This alphabetical index provides limited subject and name access to a select number of Briscoe Center manuscript collections. It was compiled in the 1990s and has not been updated since that time, but it can bring to light some of our older collections without online finding aids.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Oachita River
BASTROP, BARON DE (FELIPE ENRIQUE NERI) DOCUMENTS, 1795-1824
Oak Creek, Texas
LEYENDECKER (JOHN ZIRVAS) PAPERS, 1842-1970
HAYS (JOHN COFFEE) COLLECTION, 1817-1916
KIGER FAMILY PAPERS, 1820 (1841-1885)
Oakland College (Claiborne County, Mississippi)
CHAMBERLAIN-HYLAND-GOULD FAMILY PAPERS, 1805-1886
KIGER FAMILY PAPERS, 1820 (1841-1885)
Oakland Plantation (Plaquamines Parish, Louisiana)
BROWN (JAMES N.) PAPERS, 1855-1879
Oakley, Henry A.
EBERSTADT COLLECTION, 1699-1959
Crittenden, John Jordan, Autograph
Oakwood, Texas
ELY (THOMAS JEFFERSON) FAMILY SCRAPBOOK
Oates, James W.
OATES (JAMES W.) PAPERS, 1831-1860
Oates, Stephen B.
UT PRESS MANUSCRIPTS, 1919, 1944 (1950-
Oatts, T. C.
OATTS (T. C.) DIARY, 1871, 1883
Oaxaca Gold Mine
OAXACA GOLD MINE REPORT
Oaxaca, Mexico
MEXICAN-AMERICAN GOLD MINING AND MILLING COMPANY SCRAPBOOK, 1903-1905
Obenshain, Ivan J.
OBENSHAIN (IVAN J.) NARRATIVE, ca. 1920
Oberholser, Harry C.
BEDICHEK (ROY) PAPERS, 1897-1959
UT PRESS MANUSCRIPTS, 1919, 1944 (1950-
O’Brien, George W.
EBERSTADT COLLECTION, 1699-1959
Beaumont, Texas, Abstract of Title
O’BRIEN (GEORGE W.) DIARY, 1863
O’Brien, John F.
HEMPHILL (JOHN) LETTER, 1861
O’Callaghan, Thomas H.
DOUGHERTY (ROBERT) FAMILY PAPERS, 1862-1894, 1940
O’Connor, Dennis
PETTUS FAMILY PAPERS, 1822-1972
O’Connor, Thomas
PETTUS FAMILY PAPERS, 1822-1972
Oceanography
see American Society of Oceanography
see also Ships and shipping
ADAMS (HENRY C.) DIARY, 1868-1869
BARKER (GEORGE FREDERICK) DIARY, 1851, 1861
BOLLAERT (WILLIAM) PAPERS, 1841-1849
BROWN (ISAAC NEWTON) AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ca. 1886
BROWNE (JAMES S.) LETTERS, 1872-1873, 1955
CATOR (JOHN B. AND ROBERT) PAPERS, 1845-1881
CATT (MRS. REEVES) DIARIES, 1887-1918
COLEMAN (ANN RANEY THOMAS) PAPERS, 1849-1892
CROWE (BAILEY BENGE) PAPERS, 1910-1923, 1953-1965
DANCY (JON WINFIELD SCOTT) PAPERS (1832-1856) 1977
DOUAI (ADOLF) PAPERS, 1819-1883
DUERR (CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH) PAPERS, 1832-1833, 1839-1844
FAUST (LOUIS F.) LETTER, 1877
SCHAEFER (MARTIN AND HATTIE KAISER) PAPERS, 1907-1980
SHERIDAN (FRANCIS C.) REMINISCENCES, 1839-1843
Ochiltree, Thomas Peck
OCHILTREE (THOMAS PECK) PAPERS, 1882-1897
Ochiltree Family
HILL (MRS. S. LILLIAN OCHILTREE) NARRATIVE, 1931
Ochiltree County, Texas
HUMMON (GOLDIE AND FLOYD) PAPERS, (1916-1919) (1955-1984)
OCHILTREE COUNTY SCRAPBOOK
O’Connor K. S.
O’CONNOR (K. S.) SPEECH
O’Connor, Thomas M.
BYRNE (CHARLES R.) PAPERS, 1867-1947
O’Daniel, Mollie
O’DANIEL (MOLLIE) SCRAPBOOKS
O’Daniel, Wilbert Lee
ACREE (FRED) PAPERS, 1820-1947
O’DANIEL (WILBERT LEE) SCRAPBOOKS
RICE (ROB ROY) PAPERS, 1925-1966
THOMPSON (ERNEST OTHMER) PAPERS, 1907-1967
Odd Fellows
see Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Oden, Bill Arp
ODEN (BILL ARP) PAPERS, 1866-1939
Oden, Ken
UT YOUNG DEMOCRATS CAMPAIGN MATERIALS, 1984
Oden, William M.
ODEN (WILLIAM M.) PAPERS, 1856-1864, 1874
Odessa, Texas
ODESSA (TEXAS) NARRATIVE, 1886-1961
Odneal, Harry T.
ALDRICH (ROY WILKINSON) PAPERS, 1858-1955
Odneal, H. L.
ODNEAL (H. L.) ACCOUNT BOOK, 1906-1907
O’Donoghue, John
BARTLETT (JOHN RUSSELL) PAPERS, 1850-1853
Ogden, Francis B.
OGDEN (FRANCIS B.) LETTER, 1844
Ogden, Howard
EBERSTADT COLLECTION, 1699-1959
Ogden, Howard, Treasury Warrant
Ogden, Peter V.
ADAIR versus WILKINSON CASE RECORDS, 1809-1820
Ogden, Mrs. Ralph Rogers
OGDEN (MRS. RALPH ROGERS) PAPERS, 1839-1963
Ogden Family
OGDEN FAMILY BIBLE, 1837, 1880-1920
DIENST (ALEXANDER) COLLECTION, 1784-1929
O’Hara, John
BROWN (JAMES N.) PAPERS, 1855-1879
Ohio
see Cincinnati, Ohio
Fisher, Shalters and Company (Alliance Ohio, farm machinery manufacturers)
Fredricktown, Ohio
Johnson Island Prison (Ohio)
Kenyon College (Gambier, Ohio)
Knox County, Ohio
Wheelersburg, Ohio
see also Boom towns
Geology and geologists
Texas Petroleum Council
Texas Railroad Commission
Tidelands Controversy
ACREE (FRED) PAPERS, 1820-1947
BAKER (KELTS) PAPERS, 1917-1935
BATTS (ROBERT LYNN) PAPERS, 1885-1935
BOATRIGHT (MODY COGGIN) PAPERS, 1907-1978
COLQUITT (OSCAR BRANCH) PAPERS, 1873-1941
CONNALLY (TOM) PAPERS, 1924-1952
CRANE (EDWARD) PAPERS, 1903-1959
CRANE (MARTIN McNULTY) PAPERS, 1834-1973
CULBERSON (OLIN WELLBORN NICHOLS) PAPERS, 1898-1964
CUMMINS (WILLIAM FLETCHER) PAPERS, 1892-1933
DAVIS (MORGAN JONES) PAPERS, 1906-1980
EBERSTADT COLLECTION, 1699-1959
Oil and Gas Collection
FINKELSTEIN (MORRIS B.) PAPERS, 1899-1958
FITZHUGH (WILLIAM M.) PAPERS, 1886-1929
GALLOWAY (J. J.) REPORT, 1925
GISH (WESLEY GIBSON) PAPERS, 1923-1977
HOGG (JAMES STEPHEN) PAPERS, 1836-1969
HOGG (WILLIAM CLIFFORD) PAPERS, 1897-1932
ISRAELSKY (MERLE C.) PAPERS, 1868-1947
MOREHEAD (RICHARD M.) PAPERS, 1903 (1946-1979)
OIL SCRAPBOOKS
ORAL HISTORY OF THE TEXAS OIL INDUSTRY, 1952-1958
PARKER (RICHARD DENNY) PAPERS, 1924-1959
PIERCE (JONATHAN EDWARDS) COLLECTION, 1824-1958
PLUMMER (FREDERICK BYRON) PAPERS, 1914-1946
RHONE FAMILY PAPERS, 1886-1971
SCHOCH (EUGENE PAUL) PAPERS, 1859-1967
SHARP (WALTER BENONA) PAPERS, 1865-1957
SHEPPARD (MORRIS) PAPERS, 1894-1942
SHETTLES (ELIJAH L.) PAPERS, 1792-1940
STIPP (T. F.) REPORT, 1930
TEXAS SURVEYORS COLLECTION, 1836-1976
THOMPSON (ERNEST OTHMER) PAPERS, 1907-1967
UDDEN (JOHAN AUGUST) COLLECTION, ca. 1886-1938
UT BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY RECORDS, 1909-1960
WEBB (IRVING H.) TEXAS SURVEYORS COLLECTION, 1836-1976
see also names of individual companies:
American Well and Prospecting Company
Bennyhoof Petroleum Company
Gladys City Oil, Gas, and Manufacturing Company
Gulf Oil Company
Harvey Crude Oil Company
Higgins Oil and Fuel Company
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Killarney Oil and Gas Company
Magnolia Oil Company
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Minnesota Oil and Refining Company
Oil Fields of Mexico Company
Oil Finding and Developing Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
Producers Oil Company
Stamford Oil Mill Company
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Standard Reserve Oil Company
Sun Oil Company
Texas Company
Texhoma Company
TXL Oil Corporation
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
CRANE (MARTIN McNULTY) PAPERS, 1834-1973
CUMMINS (WILLIAM FLETCHER) PAPERS, 1892-1933
DAVIS (MORGAN JONES) PAPERS, 1906-1980
GISH (WESLEY GIBSON) PAPERS, 1923-1977
QUINN (FRANK DAVID) PAPERS, 1913-1971
see also Boom towns
names of individual oil fields:
Batson Oil Field
Beaumont Oil Fields
Big Lake and Central West Texas Oil Fields
Burkburnett Oil Field
Cebada Canyon Oil Field
East Texas Oil Field
Electra Oil Field
Goose Creek Oil Field
Humble Oil Field
KMA Oil Field
Powell Oil Field
Sour Lake Oil Field
Spindletop
ALDRICH (ROY WILKINSON) PAPERS, 1858-1955
CUMMINS (WILLIAM FLETCHER) PAPERS, 1892-1933
DUNN FAMILY PAPERS, 1850-1932
GISH (WESLEY GIBSON) PAPERS, 1923-1977
KENNEDY (WILLIAM) REPORT, 1902
Oil Fields of Mexico Company
DASHIELL (AURELIA WINDER) PAPERS, 1857-1935
Oil Finding and Developing Company
EBERSTADT COLLECTION, 1699-1959
Oil and Gas Collection
Oil Workers Union
LABOR MOVEMENT IN TEXAS COLLECTION, 1845-1943
Ojo de Agua (river)
DAVENPORT (HARBERT) PAPERS, 1800 (1835-1836) 1923
O’Keefe, Thomas
O’KEEFE (THOMAS) PAPERS, 1911, 1943
see also Alva, Oklahoma
Dust Bowl (region)
Hobart, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Territory
Pawnee, Oklahoma
Talequah, Oklahoma
BORROUM-McCHAREN FAMILY PAPERS, 1789-1821, 1913-1973
CLARK (ORRIE S.) PAPERS, 1920-1931
EBERSTADT COLLECTION, 1699-1959
Oil and Gas Collection
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATORS RECORDS, 1938-
OKLAHOMA SCRAPBOOK
Oklahoma Territory
see also Indian Territory
Oklahoma
ALDRICH (ROY WILKINSON) PAPERS, 1858-1955
BUSHYHEAD (DENNIS W.) PAPERS, 1879-1913
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
EARLE (EDWARD) PAPERS, 1870-1871
Old Capitol (Columbia newspaper)
MUNSON (MORDELLO STEPHEN) FAMILY PAPERS, 1825-1978
Oldham, William Simpson
OLDHAM (WILLIAM SIMPSON) REMINISCENCES, 1843-1865
Oldham County, Texas
EAST (JAMES H.) PAPERS, 1882-1931
OLDHAM COUNTY SCRAPBOOK
Oldright, John Edward
OLDRIGHT (JOHN EDWARD) LEDGER, 1867-1868
Old San Antonio Road
NORVELL (MRS. LIPSCOMB) PAPERS, 1776, 1915-1918
"Old Three Hundred"
see Austin’s Colony
Old West (magazine)
see Western Publications
Olin, John Merrill
LEHMANN (VALGENE W.) PAPERS, 1930-1983
Oliver, William I.
UT PRESS MANUSCRIPTS, 1919, 1944 (1950-
Olmstead, Victor H.
BURLESON (ALBERT SIDNEY) PAPERS, 1841-1946
HOWARD (JAMES) NARRATIVES, ca. 1961
Olney, Texas
HILL (EDWIN) NARRATIVE, 1935
Olson, A. E.
HALL (JAMES MADISON) FAMILY PAPERS, 1813, 1840-1980
Oltorf, Frank Calvert
UT PRESS MANUSCRIPTS, 1919, 1944 (1950-
Olympic Games, Modern
OLYMPIAD (TENTH) SCRAPBOOK, 1932
O’Malley, Charles
EBERSTADT COLLECTION, 1699-1959
"Northern Islander" Item
COTNER (ROBERT CRAWFORD) PAPERS, 1767-1981
LEYENDECKER FAMILY PAPERS, 1817-1981
ONDERDONK (GILBERT) ESSAYS, 1908
LANHAM (FRITZ GARLAND) PAPERS, 1889-1932
O’NEAL (BENJAMIN GRADY) PAPERS, 1905-1961
Onion Creek
BURROWES FAMILY PAPERS, 1843, 1855-1869
Opera
see also names of individual opera singers:
Sills, Beverly
Thompson, May Esther Peterson
HOFFMAN VON FALLERSLEBEN (AUGUST HEINRICH) COLLECTION, 1846, 1868, and 1968
Opera - Texas
MOONEY (KEVIN E.) PAPERS
Oppenheimer, A.
OPPENHEIMER (D. and A.) BANK BOOKS, 1900-1908
Oppenheimer, D.
OPPENHEIMER (D. and A.) BANK BOOKS, 1900-1908
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS BUSINESS ORAL HISTORY RECORDS
Optometry-Texas
WILSON (WILL REID, JR.) PAPERS, 1922-1982
O’Quinn, Garland, Jr.
UT PRESS MANUSCRIPTS, 1919, 1944 (1950-
Oral histories
BOATRIGHT (MODY COGGIN) PAPERS, 1907-1978
EISENHOWER (DWIGHT DAVID) TEXAS CAMPAIGN COLLECTION, 1952
HUMMON (GOLDIE AND FLOYD) PAPERS, (1916-1919) (1955-1984)
LIPSCOMB-MYERS COLLECTION, 1960-1983
MILITARY ORDER OF THE WORLD WARS (AUSTIN CHAPTER) RECORDS, 1960-1986
ORAL HISTORY OF THE TEXAS OIL INDUSTRY RECORDS, 1952-1958
UT FOLKLORE CENTER ARCHIVES, ca. 1928-1981
Orange County, Texas
ORANGE COUNTY SCRAPBOOK
Orange, Texas
GILMER (ALEXANDER) PAPERS, 1872-1929
CRIMMINS (MARTIN LALOR) PAPERS, 1813-1954
EBERSTADT COLLECTION, 1699-1959
Unites Stated Army Headquarters, District of the Pecos, General Orders No. 1
ORD (E. O. C.) ITEM, 1818-1883
Order of San Jacinto
EBERSTADT COLLECTION, 1699-1959
Gilbert (Charles E., Sr.) Papers
Ordnance
see also Firearms
Twin Sisters Cannon
BRISCOE (MARY JANE HARRIS) AND LOOSCAN (ADELE LUBBOCK BRISCOE) PAPERS, 1886, [1904?]
CURRY (WILMOT WALTER) PAPERS, 1861
EBERSTADT COLLECTION, 1699-1959
United States Ordnance Depot Receipt
Oregon
TAYLOR (JOHN YOUNG) DIARIES, 1893-1894
Oregon Volunteers
EBERSTADT COLLECTION, 1699-1959
Maxey (Samuel Bell) Committee Reports
O’Reilly, Jack
O’REILLY (JACK) PAPERS, 1940 (1952-1972)
Orgain, Kate Alma
ORGAIN (KATE ALMA) SCRAPBOOKS, 1897-1911, 1938
Orgain, Mrs. S. J.
REDING (JAMES W.) FAMILY PAPERS, 1837-1910
CRANE (EDWARD) PAPERS, 1903-1959
Organization for the Enlargement by the State of Texas of its Institutions of Higher Learning
HOGG (WILLIAM CLIFFORD) PAPERS, 1897-1932
Organizations and clubs
see Country clubs
names of individual organizations and clubs
Orlando, Florida
ORLANDO, FLORIDA, ITEMS, 1923-1925
Orndoff, John
ORNDOFF (JOHN) PAPERS, 1758-1858
Orphans
see Bayland Orphanage
Orr, John
UT STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION ORAL HISTORY, 1983
Orsay, Henry
ORSAY (HENRY) PAPERS, 1864-1925
Orton, Richard David
ORTON (RICHARD DAVID) PAPERS, 1872-1924
Orviss, D. A.
ORVISS (D. A.) PAPERS, 1858-1898
Osborn, Claiborn
OSBORN (CLAIBORN) PAPERS, 1898, 1938
Osterman, Joseph
DYER (J. O.) PAPERS, 1907-1924
Otano, Guillermo
EBERSTADT COLLECTION, 1699-1959
Otano (Guillermo) Power of Attorney
Ottawa Indians
McFARLANE (WILLIAM DODDRIDGE) PAPERS, 1919-1981
Ouachita, Louisiana
BASTROP (FELIPE ENRIQUE NERI) PAPERS, 1807-1819
Oualline, Charles M., Jr.
KOBE (KENNETH ALBERT) PAPERS, 1922-1960
Our Lady of the Lake College (San Antonio)
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE COLLEGE PAPERS, 1895-1929
Our Lady’s Mission (Austin feminist organization)
EMERSON (DOROTHY) COLLECTION, 1977-1983
Oury, William Sanders
OURY (WILLIAM SANDERS) NARRATIVE, 1930
Outlaws
see Crime and criminals
Outpost Plantation (Carroll Parish, Louisiana)
BALLARD (R. C.) PAPERS, 1843-1872
Overbeck, Ruth Ann
OVERBECK (RUTH ANN) PAPERS, 1872-1930, 1956
Oviedo y Valdez, Gonzalo Fernandez
NARVAEZ (PANFILO) EXPEDITION NARRATIVE, 1853
OWEN FAMILY PAPERS, 1811-1889
OWEN FAMILY PAPERS, 1811-1889
Owen, David Allen
OWEN (DAVID ALLEN) GENEALOGY, 1962
Owen, Margaret White
OWEN (MARGARET WHITE) FAMILY BIBLE
ERATH (GEORGE BERNARD) FAMILY PAPERS, 1829-1967
Owens, Elizabeth McAnulty
OWENS (ELIZABETH McANULTY) REMINISCENCES, 1895
Owens, Tary
UT FOLKLORE CENTER ARCHIVES, ca. 1928-1981
Owens, William A.
BEDICHEK (ROY) PAPERS, 1897-1959
UT FOLKLORE CENTER ARCHIVES, ca. 1928-1981
MUNSON (MORDELLO STEPHEN) FAMILY PAPERS, 1825-1978