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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
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Separated Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Inventory
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A Guide to the Mary Rabb Family Papers, 1823-1997
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Creator: |
Rabb, Mary Crownover, Mrs. |
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Creator: |
Rabb family |
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Title: |
Rabb, Mary, family papers |
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Dates: |
1823-1997 |
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Abstract: |
Correspondence, genealogical research
and reminiscences, business and legal documents, a diary, printed material and
ephemera, and photographs comprise the Mary Rabb Family Papers, 1823-1997, which
document the history of the Rabb family and their experiences relating to the Texas
Revolution, the Civil War, early settlements in Texas, the history of Fayette
County, and Spanish Colonial Texas. |
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Accession No.: |
1931; 69-097; 88-028; 92-381; 97-228; 99-198;
2001-196 |
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Extent: |
1 ft., 6 in. |
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Language: |
Materials are written in English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin |
Born in North Carolina in 1805, Mary Crownover Rabb married John Rabb and in 1823
settled in Stephen F. Austin's colony in Texas. Mary kept written records of her
pioneer experiences living in Texas, including the many hardships endured and
activities as a member of the early Methodist Church in Texas. The family became
embroiled in the Texas Revolution and lost a child while fleeing Mexican forces
during the "Runaway Scrape." Two of the Rabb sons, John and Virgil, later fought for
the Confederacy in the Civil War. After amassing a sizeable tract of land in Fayette
County, the family moved to Barton Springs, adjacent to Austin, where Mary died in
1882.
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Correspondence, genealogical research and reminiscences, business and legal
documents, a diary, printed material and ephemera, and photographs comprise the Mary
Rabb Family Papers, 1823-1997, which document the history of the Rabb family and
their experiences relating to the Texas Revolution, the Civil War, early settlements
in Texas, the history of Fayette County, and Spanish Colonial Texas. The
correspondence includes letters between Rabb family members, including Mary, her
husband John, and their children. The genealogical research and reminiscences
consists of biographical and autobiographical information, genealogical charts,
correspondence, and other documents pertaining to the Rabb, Newman, McCollom, and
Young families. The business and legal documents include deeds, land grants, wills,
legal transactions, marriage and military records, and tax receipts. The printed
material and ephemera contain newspaper clippings, brochures, and booklets about the
Rabbs, the Methodist Church in Texas, and other topics. The collection also includes
photographs of the Rabb family.
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Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Rabb, Mary Crownover, Mrs. -- Archives. |
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Rabb family -- Archives. |
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Rabb, John. |
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Rabb, Virgil S. |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Methodist Church -- Texas. |
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Subjects |
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas. |
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Pioneers -- Texas. |
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Women pioneers -- Texas. |
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Places |
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Texas -- Genealogy. |
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Texas -- History -- Revolution,
1835-1836. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865. |
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Some material has been separated to the Artifact Collection. |
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Mary Rabb Family Papers, 1823-1997, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
This collection was processed by Goodrich, May 1970. Subsequent revisions were made
by archives staff, 2003, and Laurel Rozema, January 2011.
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William Rabb |
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John and Mary Rabb |
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Correspondence |
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Mary Rabb reminiscences, 1823-1922 |
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Original diary |
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Photostat copy of diary |
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Photostat copy of diary |
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Virgil S. Rabb correspondence, 1861-1885, undated |
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Virgil S. Rabb II |
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Correspondence, 1900, 1917-1935, undated |
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Virgil S. Rabb and Lillian Howard Rabb |
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Lillian Bell Rabb |
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Correspondence, 1931-1940, 1962-1997 |
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Gathered correspondence, 1945, 1984-86 |
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Certificates of membership |
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Virgil S. Rabb III |
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John W. Rabb correspondence, 1859-1867 |
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Malissa Rabb Barnett correspondence, 1850, 1861-63 |
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Malissa C. Rabb Reese and Rev. William Reese |
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Correspondence, 1857-1867, undated |
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Reese Family postcards, 1907-08, undated |
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Zebulon Montgomery Pike Rabb correspondence, 1874, 1877 |
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George Washington Rabb, 1850-1851 |
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Correspondence fragment, undated |
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Photostats of correspondence |
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Photostats of Rabb Papers, 1823-1906 |
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Genealogy |
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Biographical sketches |
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Lineages and ancestors charts |
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General, 1989, undated |
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Rabb family, [ca. 1923-1997] |
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John Rabb family, [ca. 1960s-1970s] |
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Young/McCollom families, 1990, 1995,
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Research material |
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Victor C. Wegenhoft |
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Correspondence, 1986-1996 |
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Research on Rabb family |
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Newman family |
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McCollum and Young families |
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Marriages |
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Handwritten notes, undated |
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Business and legal |
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Deeds, wills, legal transactions |
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Receipts |
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| 2D104 |
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Methodist Church in Texas |
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Printed material and ephemera |
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| 2.325/J80 |
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Printed material, 1928, 1996,
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Photographs |
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