A lady wearing a black hat with decorative trip and a feather peeks from underneath a bright red umbrella. Background is white with red trim. On the lower right corner of the cover is a black and white photograph of a little boy in a top hat,...
This folder contains biographical information about a series of men who immigrated to Texas to serve as soldiers, priests, etc., as well as a discussion of the missionaries sent out into what would become Texas to explore the territory and...
Contains stories about early Texas settlers and German immigrants. Includes brief autobiographies about John Rice Jones, Jesse Burnham, Littleton Fowler, and Friedrich Ernst that were published in the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical...
Rev. Allen recalls events from his life in Texas from 1838 to 1842. These reminiscences were contributed to the Texas Presbyterian publication between 1876 to 1885.
Contains selections from the first volume of the New Encyclopedia of Texas. The selections concern the history of cities and notable individuals in southeast Texas.
Contains a section of Charles C. Nott's 1865 book "Sketches in prison camps: a continuation of Sketches of the war". The section describes the experiences of some Yankee prisoners of war from their arrival at Niblett's Bluff, La., to their...
