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University of Texas, Center for American History

A Guide to the Barton Family Papers, 1866-2001


Descriptive Summary

Creator:Barton Family
Title:Barton Family Papers
Dates:1866-2001
Abstract: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.
Accession No.:AR 99-171, 2000-45, 2000-164, 2000-208, 2001-015, 2001-016, 2001-084
Extent:13 feet, 1/4 inch
Language:Materials are written in English.
Repository: Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin

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.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

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

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

Detailed Description of the Papers

 

Inventory

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2J138Joseph and Albina Mikulencak Barton:
Correspondence:
Albina and Joseph Barton postcard correspondence, 1907, 1941, 1949
Frank Barton postcard correspondence, 1911-1922 and undated
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2.325/N136Correspondence, Joseph Barton, 1914-1954, 1936-1945
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2.325/N139Correspondence and speeches, Albina Barton, 1945-1948
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2.325/N137 Czech letters to Albina Barton, 1946-1971
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2J137Joseph Barton, schoolwork:
Notes on Czech literature at Vsetin Gymnasium, 1902
World Atlas, 5th Form, Vsetin Gymnasium, 1903
Notes for course on German literature, Elmhurst College, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904
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3S014aElmhurst College, Class of 1907
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2J137Gazetteer of Moravian towns and cities, ca. 1913
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2.325/N138 Account book, Joseph Barton, 1914-1945
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2J137 “Lending Book,” (record of books lent), Joseph Barton, 1917-[1926]
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2J138Joseph Barton, scrapbook, 1929-1946 and undated
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2.325/N138 Autobiographical notes, Joseph Barton, 1938
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2J138Sou’wester, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1940, 1941
Printed material removed from Sou’wester [re: third son, Theodore Barton], 1940-1943 and undated
Notes on Jan Amos Komensky, Czech educator, by Joseph Barton, ca. 1942
Theodore Barton, “In Memoriam” certificates, 1945; Daniel Barton, “In Memoriam” certificate, 1945; Albina M. Barton notes, 1959 and undated
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2.325/N139Address book, Joseph Barton, 1945
Clippings, 1946
Alice, a novel by Edna Davis, aka Frances Z. Dineen, Albina’s cousin, with correspondence, 1958-1966
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2J138Prayer book sent as Christmas greeting to Albina and Joseph Barton by son, Joe Barton, and his wife, Elsie, 1972
Albina, 1999
Information photocopied from acidic housings of photographs; photographic housings unable to be photocopied, undated
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2.325/V6Map of Czechoslovakia, undated
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4Zd578Josef A. and Elsie Pokorny Barton:
Correspondence:
General, 1938-1952
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2.325/D18dOversized, 1946-1952 and undated
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2.325/N139Not immediate family, 1939-1952
Josef A. Barton with LBJ and other politicians, 1960-1970
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3H133Kamas and Barton Contractors, REA Wiring, 1940-1941 and undated
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2.325/N139San Bernard Electric Co-op and Texas Power Reserve Electric Co-op publications, 1940-1943 and undated
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3H133Circular letters to servicemen, address book and article on World War II letters by Elsie Barton, 1943-1945, 1988
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4Zd578Co-op correspondence, reports and printed material, 1944-1952 and undated
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3H133Obituary and funeral program for Elsie Pokorny Barton, January 2001
Article, “Its Going to be a Boy,” undated
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2.325/N139Funeral guest book, Kamas, undated
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4Zd573Unity of the Brethren:
Rev. Joseph Hegar:
Congregational records, 1912-1927, 1936-1943
Baker’s Religious Plays and Pageants, translation [?], undated
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2J137Notes for course on Church History, Hus School, ca. 1913
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4Zd573Rev. Joseph Barton, Sr.:
Congregational records, 1922-1946
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4Zd574Congregational records, 1935-1944
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2.325/N137Joseph and Albina Barton’s ministry, 1945-1966
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2.325/N139Sermon notes, 1924-1944
Notes on Czech Evangelical Churches meeting, March 1939
Memorial supplement to the Brethren Journal for Joseph Barton, 1945
Unity of the Brethren correspondence, 1935-1948
Taylor churches and Rev. Barton, clippings from The Taylor Times and Taylor Daily Press, 1941
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4Zd574Rev. Josef A. Barton:
Congregational records, 1947-1973
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4Zd575Congregational records, 1943-1978
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4Zd576Congregational records, 1943-1973
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4Zc166One dollar bill, U.S. currency, series 1957
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4Zd577Funerals, 1964-1971
Record of weddings, 1939-1977
General notes, 1949-1958
PJCMB notes, 1959-1961
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2.325/N139Unity of the Brethren in Texas, 1855-1966, co-written by Mrs. Josef A. Barton, 1970
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3H132General church records:
Correspondence, 1893, 1904-1906, 1909, 1912-1921 and undated
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3H133Correspondence, 1906-1918
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2J137Pocket Missal of the German Evangelical Synod of North America, 1885
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3H132A. Chlumsky, European documents, 1866-1888 and undated
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2J137Yearbook of Czech Evangelical Churches in North America, 1900 (two copies)
Printed material removed from Czech Evangelical Churches in North America, 1900
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4Zd578Founding documents and administrative records, 1901-1945 and undated
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2.325/D18dSigned documents, by congregation [in Czech], 1937
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4ZD577Printed material, 1907-1917, 1935-1999
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2.325/N139 Unity of the Czech-Moravian Brethren, minutes of the Sunday school union, 1909-1916
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3H132Miscellaneous official documents, 1909 and undated
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2.116/OD1177Architectural drawings, undated
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3H132 Miscellaneous documents, 1917 and undated
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4Zd578 Officially signed copies of the constitution of the denomination after the merger in 1921, 1919-1921
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2J137 Yearbook of the Mutual Aid Society of the Czech Moravian Brethren, 1932 (two copies)
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2.325/N137Bratrske Listy (Brethren Journal) ledgers, 1938-1941, 1942-1946, 1945-1947
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2.325/N138Bratrske Listy (Brethren Journal) ledgers, 1936-1950
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4Zd578Draft of Pamatnik (memorial book) on Czech Protestant churches, unpublished, 1940
Clippings, 1949, 1970-1972
Ordination programs and other printed material, 1951-2000 and undated
Mutual Aid Society, 1958, 1989-1994 and undated
Special convention, 1964
Archives of the Texas Unity of the Brethren deposited at Austin Presbyterian Seminary, inventories, correspondence and reports, 1971-1989
Granger narrative and other anniversary programs, 1992-1997
Printed material, undated
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3W21aPhotographs:
Joseph and Albina Mikulencak Barton 1893, 1907-1922, 1938-1952, and undated
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3Z316Josef A. and Elsie Pokorny Barton 1939-1952, undated