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Archives and Manuscripts Index

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AR.A.021
Dates: -
Creator: Whitis family
Persons
  • Bell, Florence Whitis
  • Eno, Mary "Mollie" Whitis
  • Manor, Joseph J.
  • Rogan, Griffith
  • Whitis, Charles Wesley
  • Whitis, Florence
  • Whitis, Gertrude
  • Whitis, John Hancock
  • Whitis, Mary Key
  • Whitis, Rufus
  • Whitis, Thomas P.
Organizations
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • Whitis Avenue School (Austin, Tex.)
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
  • Manor (Tex.)
  • Webberville (Tex.)
  • San Antonio (Tex.)
  • Barton Creek (Tex.)
  • Bull Creek (Tex.)
Subjects
  • Private schools--Texas--Austin
  • Business enterprises--Texas--Austin
  • Families--Texas--Austin
  • Diaries
  • Education--Texas--Austin
  • Teachers--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.D.010
Dates: -
Creator: Bremond family
Persons
  • Bremond, Eugene
  • Bently, J.W.
  • Bremond, Augusta Palm
  • Bremond, Walter
  • Steiner, Lily Bremond
  • Bremond, Peirre
  • Carr, Maud Bremond
  • Bremond, John
  • Bremond, Elizabeth Roberts
  • Nagle, Virginia Bremond
  • Crosby, Josephine Bremond
  • Bremond, Nina A.
Organizations
  • Bremond and Company
  • Austin Gas, Light, and Coal Company
  • State National Bank (Austin, Tex.)
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
  • St. Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs
Subjects
  • Banks and banking--Texas--Austin
  • Families--Texas--Austin
  • Historic buildings--Texas
  • Real property--Texas--Austin
  • Genealogy
  • Business records
  • Finance
Format
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.E.006
Dates: -
Creator: Urbantke family
Persons
  • Urbantke, Elsie
  • Urbantke, Gus Fred
  • Urbantke, Emily Eversberg
  • Urbantke, Hilda
Organizations
  • Texas School for the Deaf
  • Blinn College
  • University Of Texas at Austin
  • County Club of Austin
  • Austin High School (Austin, Tex.)
  • U.S. Naval Hospital (Norman, Okla.)
  • Women's Texas Golf Association
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
  • Austin (Tex.)--Pictorial works
Subjects
  • Golf--Texas--Austin
  • Deaf--Education--Texas--Austin
  • Women--Texas--Austin
  • Greeting cards
  • Valentines
  • Christmas cards
  • Postcards--Collectors and collecting
  • Country clubs--Texas--Austin
  • Families--Texas--Austin
  • Golf for women
  • Nursing
  • Women in engineering
  • Women in war
Format
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.H.006
Dates: -
Creator: Cloud, Mary Kennerly
Persons
  • Cloud, Mary Kennerly
  • Cloud, John Wurts, Sr.
  • Cloud, Frederick
  • Cloud, Francis Allen
Organizations
  • Daughters of the Republic of Texas
  • Republic of Texas Museum
  • Royal Literary Society
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Genealogy
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
Subjects
  • Patriotic societies
  • Museums
  • Families--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Artifacts
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.H.014
Dates: -
Creator: Blackburn, Ada, 1870-1964
Persons
  • Stephens, Ellen Ada
  • Davis, Ellen Stephens
  • Blackburn, Ada
  • Stephens, Oliver
  • Stephens, Walter O.
  • Murray, Grace
  • Boaz, Thomas
  • Besserer, Charles Williams
  • Scholz, Mary
Organizations
  • Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Subjects
  • Frontier and pioneer life--Texas
  • American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
  • Families--Texas--Austin
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
AR.H.052
Dates: -
Creator: Weed family; Aden family
Persons
  • Weed, Thurlow Brush
  • Weed, Thurlow Bobby, Jr.
  • Weed, Daisy Belle
  • Weed, Katherine Harriet
  • Weed, Osborne Waverly
  • Weed, Orella
  • Weed, Laura
  • Weed, Valentine Osborne
  • Weed, Agnes Irene Aden
  • Weed, Bella Brush
  • Weed, Austin Earl
  • Aden, Helen
  • Aden, Margaret
  • Aden, Eunice
  • Aden, Clarence M.
  • Aden, John Dunlap
Organizations
  • Lions International
  • Texas Embalmers Association
  • Girl Scouts of the United States of America
  • Scottish Rite (Masonic order)
  • New York University
  • Thurlow B. Weed Funeral Home
  • Weed and Rosengren Liverymen and Undertakers
  • Austin Girl Scout Council
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
  • Lake Medina (Tex.)
Subjects
  • Undertakers and undertaking--Texas--Austin
  • Freemasons--Texas--Austin
  • Families--Texas--Austin
  • Girl Scouts--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Architectural drawings
  • Artifacts
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.I.003
Dates: -
Creator: Goeth family; Etnyre family; Tips family
Persons
  • Etnyre, Henry Mentor
  • Etnyre, Caroline Goeth
  • Goeth, Ottilie Fuchs
  • Goeth, Adolph C.
  • Goeth, Julia Tips
  • Greear, Yvonne Etnyre
  • Hedspeth, Cullie
  • Posey, Frank W.
  • Scherding, Laura G. Tips
  • Schutze, Frances Julia Tips
  • Sweeney, Dennis
  • Sweeney, Kathryn
  • Tips, Edward Charles
  • Tips, Eugene
  • Tips, Frances Marie
  • Tips, Mary Jane Pearce
  • Tips, Walter E.
  • Tips, Walter H.
  • Von Heppeger, Anita Von Kramer
  • Von Kramer, Mona
  • Von Kramer, Frederick Carl
  • Von Kramer, Mary Elizabeth Tips
Organizations
  • Walter Tips Company
  • Tips Engine Works
  • Mrs. Huberick's School
  • American Historical Society
  • St. David's Episcopal Church (Austin, Tex.)
  • United States. Army. Air Corps
  • University of Texas at Austin
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
  • Monterrey (Mexico)
  • Camp Waldemar (Tex.)
Subjects
  • Families--Texas--Austin
  • Air pilots, Military--Training of
  • World War I
  • World War (1914-1918)
  • Travel
  • Universities and colleges--Texas
Format
  • Art
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.I.007
Dates: -
Creator: Thompson family
Persons
  • Trammell, Martha Gibson
  • Thompson, Charles Malcolm
  • Thompson, Charles Malcolm
  • Conyngton, Evelyn Trammell
  • Thompson, Robert Lee Wilkins
  • Thompson, Mary Paula
  • Thompson, John Kosciusko
  • Thompson, Helen Leota MacPherson
  • Thompson, Marie Glass
  • Crow, Douglass
  • Crow, W. J.
  • Downum, Emily Crow
  • Thompson, Evelyn Conyngton
  • Thompson, Helen Reed
  • Thompson, Maruerite
  • Thompson, May Agatha Trammell
  • Thompson, William Arthur Phillip
Organizations
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
  • Texas--Economic conditions--20th Century
Subjects
  • Families--Texas--Austin
  • World War I
  • World War (1914-1918)
  • Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--Texas--Austin
  • World War II
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • Depressions--1929--Texas--Austin
  • Letters
  • Greeting cards
  • Cotton growing--Texas
  • Agriculture--crops
  • Soldiers--Texas--Correspondence
Format
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site

Saunders Family Papers

AR.I.008
Creator: Saunders family
Persons
  • Saunders, Clemmie Scott
  • Saunders, Marie
  • Cavitt, Kate
  • Scott, Aaron
  • Scott, H. E.
  • Scott, Jennie
  • Scott, Levi
  • Scott, Mahala Elliott
  • Scott, William
Organizations
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
Subjects
  • Families--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site