urn:taro:utexas.cah.00906 A Guide to the Barton Family Papers, 1866-2001 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. April 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Barton Family Barton Family Papers 1866-2001 Materials are written in English and Czech. Much of the collection is written in Czech, especially the early church records and the papers of Joseph and Albina Mikulencak Barton. AR 99-171, 2000-45, 2000-164, 2000-208, 2001-015, 2001-016, 2001-084 13 feet, 1/4 inch Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin The collection contains personal and congregational records of Joseph Barton and his wife Albina Mikulencak Barton, as well as their son Josef A. Barton and his wife Elsie Pokorny Barton. The collection also includes early Unity of the Brethren church records, including records of Reverend Joseph Hegar. Biographical Note

Reverend Joseph Barton and his wife Albina Mikulencak Barton, along with their son Reverend Josef A. Barton and his wife Elsie Pokorny Barton ministered to congregations of the Unity of the Brethren Moravian church in South-central Texas for over fifty years.

 Scope and Contents

The collection contains personal and congregational records of Joseph Barton and his wife Albina Mikulencak Barton, as well as their son Josef A. Barton and his wife Elsie Pokorny Barton. The collection also includes early Unity of the Brethren church records, including records of Reverend Joseph Hegar. The collection documents the history of the Unity of the Brethren church in South-central Texas from the late 1800s through the twentieth century. The papers are organized into three main parts: Joseph and Albina Mikulencak Barton, Josef A. and Elsie Pokorny Barton, and Unity of the Brethren church records. The line between the personal papers of the Barton family and the records of the congregations they served is easily blurred, and many papers relating to the church can be found under the individual family names. Fifteen inches of correspondence to Reverend Josef A. Barton and his wife from soldiers in the congregation serving in World War II will be restricted until 2010. Much of the collection is written in Czech, especially the early church records and the papers of Joseph and Albina Mikulencak Barton.

Access Restrictions

Fifteen inches of correspondence to Reverend Josef A. Barton and his wife from soldiers in the congregation serving in World War II will be restricted until 2010.

 Preferred Citation

Barton Family Papers, 1866-2001, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2J138 Joseph and Albina Mikulencak Barton: 2J138 Correspondence: 2J138 Albina and Joseph Barton postcard correspondence, 1907, 1941, 1949 2J138 Frank Barton postcard correspondence, 1911-1922 and undated 2.325/N136 Correspondence, Joseph Barton: 2.325/N136 1914-1954 2.325/N136 1936-1945 2.325/N139 Correspondence and speeches, Albina Barton, 1945-1948 2.325/N137 Czech letters to Albina Barton, 1946-1971 2J137 Joseph Barton, schoolwork: 2J137 Notes on Czech literature at Vsetin Gymnasium, 1902 2J137 World Atlas, 5th Form, Vsetin Gymnasium, 1903 2J137 Notes for course on German literature, Elmhurst College, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904 3S014a Elmhurst College, Class of 1907 2J137 Gazetteer of Moravian towns and cities, ca. 1913 2.325/N138 Account book, Joseph Barton, 1914-1945 2J137 “Lending Book,” (record of books lent), Joseph Barton, 1917-[1926] 2J138 Joseph Barton, scrapbook, 1929-1946 and undated 2.325/N138 Autobiographical notes, Joseph Barton, 1938 2J138 Sou’wester, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1940, 1941 2J138 Printed material removed from Sou’wester [re: third son, Theodore Barton], 1940-1943 and undated 2J138 Notes on Jan Amos Komensky, Czech educator, by Joseph Barton, ca. 1942 2J138 Theodore Barton, “In Memoriam” certificates, 1945; Daniel Barton, “In Memoriam” certificate, 1945; Albina M. Barton notes, 1959 and undated 2.325/N139 Address book, Joseph Barton, 1945 2.325/N139 Clippings, 1946 2.325/N139 Alice, a novel by Edna Davis, aka Frances Z. Dineen, Albina’s cousin, with correspondence, 1958-1966 2J138 Prayer book sent as Christmas greeting to Albina and Joseph Barton by son, Joe Barton, and his wife, Elsie, 1972 2J138 Albina, 1999 2J138 Information photocopied from acidic housings of photographs; photographic housings unable to be photocopied, undated 2.325/V6 Map of Czechoslovakia, undated 4Zd578 Josef A. and Elsie Pokorny Barton: 4Zd578 Correspondence: 4Zd578 General, 1938-1952 2.325/D18d Oversized, 1946-1952 and undated 2.325/N139 Not immediate family, 1939-1952 2.325/N139 Josef A. Barton with LBJ and other politicians, 1960-1970 3H133 Kamas and Barton Contractors, REA Wiring, 1940-1941 and undated 2.325/N139 San Bernard Electric Co-op and Texas Power Reserve Electric Co-op publications, 1940-1943 and undated 3H133 Circular letters to servicemen, address book and article on World War II letters by Elsie Barton, 1943-1945, 1988 4Zd578 Co-op correspondence, reports and printed material, 1944-1952 and undated 3H133 Obituary and funeral program for Elsie Pokorny Barton, January 2001 3H133 Article, “Its Going to be a Boy,” undated 2.325/N139 Funeral guest book, Kamas, undated 4Zd573 Unity of the Brethren: 4Zd573 Rev. Joseph Hegar: 4Zd573 Congregational records, 1912-1927, 1936-1943 4Zd573 Cooks Point, 1915-1918 4Zd573 Dime Box, 1912-1916, 1937-1939 4Zd573 Ft. Worth, 1941-1943 4Zd573 Granger, 1946 4Zd573 Industry, 1937-1938 4Zd573 Mt. Calm, 1910-1913 4Zd573 Ocker, 1921-1927 4Zd573 Rosebud, 1924-1926 4Zd573 Rowena, 1910-1927 4Zd573 Seaton, 1921-1924 4Zd573 Shiner, 1910-1917 4Zd573 Temple, 1937-1946 4Zd573 West, 1910-1913 4Zd573 Ennis and Buckholts, 1909-1925 4Zd573 Rosenberg, Midfield, Danbury, Elmaton, Iowa Colony, 1936-1943 4Zd573 Seymour and Holliday, 1908-1910, 1937-1942 4Zd573 Unidentified, 1921-1922 4Zd573 Baker’s Religious Plays and Pageants, translation [?], undated 2J137 Notes for course on Church History, Hus School, ca. 1913 4Zd573 Rev. Joseph Barton, Sr.: 4Zd573 Congregational records, 1922-1946 4Zd573 Austin, [includes founding pastor’s notes], 1930-1946 4Zd573 Buckholts, 1939-1941 4Zd573 Nelsonville, 1935-1940 4Zd573 Shiner, 1940-1944 4Zd573 Smithville, 1922-1925, 1941-1945 4Zd573 Caldwell, Houston, Buckholts, 1936-1939 4Zd573 Jourdanton, Robstown, Skidmore, 1925-1932 4Zd573 San Antonio, Jourdanton, Agua Dulce, Harlingen, Robstown, Skidmore, Placedo, 1933-1939 4Zd573 Robstown, Placedo, Jourdanton, Harlington, 1940-1943 4Zd573 Robstown, Skidmore, Placedo, Harlington [photograph separated to 3Z316], 1944-1946 4Zd573 Funerals, 1932-1941 4Zd574 Poznamky, Predsedy, EJCMB, 1935-1944 2.325/N137 Joseph and Albina Barton’s ministry, 1945-1966 2.325/N139 Sermon notes, 1924-1944 2.325/N139 Notes on Czech Evangelical Churches meeting, March 1939 2.325/N139 Memorial supplement to the Brethren Journal for Joseph Barton, 1945 2.325/N139 Unity of the Brethren correspondence, 1935-1948 2.325/N139 Taylor churches and Rev. Barton, clippings from The Taylor Times and Taylor Daily Press, 1941 4Zd574 Rev. Josef A. Barton: 4Zd574 Congregational records, 1947-1978 4Zd574 Anton, 1948 4Zd574 Austin, 1947-1962 4Zd574 Buckholts, 1960-1963 4Zd574 Corpus Christi, 1972-1973 4Zd574 Dime Box, 1959-1963 4Zd574 El Campo, 1951-1958 4Zd574 Granger, 1947-1948, 1959-1964 4Zd574 Holland, 1948, 1963-1970 4Zd574 Houston [and miscellaneous notes], 1940-1949 4Zd574 Linda Loo Baker baptism certificate, 1945 4Zd574 Industry, 1953-1958 4Zd574 Iowa Colony, 1947-1948 4Zd574 Midfields, 1947-1958 4Zd574 Nelsonville, August 1940-1942 4Zd575 Nelsonville, 1943-1961 4Zd575 Placedo, 1947 4Zd575 Robstown, 1947-1978 4Zd575 San Antonio, 1959-1962 4Zd575 Shiner, 1947-1948 4Zd575 Taylor, 1947-1959 4Zd576 Taylor, 1960-1961 4Zd576 Baptisms, 1961-1973 4Zd576 Temple, 1943 4Zd576 Houston, Taylor, Granger, Holland, Lubbock, Iowa Colony, 1949-1952 4Zd576 Midfields, Danbury, Iowa Colony, 1943-1946 4Zd576 Placedo, Shiner, Miscellaneous, 1943-1946 4Zd576 Robstown, Shiner, 1949-1953 4Zd576 Wesley, Industry, Fayetteville, 1953-1956 4Zd576 EJCMB, “Student na Bohoslovi,” 1937-1938 4Zd576 Record of Funerals [journal], 1937-1947 4Zd576 Funerals, 1945-1963 4Zc166 One dollar bill, U.S. currency, series 1957 4Zd577 Funerals, 1964-1971 4Zd577 Record of weddings, 1939-1977 4Zd577 General notes, 1949-1958 4Zd577 PJCMB notes, 1959-1961 2.325/N139 Unity of the Brethren in Texas, 1855-1966, co-written by Mrs. Josef A. Barton, 1970 3H132 General church records: 3H132 Correspondence: 3H132 Prudley to Rev. Jos. Barton, September 14, 1920 3H132 Rev. Anton Motycka to Rev. Jos. Barton, 1920 3H132 Rev. F.G. Kupec to ?, 1913-1920 3H132 C. Krizek, Chairman, University of Texas, School of Slavic, to Rev. J. Juren, October 9, 1918 3H132 Ond. Janek to Mr. Jan Hegar, February 25, 1920 3H132 Frank Hovak, West, TX, to Rev. J. Juren, March 7, 1921 3H132 Rev. Frank Hovak to ?, June 10, 1919 3H132 Rev. Frank Hovak to Rev. Jos. Barton, 1919 3H132 Mary Hegar to Albina Barton, undated 3H132 “Husita,” Chernosky and Dobias, Rosenberg, TX, to Rev. F.G. Kupec, 1920 3H132 Rev. Jos. Hegar to Rev. Jos. Barton, 1921 3H132 Jan Hegar, Abbott, TX, to Jos.e?, 1920 3H132 Jos. Foit to Rev. Jos. Barton, 1919 3H132 Jan A. Chlumsky to Rev. Jos. Barton, February 14, 1919 3H132 Rev. Blaha to ?, 1921 3H132 Jos. Barton to Rev. J. Juren and ?, 1912-1920 3H132 Rev. C. Wolff to Rev. Chlumsky, April 30, 1917 3H132 J.A. Schmiemeier to Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1904-1905 3H132 Hyneb Rippel to Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1915 3H132 Rev. J. Pisterto to Rev. A. Chlumsky, January 24, 1906 3H132 Rev. F.G. Kupec to Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1912-1918 3H132 Rev. Kun to Rev. A. Chlumsky, [English transcription, not original], November 6, 1893 3H132 Jos. Hegar to Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1904-1915 3H132 Jan Hegar, John West to Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1904 3H132 Rev. Pavel Dyck to Rev. A. Chlumsky, February 14, 1906 3H132 O.B. Colquitt, candidate for second term as governor, to Rev. A. Chlumsky, May 4, 1912 3H132 Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1903 church figures [list], also letters from Ellinger (John Chupik), Granger (Frank Husar) and Fayetteville (Jan Jecmenek) with figures, 1903-1904 3H132 Rev. Clyde Armitage to Rev. Adolf Chlumsky, October 11, 1918 3H132 Rev. A. Chlumsky to Jos. Barton and Jos. Hegar, Jos. Hegar, Rev. H. Juren and ?, 1909 3H132 State charter for newly merged Evangelical Unity of the Boh[emian]-Mor[avian] Br[ethren] of N[orth] A[merica], January 22, 1920 3H132 West Evang. UBMB Church, to Dp. J. Juren, undated 3H132 Jos. Barton to Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1904-1911 3H132 Rev. A. Motyska to Jan Hegar, 1920 3H132 Boh. Kubricht to ?, 1907 3H132 Anton Janyska to Rev. Joe Barton, May 25, 1919 3H132 Jos. Barton to ?, June 22, 1916 3H132 Rev. Jos. Barton to Rev. J. Juren, 1916-1918 3H132 W. Becker to Rev. J.R. Schiller, May 7, 1913 3H132 Rev. Joseph Paul Bartak to Rev. J. Juren, March 9, 1919 3H132 Rev. C. Wolff to Rev. A. Chlumsky, July 1, 1915 3H132 West Br. Church members to Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1913 3H132 Lud. Vandrich to Rev. A. Chlumsky, October 5, 1913 3H132 Cesko-Slovandky Svet to Chlumsky, March 27, 1906 3H133 Adolf Chlumsky to various people, February 4, 1911 3H133 Rev. Wm. Asmuss to Rev. Chlumsky, Jaunary 27, 1909 3H133 Prof. W. Becker to Rev. A. Chlumsky, February 1911 3H133 Rev. P.V. Dyck to Rev. A. Chlumsky, February 4, 1915 3H133 Dime Box to Rev. A. Chlumsky, January 5, 1915 3H133 Rev. Joseph Barton (Sr.) to Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1906-1918 3H133 Rev. Josef Hegar to Rev. Adolf Chlumsky, 1916-1916 3H133 John Hegar to Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1913 3H133 Vinc Hejl to Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1914-1915 3H133 Jac. Irion to Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1909 3H133 Andrew Janek to Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1913 3H133 Karel, J.L. (?) to Rev. A. Chlumsky, 1914 3H133 Frank Rundus to Adolf Chlumsky, 1903 3H133 Jos. Hegar to Rev. Jos. Barton, January 26, 1919 2J137 Pocket Missal of the German Evangelical Synod of North America, 1885 3H132 A. Chlumsky, European documents, 1866-1888 and undated 2J137 Yearbook of Czech Evangelical Churches in North America, 1900 (two copies) 2J137 Printed material removed from Czech Evangelical Churches in North America, 1900 2J137 Bratrske Listy, La Grange, Texas, 1902, 1909 2J137 Unity of Brethren, undated 2J137 Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1910, 1955 2J137 Zrizeni Ev. Jednoty Cesko-Moravskych Bratri v Sev. Americe, undated 2J137 Fellowships for study in Czechoslovakia under the American Czechoslovak Student Exchange, 1935 2J137 Greetings to all the Spiritual Descendants of the Czech Reformer, John Hus, undated 4Zd578 Founding documents and administrative records, 1901-1945 and undated 2.325/D18d Signed documents, by congregation [in Czech], 1937 4ZD577 Printed material, 1907-1917, 1935-1999 2.325/N139 Unity of the Czech-Moravian Brethren, minutes of the Sunday school union, 1909-1916 3H132 Miscellaneous official documents, 1909 and undated 2.116/OD1177 Architectural drawings, undated 3H132 Miscellaneous documents, 1917 and undated 4Zd578 Officially signed copies of the constitution of the denomination after the merger in 1921, 1919-1921 2J137 Yearbook of the Mutual Aid Society of the Czech Moravian Brethren, 1932 (two copies) 2.325/N137 Bratrske Listy (Brethren Journal) ledgers: 2.325/N137 Subscription ledgers: 2.325/N137 Ledger and subscriptions to soldiers, 1938-1941 2.325/N137 “Old” ledger, 1942-1946 2.325/N137 1945-1947 2.325/N137 1946-1947 2.325/N137 1947-1948 2.325/N137 Ledger and ads, 1948-1950 2.325/N138 Daily ledger, expenditures and subscriptions by county, 1936-1941 2.325/N138 Expense ledger, 1941-1948 2.325/N138 Subscription sales and cancelled subscriptions, 1936-1947 2.325/N138 Subscription collections [?], 1936-1949 2.325/N138 Address changes, 1936-1948 4Zd578 Draft of Pamatnik (memorial book) on Czech Protestant churches, unpublished, 1940 4Zd578 Clippings, 1949, 1970-1972 4Zd578 Ordination programs and other printed material, 1951-2000 and undated 4Zd578 Mutual Aid Society, 1958, 1989-1994 and undated 4Zd578 Special convention, 1964 4Zd578 Archives of the Texas Unity of the Brethren deposited at Austin Presbyterian Seminary, inventories, correspondence and reports, 1971-1989 4Zd578 Granger narrative and other anniversary programs, 1992-1997 4Zd578 Printed material, undated 3W21a Photographs: 3W21a Joseph and Albina Mikulencak Barton 3W21a Hodslavice, Czechoslovakia, scenes, undated; Joseph Barton [and school group?]. Hodslavice, Czechoslovakia, ca. 1893 3W21a Photographs and postcards belonging to Albina M. and Joseph Barton, 1907-1915, 1938-1952, and undated 3W21a Photographs and postcards belonging to Frank Barton, 1911-1922 and undated 3W21a Theodore Barton, ca. 1943, removed from between pages of Sou’wester, 1941 3W21a Persons, undated 3Z316 Josef A. and Elsie Pokorny Barton 3Z316 Correspondence, not immediate family, 1939-1952 3Z316 Black and white photographs, undated 3W21b Unity of the Brethren: 3W21b Moravian Brethren Churches: 3W21b Granger, Texas, 1903, 1915, 1924, 1937-1946, and undated 3W21b Holland, Texas, 1911-1935 and undated 3W21b Nelsonville, Texas, undated 3W21b Sebesta (Snook), Texas, undated 3W21b Temple, Texas, 1931 3W21b Unidentified group, undated 3W21a Taylor, Texas, 1910-1936, and undated 3W21a Confirmation Classes: 3W21a 1924-1925, 1936, 1940, and undated 3So14a 1922 and undated 3W21b Moravian Brethren Church, conventions in Texas: 3W21b West, Granger, New Tabor, Ocker, Shiner, Seaton, and Taylor, Texas, and unidentified location, 1910-1933 and undated 3So14a New Tabor (near Caldwell), Texas, 1919 3So14a Sunday School Convention, New Tabor (near Caldwell), Texas, 1919 3So14a 20th Convention of Unity, Caldwell, Texas, 1923 3W21b Hus School, 1913, 1929-1939, [1948?], and undated 3Z316 Rev. Joseph Barton Sr., congregational records, Robstown, Skidmore, Placedo, Harlington, 1944-1946 3Z316 Black and white photograph, Raymond W. Holubec [?], undated 3F513 RESTRICTED: 3F513 Josef A. and Elsie Pokorny Barton: 3F513 World War II Correspondence: 3F513 1941-1943 3F512 1944-1945 and undated 3F511 1940-1945 and undated 3F511 Servicemen’s Bulletin, Granger newsletter, 1943-1945 3F511 Servicemen’s News, Ocker newsletter, 1944-1945 3F511 Special letters separated by Elsie for article, 1942-1945 and undated