urn:taro:utexas.cah.001336 A Guide to the Barkley Family Photograph Album Original EAD encoding by Linda Peterson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. October 2009 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Barkley Family Barkley Family Photograph Album Materials are written in English. 89-268 3 inches Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin This album belonged to Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Sessions Barkley of Rockdale, Texas.The album contains 41 group and individual portraits in carte-de-visite, cabinet photograph and tintype formats. Biographical Note

This album belonged to Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Sessions Barkley of Rockdale, Texas. Dr. Barkley practiced medicine in Rockdale for 53 years. The album was donated to the Texas Memorial Museum in 1972 and transferred to the Briscoe Center in 1989.

Scope and Contents

The album contains 41 group and individual portraits in carte-de-visite, cabinet photograph and tintype formats. Only one, Fannie Graves Davis, is identified. Also included are a newspaper clipping of “J. L. Chinault, Commander Camp No. 752, Oxford, Miss.”, and a ribbon from the State Epworth League Conference in Houston, April 16-18, 1895.

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted access.

Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Davis, Fannie Graves Shinault, J. L. Subjects Cartes-de-visite Cabinet photographs Tintypes Preferred Citation

Barkley Family Photograph Album, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3T18 Photograph album