urn:taro:utexas.cah.01506 A Guide to the W. W. Fontaine Papers, 1658-1916 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. April 2010 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Fontaine, W. W. Fontaine, W. W. Papers 1658-1916 Materials are written in English. 2 ft., 4 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin William Winston Fontaine (1834-?) was a school administrator and founder as well as a colonel in the Richmond Artillery during the Civil War. Correspondence, diaries, literary productions, notebooks, account papers, legal documents, and newspaper clippings of Fontaine and the Fontaine family concern genealogical research, family affairs, and schools and colleges. Biographical Sketch

William Winston Fontaine (1834-?), a great-grandson of Patrick Henry, was a school founder and administrator. During the Civil War Fontaine served as a colonel in the Richmond Artillery and participated in military engagements such as the Battle of Seven Pines and the Battle of Richmond. In 1864 he was captured scouting behind enemy lines and, in June of 1865, was released on parole. The family plantation, Fontainebleau, was destroyed during the war.

Fontaine moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia, and founded the Spotswood Female Institute after the war, then moved to Texas in 1870. He taught at Port Sullivan College in Milam County, Texas. During his presidency of Baylor Female Institute (1871-1875), he organized the Texas Female Institute at Austin. While directing a boarding school for girls in Louisville, Kentucky (1880-1886) he founded William Carey Crane College, at Independence, Texas, where he taught until 1889.

Source: Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. Fontaine, William Winston, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/FF/ffo6.html (accessed May 20, 2010).

 Scope and Contents

The W. W. Fontaine Papers include correspondence (1658-1911), diaries, literary productions, notebooks, account papers, legal documents, and newspaper clippings of W. W. Fontaine and the Fontaine family. The collection contains genealogical research as well as letters about family affairs in England, Virginia, and Texas, the American Revolution, the restoration of Charles II, and the Battle of the Alamo. The collection also includes account papers concerning schools and colleges with which W.W. Fontaine was associated; as well as notebooks relating to academic subjects and class notes taken at the University of Virginia, The University of Texas, Summerville Academy, Centerville Academy, and other schools. Additionally, the papers include essays and poems, articles on the Bowie family, and addresses by W. W. Fontaine.

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This collection is open for research use.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Fontaine, William Winston--Archives. Bryan, Guy M. (Guy Morrison), 1821-1901 Bryan, Moses Austin, 1817-1895 Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 Bowie, James, d. 1836 Henry family Fontaine family Fontaine, Lansing B. Fontaine, W. Sortsworth Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876 Subjects (Organizations) University of Virginia University of Texas Summerville Academy Centerville Academy Mary Sharp College Robertson Colony Subjects Education--United States Military Politics--United States Religion--United States School management and organization--United States Places Tennessee Virginia Mexico Austin (Tex.) United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Siege, 1836 United States--Genealogy England--Genealogy Preferred Citation

W. W. Fontaine Papers, 1658-1916, 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 2D148 Notebooks 2D149 Notes from lectures 2D149 Essays undated 2D149 Literary efforts 2D149 Minutes, resolution, 1874 2D150 Letters 2D150 Manuscripts 2D150 Genealogy 2D150 Grade books 2D150 Sermon undated 2D150 Journal kept at Mary Sharp College, Tennessee, 1854-1859 2D150 Envelopes 2D150 Printed material 2D150 Clippings 2D151 Correspondence, 1852-1911, undated 2D151 Regarding James Bowie, 1836 2D151 Account papers, undated 2D151 Lega documents 2D151 Memorandum notes, undated 2D152 Account books 2D152 Scrapbooks 2D153 Letters, 1908 2D153 Scrapbooks, [ca. 1866], 1872-1897 2D153 Newspaper clippings