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Papers relate primarily to the Smoot family of Austin, particularly patriarch John N. Smoot (1786-1859) of Rowan County, North Carolina; Richmond Kelley Smoot (1836-1905), pastor of the First Southern Presbyterian Church in Austin (1876-1905), professor at the University of Texas, and cofounder of the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary; his brothers Benjamin and Thomas R. Smoot (b. 1834) in Tennessee; his son Asher Graham Smoot (1869-1915), journalist, editor and manager of the Austin Statesman newspaper, and cofounder of the Austin American in 1914; son Lawrence Kelley Smoot (1875-1968), photographer, librarian, and editorial reporter for the Texas Supreme Court; and Lawrence's daughter Jane Smoot (b. 1919). Also included are papers relating to the family of Sallie Graham Smoot (1837-1916), wife of Richmond K. Smoot, particularly Judge Asher W. Graham of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and other family members including Lawrence A. Graham (1833-1917), an Austin merchant. Of special note is a history of the R. K. Smoot home with descriptions and inventory of its contents.

From the guide to the Smoot-Graham Family Papers, 1811-1968, 1986, 1987., (Center For American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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Place Name Admin Code Country
Kingsland, Texas
Honolulu, Hawaii
Union City, Tennessee
Hays County, Texas
Saint Louis, Missouri
Austin, Camp Pajama (Kingsland), Texas
Nashville, Tennessee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Rowan County, North Carolina
Colorado
Llano County, Texas
Austin, Texas
Subject
Floods
Religion
Austin American (newspaper)
Austin Dam (Colorado River)
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Bicycles
Boats and boating
Buggies and carriages
Bull Creek (Travis County)
Camps, Recreational
Cartes de visite
Presbyterian Church
Cityscapes
Clergy
Colorado River
Death and dying
Deer
Devils River
Diaries
Enchanted Rock (Gillespie County)
First Southern Presbyterian Church (Austin)
Frio River
Funerals
Furniture
Garden of the Gods (Colorado park)
Houses and housing
Houses and housing
Hunting and fishing
Journalists and journalism
Judges and judiciary
Llano River
Log cabins
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Saint Louis)
Medicine, Practice of
Merchants and Stores
Mississippi River
Mount Bonnell (Travis County)
Packsaddle Mountain (Llano County)
Photographers and Photography
Picnics and barbecues
Poultry
Railroads
Rivers and streams
Royal Gorge (Colorado)
Samaritan Ranch (Hays County)
Sheet music
State Lunatic Asylum Park (Austin)
Texas
UT Old Main Building
Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming)
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