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This collection consists of issues of the Trinitonian; from its first appearance as a monthly campus magazine and annual in1900, through its present day weekly circulation as the student-run newspaper of Trinity University.

Collection of correspondence and ephemera related to the history of a Texas family. The central figure in this collection is Mattie Strickland Russell; other correspondents in the collection include her husband, Richard Robertson Russell; her daughter, Elma Dill Spencer; her son-in-law, Richard French Spencer; her father, George Strickland; and her grandparents, Amos and Emily Strickland, among others. Additional correspondence to Mattie Russell is from children's author Will James. The collection also contains biographical information about her father, George Strickland. In addition, the collection contains ephemera related to Texas history.

The Paul Baker Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, administrative records, scripts, playbills, blueprints for theatre construction, periodical clippings and scrapbooks spanning the years 1925-1976 with the bulk of the material concerning the mid-century. The material from the latter years relates to Baker’s tenure at Trinity University, but the majority of the collection is from his years with Baylor University and his work with the Dallas Theatre Center. The collection also contains a small series of Kitty Baker’s correspondence and personal papers.

The T.M. (Thomas Moore) Paschal Papers consist of letters, legal documents, bills, advertisements, telegrams, programs, and newspaper clippings. The material spans from 1851-1921. The material in this collection covers a wide range of subjects including Paschal's public career and law practice; land deals in the United States and Mexico; San Antonio civic affairs; and inventions including the Judge's invention of an electro-chemico radio active heater.

Collection of ephemera related to Encino Press or William D. Wittliff. The archival collection accompanies the library's Beretta-Encino Press Collection, consisting of print copies of a majority of the press's publications and other associated works.

Bill of sale for an enslaved person, named Tom, sold by Joseph Megginson to Jeremiah Smith in Galveston, Texas.

Contracts between James Hamilton, Elizabeth Hamilton, and Abner Jackson regarding the Retrieve Plantation on Oyster Creek in Brazoria County, which was owned by the Hamiltons and Jackson.

List of the crew of the Schooner Nancy, sailing from Edenton, North Carolina to Jamaica in 1805.

"The Saga of Our Ancestry: Being a Series of Sketches o the Lives of Pioneer Texans, Written for the Information and Pleasure of their Descendants by Maud Boyce Farrar, Waxahachie, Texas, 1934."

Contents:

1. Rebecca Horton Boyce
2. Mahaly, the slave woman
3. Little Dog Penny
4. The Aldredge Family
5. Elizabeth Aldredge Boyce
6. W.A. Boyce
7. Nancy Owen Smith
8. Hans Smith
9. Lelia Smith Farrar
10. Education of Her Children
11. S.B. Farrar
12. Genealogical Tables

Typescript manuscript of the Autobiography of Andrew Davis (1827-1906).

Typed manuscript by R.L. Cartwright, "The Earliest American History of Texas," 1931.

Typescript copy of original manuscript memoirs by John Beldon Billingsley (1830-1904).

Two receipts for taxes collected in Boerne, Texas, in 1912 and 1918.

Credential certificates of Reverend John Shackleford Gillett (1838-1910), West Texas Conference.

A commonplace book used by Violet Alice Haynes Bowles (1873-1953), in which she recorded poetry, correspondence, genealogical research, and other notes. Much of the contents reflects her views as a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy.