Descriptive Summary
Bible Collection
Bible Collection
1765-1911
Materials are written in English.
82-266; 90-330; 2002-210; 2009-216; 2012-163
25 ft., 10 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
The Bible Collection contains
numerous bibles from Texan families, many with genealogical information.
Scope and Contents
The Bible Collection contains numerous bibles from Texan families, many with
genealogical information.
N.B. Some bibles are not listed here because they have their own or a part of other
collections with their own individual finding aids.
Access Restrictions
Access to portions of this collection are restricted. Contact repository for further
information.
Use Restrictions
Unrestricted use.
Index Terms
Subjects
Bible, English.
Bible, German.
Preferred Citation
Bible Collection, [1772?]-1911, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
Revised by Laurel Rozema, September 2009, and Maria Soscia, June 2012.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
4L869a
Alexander Family Papers
4L864
Austin family bible
4L960
Barron (Elbert Macby) Collection
4L808
Battle (William James) Papers:
4L808
Battle family bible
4L859
Battle (William James) bible
4L884
Battle family bible
4L880
Bicket family bibles
4L850
Birger-Sauer family bible
4L812
Black (Myrtie) bible
4L861
Brady (Thomas Charles) Family Papers:
4L861
Brady family bible
4L959
Bryan (Beauregard and Lillian) bible from Moses Austin Bryan to
his daughter-in-law Lillian Lyles Bryan
4L855
Bryan (James Perry) Papers:
4L855
Bryan (Octavia) bible
4L870
Austin-Perry-Bryan family bible
4L800
Bryson (James Gordon) Papers:
4L800
Bryson bible
4L879
Burgess-Jefferson family bibles:
4L879
Burkitt, William. Expository notes,
with practical observations, on the New Testament… [17th
ed.], [1772?]
4L865
Calvert family bible
4L801
Cassel (Joanna) family bible
4L803
Childress (George Campbell) Papers:
4L803
Childress (Annie Jennings) family bible
4L853
Clark (Simeon English) Papers:
4L853
Clark family bible
4L953
Costley family bible
4L810
Cunningham family bible
4L883
Dennison family bible
4L957
Dermy (Thomas) family bible
4L951
English (John W. and Florence C.) bible
4L872
Ewell family bible
4L815
Gower (J.M.) and Esher (Edward B.) family bible,
1892
4L961
Guenther (John) family bible in German, published in
Philadelphia, PA, [ca. 1872]
4L857
Hoffman (James L.) family bible
4L806
Howson (John D.) Family:
4L806
Carved ebony family bible from cousin J. D. Laudland of
Liverpool on May 14, 1850
4L805
Carved ebony family prayer book from cousin J. D. Laudland
of Liverpool on May 14, 1850
4L811
Johnson (Elizabeth) leather family bible, printed by D. Fanshaw,
No. 20, Slote-lane, New York, 1820
4L813
Junker (Katherine Haberkarn) prayer book
4L814
Kellersberger Family Papers:
4L814
Kellersberger family bible
4L852
Kemp (Louis Wiltz) Papers:
4L852
Kemp family bible
4L964a
King (Charles) Family Bible:
4L964a
The Self-Interpreting Bible by John
Brown and Henry Cooke, printed by Brown and Cooke,
1859
3H337
Clippings and notes,
undated
4L873
Kircheville family bible
4L856
LePell family bible
4L862
Lomax (Terrence) family bible,
1869
4L866
Martin (Garland Rhodes) family bible
4L881
McCelvey-Calhoun-McHenry Family Papers:
4L881
Family bible
4L871
Michard (Henry B.) bible
4L804
Millard (W. H.) family bible from his mother Susannah
Millard
4L869
Mitchell (Asa and Charlotte Woodmancy) family bible bound in
deerskin by Asa Mitchell, 1822
4L956
Nash family bible
4L867
Neblett family bible
[RESTRICTED]
4L858
Newcomb (James Pearson, Sr.) Papers:
4L858
Newcomb family bible
4L885
Nimmo (James) family bible
[RESTRICTED]
4L875
Ogden family bible
4L807
Owen (Margaret White) family bible from her daughters Mrs.
Jessie White Collis, Laura Owen Rodriguez, and Lillian Owen
Edwards
4L802
Parker (Benjamin) family bible attained by Native Americans at
the 1836 Fort Parker massacre, 1792
4L882
Rhone family bible
4L877
Schiller Family Bibles:
4L877
Schiller family bible
4L878
Schiller family bible
4L954
Schiller bible
4L874
Shelton (Thomas Jefferson) family bible
4L876
Simpson (John Harper) Papers:
4L876
Simpson family bible
4L952
Smalley (Freeman J.) Family Papers:
4L952
Smalley (Freeman J.) family bible
4L868
Sutherland (George) Papers:
4L868
Sutherland family bible
4L863
Taulman (Joseph Edward) Papers:
4L863
Chaffin (John Ellis) family bible, printed by American Bible
Society, New York, 1854
4L809
Smith (John, Jr.) family bible, formerly belonging to
“Grandfather Smith,” and presented to John Smith, Jr., from his aunt
Mariah Smith in July 1911, printed E. and J. White, New York,
1816
4L950
Taulman leather family bible,
1870
4L860
Taulman (Elizabeth) leather bible, printed by Towar &
Hogan, Philadelphia, 1830
4L955
Taulman (Peter J.) leather bible with apocrypha and family
record to 1878, printed for William Durelle, Bookseller,
1801
4L851
Thompson (Ernest Othmer) Papers:
4L851
Thompson family bible
4L816
Villavaso-Rather family bible
4L854
White (Francis Menefee) Papers:
4L854
White family bible presented to Francis’ mother by her
daughters Augustine Fischer and Michell J. Chevallie,
1830, 1847
4L958
Widen family bible
4L962
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Glen Tilton bibles in German:
1765
1797
Samuel H. Baker and Martha E. Trotter bible, printed by American
Bible Society, New York, 1844