urn:taro:utexas.cah.01209 A Guide to the Annie Williams Border Papers, 1849-1893 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. December 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Border, Annie Williams. Annie Williams Border Papers 1849-1893 Materials are written in English. 2002-049 51571046 5 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Two hundred and twenty-five letters and associated documents reflect the lives of the Border, Williams, and Alexander families in Texas, Louisiana, and Mexico from 1866 to 1893. Biographical Note

Annie Williams married Sidney Border in about 1870, and the couple had seven children: Pearl; William Mell Pappy, who married Jenny Morrow Hudgins in about 1911; Bessie, who married Joel Hudgins; Sue; Mary; Carrie; and Sidney. Sidney Border was the son of Sarah and brother of George, who married Bettie. Alice's siblings include J. A., who married Alice Border; Mary C. (Mollie); Amanda, who became Mrs. Dick and bore Katie; and Harriet, who married William Hawkins and bore Alice, May, and Laura. Family friends include sisters Roxie Alexander, Mollie G. (Alexander) Collins, and Laura J. (Alexander) Vincent. After the Civil War, the Vincent family relocated from Texas to Tuspan Valley, Mexico.

 Scope and Contents

Two hundred and twenty-five letters and associated documents reflect the lives of the Border, Williams, and Alexander families in Texas, Louisiana, and Mexico from 1866 to 1893. Early correspondence is comprised primarily of letters to Annie Williams, her sister Mary (Mollie) Williams, and their brother J. A. Williams from friends, including M. G. and Roxie Alexander and their sister Laura J. Vincent. Correspondence after 1870 is comprised mainly of letters to Annie and Sidney from members of the Williams and Border families, including J. A. and Alice Williams, George and Bettie Border, and Sarah Border. Also included are letters from Annie's other sisters Amanda Dick and Harriet Hawkins, as well as letters from J. A. Williams to his nieces Mary and Carrie Border.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Border, Sidney. Williams, Mary Mollie. Alexander, M. G. Border, Annie Williams -- Archives. Border, Carrie. Border, George. Border, Sidney. Hudgins, Joel. Williams, Alice. Williams, J. A. Places Louisiana -- History -- 19th century. Mexico -- History -- 19th century. Texas -- History -- 19th century. Preferred Citation

Annie Williams Border Papers, 1849-1893, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

This collection was processed by Kyong Rae Lee, October 2002. Subsequent revisions were made by Laurel Rozema, December 2008.

 Separated Material

Hair has been separated from this collection to the Artifact Collection.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Annie Williams Border (and Sidney Border) correspondence 2.325/F100 J. A. Williams, 1873-1886, undated Alice Williams, 1874-1885, undated Sarah Border, 1874-1888, undated Assorted, 1874-1888, undated Mary Williams correspondence 2.325/F100 Mary M. Mims, 1871-1876, undated Ava Stanbury, 1872, undated Sara Vincent, 1870-1873 Assorted, 1866-1893, undated Mollie Williams correspondence 2.325/F100 M. G. Alexander, 1869-1871 Roxie Alexander, 1868-1870 Assorted, 1873 Mollie and Annie Williams correspondence 2.325/F100 M. G. Alexander, 1869 Roxie Alexander, 1869 Assorted, 1849 Carrie Border correspondence 2.325/F100 J. A. Williams, 1891 Alice Williams correspondence 2.325/F100 S. E. Baird, 1891 Assorted, undated Assorted correspondence 2.325/F100 Unknown correspondents, 1863-1877, undated Envelopes Document fragments Financial records 2.325/F100 Receipts, 1833-1885 Account book List of clothing Creative works 2.325/F100 Poems Drawings Assorted material 2.325/F100 Newspaper clippings Fabrics Ephemera