Archives and Manuscripts Index

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Cunningham Family Papers

AR.H.019
Dates: -
Creator: Cunningham family
Persons
  • Cunningham, R. D.
  • Jobe, Philip W.
  • Fox, Eleanor
  • Randolph, Annie F.
  • Randolph, E .J., Mrs
  • Randolph, Thomas J.
  • Cunningham, Maroerite
Organizations
  • Confederate States of America. Army
  • Seton Hospital (Austin, Tex.)
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Subjects
  • Families
  • American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
  • Soldiers--Texas
  • Nursing
  • Hospitals
Format
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site

Joseph Wade Hampton Letters

AR.H.020
Dates: -
Creator: Hampton, Joesph Wade
Persons
  • Hampton, Joseph Wade
Organizations
  • State Gazette (Austin, Tex. : 1855)
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)
Subjects
  • American newspapers--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site

Harrell Family Papers

AR.H.021
Dates: -
Creator: Harrell, Dorothy
Persons
  • Harrell, Dorothy
Organizations
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)
Subjects
  • Families--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.H.022
Dates: -
Creator: Heard, Daniel
Persons
  • Heard, Daniel
Organizations
Places
  • Williamson County (Tex.)
  • Texas--Emigration and immigration
Subjects
  • Immigrants--Texas--History
  • Swedish Americans--Texas--History
Format
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.H.024
Dates: -
Creator: Hirshfeld, Henry, 1834-1911
Persons
  • Hirshfeld, Henry
  • Hirshfeld, Jennie Melasky
  • Hirshfeld, Morris
  • Hirshfeld, Caroline
  • Hirshfeld, Laura
  • Hirshfeld, Samuel
  • Hirshfeld, Jacob
  • Bernheim, Leila Hirshfeld
  • Bernheim, Henry Hirshfeld
  • Hanna, Marie Hirshfeld Bernheim
  • Frees, Rosa Hirshfeld
  • Free, William Jacob
  • Frees, Miriam Hirshfeld
  • Porter, Athol Estes
Organizations
  • Austin National Bank (Austin, Tex.)
  • Austin High School (Austin, Tex.)
  • Austin Public Schools (Austin, Tex.)
  • United Daughters of the Confederacy
  • Allan Junior High School (Austin, Tex.)
  • Driskill Hotel
  • B. Melasky & Son (Austin, Tex.)
  • Hirshfeld, Gratz & Company
  • Hirshfeld and Anderson (Austin, Tex.)
  • Hood Seminary (Austin, Tex.)
  • Miss Numbers School (Austin, Tex.)
  • Richardson Academy
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
  • Austin (Tex.)--Commerce
  • Austin (Tex.)--Genealogy
  • 608 Congress Avenue (Austin, Tex.)
  • 303 W. 9th Street (Austin, Tex.)
  • 305 W. 9th Street (Austin, Tex.)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration--History
Subjects
  • American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
  • German Americans--Social life and customs
  • Jews--Texas
  • Women--Social life and customs
  • Families--Texas--Austin
  • Public schools--Texas--Austin
  • Freemasons
  • Fraternal organizations
  • Business enterprises--Texas--Austin
  • Banks and banking--Texas--Austin
  • Abstracts of title--Texas--Austin
  • Autographs--Collectors and collecting
  • Banks and banking--Texas--Austin
  • Families--Texas--Austin
  • Judaism--Texas--Austin--Customs and practices
  • Public schools--Texas--Austin
  • Private schools
  • Women--Societies and clubs
  • Naturalization records
  • Immigrants--Texas--History
  • World War I
  • World War (1914-1918)
  • World War II
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • Real property
Format
  • Artifacts
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site

John Orville Johnson Papers

AR.H.025
Creator: Johnson, John Orville, 1841-1918
Persons
  • Johnson, John Orville
Organizations
  • Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Infantry Regiment, 16th
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Subjects
  • American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
  • Soldiers
Format
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site

Fred A. Jacobsen Papers

AR.H.026
Dates: -
Creator: Jacobsen, Fred A.
Persons
  • Bonham, Dora Dieterich
  • Jacobsen, Fred A.
Organizations
Places
  • Fiskville (Tex.)
Subjects
  • Danish Americans--Texas
  • Families--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site

Louise Jarrell Papers

AR.H.028
Creator: Jarrell, Louise, 1906-
Persons
  • Jarrell, Louise
Organizations
  • Austin Lyceum
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
Subjects
  • Societies--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site

Mary Lasswell Papers

AR.H.031
Dates: -
Creator: Lasswell, Mary
Persons
  • Michener, James A. (James Albert)
  • Baldwin, Faith
Organizations
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)
Subjects
  • Literature
Format
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site

William Robert Long Papers

AR.H.033
Dates: -
Creator: Long, William Robert
Persons
  • Long, William Robert
  • Long, Emily Holcomb
Organizations
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)
Subjects
  • Families--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site