urn:taro:utexas.cah.00685 A Guide to the Oscar Murray Addison Papers, 1834-1915 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. February 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Addison, Oscar Murray Oscar Murray Addison Papers 1834-1915 Materials are written in English. AR 1934 3 feet Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Addison was a Methodist clergyman (1820-1898), circuit rider in the Texas Conference, served in the Confederate Army, represented the American Bible Association in Texas, and became charter member of the Northwest Texas Conference in 1866. Papers document the history of the Methodist Church in Texas as well as the Addison family and Addison’s career. Biographical Note

Methodist clergyman (1820-1898), circuit rider in the Texas Conference, served in the Confederate Army, represented the American Bible Association in Texas, became charter member of the Northwest Texas Conference in 1866.

 Scope and Contents

Papers document the history of the Methodist Church in Texas as well as the Addison family and Addison’s career. Included are correspondence, reminiscences, diaries, financial papers, legal papers, minutes, resolutions, broadsides, notes, newspaper clippings, pictorial items, certificates and literary productions consisting of poetry and a manuscript biography of Texas pioneer Methodist preacher Joseph P. Sneed, as well as two typescript copies.

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 Index Terms Subjects Addison, Oscar Murray, 1820-1898. Mann, Horace, 1796-1959--Photographs. Sneed, Joseph P., 1804-1881. American Bible Society. Clergy--Texas. Methodist Church--Texas. Methodist Episcopal Church--Texas. Religious literature. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Preferred Citation

Oscar Murray Addison Papers, 1834-1915, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2A103 Journal of church conference held at Montgomery, Texas, 1839-1850 2A120 Corrrespondence: 2A120 1834-1952 2A121 1853-1864 2A121 1865-1909, undated 2A123 Letters as Bible agent, 1877-1878 2A123 Legal instruments, 1839-1898 2A123 Minutes, resolutions and other notes on church government, 1834-1892, undated 2A123 Sermons, 1843-1897 2A124 Sermons, undated 2A124 Writings to church publications, 1842-1898 2A124 Manuscript notes 2A124 Manuscript writings 2A124 Nashville, Texas, mission 2A125 Diaries and private journals, 1852-1859 2A125 Private journals, undated 2A125 “Life and Times of Rev. Joseph P. Sneed” 2A125 Joseph P. Sneed’s journal, 1839-1840 2A125 Reports and private notes 2A125 Poetry 2A125 Account papers, 1847-1892 2A125 Account books, 1854-1877, 1883-1884 2A126 Personal certificates, 1847-1848 2A126 Printed materials 2A126 Newspaper clippings, 1860-1914 2A126 Miscellaneous 2A126 Fragments 2Q399 “The Life and Times of Rev. Joseph P. Sneed, A Pioneer Methodist Preacher Late a Member of the North West Texas Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South” 3S102 Photographs and pictorial: 3S102 Unidentified man, albumen [?] photograph, undated 3S102 Horace Mann, president of Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, copper engraving [intaglio print?], by J.C. Buttre, from a daguerreotype, inscription on reverse “Found among papers captured at the taking of Brashear City, June 23rd, 1863,” undated 3S102 Rev. Bishop James O. Andrews, D.D., copper engraving [intaglio print?], by J.C. Buttre, New York, NY, from a daguerreotype by C.C. Hughes, undated 3S102 Thomas O. Summers, D.D., steel engraving [?], woodcut [?], [relief print?], by J.W. Orr, undated 3S142 Oversize materials: 3S142 Marriage certificate for James H. Addison and Elizabeth Montgomery, performed by Oscar M. Addison, June 5, 1856 3S142 Passport of W.B. Krumbhaar, from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Havana, Cuba, May 2, 1866 3S142 Blank form, statistical report for use in Methodist churches [?], undated 3S142 Three blank certificates of dismissal, two for Sunday school pupils, one for a teacher, in the Methodist Episcopal Church, together on one paper 3S142 Our Little People, Sunday school publication, Southern Methodist Publishing House, Nashville, Tennessee, four issues printed on one sheet, March 2, 9, 15, 23, 1879 Map collection Map of Farwell Heights, an addition of Waco, McLennan County, Texas, ca. 1860