Category Archives: Civil War

Research Ready: April 2013

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Amanda Norman

Each month, we post a processing update to notify our readers about the latest collections that have finding aids online and are primed for research. Here’s the scoop for April: Sadie C. Cannon papers, undated: An unpublished manuscript, Sing Hallelujah, … Continue reading →

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Research Ready: January 2013

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Amanda Norman

Each month, we post a processing update to notify our readers about the latest collections that have finding aids online and are primed for research. As we did in December, we have a few special entries from the Archival Collections … Continue reading →

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Research Ready: November 2012

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Amanda Norman

Each month, we post a processing update to notify our readers about the latest collections that have finding aids online and are primed for research. Here’s the scoop for November: Baylor-Carrington Family Papers, 1715-2007, undated: These family papers consist of … Continue reading →

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Research Ready: October 2012

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Amanda Norman

Each month, we post a processing update to notify our readers about the latest collections that have finding aids online and are primed for research. Here’s the scoop for October: Bolt Family Homestead and Legion Valley Indian Massacre Collection, 1985: … Continue reading →

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Far from Home: The Journey of a Union Soldier in the South

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Amanda Norman

In July 2012, The Texas Collection acquired the letters of Hiram W. Carlton, a Union soldier who spent a significant portion of his enlistment in the South. Hiram W. Carlton was residing in rural Illinois when the Civil War began. … Continue reading →

Posted in 94th Illinois Regiment, Alex Morgan, Battle of Spanish Fort, Brownsville, Civil War, Hiram W. Carlton, Matamoras Mexico | 2 Comments

The Baylor Bear Facts: Fun and Games at The Texas Collection

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Amanda Norman

The Texas Collection’s holdings include many weighty academic tomes and important archival records. Even the paintings that hang in our reading room tend to the serious side—neither Samuel Palmer Brooks nor Pat Neff look amused in their portraits. But we … Continue reading →

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Research Ready: July 2012

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Amanda Norman

Each month, we post a processing update to notify our readers about the latest collections that have finding aids online and are primed for research. Here’s the scoop for July: Andrew Joseph (A.J.) Armstrong papers: The Andrew Joseph Armstrong papers … Continue reading →

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Believe me your own: letters from the battlefield to Fanny from Alex

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Awc

In November, 1861, Dr. Alex Morgan enlisted for a one-year term of service with the 19th Louisiana Infantry of the Confederate Army. He left behind his wife Fanny and their four children, and, though the couple expected to reunite at … Continue reading →

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Trust but verify: looking at a fragment of Civil War history

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Awc

At some point in our lives most of us pass through that phase where we believe “if you see it in print, it must be true.” In the world of Special Collections, this can also mean that when an object … Continue reading →

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