Hatcher, Mattie Austin

Born near Austin, Texas, Mattie Alice Austin Hatcher (b. ca. 1880-1956) was the daughter of Charles Freeman and Anna Pope Hague Austin and the wife of Maurice S. Hatcher. Hatcher graduated with an M.A. in history from the University of Texas in 1903 and became the university’s first archivist three years later. She wrote and edited numerous books and articles on Texas history, including The Opening of Texas to Foreign Settlement, 1801-1821 (1927) and Letters of an Early American Traveller, Mary Austin Holley: Her Life and Her Works, 1784-1846 (1933).

From the guide to the Hatcher, Mattie Austin, papers 1962; 80-067., 1800-1930, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)