Descriptive Summary
Hatcher, Mattie Austin.
Hatcher, Mattie Austin,
papers
1800-1930
Materials are written in English.
1962; 80-067
3 ft., 10 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
Correspondence, literary productions,
account papers, historical accounts, and genealogy of the Mattie Austin Hatcher
Papers, 1800-1930, document Hatcher’s historical research and archival career at the
University of Texas Archives.
Biographical Note
Born near Austin, Texas, Mattie Alice Austin Hatcher (b. ca. 1880-1956) was the
daughter of Charles Freeman and Anna Pope Hague Austin and the wife of Maurice S.
Hatcher. Hatcher graduated with an M.A. in history from the University of Texas in
1903 and became the university’s first archivist three years later. She wrote and
edited numerous books and articles on Texas history, including
The Opening of Texas to Foreign Settlement, 1801-1821
(1927) and Letters of an Early American Traveller, Mary
Austin Holley: Her Life and Her Works, 1784-1846 (1933).
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, literary productions, account papers, historical accounts, and
genealogy of the Mattie Austin Hatcher Papers, 1800-1930, document Hatcher’s
historical research and archival career at the University of Texas Archives. The
papers consist of Hatcher’s literary productions, drafts, and bibliography of her
research; social and career prophesies for the 1914 UT class; correspondence,
1921-1928; and account papers, 1927-1929. The papers also concern the genealogy of
the Austin family; a study and notes of the Texas mission system from 1716 to 1827;
Napoleon I in Mexico, 1800-1811; revolutionary Spanish movement in Texas and Mexico,
1811-1821; colonization contracts, 1800-1841; and a calendar of the Bexar
Archives.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Hatcher, Mattie Austin -- Archives.
Austin family.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French,
1769-1821.
Subjects (Organizations)
University of Texas at Austin. Archives.
University of Texas. Library. Archives
Collection.
Subjects
Missions -- Texas.
Places
Texas -- History --
Sources.
New Spain -- History --
Sources.
Mexico -- History --
Sources.
Preferred Citation
Mattie Austin Hatcher Papers, 1800-1930, 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.
Related Material
See also UT Archives Records, 1919, 1928-1961, 1977-1979.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
8/F159 (2264739)
Research materials, including manuscripts, typescripts, notes,
correspondence, calendars, and miscellany on:
8/F159 (2264739)
Napoleon and the Mexican
Revolution: International Aspects from the Texas Angle,
1807-1821
8/F159 (2264739)
Studies in Colonization
Inaugurated by the Republic of Texas: Peter’s
Colony
8/F159 (2264739)
[First draft of Mary Austin Holley?]
8/F159 (2264739)
Historical American Building Survey
2Q75 (1838050)
Notes on missions, 1715-1794 (beginning
1864)
2Q75 (1838050)
Literary efforts
2Q75 (1838050)
Correspondence, 1927-1928
2Q75 (1838050)
Account papers, 1927-1929
2Q76 (1838049)
Colonization contracts,
1800-1841
2Q76 (1838049)
Report on the condition of Texas,
1821-1842
2Q76 (1838049)
1914 class prophesies
2Q76 (1838049)
Napoleon material, miscellaneous,
1800-1811
2Q77 (1838038)
Napoleon material and other,
1804-1811
2Q77 (1838038)
Spanish movement against European tyranny
2Q77 (1838038)
Revolutionary Spanish movement in Texas and Mexico,
1811-1821
2Q78 (1838027)
A Study of the Texas Mission System,
1716-1827
2Q78 (1838027)
Drafts
2Q78 (1838027)
Bibliography
2Q78 (1838027)
Creswell correspondence
2Q78 (1838027)
Genealogy of the Austin family
2Q78 (1838027)
Mrs. M. A. Hatcher's correspondence,
1921-1922
2Q78 (1838027)
Bexar calendar, 1785-1794