Native Latin American Contribution to the Colonization and Independence of Texas

urn:taro:utexas.cah.01258 A Guide to the Frederick Charles Chabot Papers, 1837-1980, 1917-1959 Original EAD encoding by Kelli Hansen according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. June 2009 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Chabot, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles), b. 1891. Frederick Charles Chabot Papers 1837-1980, 1917-1959 Materials are written in English. 2 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Correspondence, research, bibliographies, and other research materials relating to the career of Frederick Charles Chabot (1891-1943), historian. Biographical Note

Frederick Charles Chabot (1891-1943) was an accomplished musician, linguist, diplomat, and historian best known for his contributions to Texas history. His most important works were published by the Yanaguana Society, a San Antonio history organization, which he helped found in 1933. He was instrumental in the restoration of La Villita and Mission San Jose in San Antonio and in 1935 supervised the Bexar County Historical Records Survey, a project sponsored by the United States Civil Works Administration.

Scope and Contents

The papers include correspondence, genealogy research, bibliographies, literary productions, reproductions of illustrations for Chabot's books, and reports, transcriptions, and translations made for the Historical Records Survey under his supervision. The HRS material includes Bexar County Court records, San Antonio City Hall records, short histories and biographies relating to the San Antonio area, and indexes of local newspapers and other published material.

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted access.

Use Restrictions

Materials in boxes 2L267 through 2L276 can be examined but not published.

Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Chabot, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles), b. 1891. Ad-Gielspie, Robert. Allen, Winnie. Brackett, Oscar Bernadotte. Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836. Delgado, José María. Frétellière, Auguste, 1823-1902. Howard, George Thomas. Jones, Enoch, 1802-1863. McMullen, John. Maverick, Mary Adams, 1818-1898. Maverick, Maury, Sr. Menchaca, A. Meusebach, John O., 1812-1897. Mitchell, Asa, 1795-1865. Navarro, José Antonio, 1795-1871. Norton, Milford Phillips, 1794-1860. Paschal, Frank Lafitte. Seguín, Juan Nepomuceno, 1806-1890. Ujhazy, Tadislaws. Waelder, Jacob. Woolford, S. W. (Sam W.) Places Bexar County (Tex.) Castroville (Tex.) San Antonio (Tex.) Photograph Subjects Navarro, José Antonio, 1795-1871. Ruiz, Francisco. Texas--Capital and capitol. Subjects Texas--History--19th century. Legal documents--Texas. Fraternal organizations--United States. County government--Texas. Germans--Texas--History--19th century. Court records--Texas. Missions--Texas--San Antonio. Archival surveys--Texas--San Antonio. Texas--Genealogy. Preferred Citation

Frederick Charles Chabot Papers, 1837-1980, 1917-1959, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Robert W. Tissing in April 1975, and revised in January 1985 by Claire D. Maxwell.

Detailed Description of the Papers Correspondence 2L267 San Jose Mission, 1935-1939 2L267 Winnie Allen, 1933-1942 Literary Productions 2L267 Anglo-American Expansion and Correspondence, 1941 2L267 A Bibliography of Texas in General and San Antonio in Particular, 1935 2L267 A Bibliography of San Antonio and Texas (2 copies), 1933 2L267 Bruen Genealogy (correspondence), 1939 2L268 Capitals and Capitols in Texas (typed and corrected manuscript and correspondence), 1942 2L269 Davy Crockett - An Unpublished Tale of the Alamo 2L269 Delgado Family Genealogy Notes 2L269 Earliest Defenders of Liberty in Texas - The Delgado and Allied Families, 1942 2L269 The Earliest Transient Anglo-American Element of San Antonio de Bexar, 1931 2L269 Early Missionary Activities in the Province of Texas, 1931 2L270 Governors of Texas, 1941 2L271 Governors of Texas 2L271 An Historical Account of Spanish Texas, 1932 2L271 Indian Notes from Smithsonian Institute 2L271 Mission San Jose, 1935 2L271 Noblesse and Americans of Royal Descent: Correspondence, 1932-1940, 1946, undated 2L271 Noblesse and Americans of Royal Descent 2L272 Noblesse and Americans of Royal Descent 2L273 Noblesse and Americans of Royal Descent 2L274 Noblesse and Americans of Royal Descent 2L275 Noblesse and Americans of Royal Descent 2L276 Ornamental Capital Letters 2L276 Our British Ancestry 2L276 The Powerful Aguayos 2L276 Some Obscure Points in Texas History 2L276 The Spanish Setting for the Founding of San Fernando de Bexar, 1731 2L276 Summary Guide to San Antonio, 1936 2L276 Texana: What to Read for Texas History, 1935 Literary Productions of Others 2L276 Native Latin American Contribution to the Colonization and Independence of Texas, by Eugene C. Barker 2L276 Fall of the Alamo, by Francis Antonio Ruiz 2L276 Incidents in the Final Struggle and of Closing Scenes in the Alamo Tragedy..., [by Don Rafael Saldana] 2L276 Family Bible of Asa and Charlotte Mitchell Civil Works Administration Project: Historical Records Survey 2L277 Correspondence, 1933-1937, undated 2L277 Project notes and memoranda 2L277 Bexar County Probate Court records [transcriptions and translations]: 2L277 Minutes, 1837-1866 2L277 Final records, 1838-1859 2L278 Bexar County Probate Court Records [transcriptions]: 2L278 Bonds and deeds, 1837-1838 2L278 Deeds, 1837 2L278 Bonds, 1848-1857 2L278 Bonds received, 1855-1882 2L278 Exhibits, 1864-1874 2L278 San Antonio City Hall records: 2L278 Journal of City Council, 1837-1884 2L279 Journal of City Council, 1884-1890 2L279 Inventory: City Clerk's office 2L279 Inventory: City Engineer's office 2L279 Inventory: steel file cases 2L279 Inventory: unbound papers 2L279 Inventory: bound books 2L279 Old Ordinance Book 2L279 Alphabetical list of city officials, 1837-1873 2L279 Roster of Mayors, 1837-1933 2L279 Reports: 2L279 The Alamo 2L279 Abstract of original Spanish deeds to San Jose Mission property 2L279 The Army & Navy Courier and Index 2L279 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 2L279 Bexar County 2L279 Biographical Sketch of Capt. Robert Ad-Geilespie 2L279 A Brief History of the Southern Prison Co., & Watts Hardware Co. 2L279 Chamber of Commerce 2L279 Enoch Jones 2L279 Family Records - Church Archives of Perez 2L279 Frank L. Paschal 2L279 Auguste Fretelliere's Reminiscence of a Castro Colonist 2L279 Genealogy of the Tankersley Family in the United States 2L280 German-English School 2L280 History of the Alamo Area Council, Boy Scouts of America 2L280 How & When the Telephone Came to San Antonio 2L280 In Memory of Mrs. Mary A. Maverick & Index 2L280 Jacob Waelder 2L280 John McMullen 2L280 John O. Meusebach Papers 2L280 John O. Meusebach's "Answer to Interrogatives" 2L280 Judge Milford Phillips Norton 2L280 Life of Jose Antonio Navarro 2L280 Major George Thomas Howard 2L280 Masonry 2L280 Memoirs of A. Menchaca 2L280 Newspapers 2L280 Odd Fellows 2L280 Original Oil Paintings: Subject & Scenes of San Antonio & Bexar County 2L280 Oscar Bernadotte Brackett 2L280 Personal Memoirs of Juan Nepomuceno Seguin & Index 2L280 The Romance of San Antonio's Water Supply 2L280 St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church 2L280 St. Mary's Catholic Church Archives 2L280 Sam Woolford Collection 2L281 San Antonio Board of Education 2L281 San Antonio Conservation Society 2L281 San Antonio Machine & Supply Company 2L281 San Antonio Public Service Company 2L281 Some History of Early Pioneer Days on the Cement Industry in West Texas, by C. Baumberger 2L281 Spanish Governor's Palace 2L281 Transcript of deed, Zambrano property 1841 2L281 Translations from German 2L281 Ujhazy 2L281 The Western Union Telegraph Company 2L281 Witte Memorial Museum 2L281 Frost Woodhull Collection 2L281 Bibliographies 2L281 Indexes: Newspapers 2L281 Evening Light ( Daily Light, San Antonio Light) 2L281 Freie Presse für Texas 2L281 La Prensa, San Antonio 2L281 San Antonio Evening News 2L281 San Antonio Express 2L282 Indexes: Published Materials 2L282 Encyclopedia - History of San Antonio 2L282 E. E. Bailey's Who's Who in Texas 2L282 D. W. C. Baker's A Texas Scrapbook 2L282 C. M. Barnes' Combats and Conquests of Immortal Heros, Sung in Song and Told in Story 2L282 J. de Cordova's Texas, Her Resources and Her Public Men 2L282 W. Corner's San Antonio de Bexar, A Guide and History 2L282 M. B. Fenwick's Who's Who Among the Women of San Antonio and Southwest Texas 2L282 D. V. Filisola's Memorias para la historia de Tejas 2L282 G. P. Garrison's Texas: A Contest of Civilizations 2L282 S. Gould's The Alamo City Guide 2L282 W. Kennedy's Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas 2L282 P. Newcomb's The Alamo City 2L282 P. F. Parisot's The Reminiscences of a Texas Missionary 2L282 J. M. Rodriguez's Rodriguez Memoirs of Early Texas 2L282 R. Sturmberg's History of San Antonio and of the Early Days in Texas 2L282 S. J. Wright's San Antonio de Bexar, Historical Traditional Legendary 2L282 Yanaguana Society 2L282 Newspaper transcripts 2L283 Newspaper transcripts 3S111 Photographs used in Chabot's publications 3S167 Diplomatic passport 3S167 Map of Mission San Juan 3S167 Genealogical chart (Thornton family) 3S167 Genealogical chart (Rockefeller family) 2.116/OD1220 Genealogical chart of Lafayette's family OD1273 Genealogical chart of Comte de Cossé-Brissac