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Navajos in New Mexico     Collection, 1841-1849; 8 folders (.17 linear ft.)     Letters, reports, congressional documents, newspaper excerpts, treaties, military orders, and statistics. These are photocopies with translations and transcriptions of Mexican and U.S. sources pertaining primarily to the Navajos Indians of New Mexico. The materials document the Mexican War campaign of Col. Alexander Doniphan to subdue the Navajo tribe and the resulting treaty in 1846. Also included is a petition in 1848 by a group of Santa Fe citizens to the United States for the organization of a territorial government in New Mexico and a census of New Mexico tribes.     The originals are in the J. Lee Carroll Archive of Navajo History, Navajo Tribe, Window Rock, Arizona.     Gift, 1981.     GA159  

New Hope School, New Hope, Texas     New Hope Community Scrapbook, 1885-1945; 1 box (1 item)     New Hope, Texas, was located in eastern Dallas County within what later became the city limits of Sunnyvale, near Belt Line Road and Towneast Boulevard four miles north of Mesquite. Originally included in Peters Colony, New Hope was sparsely settled until well after the Civil War because the Texas and Pacific Railway bypassed it for Mesquite. However, in 1885, a community began to grow around the general store and a post office was established in 1886. It was included in the northern part of the incorporated area of Sunnyvale in 1953.     Scrapbook, 35.5 x 28 cm., contains essays, newspaper clippings, and photographs. It traces the history of the New Hope community and was compiled by the pupils of the New Hope School in 1945. Subjects include the founding of the community, a description of the New Hope store and Frank Ellis and his family who owned the store, the Lone Star School, class photos and names of pupils who attended school there in "the early days," and photos and names of the children who compiled the book.     Restrictions: Fragile, photocopy not allowed.     Purchase, 1996.     OS305 

Newberry Family     Collection, 1872-1919; 1 folder (.08 linear ft.)     Photographs, land deed, and receipts. Four photographs depict Mr. and Mrs. John Ivy Newberry shortly after their marriage in 1895. The fifth photograph is of Mrs. Newberry as a girl of approximately fifteen years of age, taken in ca. 1890. A World War I service certificate for Samuel Elmor Hooten is dated May 10, 1919. Hooten is the Newberry's son-in-law.     Gift, 1994.     GA237 

Newton, Cosset Faust, 1889-     Papers, 1944-1966; 3 boxes (1.25 linear ft.)     Cosset Faust Newton was founder and director of the S. S. Miramar Museum in Dallas, Texas. The museum was devoted to President John F. Kennedy and contained tributes in verse, flowers, and dolls. The S. S. Miramar also featured rare privately owned collections of antique art dolls and Oriental art. Dr. Cosset Newton, holder of five doctorate degrees, was an internationally known speaker, writer, and traveler. She was author of several magazine articles and books. Publications by Newton include Rainbow Hued Trail around the World, MacArthur’s Hour, War Blown, Songs for Singers, Around the World in Rhyme, and Wreathes for John F. Kennedy.     Books, sheet music, photographs, legal documents, programs, a banner, a suitcase, and memorabilia. The Cosset Faust Newton Papers primarily include legal documents, copies of books written by Newton, and graphic materials related to the S.S. Miramar Museum. Information is also included about her home in Highland Park and the conflict that she and her husband had with the town of Highland Park concerning their back yard entertaining in a mock yacht.     Gift, 1994.     95-32 

Nichols, Dora (Mrs. H. M.)     Scrapbook, 1907-1971; 1 box (.5 linear ft.)     Dora Nichols was born in Arkansas and moved to Texas at the age of eight. She retired in 1958 after teaching for twenty-five years at Arlington High School. She was also a noted Arlington artist. Nichols Junior High School was named in her honor.     Correspondence, photographs, graduation announcements, programs, student and faculty rosters, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia. The scrapbook chronicles the development of the Arlington Independent School District from its beginnings until the addition of Roquemore and Johns Elementary Schools in 1971. Items of interest are: Arlington High School graduation announcement, 1907; North Texas Agricultural College commencement program, 1929; advertisement urging the Texas centennial celebration be held in Arlington, 1932; newspaper clipping of a concept for additions to Arlington High School and for a new north side elementary school on Center Street (now Kooken Elementary School).     Fielder Museum transfer, 1991.     OS303

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Ordens der Hermanns-Sohne im Staate Texas (Sons of Hermann in the State of Texas)     Collection, 1896-1910; 7 folders (37 items)     The Ordens der Hermanns-Sohne im Staate Texas (Sons of Hermann in the State of Texas) was a German fraternal organization founded in San Antonio, Texas, in 1861. The organization was at one time the largest fraternal benefit society in the United States. The Texas group separated from the national order in 1920. Account books, annual reports, charters, constitutions, newsletters, songbooks, annual reports, and membership applications, and certificates of the La Grange, Lufkin, San Antonio, and Waco lodges.     Gift, 1974.     GA10

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Paddock, B. B. (Buckley B.), 1844-1922     Family Papers, 1864-1946, bulk 1864-1921; 7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)     B. B. Paddock was a Fort Worth businessman and promoter. He was born in 1844, in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in 1922, in Fort Worth, Texas. Paddock was a captain in the Confederate Army and studied law in Mississippi before moving to Fort Worth in 1872. His interests included banking, investment securities, railroads, and real estate. He was publisher of the Fort Worth Democrat, later editor of the Fort Worth Gazette, founder and president of the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, organizer of the Board of Trade, president of the Texas Spring Palace Association (1889-1890), state representative (1881-1883 and 1913-1915), mayor of Fort Worth (1892-1900), and author of four books on Fort Worth and West Texas history. Paddock married Emmie Harper, of Jefferson County, Mississippi, in 1867. They had four children: Mary, Wirt, William B., and Virgile.     Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, genealogical information, printed material, sheet music, photographs, artifacts, and an account book. The bulk of the collection is family correspondence, 1864-1929. Early letters from Paddock to his wife relate his Civil War experiences and impressions of Texas and Fort Worth; others were written during Paddock’s business trips in search of backing for railroads. Legal documents consist primarily of subscription notes and other items (1908-1909) regarding the proposed Fort Worth-Springtown and Mineral Wells Interurban Railway Company, and a few agreements pertaining to other railroads. Clippings include articles and obituaries about Paddock and his family, and a copy of his "tarantula map" predicting the development of Fort Worth railroads. Genealogical information pertains to Paddock ancestry. Printed material consists of two bound volumes of sheet music for piano as well as a few other items. Photographs include family portraits, Paddock with military and other groups, and views of the Texas Spring Palace and Paddock’s home.     Artifacts include clothing worn by Paddock family members, and buttons, badges, and ribbons worn and collected by the family, ca. 1885-1913, at conventions, meetings, and military reunions. An account book is an addition to the papers. It contains entries relating to Paddock’s legal work, printing office, and newspaper. The collection is also known as: B. B. Paddock Papers.     The Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin has: Buckley Burton Paddock Papers, 1865-1925.     Gift, 1981, 1990, and 1995.     Finding aid available.     GA194-GA195, OS201-OS202, OS237-OS239  

Pantego, Texas     Collection, ca. 1883-1976; 1 folder (.08 linear ft.)     Pantego is located in northeastern Tarrant County, Texas, surrounded by the city of Arlington on land settled by Frederick Forney Foscue of Alabama, who is credited with naming the community after an Indian friend.     Transcripts of histories and oral history interviews, maps, photographs, and a list of aldermen/councilmen, 1949-1976. The collection, photocopied from various sources, reflects the history of Pantego.     Gift, 1989.     GA149  

Paras, José María, 1794-1840     Papers, 1846-1848; 64 items (.08 linear ft.)     José María Paras was the mayor of Montemorelos, Nuevo León, México, during the occupation of the area in the Mexican War.     Correspondence and memos. The municipal correspondence (in Spanish and English) of José María Paras provides information on the political, civil, judicial, and medical affairs of the area as well as on the interaction between the American forces and Mexican officials. It also includes complaints and reports on the behavior and actions of the American soldiers. Information in the correspondence pertains to various individuals, namely Gen. William J. Worth, John W. Tibbatts, [Issac Hull] Wright, Dr. [Nathan S.] Jarvis, Mariano Arista, Gen. Francisco Mejía, José María Rosa, SantiagoVidaurri, and Gen. José de Urrea, among others.     Purchase, 1990.     GA55  

Parker, Pat     Collection, 1900-1957; 2 folders (.17 linear ft.)     Correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and notebooks. These are Texas related items collected by Pat Parker. The notebooks contain class notes, a list of expenditures from Sam Houston Normal Institute, Huntsville, Texas, ca. 1900. Also included is a photograph of the institute, a passenger receipt for the Texas Electric Railway, and letters to C. W. Jones, New York, New York, and Dr. R. S. Loving, Lisbon, Texas.     Fielder Museum transfer, 1995.     GA224  

Parks Investment Company     Records, ca. 1890s-1998; 15 boxes, 58 maps/plans, 16 volumes (30 linear ft.)     Parks Investment Company, a real estate development and investment company, was founded in Dallas, Texas, by B. R. Parks, Sr. in 1894, as Parks Properties. The company purchased investment properties in Dallas and the surrounding areas, particularly in the northwest Fair Park area, and in its early years was instrumental in constructing numerous downtown Dallas commercial buildings. In 1909, the business was incorporated under the name Parks Investment Company. In 1911, Parks Development Company was established and about 1914, Parks Land and Cattle Company was organized. A new company, Parks, Friedman, Parks, and Read, Inc., was organized in 1928 and incorporated in 1932. In 1937, the new company, Parks Investment Company, Parks Development Company, and Parks Land and Cattle Company merged to become Midcity Realty Company. When the corporate charter expired in 1981, the name changed back to Parks Investment Company. The business, which served the Dallas community for over 100 years, ceased operation in 2000.     Correspondence, financial records, legal documents, photographs, negatives, scrapbooks, architectural drawings, maps, and a poster. These are the business records of the Parks Investment Company, ca. 1890s-1998. The collection documents the history of store front and business communities in Dallas. A large part of the collection is photographs showing properties throughout various decades. The majority of the blueprints are of buildings that were constructed or remodeled. A few maps of Dallas County and the Dallas business district are included. The volumes include various ownership and financial records, such as transfer/cash books, an index of Dallas property owners by the Dallas Real Estate Board, tenant lists, insurance records, and plat books of the city of Dallas, 1928-1992. The scrapbooks contain a variety of documents that illustrate the firm’s history, such as letters, photographs, legal documents, and newspaper clippings, 1907-1998.     Four of the five scrapbooks are photocopies of the originals retained by Don A. Schroeder, former general manager and vice president of the company.     Inventory available.     Gift, 2000.     2000-42  

Parmelee, Deolece     "Champagne Town the Longhorns Built," 1963; 2 folders (319 leaves)     Typescript, photocopy. This is a history of Colorado City, Texas, from 1877, the year longhorn cattle were brought to the area, until the outbreak of World War I.     The Special Collections copy lacks the appendix and index cited in the table of contents.     Gift, 1974.     GA23  

Peck, Victor Hugo     Papers, 1923-1925; 2 folders (2 items)     Letter and certificate. The discharge certificate from the U.S. Army for Private Victor Hugo Peck was signed June 13, 1923. The appointment letter for Peck in the service of the National Guard of the U.S. and the State of Texas was signed by Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson, on February 7, 1925.     Gift, 1990.     GA61, GO33 

Peón, Simón Cano, 1808-1869     Family Papers, 1833-1933; 30 boxes (12.33 linear ft.)     Don Simón Peón Cano, born in Mérida, Yucatán, was a direct descendant of Francisco de Montejo, conquis

tador of Yucatán, and other members of the old encomendero class. In 1832, he married Venancia Losa y Quijano, a descendant of various capitans who had participated in the conquest of Yucatán. Don Simón was an entrepreneurial businessman involved in the development of the state’s commerce and industry. In the 1830s, along with his brothers, José María, Lorenzo, Alonso Luis, and his cousin, Benito Aznar y Peón, he participated in the establishment of hacienda Chacksikín. He built and expanded the hacienda Tankuché near Halachó for the exploitation of palo de tinte (dyewood) and cattle raising. Don Simón also renovated the haciendas Uxmal, Mucuyche, Chetulix, and San Simón and had extensive landholdings in the Calkini area. During the 1840s, he facilitated intra-regional and export trade by clearing and opening new roads and with Juan Miguel Castro and Pedro de la Cámara created the new port of "Progreso" closer to Mérida. Don Simón acquired sugar plantations in Veracruz, Cuba, and initiated the conversion of Tankuché into a henequen plantation.     Correspondence, hacienda records, and photographs. The papers focus on a century of the business and private lives of the Simón Peón family in Yucatán, Mexico, through their business records and personal correspondence. The business records pertain to their haciendas in Tankuché, San Simón, and San Mateo, Yucatán, and the hacienda El Encero located in Veracruz. They document, in depth, the growth, development, and decline of the hacienda system in Yucatán. Administrative and production records of other commercial establishments owned by the family, namely La Francia, La Meridiana, a sawmill, country houses, and records for the Mérida-Valladolid railroad are included. The photographs are of the Peón family.     Donation/Purchase, 1990.     Finding aid available.     89-29  

Perry, C. R. (Cicero Rufe), 1822-1898     "Diary of Cap’n C. R. Perry, of Johnson City, Texas, a Texas Veteran," transcription by Louis Lenz, September 4, 1955; 1 folder (19 leaves)     C. R. Perry was a member of various Texas volunteer companies charged with fighting Mexicans and Indians on the Texas frontier, 1835-1874.     Carbon typescript transcription. The diary describes Perry’s experiences, 1832-1874.     Published as a book by the Jenkins Pub. Co., Austin, Texas, 1990.     Gift, 1974.     GA47  

Phippen, George Dean, b. 1815 Scrapbook of a Texas Excursion, 1877-1879; 1 folder (1 item) George Phippen was a curator of botany at the Essex Institute in Salem, Massachusetts. Scrapbook with letter, program, newspaper clippings, prints, pen and ink sketches, and a map. The scrapbook contains printed accounts of an excursion through Texas by participants of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held August 29, 1877, in Nashville, Tennessee. The primary account was written by naturalist, Charles W. Palfray, for the Salem Register. The printed daily program of the meeting is used as the scrapbook base with the clippings and other items pasted over the text. Included is a letter from Lester F. Ward relating to plant species collected in Texas, pen and ink drawings of Texas wildflowers, accounts of the excursion from other newspapers and printed sources, and printed views of Texas towns and scenes. Gift, 1988. Finding aid available. GA29  

Pierce, William Sagasar, 1821-1893     Collection, 1847-1901, bulk 1847-1848; 1 folder (.25 linear ft.)     William S. Pierce was a corporal in Company G, Fourth Kentucky Volunteers, commanded by Col. John S. Williams during the Mexican War. He was the first county judge of Menefee County, Kentucky.     Diary, 91p; biographical data; and a poem. In his diary, William S. Pierce describes the daily events of his Mexican War service, such as troops drilling, guard duty, sickness, death, and gambling and drinking at fandango celebrations. A shred of blue cloth and one gold star, remnants of the regimental flag, are in the diary. A brief biographical description of Pierce and a poem by Blanche Pierce Coons, his granddaughter is included.     Gift, 1989.     GA48  

Pierson, John Goodloe Warren, 1795-1849     Papers, ca. 1826-1899, bulk 1826-1860; 2 boxes (.83 linear ft.)     John Goodloe Warren Pierson was the principal surveyor for the Robertson Colony in Texas.     Correspondence, legal documents, and field notes. The papers of John Goodloe Warren Pierson were produced during his work as a surveyor.     These are photocopies of original documents held in the Robertson Colony Collection.     Purchase, 1984.     GR107-GR108  

Pierson, Marshall     Family Papers, 1858-1865; 1 folder (11 items)     The Pierson family lived in New Salem, in Rusk County, Texas. The primary correspondent, Marshall S. Pierson, was a lieutenant in the Seventeenth Texas Cavalry, Polignac’s Brigade, during the Civil War. He became a prominent banker in Gilmer and later Haskell, Texas, after the war. His son, William Pierson, was an attorney, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, and associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court in the early twentieth century.     Letters and a speech. The letters are primarily by Marshall Pierson to his brothers, parents, and his future wife, Roxana Ryan. They describe camp scenes, Pierson’s activities, the war, and other members of the brigade. Other correspondents are Robert Donnell Modreoll, a cousin; H. G. Lane, an attorney for Reagan & Noland; and John H. Graham, a schoolmate of Marshall Pierson. There is one unsigned letter, possibly by William H. Pierson to his sons, and an unsigned speech by either William or Marshall Pierson that argues against the repeal of the death penalty.     Purchase, 1997.     Inventory available.     GA2

Pliskal Family     Papers, ca. 1920-1970; 1 folder (6 items)     Peter E. Pliskal owned and operated the Home Bakery of Cuero, Texas. Biographical sketches, photographs, and memorabilia. Biographical sketches of Peter Emanuel Pliskal, 1893-1967, an Austrian immigrant, and his German wife, Hedwig Marie Elizabeth Buchenau, 1889-1969. Included are two aluminum tokens for Home Bakery bread and two photographs of the Texas Association of Baking Industries meetings, 1927 and undated.     Gift, 1990.     GA193, GO9  

Plummer Family     Papers, 1754-1884, bulk 1830-1861; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)     The Plummers came to Texas in the 1830s. Joseph E. Plummer was a surveyor, served in the Texas Army, and built the first residence at Copano in Refugio County about 1840. His brother, Samuel A. Plummer, was a lawyer and business associate of Mirabeau B. Lamar and a captain in the Texas Army. Joseph E. Plummer, Jr. and Francis W. Plummer also served in the Texas Army.     Correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, speech, catalog, congressional document, and broadside. The letters are between several members of the Plummer Family and from business associates in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. They discuss daily life in frontier Texas and the South and also comment on contemporary political events including prominent historical figures such as Sam Houston and Gen. Santa Anna. Letters, 1855-1861, from Joseph F. Smith, an attorney, concern his efforts to legally claim title to land under dispute at Copano, Texas, for the Plummers. Also included are letters from William Henderson, 1842-1844, while a student at Emory and Henry College in Virginia to his parents and letters from D. C. Freeman, Jr. on business in Texas to his wife in Kentucky, 1860.     Gift, 1974.     Finding aid available.     GA10  

Potter, Robert, 1799[?]-1842     Collection, 1910-1975, bulk 1936-1975; 5 folders (.4 linear ft.)     Robert Potter was Secretary of the Texas Navy, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, represented Fannin and Red River counties in the Fifth Congress of the Republic of Texas, and was murdered by William P. Rose in 1842 during the Regulator-Moderator War.     Correspondence, typescripts, articles, clippings, photographs, essays, biographical sketches, brochure, and transcriptions of nineteenth century letters and documents. The bulk of the collection focuses on Robert Potter and the Regulator-Moderator War in East Texas, 1839-1844. Included are sketches of William Pinckney Rose, Solomon Calvin Page, and Isabella Hopkins Gordon and typescript copies of the autobiography of Harriet A. Ames who was Potter’s widow. Photographs are of Potter’s Point sites and the William Pinckney Rose monument, 1973. The collection is primarily photocopies and transcriptions collected by Jenkins Garrett.     Note: According to a note in the collection, the Ames manuscript original is at the library of the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; The Handbook of Texas states that it is located at the University of Texas at Austin.     GA25  

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Reeder, Flora Blanc, 1916-1995, and Dickson Reeder, 1912-1970     Papers, 1871-1995, bulk 1931-1995; 47 boxes (39.5 linear ft.)     Flora Blanc and Dickson Reeder were artists, actors, and also the founders and directors of the Reeder School, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas. The school was a non-profit community effort that was nationally recognized. Founded in 1945, it was especially designed to provide an education in theater, music, and art for children from four to fourteen years old. It operated until 1958, when the Reeders moved to Paris, France, so that Dickson Reeder could work on a group of paintings scheduled for a show at the Fort Worth Art Center. Flora Reeder also painted and studied mime with Marcel Marceau. Dickson Reeder’s paintings won juried prizes in Texas competitions, were subjects of one-man shows, and were exhibited in major U.S. galleries. He also taught oil painting at Texas Wesleyan College and the Fort Worth Art Center and gave private lessons at his studio. Some time after her husband’s death, Flora Reeder was able to revive the Reeder School with community support, and operated it on a smaller scale in the 1980s.     Correspondence, financial documents, literary works, scrapbooks, certificates, photographs and slides, sketchbooks, motion picture film, cassette tapes, recording disks, posters, notebooks, mailing lists, programs, newspaper clippings, family history, and a variety of printed materials. These are the personal and business papers of Dickson and Flora Blanc Reeder from 1931 through 1995. Personal items include correspondence with family and friends, a Blanc family history, photographs and snapshots, student sketchbooks and writings of Flora Reeder, personal records such as birth certificates, passports, and marriage license, household records, and materials collected from trips abroad. There are also many of Dickson Reeder’s sketchbooks, photographs and records of completed artwork, retrospective exhibition booklets and correspondence related to his art career. Recordings of oral history interviews by Gerald Saxon with Flora Reeder are also included.     By far the bulk of the collection relates to the operation of the Reeder School, Inc., 1946- 1958, and the early 1980s. There are numerous versions of scripts, musical scores, and staging notes, as well as photographs of the students in class and in costume during plays, posters, programs, scrapbooks, sketchbooks of costumes, recordings of plays, programs and information about other children’s theater schools, and correspondence and financial records of the school. A large variety of printed materials collected by the Reeders relate to art, artists, and art exhibitions at various galleries in Texas, the U.S., and Europe.     Researchers of the art scene in Fort Worth, artists, and children’s theater will find these papers valuable.     Gift, 1997.     Inventory available.     97-12  

Reeder School, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas     Records, ca. 1948-1994; 2 boxes, 22 exhibit panels, 1 oil painting (2.67 linear ft.)     Flora Blanc Reeder and Dickson Reeder were the founders and directors of the Reeder School, Inc. The school was a non-profit community effort that was nationally recognized. Founded in 1945, it was especially designed to provide an education in theater, music, and art for children from four to fourteen years old. It operated until 1958, when the Reeders moved to Paris, France, so that Dickson Reeder could work on a group of paintings scheduled for a show at the Fort Worth Art Center. Flora Reeder also painted and studied mime with Marcel Marceau. Dickson Reeder’s paintings won juried prizes in Texas competitions, were subjects of one man shows, and were exhibited in major U.S. galleries. He also taught oil painting at Texas Wesleyan College and the Fort Worth Art Center and gave private lessons at his studio. Some time after her husband’s death in 1970, Flora Reeder was able to revive the Reeder School with community support, and operated it on a smaller scale in the 1980s.     Correspondence, board minutes, financial documents, legal documents, school history, application forms, cast lists, programs, tickets, flyers, newspaper clippings, photographs, a videotape, cassette tape recordings, watercolor sketches, pen and pencil sketches, exhibit panels, and an oil painting. The records document the organization of the school and its artistic and business activities. The panels contain watercolor originals of set designs and costumes by Dickson Reeder created for Reeder School performances. The panels also contain black and white photographs. The painting is by Martha Kyger created while she was a Reeder School student. Also included is an exhibition program organized at Texas Christian University, Dickson Reeder: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1988; and an oral history with Flora Reeder by Gerald Saxon in 1994.     This collection contains some photocopies of original letters and newspaper clippings.     Gift, 1993.     93-21  

Reinhartz, Dennis     Papers, 1984-1988; 2 boxes (.83 linear ft.)     Dennis Reinhartz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Arlington.     Correspondence, typescripts, and galley sheets. The Reinhartz papers concern the publication and editing of two books: The Mapping of the American Southwest, edited by Reinhartz and Charles C. Colley, and Essays on the History of North American Discovery and Exploration, edited by Reinhartz and Stanley H. Palmer for the 1987 Walter Prescott Webb Lecture Series.     Gift, 1987-1989.     GA63-GA64  

Rendell, Kenneth W.     Collection of Stock Certificates and Bonds, 1851-1929; 1 box (.21 linear ft.)     Kenneth W. Rendell is a rare book and manuscripts dealer.     Stock certificates and bonds. The bulk of the items are certificates for shares of capital stock in railroad companies located in the northwestern United States. Many certificates are illustrated and most are unassigned. Included are certificates and bonds for banks, stockyard, coal, insurance, mining, transit, and manufacturing companies. Also included is one item from Russia, 1912. Kenneth Rendell was the collector and donor.     Gift, 1977.     77-5  

Roberts, Lesbia Word     Papers, 1902-1997, bulk 1987-1994; 4 boxes (4 linear ft.)     Lesbia Word Roberts is a Fort Worth genealogist and historian. She has published books on genealogy and also articles in national magazines on genealogical and historical topics. Roberts taught at Paschal High School, is a member of the Tarrant County Historical Commission, and worked for several Texas oilmen in various capacities from accountant to executive assistant.     Correspondence, manuscripts, galley sheets, photographs, research files, oral history tapes, computer disks, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous printed material. The materials relate to Lesbia Roberts’s research and co-writing of the book, Oil Legends of Fort Worth, with Jack C. Tunstill and members of the Historical Committee of the Fort Worth Petroleum Club, published by Taylor Publishing Company of Dallas. Correspondence is with the publisher and members of the committee. Plans for the book’s format and biographies of Texas oilmen are contained in notebooks. Photographs of scenes and people related to the petroleum industry and corrected galley sheets that did not appear in the publication are included.     Gift, 1998.     98-31  

Roberts, Mollie A.     Letters from William F. Howe, ca. 1863-1866; 1 folder (.08 linear ft.)     Mollie A. Roberts lived in Columbia, Texas.     Correspondence, invitation, and a poem sent to Mollie A. Roberts during the Civil War. Letters from William F. Howe, Company H, Fifteenth Infantry Regiment, CSA, describe events, such as the battle of Mansfield, Louisiana; the skirmish at Stirling Plantation near Morgan’s Ferry on the Atchafalaya River; and his impending army discharge and civilian life in Texas. Included is an undated letter from Julia Scott concerning Roberts’s imminent marriage.     Purchase, 1992.     GA131  

Robertson Colony     Collection, 1763-1991; 108 boxes (45 linear ft.); and 243 boxes (101 linear ft.)     The Robertson Colony originated with the Texas Association of Nashville, Tennessee, in 1822. In 1825, Robert Leftwich, agent for the group, obtained a contract to settle eight hundred families in Texas which he transferred to the association on condition the area be called Leftwich’s Grant. The contracted area was one hundred miles wide and two hundred miles long, roughly from an area west of Tarrant County to southeast of Austin. This area embraced all or part of thirty present day Texas counties. Through an error in translation, the contract was confirmed to the Nashville Company. Sterling C. Robertson, then an agent for the Nashville Company, was made empresario in 1834, and the colony was known thereafter as the Robertson Colony. Robertson settled six hundred families in the area before the Texas Revolution. The colony was returned in 1835 to Stephen F. Austin and his agent, Samuel M. Williams, who had earlier secured a contract to the land in the Nashville Colony and disputed the Nashville Company contract.     Sterling Clack Robertson, 1785-1842, came to Texas as a Robertson Colony settler in 1825, was a delegate to the Convention of 1836, and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, drafted by a nephew, George C. Childress. He served in the Texas Army at the battle of San Jacinto and shortly thereafter served in the First and Second Congresses of the Republic of Texas. His son, Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson, 1820-1879, was postmaster general of the Republic of Texas, founded both the town of Salado and Salado College (1859), was chief justice of Bell County, served as a delegate to the Secession Convention in 1860, was Gen. Henry E. McCulloch’s (CSA) aide-de-camp during the Civil War, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1875.     Business and personal correspondence, diaries, letter books, journals, legal and financial record, military documents, field notes and survey maps, genealogical materials, printed items, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, audio and video tapes, artifacts, memorabilia, and research notes pertaining to the Robertson Colony known successively as the Texas Association, 1822-1825; Leftwich’s Grant, 1825-1827; the Nashville Colony, 1827-1831; the Upper Colony, 1831-1834; and Robertson’s Colony, 1834-1835. The papers concerning the history of the Robertson Colony in Texas are contained in four main family collections, namely the Mrs.Thomas Shelton Sutherland, Sr., Collection, 1783-1932; the Thomas Shelton Sutherland, Jr., Collection, 1822-1950s, bulk 1822-1885; the Ella Fulmore Harllee Collection, 1763-1967, bulk 1832-1967; and the John Goodloe Warren Pierson Papers, 1826-1899. Also included are several smaller family collections, notably the Mrs. Marion Robertson, Jr., Collection, undated; the Mrs. Addie Mae Smith Hamilton Collection, 1848; the Zachary Taylor Fulmore Family Papers, ca. 1870-1939; the Michael Reed Papers, 1856-1857; the Joey Reed Papers, 1840; the Gilbert P. Robertson Papers, undated; the Sterling Clack Robertson, IV Papers, undated; the Jefferson Reed Family Papers, 1830-1890; and the Robertson Papers, 1793-1831.     In addition to documenting Robertson’s Colony, the collections reflect the social, political, and economic conditions in Texas from the 1820s through the turn of the twentieth century, although the bulk of the collection is from the nineteenth century. Extensive materials, including thirty diaries by Elijah S. C. Robertson, depict politics and social life during Reconstruction and the deliberations leading to the adoption in 1876 of the constitution for the state of Texas. The collection also contains photographs, audio tapes, and video tapes of interviews that feature Dr. Malcolm D. McLean.     Gift and purchase, 1976, 1981, 1984     Note: Photocopies of the Robertson Colony Collection contained in GR1-GR108 are available to researchers and contain the above named collections, 1763-1967. The originals of the photocopies, the additional Robertson Colony Family Papers, and materials regarding Dr. McLean’s work, 1763-1991, are located in AR342.
    Sixteen volumes of the Robert Colony Papers, dating from 1788 to 1840, have been published and are available for purchase through Special Collections, UT Arlington Library. For more information, see Robertson Colony Purchasing Information.     Finding aids are available for both GR1-GR108 and AR342.     GR1-GR108, AR342  

Robertson Colony Collection     Office Records, ca. 1937-1993; 169 boxes (109 linear ft.)     In 1976, the University of Texas at Arlington purchased the portion of the Sterling Clack Robertson Family Papers which belonged to Thomas Sutherland, a Robertson descendant and cousin of Dr. Malcolm D. McLean, and hired Dr. McLean, then a member of the TCU faculty, to finish his lifelong work on the papers. An office was designed on the sixth floor of the Central Library to house the Robertson Colony Collection. Dr. McLean compiled and edited the series, Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas, at UT Arlington beginning with Volume IV until completion of the manuscript for Volume XVIII, the final volume in the series. He retired in 1992.     Correspondence, memos, manuscripts, reviews, newsletters, newspaper clippings, newspapers, maps, biographical data, and research, publicity, and publication files. The records reflect the daily operation of the Robertson Colony Collection Office. They include all business correspondence and records dealing with the processing, compiling, editing, and publishing of the series, Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas, by Dr. Malcolm D. McLean, Margaret McLean, and his staff at UT Arlington as well as records before coming to UT Arlington. The files contain a manuscript copy of each volume in the series, biographies of Robertson Colony settlers and their families, articles about Dr. and Mrs. McLean, publicity and publication files for the volumes, and reference material on Indians, Salado, Texas, and towns and counties in the surrounding area. Business correspondence included is with university officials, historical societies and commissions, publishers and editors, historians, and individuals interested in or related to Robertson Colony members. There are also files on the history courses that Dr. McLean taught at UT Arlington, 1979-1982, and copies of the Salado Village Voice, 1979-1990.     Transfer, 1992.     Finding aid available.     AR341  

Robertson Colony Collection     Office Records, 1981-1994; 1 box (1 linear ft.)     In 1976, the University of Texas at Arlington purchased the portion of the Sterling Clack Robertson Family Papers which belonged to Thomas Sutherland, a Robertson descendant and cousin of Dr. Malcolm D. McLean, and hired Dr. McLean, then a member of the TCU faculty, to finish his lifelong work on the papers. An office was designed on the sixth floor of the university libraries to house the Robertson Colony Collection. Dr. McLean compiled and edited the series, Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas, at UT Arlington beginning with Volume IV until completion of the manuscript for Volume XVIII, the final volume in the series. He retired in 1992. Correspondence, book reviews, list of reviews, copyright records, orders, typescript, a photograph, printed material, and floppy disks. The materials in the Robertson Colony Collection relate to the production of the volumes of the Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas compiled by Dr. Malcolm and published by UT Arlington. Included is correpondence related to copyright of the volumes, 1986, and 1993-1994; publicity and book reviews, 1993-1994; a list of book reviews of the volumes, 1974-1988; files of standing orders, 1981-1991; a list of review volumes sent for 1990; a typescript of Volume XVIII; a photo of Margaret and Malcolm D. McLean, 1993; and floppy disks containing text of the volumes, mailing lists, book orders, and miscellaneous, 1989-1991, and undated.     Transfer, 1999.     Inventory available.     99-11  

Robertson, Maclin, Jr., 1895-1953     Papers, ca. 1895-1989, bulk 1914-1989; 2 boxes (.67 linear ft.)     Maclin Robertson, Jr. was a prominent Texas cattleman and grandson of Sterling Clack Robertson, an early Texas colonist. Sterling C. Robertson’s son, Elijah, founded Salado, Texas, and Salado College. Maclin Robertson was a veteran of World War I and was also associated with the West Production Company in Houston. He was married to Nora Ann Enloe.     Correspondence, photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings, genealogical materials, histories of selected areas of East Texas, and artifacts. Genealogical materials describe the Robertson, Curlee, Enloe, and Goode families. Local histories describe Tyler County; the Tyler County Court House; Woodville and Doucette, Texas. Robertson’s participation in World War I is reflected in artifacts and a graphic containing the roster of the Headquarters Company, 132nd F.A., Sixty-first Brigade, Thirty-sixth Division, formerly the First Texas Cavalry. The artifacts include Dutch wooden shoes, baby shoes, a handkerchief embroidered "Souvenir de France," and a World War I combat helmet.     Gift, 1990.
    Finding aid available     AR422, OS379  

Robertson, Shirley A.     Papers, 1941-1989; 5 folders (.08 linear ft.)     Shirley A. Robertson was a registered nurse and the founder of the Public Health Clinic in Arlington, Texas, in the 1950s. As a single woman, she adopted a son in 1960, and shared her home with many others who were in need. Correspondence, photographs, certificates, publications, and newspaper clippings which reflect the professional career of Shirley A. Robertson in public health nursing. The correspondence includes letters of congratulations after Arlington observed Shirley Robertson Day on August 30, 1977. Robertson’s papers also document her involvement in Arlington civic activities, such as the Girl Scouts, the Arlington Beautification Council, and the founding of Arlington Memorial Hospital.     Fielder Museum Transfer, 1991.     GA224  

Robinson, Duncan W., 1905-1983     Robert McAlpin Williamson Collection, 1830-1942, bulk 1830-1849; 2 folders (27 items).     Robert McAlpin Williamson, known as "three-legged Willie" for the wooden leg he wore, came to Texas in 1826. He fought in the battle of San Jacinto and served the state as a member of the Supreme Court, the House of Representatives, and the Senate.     Correspondence, Mexican and Republic of Texas land title and legal documents, newspapers, prints, and photographs. All photostat or photocopies of items pertaining to Williamson’s life in Texas collected by Duncan W. Robinson for his book, Judge Robert McAlpin Williamson, Texas’ Three-Legged Willie. The collection includes a portrait of Williamson and copies of two lithographs by Delmar Pachl that were used in the book.     The collection is also known as: Robert McAlpin Williamson Collection.     Gift, 1984.     GA20, OS370  

Robinson, Thomas B.     Diary, July 8, 1865-April 10, 1866; 1 folder (1 item)     Thomas B. Robinson served with Company M of the Tenth Illinois Cavalry.     Diary in pen and pencil, bound in leather, 64 p. Thomas B. Robinson related his experiences and impressions of people, towns, and countryside as his brigade marched from Shreveport, Louisiana, to San Antonio, Texas, where he was mustered out after the Civil War. His journey home to Kingston, Illinois, in DeKalb County and activities in that area and in Kane County, Illinois, occupy the last third of the diary.     A transcription of the diary is in the finding aid.     Gift, 1974.     Finding aid available.     GA47  

Rogers, John William, 1894-1964     Correspondence with John Avery Lomax, 1944-1947; 1 folder (20 items)     John William Rogers was a journalist and book editor for the Daily Times Herald, an author and playwright. Lomax was a nationally known author and collector of western folk ballads. Letters and postcards. Correspondence between John William Rogers and John Avery Lomax concerning their mutual interest in promoting literature in Texas, both through their own works and through those of other Texas writers. Includes two letters from Roy Bedichek which describe the people and literature that most influenced his life.     Gift, 1974.     Finding aid available.     GA47  

Rose, Victor M., d. 1893     Poems and Sketch, 1889; 1 folder (4 items)     Victor M. Rose was a lawyer, political leader, newspaper editor, and author.     Poems and sketch. Manuscript poems, "Arabi Bay" with sketch, "Cinco de Mayo," and "Sam Houston."     Gift. 1974.     GA18  

Rosen, Joel     Cartoon Collection, 1910-1973; bulk 1910-1973, bulk 1916-1969; 56 boxes (19 linear ft.)     Joel Rosen of Fort Worth, Texas, was a creator and collector of cartoons.     Cartoon strips, newspapers, and original cartoon drawings. The cartoons were collected by Joel Rosen over a sixty year period from several major American newspapers. Also included are several original cartoons by Rosen, Jack "Herc" Ficklen, John Knott, and Bill McClanahan of the Dallas Morning News, and others.     The collection is also known as: Joel Rosen Collection.     Gift, 1975.     Finding aid available.     AR312  

Rosen, Sam, 1867-1932     Papers, 1902-1994; 2 boxes (2 linear ft.)     Sam Rosen was a Fort Worth businessman with interests in real estate. He developed the Fort Worth and Rosen Heights Street Railway Company and the Rosen Heights Amusement Company. He was also the primary developer of Rosen Heights, which is in the Stockyards area of Fort Worth. Sam Rosen School, in Fort Worth, is named for him.     Ledgers, photographs, and artifacts. The ledgers record the financial business of Sam Rosen from 1902-1957. They include payment ledgers for property in Rosen Heights, cash ledgers for the Fort Worth and Rosen Heights Street Railway Company, and the Rosen Heights Amusement Company. There is also a trial ledger belonging to Rosen and a checkbook which belonged to Betty Gordon Rosen, Sam Rosen's wife. The artifacts include a free pass booklet from the Rosen Heights Street Railway Company and a passbook from one of Rosen's customers. The photographs are of Sam Rosen School and a painting of Rosen, which hangs in the school.     Gift, 1994.     96-21

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