urn:taro:utexas.cah.01071 A Guide to the Bess Black Papers, 1863-[ca. 1949] Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. September 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Black, Bess. Bess Black Papers 1863-[ca. 1949] Materials are written in English. 6 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Newspapers, photographs, and other material document the teaching career of Bess Black and her experiences at Giddings High School in Giddings, Lee County, Texas. Scope and Contents

Newspapers, photographs, and other material in the Bess Black Papers, 1863-[ca. 1943], (6 in.) document the teaching career of Bess Black and her experiences at Giddings High School in Giddings, Lee County, Texas.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Black, Bess. Subjects (Organizations) Giddings High School (Giddings, Tex.) Subjects High school teachers--Texas. Education--Texas. Places Giddings (Tex.) Lee County (Tex.) Preferred Citation

Bess Black Papers, 1863-[ca. 1949], Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers General material: 2L307 Teachers certificate, 1896 Catalogs for Giddings Public Schools, 1905-1906, 1913-1914, 1926-1927 Original script for 75th Anniversary Lee County Cavalcade staged 1949, [ca. 1949] Newspapers: 2L307 Fall of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863 Facts of [Bill] Longley Hanging Explained, from the Houston Post, [ca. 1878] History of Giddings students from The Giddings News, undated Biographical sketch of S. L. Joekel, undated 5th GHS Homecoming Held in Giddings Star, undated Miss Bess Black is First Woman to Serve on Lee Jury Commission, undated GHS Exes Elect E. Biar to Head Association for a Year in The Giddings News, undated The Houston-Austin Stagecoach Line in Traveler (school paper), undated The Old San Antonio Road through Lee Co., pages 2 and 3, undated Giddings and Lee Co. History in newspaper clippings, collected by Mrs. Killen, undated Letter from Bess Black to Mrs. Killen with newspaper clippings of school superintendent and school memorabilia, undated 4N64L Harper's Weekly, undated Civil War news, undated The Armistice with Germany in The Illustrated London News, [ca. 1918] Photographs 3S52 Class of 1894-1895, [Giddings High School?], 1894-1895 Giddings High School football team, 1919 3S223 Giddings High School football team, 1926 3S52 Lee Co. 75th anniversary celebration, 1949