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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Dr. S.O. Young Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0010
Scope and Contents

The Dr. S.O. Young Papers is a small collection of newspaper clippings, manuscripts, pamphlets, and correspondence relating to the activities of Dr. S.O. Young and his mother, Maud J. Young. The subject matter of the content ranges from Dr. Young's scientific writings to his thoughts on race relations during and after Reconstruction and his correspondence with fellow Confederate veterans of the Civil War. Dr. Young was also in Galveston at the time of the 1900 storm.

Dates: 1836-1934

John E. T. Milsaps Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0033
Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal and professional writings and correspondence of Milsaps, including his journals. In addition, the collection is comprised of many scrapbooks, photographs, and published works that Milsaps collected on his travels across the globe. Several areas of note include materials relating to Hawaii prior to US statehood; the Phillipines in and around the Spanish-American War and Phillipine Insurrection; materials related to the Civil War with perspectives from...
Dates: 1531-1986; Majority of material found in 1852-1930

Nicholson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0024
Scope and Contents

The Nicholson Family Papers is comprised primarily of transcriptions of William Nicholson's Civil War correspondence. William Nicholson served with the Texas Rangers and died in battle at Coosville, Georgia, in 1864. The Nicholsons were related to the House family (early Houston bankers) through marriage.

Dates: 1850-1880; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864

Robert P. Boyce Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0038
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a scrapbook, which contains newspaper clippings and mementos, a handwritten memoir and corresponding typescripts, maps, and photographs from the life of Robert P. Boyce. Included are souvenir ribbons from Confederate soldier reunions and Confederate currency with the serial numbers written by hand.

Dates: 1836-1889; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1889

William Marsh Rice Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0140
Scope and Contents The materials in this collection consist primarily of Rice's personal and financial correspondence as well as financial records covering his residency in Houston, with the earliest papers dating from 1841. There are some financial records dating back to 1869. The collection also contains personal and financial papers of Frederick Rice, Rice's brother, and of John H. Brown, a business associate of Rice and the first husband of Rice's second wife, Julia Elizabeth Baldwin. A grouping of...
Dates: 1831-1869
African American History Research Center
Houston Public Library
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Houston History Research Center
Houston Public Library
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Houston, Texas 77002
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