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Archives and Manuscripts Index

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Morley Brothers Drug Company Ledger

AR.A.014
Creator: Morley Brothers Drug Company
Persons
Organizations
  • Morley Brothers Drug Company
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Commerce
Subjects
  • Business enterprises--Texas--Austin
  • Pharmacy--Texas--Austin--History
Format
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
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

Austin Chamber of Commerce Records

AR.B.005
Dates: -
Creator: Austin Chamber of Commerce
Persons
Organizations
  • Austin Chamber of Commerce
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Commerce
  • Austin (Tex.)--Economic conditions
Subjects
  • Business enterprises--Texas--Austin
  • Boards of trade--Texas--Austin
  • Economic forecasting--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.D.009
Dates: -
Creator: Brackenridge family; LaPrelle family; Talbot family
Persons
  • LaPrelle, Rosa Talbot
  • LaPrelle, John
  • LaPrelle, Eleanor Brackenridge
  • LaPrelle, John, Jr.
  • Talbot, James
  • Talbot, Mary
  • Brackenridge, Mary Eleanor
  • Brackenridge, George Washington
  • Brackenridge, James M.
  • Brackenridge, John Thomas
  • Brackenridge, Robert
Organizations
  • First Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.)
  • Austin National Bank (Austin, Tex.)
  • First National Bank (Austin, Tex.)
  • Frontier Telegraph and Telephone Company
  • Seven Churches
  • Hanover College
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)
  • Bastrop County (Tex.)
  • Bexar County (Tex.)
  • Burnet County (Tex.)
  • Boonville (Ind.)
  • Bouldin Creek (Austin, Tex.)
  • South Heights (Austin, Tex.)
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Subjects
  • American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
  • Business enterprises--Texas--Austin
  • Families--Texas--Austin
  • Gold standard--United States
  • Telegraph--Texas
  • Telephone--Texas
Format
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.F.004
Dates: -
Creator: Calcasieu Lumber Company
Persons
  • Drake, Carl Flyel
  • Drake, William Sherman
  • Mueller, R. G.
Organizations
  • Calcasieu Lumber Company
  • Mutual Lumber Company
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Commerce
Subjects
  • Lumber-yards--Texas--Austin
  • Building trades--Texas
  • Business enterprises--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site

Carrington Family Papers

AR.H.001
Dates: -
Creator: Carrington family
Persons
  • Carrington, Evelyn Maurine
  • Carrington, Maude Dillon
  • Carrington, Bertha Gray
  • Hill, William Hickman
  • Carrington, Robert Emmitt
  • Carrington, Leonidas Davis
  • Carrington, Martha Hickman Hill
  • Gray, George Edwin
  • McArthur, Gladys
Organizations
  • L.D. Carrington and Company
  • Capitol National Bank
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Commerce
  • Galveston (Tex.)
  • Edinburgh (Scotland)
  • Carrington-Covert House (Austin, Tex.)
Subjects
  • Families--Texas--Austin
  • African Americans
  • Business enterprises--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

Michael Paggi Papers

AR.H.039
Dates: -
Creator: Paggi, Michael
Persons
  • Paggi, Eugenia
  • Pease, E. M. (Elisha Marshall)
  • Paggi, Michael
Organizations
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Commerce
Subjects
  • Families--Texas--Austin
  • Frontier and pioneer life--Texas
  • Business enterprises--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site

Frank Taylor Ramsey Papers

AR.H.044
Dates: -
Creator: Ramsey, Frank Taylor
Persons
  • Ramsey, Frank Taylor
Organizations
  • Lone Star Nursery
  • Austin Nursery
  • Ramsey & Son
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Commerce
  • Mahomet (Burnet County, Tex.)
Subjects
  • Gardening
  • Plants
  • Business enterprises--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.I.009
Dates: -
Creator: Maerki family; Sterzing family
Persons
  • Maerki-Sterzing, Minna Mae
  • Maerki, Henry
  • Maerki, Lillie Otting
  • Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines)
  • Sterzing, Carl, Sr.
Organizations
  • Allan Junior High School (Austin, Tex.). Parent-Teacher Association
  • Austin Teachers Association
  • University of Texas
  • Delaware and Hudson Railway Company
  • Free Society Association
  • Heritage Society of Austin
  • Lundberg Bakery
  • Maerki Baking Company
  • Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
  • Houston (Tex.)
  • Windisch (Switzerland)
  • Austin (Tex.)--Commerce
Subjects
  • Bakers
  • Bakeries
  • Railroads
  • Education--Texas--Austin
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • World War II
  • Business enterprises--Texas--Austin
  • Families--Texas--Austin
  • Teachers--Texas--Austin
  • Home economics--Study and teaching
  • Cooking--Texas
Format
  • Artifacts
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site