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A Guide to the Mrs. Abel Pierce Borden Papers, 1895-1973
Biographical NoteMarie Hough Borden (1866-1962) voluntarily fundraised for leprosy missions. Her husband Abel Pierce Borden, nephew of Jonathan Edwards Pierce and Abel Head "Shanghai" Pierce, co-managed A. H. Pierce’s land and cattle enterprise after his death with Pierce's daughter Mamie Whithers and widow Hattie Jones Pierce. In 1906 Borden made a famed trip to India for Brahman cattle, which were quarantined until President Theodore Roosevelt intervened to have the disease free cattle shipped to Texas. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThe Mrs. Abel Pierce (Marie Hough) Borden Papers, 1895-1973, contains correspondence, printed material, financial and business records, diaries, notebooks, guest and address books, and scrapbooks, which relate to Borden's fundraising activities for leprosy missions and the A. P. Borden cattle business. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsUnrestricted access. Use RestrictionsUnrestricted use. Return to the Table of Contents
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Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationMrs. Abel Pierce Borden Papers, 1895-1973, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Processing InformationThis collection was processed by Jean DeLaRosa and Robert Martin in June 1976. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Papers
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