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. AR 99-171, 2000-45, 2000-164, 2000-208, 2001-015, 2001-016, 2001-084 13 feet, 1/4 inch 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, especially the early church records and the papers of Joseph and Albina Mikulencak Barton are written in Czech.

Access Restrictions

Access to portions of this collection are restricted. Contact repository for further information.

 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, 1914-1954, 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 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 4Zd574 Congregational records, 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, 1947-1973 4Zd575 Congregational records, 1943-1978 4Zd576 Congregational records, 1943-1973 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, 1893, 1904-1906, 1909, 1912-1921 and undated 3H133 Correspondence, 1906-1918 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 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, 1938-1941, 1942-1946, 1945-1947 2.325/N138 Bratrske Listy (Brethren Journal) ledgers, 1936-1950 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 1893, 1907-1922, 1938-1952, and undated 3Z316 Josef A. and Elsie Pokorny Barton 1939-1952, undated