Descriptive Summary
DeWitt Family
DeWitt Family Photograph
Collection
ca.
1870-1920
Materials are written in
English.
83-251
2 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History,The University of Texas at
Austin
The DeWitt family
settled near Newburg in Comanche County around 1870. The collection includes
studio portraits of the DeWitt family taken in Comanche County from 1890 to
1920 as well as images of houses and outdoor pictures of family members.
Biographical NoteThe DeWitt family settled near Newburg
in Comanche County around 1870.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes studio portraits of the DeWitt family taken in
Comanche County from 1890 to 1920 as well as images of houses and outdoor
pictures of family members. Also included are a number of unidentified
portraits as well as a notebook, several obituaries and a newspaper
clipping.
Access RestrictionsUnrestricted access.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
DeWitt, John E.
DeWitt family
Loveless, M. R.
Wallace, Arthur
Subjects
Children and youth--Photographs
Horses--Photographs
Houses--Texas--Photographs
Portrait photographs
Tintypes
Places
Burnet (Tex.)
Comanche County
(Tex.)
Oak Cliff
(Tex.)
West Texas
Preferred CitationDeWitt Family Photograph Collection,
ca. 1870-1920, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of
Texas at Austin.
Processing InformationBasic 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
3T10
Photographs
3T10
Manuscript material