Descriptive Summary
Giles, Annie B.
Giles, Annie B., Papers
1858-1963
Materials are written in English.
72-008, 74-034
20 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
University of Texas at Austin
Papers concerning the lives and
activities of Valerius Cinncinnatus Giles (1842-1915), his wife Lou Barnhart
Giles, and the Giles and Barnhart families.
Biographical Note
Annie B. Giles was the daughter of Austin residents Valerius Cincinnatus Giles
(1842-1915) and his wife Lou Barnhart Giles. Valerius, a Confederate veteran, and his
wife, a founding member of the Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, were active on behalf of Confederate veterans and
instrumental in the founding and administration of the Confederate Home for Men
(1887) and the Confederate Woman’s Home (1908) in Austin, Texas.
Scope and Contents
The Annie B. Giles Papers relate primarily to the lives and activities of Austin
residents Valerius Cincinnatus Giles (1842-1915) and his wife Lou Barnhart Giles, as
well as the Giles and Barnhart families and the Civil War.
Civil War materials include rosters and narratives related to Hood’s Texas Brigade
and the First Texas Regiment, as well as material concerning the Confederate flag
and constitution, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Civil War drawings of Valerius
Giles. Also included are newspaper clippings of Valerius Giles’s experiences in the
Civil War. The papers consist of correspondence, biographical and historical
narratives, photographs, obituaries, marriage record, newspaper clippings, rosters,
pencil drawings, account books, scrapbook, and memorabilia.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Barnhart Family
Giles family
Giles, Lou Barnhart -- Archives
Giles, Valerius Cinncinnatus, 1842-1915 -- Archives
Lasswell, Mary, 1905-1994
Giles, Annie B. -- Archives.
Subjects (Organizations)
Texas Confederate Home for Men
Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Infantry
Regiment, 4th.
Confederate States of America. Army. Texas
Brigade
United Confederate Veterans. John B. Hood
Camp
United Daughters of the Confederacy. Texas Division,
Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter, No. 105 (Austin, Tex.)
Confederate States of America. Army --
Uniforms.
Subjects
Bull Run, Battle of, Va.
Places
Austin (Tex.)
Dallas (Tex.)
Houston (Tex.)
Confederate States of
America
United States -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865
Preferred Citation
Annie B. Giles Papers, 1858-1963, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
University of Texas at Austin.
Separated Material
Some material has been separated to the Newspaper Collection.
See box 3E297 for list of separated items.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by W. H. Richter, Apring 1974. Subsequent revisions
were made by Jean Difloe, November, 1979; Angela R. Olivera, May 30, 1983; Stefanie
Wittenbach, July 1984; Mattie Sink, January 23, 1987
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
3E297
Correspondence:
Val C. Giles, 1869-1923,
undated
Letters:
Mrs. Val C. Giles,
1907-1936
Annie B. Giles, 1958,
undated
Personal:
Barnhart family
Giles family
Confederate miscellany
Confederate flag
Confederate Constitution
Hood's Brigade
Civil War sketches
Clippings:
"Rags and Hope", edited by Lasswell
Veterans:
Confederate Veteran's Roll
confederate Veteran's Reunion, Dallas, Texas, August 8,
1884
Giles appointed to Board of Trustees, Confederate Home,
1907
Roll of surviving members of First Texas Regiment
Account books for committee on Concert, 1886 [Mrs. Val C.
Giles]
3E298
Account books on returns from sale of tickets for concernt, 1886
[Mrs. Val C. Giles]
Scrapbook, Val C. Giles and wife, 1874
Scrapbook, Val C. Giles and wife,
1874
Printed material, misccellaneous items
Publications:
"The Confederate Daughter",
1900
"The Austin Centennial Weekly",
1935
"Free Lance", 1917
"Gossip", August 26, 1922, January 31,
1933
"code of the Crow Country"
3N114
Correspondence:
Lewis L. Giles
Civil War materials:
"Campaign From Texas..." N.A. Davis
"Charter Constitution...John B. Hood Camp"
3N115
Civil War materials
"Rags and Hope," correspondence, clippings
Miscellaneous publications: 1908-1965
3Y3b
Photographs, cased
3Y81
Photographs and ,
ca. 1865-1875 and
undated
Postcard,
1923
Pictorial materials,
undated
Civil War pencil drawings,
undated
2.325/V18
Certificate, 1907