urn:taro:utexas.cah.00766 A Guide to the Willie Andrews Pioneer Schools Records, ca. 1872-1962 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. February 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Willie Andrews Pioneer Schools. Willie Andrews Pioneer Schools Records ca. 1872-1962 Materials are written in English. 9 inches Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Collection concerns the founding and history of the Andrews Pioneer Schools, established by Mrs. Willie Andrews and her husband, Whit Andrews. Historical Note

The Andrews Pioneer Schools were established by Mrs. Willie Andrews and her husband, Whit Andrews. The Andrews schools included Harris Chapel School, Gonzales County (1867-1868); Nixon School, Caldwell County (1868-1870); Science Hall Institute and Science Hall Home Institute, Hays County (1870-1888); and Austin Home Institute, Austin. The Andrews schools antedated the establishment of a public-school system in Texas in 1876, included one of the first schools established in Hays County, and pioneered the establishment of coeducational boarding schools in Texas.

Scope and Contents

Collection concerns the founding and history of the Andrews Pioneer Schools, established by Mrs. Willie Andrews and her husband, Whit Andrews. The records document the establishment of local and state associations of Willie Andrews Pioneer Schools Ex-Students (1920-1960). Included are correspondence, telegrams, lists, minutes, biographical sketches, broadsides, newspaper clippings, treasurers’ reports, tributes and memorials, notes and memoranda, and photographs.

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted access.

Index Terms Subjects Andrews, Willie. Andrews Pioneer Schools. Education. Kyle, Texas. Schools. Preferred Citation

Willie Andrews Pioneer Schools Records, ca. 1872-1962, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2K193 Correspondence, 1930-1949, undated. 2K193 Annual meeting minutes and records, 1929-1957. (Missing 1942-1946, 1948-1949, 1953, 1956) 2K194 Historical notes, tributes, memorials. 2K194 Lists, addresses of ex-students. 2K194 Business and legal papers. 2K194 Newspaper clippings. 2K194 Miscellany. 3S102 Photographs.