Rabb Family Papers, 1823–1997. 1 ft. 2 in.
Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
The Rabb Family Papers contain correspondence, reminiscences, legal documents, land grants, tax receipts, and clippings documenting the Texas Revolution, the Civil War, early settlements in Texas, the history of Fayette County, and Spanish Colonial Texas.
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José Juan Sanchez-Navarro Collection, 1831–1839. 4 1/2 in.
Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Provincial inventory prepared by Sanchez-Navarro (d. 1849) while he was
adjutant inspector of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas contains, among notes and lists of troop expenses, Sanchez-Navarro's detailed description of the two
major encounters between the Mexican and Texan forces in San Antonio de
Bexar in which he participated and includes a plan of the Alamo showing
positions of Mexican forces. Included are two military copybooks with
indexes containing correspondence, decrees, printed orders, and personal
notes.
Julia Sinks Papers, 1817, ca. 1840–1904. 1 ft.
Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Papers concern correspondence with prominent Texas figures in the Republic and early statehood periods and include correspondence, appointments, receipts, promissory notes, historical sketches, literary productions, clippings, and photographs of historian Julia Lee Sinks.
Ashbel Smith Papers, 1823–1926. 10 ft. 9 in.
Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Papers include correspondence, letter books, speeches, publications, official records, clippings, and photographs documenting Smith's long career in medicine, diplomacy, business, and public and higher education.
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Noah Smithwick Papers, 1835–1922. 28 items.
Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Correspondence, reminiscences, land deed, notice of sale, broadside, and newspaper clippings. Papers concern Smithwick's reminiscences of Texas between 1827 and 1861 and his book
The Evolution of a State: or Recollections of Old Texas Days.
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