Descriptive Summary
Coker, Edward Caleb, b. 1939
Coker, Edward Caleb, Papers
[ca. 1989-1992]
Materials are written in English.
91-161; 92-255; 92-360; 93-086; 94-172; 94-253; 93-086
3 ft., 4 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
Comprised of drafts of manuscripts, notes, floppy discs, galley proofs, and photographs, the Edward Caleb Coker Papers, [ca. 1989-1992], document Coker’s research and writing process for The News from Brownsville.
Biographical Note
A resident of Jacksonville, Florida, author Edward Caleb Coker is the great-great-grandson of Helen Ellsworth Blair (1817-1881) and William Warren Chapman (1814-1859). The former is known for her letters which chronicle life on the Texas frontier as well as in Brownsville and Corpus Christi. A graduate of Stanford University and Duke Law School, Coker published an edited volume of his great-great-grandmother’s correspondence entitled, The News from Brownsville: Helen Chapman’s Letters from the Texas Military Frontier, 1848-1852 (Austin, Tex.: Texas State Historical Association, 1992).
Source:
Coker, Caleb. Chapman, Helen Ellsworth Blair. Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed March 23, 2011. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fch69.
Scope and Contents
Comprised of drafts of manuscripts, notes, floppy discs, galley proofs, and photographs, the Edward Caleb Coker Papers, [ca. 1989-1992], document Coker’s research and writing process for The News from Brownsville. Several photocopies and floppy discs of drafts illustrate different versions of the manuscript and appendices describing the letters in further detail. The collection includes notes pertaining to Coker’s research on Helen Chapman and 19th century Texas history, photographs depicting Coker, and galley proofs of the jacket from the publisher, the Texas State Historical Association.
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Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Chapman, Helen Ellsworth Blair, 1817-1881.
Coker, Edward Caleb, b. 1939 -- Archives.
Subjects (Organizations)
Texas State Historical Association.
Subjects
Authors.
Frontier and pioneer life -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Places
Brownsville (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Texas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Preferred Citation
Edward Caleb Coker Papers, [ca. 1989-1992], 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
2C434
Drafts of manuscripts,
[ca. 1989-1992]
2C436-2C437
Drafts of manuscripts,
[ca. 1989-1992]
2C441
Drafts of manuscripts,
[ca. 1989-1992]
2C445
Drafts of manuscripts,
[ca. 1989-1992]
2C527-2C528
Drafts of manuscripts,
[ca. 1989-1992]
2C491-2C492
Drafts of manuscripts, research notes, [RESTRICTED]
[ca. 1989-1992]
2C495
Drafts of manuscripts, [RESTRICTED]
[ca. 1989-1992]
3R35
Floppy discs and printed menus, [RESTRICTED]
[ca. 1989-1992]
3R193
Floppy discs and miscellaneous,
[ca. 1989-1992]
3S127a
Galley proofs, photographs,
[ca. 1989-1992]