urn:taro:utexas.cah.00220 A Guide to the Smoot-Graham Family Papers, 1811-1968, 1986, 1987. Edited with XMetal 2 by Cherie Baker and Evan Hocker according to the instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions, 20030815. Finding aid written in English. Descriptive SummarySmoot-GrahamSmoot-Graham Family Papers, 1811-1968, 1986, 1987. Materials are in English21 ft. Center For American History, The University of Texas at AustinMaterials relate to the Smoot family and their participation in the settlement of the Austin area. Preferred Citation

Smoot-Graham Family Papers, 1811-1968, 1986, 1987, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Biographical Note

Papers relate primarily to the Smoot family of Austin, particularly patriarch John N. Smoot (1786-1859) of Rowan County, North Carolina; Richmond Kelley Smoot (1836-1905), pastor of the First Southern Presbyterian Church in Austin (1876-1905), professor at the University of Texas, and cofounder of the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary; his brothers Benjamin and Thomas R. Smoot (b. 1834) in Tennessee; his son Asher Graham Smoot (1869-1915), journalist, editor and manager of the Austin Statesman newspaper, and cofounder of the Austin American in 1914; son Lawrence Kelley Smoot (1875-1968), photographer, librarian, and editorial reporter for the Texas Supreme Court; and Lawrence's daughter Jane Smoot (b. 1919). Also included are papers relating to the family of Sallie Graham Smoot (1837-1916), wife of Richmond K. Smoot, particularly Judge Asher W. Graham of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and other family members including Lawrence A. Graham (1833-1917), an Austin merchant. Of special note is a history of the R. K. Smoot home with descriptions and inventory of its contents.

 Scope and Contents

Materials consist of: family correspondence; business papers; legal and financial documents; some records of the First Southern Presbyterian Church; scrapbooks, diaries, and medical records of Richmond K. Smoot; and memorial scrapbooks and records documenting the deaths and funerals of Richmond K. Smoot and other family members. Lawrence K. Smoot's papers also concern Camp Pajama, a popular vacation retreat near Kingsland, Texas, and contain a pamphlet describing his Austin poultry yards. Papers include Jane Smoot's collection of 19th- and 20th-century sheet music.

 Index Terms Papers - PersonsGraham, Asher W. Graham Family Smoot, Asher Graham Smoot, Lawrence Kelley Smoot, Richmond Kelley Smoot Family Papers - PlacesBowling Green, Kentucky Rowan County, North Carolina Union City, Tennessee Austin, Camp Pajama (Kingsland), Texas Papers - SubjectsAustin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Clergy Death and dying Diaries First Southern Presbyterian Church (Austin) Funerals Furniture Houses and housing Journalists and journalism Judges and judiciary Medicine, Practice of Poultry Presbyterian Church Religion Sheet music Photographs - PersonsFulmore, Luella Robertson Garrison, George Pierce Graham, A. W. Graham, Lawrence A. Graham Family Marks, Harvey R. (photographer) Nalle, George Smoot, Asher Graham Smoot, Lawrence Kelley Smoot, Richard KelleySmoot Family Williams, Amelia W.Photographs - PlacesAustin, Texas Hays County, Texas Kingsland, Texas Llano County, Texas Colorado Honolulu, Hawaii Bowling Green, Kentucky Saint Louis, Missouri Nashville, Tennessee Salt Lake City, UtahPhotographs - SubjectAustin American (newspaper) Austin Dam (Colorado River) Bicycles Boats and boating Buggies and carriages Bull Creek (Travis County) Camps, Recreational Cartes de visite Cityscapes Colorado River Deer Devils River Enchanted Rock (Gillespie County) First Southern Presbyterian Church (Austin) Floods Frio River Garden of the Gods (Colorado park) Houses and housing Houses and housing - Interiors Hunting and fishing Llano River Log cabins Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Saint Louis) Merchants and stores Mississippi River Mount Bonnell (Travis County) Packsaddle Mountain (Llano County) Photography and photographers Picnics and barbecues Railroads Rivers and streams Royal Gorge (Colorado) Samaritan Ranch (Hays County) State Lunatic Asylum Park (Austin) Texas. Capitols UT Old Main Building Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming) Detailed Description Of Papers 2N301 A. W. Graham family: 2N301 Correspondence, 1833-1866 and undated 2N301 Invitations, undated 2N301 Legal and financial documents, 1847-1866 2N301 Notes, poems, and miscellany 2N301 Compositions of Anne Elizabeth Graham, undated 2N301 John N. Smoot: 2N301 Correspondence, 1817-1855 and undated 2N301 Legal and business documents, 1811-1858 and undated 2N302 Richmond Kelley Smoot: 2N302 Business correspondence, 1860-1905 and undated 2N302 Family correspondence, 1871-1904 and undated 2N302 Letters of condolence at his death, 1905 2N303 Letters of condolence at his death, 1905 2N303 Literary productions, 1891-1904 and undated 2N303 Scrapbook, ca. 1855-1896 2N303 Scrapbook materials, ca. 1855-1896 2N303 History of the R. K. Smoot Home with descriptions and inventory of its contents, 1968 2N304 Scrapbook, ca. 1860-1885 2N304 Scrapbook, ca. 1877-1905 2N304 Scrapbook materials, 1905 and undated 2N304 Bylaws of the Board of Deacons of the First Southern Presbyterian Church of Austin, 1908 2N304 Sallie Graham Smoot: 2N304 Correspondence, 1866-1911 and undated 2N304 Letters of condolence at her death, 1916 2N305 Scrapbook of pressed seamoss specimens, 1887 2N305 Asher Graham Smoot: 2N305 Family correspondence, 1909-1915 and undated 2N305 Memorabilia, 1897, 1915, and undated 2N305 Letters of condolence at his death, 1915-1916 2N306 Scrapbook, undated 2N306 Lawrence Kelley Smoot: 2N306 Correspondence, 1888-1957 2N306 Legal documents, 1913-1918 2N306 Miscellany, 1913-1922 and undated 2N306 Diaries, 1896, 1898, 1899-1900, 1902, and 1913 2N306 Correspondence concerning his illness, January-February, 1968 2N307 Correspondence concerning his illnesses, March-June, 1968 and undated 2N307 Daily record of medical care dept by Jane Smoot, 1968 2N307 Letters of condolence at his death, 1968 2N308 Letters of condolence at his death, 1968, 1986, and undated 2N308 Memorials and memorabilia at his death, 1968-1969 and undated 2N308 Memorial scrapbook and flower cards, 1968 2N308 Smoot family: 2N308 Newsclippings, 1866-1928 and undated 2N308 Scrapbook, undated 2N308 Miscellaneous papers, 1876, 1879, and undated 2N309 Sheet music, ca. 1828-1919 2N310 Memorial scrapbooks and records: 2N310 Carrie W. Peets, 1949 2N310 George H. Peets, 1950 2N310 Amelia Williams, 1958 2N310 Julia E. W. Smoot, 1963 2.325/V22 Oversize materials 2.325/V22 Military commission for John N. Smoot, 1817 2.325/V22 The Texas Presbyterian, Jan. 5, 1893 2.325/V22 Literary productions of R. K. Smoot, 1904 and undated 2.325/V22 Correspondence, 1904 2.116/OD1223B Family lineage charts: 2.116/OD1223B Williams Family 2.116/OD1223B Massengale Family 2.116/OD1223B Smoot Family 2.116/OD1223B Graham Family 2.116/OD1223B Official highway map of Texas, undated (1930s or 1950s??) 3Y560 Photographs associated with the Papers of the Smoot-Graham Family, 1811-1968, 1986, 1987. 9 feet: 15 albums containing 928 silver gelatin and 34 other prints. 2 albums containing 104 albumen cabinet cards and cartes de visite. 1 album containing 321 color prints and 47 postcards. 3 scrapbooks that include 10 silver gelatin and 10 photomechanical prints. 132 silver gelatin prints. 14 albumen prints. 2 tintypes. 9 collodion and other prints. 14 color prints. 252 glass negatives. 91 film negatives. 26 postcards. 20 photomechanical reproductions. Center For American History, University of Texas at AustinPhotography work of Lawrence Kelley Smoot. Photograph Scope and Contents

Includes glass and film negatives and prints made by Lawrence Kelley Smoot (1875-1968) between about 1899 and 1917 of views of the capitol, the burning of the temporary capitol, the University of Texas, geographic landmarks around Austin, family members and friends, and scenes of an annual camping pilgrimage to Campa Pajama near Kingsland. Many photographs are mounted in albums. Also includes professional portraits of Smoot and Graham family members and a 1967 album of memorabilia and photographs gathered by Jane Smoot when she took her father, Lawrence Kelley Smoot, on a trip to visit the campsites of his youth.

 3Y560 Photograph Albums of Lawrence K. Smoot: 3Y560 Family Photographs, 1897-1898, 1900-1901 3Y560 Bull Creek and Surrounding Area, 1909, Texas State Capitol Building 3Y561 Photographs of Lawrence K. Smoot, 1899 3Y561 Trip through Colorado, ca. 1900 3Y561 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World's Fair), 1904 3Y561 Scrapbooks, ca. 1888-1918: 3Y561 UT, ca. 1899; 3Y561 Destruction of Austin Dam, April 1900; Stella, The Horse; 3Y561 Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings, 1888-1918 and undated 3Y562-3Y563 Photograph Albums: 3Y562-3Y563 Smoot and Graham Families, Portraits, ca. 1880-1895 3Y564 Capitol Scenes; Lawrence K. Smoot and Friends; 3Y564 Smoot Family and Home; Colorado River, 1899-ca. 1901 3Y564 Photographs of Asher G. Smoot, 1899 3Y565 Campa Pajama and Camp Owl, 1900 3Y566 Campa Pajama, 1901-1902 3Y567 Devil's River Camping Trip; Austin Scenes; Yellowstone National Park; Honolulu; Family Photographs, 1903-1906 3Y568 Campa Pajama and Enchanted Rock, 1907 3Y568 Campa Pajama, 1909; Austin Scenes; Smoot Family 3Y569 Photographs: 3Y569 Smoot Family Members, ca. 1885-1930 3Y569 Smoot and Graham Family Members; Graham Dry Goods Store; Other Austin Scenes, ca. 1880-1905 (Photographs removed from Album) 3Y569 Smoot and Graham Family Members; Smoot Home, ca. 1897-1915 3Y569 Capitol and University of Texas, 1899-ca. 1920 3Y569 Bull Creek, Colorado River, Austin Dam, 1911-1913 and undated 3Y569 Campa Pajama and Kingsland, ca. 1911-1913 and undated 3Y569 Unidentified Scenes, undated 3Y569 Unidentified Persons and Miscellaneous, ca. 1888-1916 3Y569 Richmond K. Smoot home, 1987 (9 snapshots) 3Y569 Postcards: 3Y569 Campa Pajama 3Y569 Austin Floods 3Y569 Central Texas Towns 3Y569 New Orleans 3Y569 St. Louis 3Y569 Others, 1907-1968 3Y569 Color Lithographs, Saturday Night Art Supplements, ca. 1900 3Y569 Letterheads: 3Y569 Hotels, Government and Commercial Buildings, 1890-1915, 1968 3Y570-3Y580 Glass Negatives (Restricted): 3Y570-3Y580 Smoot and Graham Families and Friends, Campa Pajama, Capitol, Austin Scenes, Unidentified, ca. 1899-1912 2.325/V35 Oversize Scrapbooks (including photographs) 2.325/V35 Memorial Collection for Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Richmond K. Smoot 2.325/V35 Memorial Collection for Asher G. Smoot 2.325/V35 Miscellaneous 3S202 Oversize Photograph Albums: 3S202 Campa Pajama and Other Campsites Revisited, 1967 3S202 Miscellaneous, ca. 1920s 3S202 Oversize Pictorial: 3S202 Engraving, Wurzburg Von Steinberge Aus, undated 3S202 Photograph, Phi Phi Phi Fraternity, UT, 1899

Film Negatives (Restricted): Campa Pajama, Smoot Family and Friends, Bull Creek, Austin Dam, Capitol, Unidentified, ca. 1912-1917