Descriptive Summary
Borden, Gail, 1801-1874.
J. Gail Borden, Jr.,
Papers
1830-1910,
1932-1937
Materials are written in
English.
62-007; 66-032
71016435
6 ft., 8 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
The J. Gail Borden,
Jr., Papers, 1830-1910, 1932-1937, contain account books, correspondence, and
publications, concerning the farming and milk industry in relation to Gail
Borden and his milk company.
Biographical NoteGail Borden, Jr. (1801-1874) prepared
the first topographical map of Texas, founded and published the
Telegraph and Texas Register, and invented
condensed milk in 1856. The next year he founded the Gail Borden, Jr., and
Company, which later became Borden, Inc., and operated until 2001.
Resource: Frantz, Joe B. Borden, Gail,
Jr. Handbook of Texas Online,
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbo24.html
(accessed December 3, 2008).
Scope and ContentsThe J. Gail Borden, Jr., Papers,
1830-1910, 1932-1937, contain account books, correspondence, and publications,
concerning the farming and milk industry in relation to Gail Borden and his
milk company.
Access RestrictionsUnrestricted access.
Use RestrictionsUnrestricted use.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Borden, Gail, 1801-1874 --
Archives.
Borden, John
G.
Smith, Ashbel,
1805-1886.
Subjects (Organizations)
Telegraph and Texas Register (San
Felipe, Tex.)
Borden
Company.
Subjects
Inventions -- 1850-1890.
Condensed milk --
History.
Places
Galveston (Tex.) --
History.
Houston (Tex.) --
History.
San Felipe (Tex.) --
History.
Wallkill
(N.Y.)
Austin County (Tex.) --
Newspapers.
San Felipe (Tex.) --
Newspapers.
Preferred CitationJ. Gail Borden, Jr., Papers, 1830-1910,
1932-1937, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing InformationThis collection was processed by
William H. Richter, January 1966. Subsequent revisions were made by Sara Clark,
June 1985, and Laurel Rozema, 2008.
Separated MaterialEight pressed leaves have been removed
to the Artifact Collection (box 2.325/Y2B).
Detailed Description of the Papers
Account books:
2N321
1872-1873
2N322
With letter drafts,
1839-1949
Correspondence:
2N321
Letter-press books:
February-July 1855
December 1855-September 1856
2N322
March 26, 1868-November 21,
1870
2N323
November 20, 1870-July 13,
1871
April 2, 1873-April 8, 1874
2N324
April 8, 1974-October 14, 1875
2N325
October 15, 1875-December 18,
1876
2N326
December 18, 1876-May 7, 1878
2N327
May 7, 1878-April 16, 1879
October 23, 1879-September 7,
1880
3K364
September 7, 1880-October 21,
1881
3K365
July 25, 1881-May 24, 1883
3K366
May 20, 1884-February 25, 1885
3K367
July 17, 1890-October 12, 1891
3K368
August 7, 1890-October 5, 1896
3K369
February 25, 1892-February 7,
1899
3K370
October 14, 1896-January 13,
1898
3K371
October 23, 1908-May 9, 1910
3K372
December 15, 1886-June 18,
1887
3K373
November 25, 1885-December 20,
1886
3K374
With scrapbook,
1888-1889
3K375
With scrapbook,
1889-1890
3C18
January-September 1858
May-November 1860
November 1863-April 1865
3C19
February-September 1864
January 12, 1866-April 1, 1868
2N329
Correspondence and broadsides,
1830-1855, 1886-1890
Publications:
TXC-C
Broadside, Summernight's Festival,
September 16, 1886
Clippings:
2N328
I-II,
1874
2N329
III,
1877
1932-1936
3S145
1874, undated
TXC-74
Scenes from the Wallkill
Valley, Wallkill Valley Farmers Association, Orange County, N. Y.,
1896
Two catalogs for Fruitland Nurseries, Atlanta, Georgia,
1886-1887
The Sugar Beet Industry,
1881
Centennial Gazetteer of the United
States,
1876
TXC-C
29 issues of The Borden
Eagle, Borden Milk Co. newsletter,
1932-1936
Scrapbooks:
2N329
1881-1887
Scrapbook material
3K374
With letter-press book
1888-1889
3K375
With letter-press book,
1889-1890
Assorted material:
3S109
Three photographs of unidentified people,
[ca. 1909?]
3S145
Strip of brown and gold paper [wallpaper trim?],
undated
2.325/Y2B
Eight pressed leaves in Artifact Collection