | Closely related to the William A. Blackburn Papers, the collection pertains to the extended Blackburn-Townsend families, family affairs, the business of several successive family law firms in Austin, land transactions, a furniture enterprise in Taylor, mining in California and Mexico, and political activities in which various members of the families participated. |
| Extent | 3 ft., 9 in.; manuscript, typescript, printed, pictorial. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Center for American History
,The University of Texas at Austin |
Closely related to the William A. Blackburn Papers, the collection pertains to the extended Blackburn-Townsend families, family affairs, the business of several successive family law firms in Austin, land transactions, a furniture enterprise in Taylor, mining in California and Mexico, and political activities in which various members of the families participated. Townsend documentation is primarily in the period 1821-1909; Blackburn documentation is primarily in the period 1830-1918. Includes correspondence, diary, account books, minute books, legal papers, docket books, literary productions, and newspaper clippings.
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| Subjects (Persons) |
| | Blackburn Family |
| | Robards, C. L. |
| | Townsend Family. |
| Subjects |
| | Furniture |
| | Law, Practice of |
| | Mines and mining |
| | Real estate. |
| Places |
| | Austin, Tex. |
| | Taylor, Tex. |
| | Texas. |
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Blackburn-Townsend Family Papers, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
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Inventory
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| 2H38 | | | Correspondence: |
| | | | Townsend, 1902-1909 |
| | | | Miscellaneous, (Townsend) 1860's |
| | | | Miscellaneous, (Robards and Jackson) 1867-1871 |
| | | | Miscellaneous, (Blackburn) 1873-1878 |
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| 2H39 | | | Correspondence: |
| | | | Miscellaneous, (Blackburn) 1879-1888 |
| | | Pictorial Files |
| | | Letterheads: |
| | | Farm machinery, 1885 (Box 2H39 Folder #7) |
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| 2H40 | | | Correspondence: |
| | | | Miscellaneous, (Blackburn) 1889-1893 |
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| 2H41 | | | Correspondence: |
| | | | Miscellaneous, (Blackburn) 1894-1900 |
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| 2H42 | | | Correspondence: |
| | | | Miscellaneous, (Blackburn) 1901-1909 |
| | | | Miscellaneous, (Blackburn) undated |
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| 2H43 | | | Letter Presses: |
| | | | (Robards and Jackson) 1871-1872 |
| | | | (Smith and James) 1872-1873 |
| | | | (Smith and Blackburn) 1873-1874 |
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| 2H44 | | | Letter Presses: |
| | | | (Smith and Blackburn) 1875-1876 |
| | | | (Smith and Blackburn) 1876-1877 |
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| 2H45 | | | Letter Presses: |
| | | | (Smith and Blackburn) 1879-1880 |
| | | | (Smith and Blackburn) 1882-1885 |
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| 2H46 | | | Financial records, Townsend family, 1869-1909 |
| | | Financial records, miscellaneous, 1885-1907 |
| | | Financial records, miscellaneous, 1885-1909 |
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| 2.116/OD 1220 | | | Clippings |
| | | | Printed material, pictorial, correspondence |
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