Abstract

The Bexar Archives contain Spanish and Mexican colonial-era judicial, military, administrative, and personal records that document daily life, governance, settlement, and law enforcement in Texas. Through trial proceedings, official correspondence, reports, diaries, and other records, the collection offers a rich firsthand account of the political, social, and cultural history of Texas and its early Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American inhabitants.

Abstract The Lois Foster Blount Papers consist primarily of historical research materials documenting early Texas history, the Texas Revolution, and the Republic of Texas, with a significant focus on Thomas J. Rusk. The collection includes correspondence, genealogical and biographical research files, notes from manuscript and published sources, translations and calendars of archival records, legal and land documents, and manuscripts of historical writings and pageants. Subjects represented include...

Abstract The Samuel E. Asbury Papers document the life and work of a North Carolina-born chemist who served as assistant state chemist at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station from 1904 to 1945, and who developed a parallel career as a collector of Texana and researcher of early Texas history. The collection reflects Asbury's deep interest in the Texas Revolution and his proposal to interpret that history through a cycle of musical dramas, as well as his membership in the Southern and Texas State...