Adele Briscoe Looscan papers 1633-1935 (Bulk: 1881-1920)

Harris, Dilue Rose, 1825-1914

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Memoirist Dilue Rose Harris (1825-1914) arrived at Stafford’s Point, Texas, with her family in 1833. During the Texas Revolution she made bullets for the defenders of the Alamo, was acquainted with the revolutionary leaders, and fled with her family during the Runaway Scrape in 1836. After Texas gained its independence, the Harrises moved outside of Houston where she attended school. In 1839, she married Ira Harris with whom she had nine children. Harris wrote her reminiscences that...

Waul, T. N. (Thomas Neville), 1813-1903

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Urwitz, Marie Bennet

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Dunovant, Adelia A.

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Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs

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The largest voluntary association of women in the state, the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs (TFWC) was founded in 1897 to combine the efforts of existing women’s literary clubs around the state. Since then, the scope of the TFWC’s work has expanded to include the promotion of improvements in education, natural resource conservation, domestic issues, public affairs, international affairs, the arts, and Texas heritage. The organization’s first few decades were a time of great activ...

Dienst, Alex, 1870-1938

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Dentist, historian, writer, lecturer, and collector of books and documents on Texas history. From the description of Dienst, Alexander, collection, 1784-1929. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23285360 Dienst was an author and collector of books and source material on Texas history especially the Texas Revolution. He was a dentist in Temple, Texas, from 1889 until his death. From the description of Papers, 1899-1935. (University of Texas at Arl...

Davis, M. E. M. (Mollie Evelyn Moore), 1852-1909

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Author. From the description of Scrapbook, 1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70956246 Poet and novelist known as Mollie or M.E.M. Davis and author of two volumes of poetry and twelve novels, which alternate between Texas and New Orleans settings, and Under Six Flags, a school textbook history of Texas. Davis married Thomas Edward (T.E.) Davis, who served on the staff of the New Orleans Times and as editor of the Picayune. M.E.M. Davis also was a l...

Harris family

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Ladies' Reading Club (Houston, Tex.)

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The Ladies' Reading Club was organized in 1885 as the first women's club in Houston. Its members engaged in intellectual study by preparing and presenting papers at club meetings. They assumed strong leadership in establishing Houston's first public library and have continued their support of the library system through the years. The Club was still in existence in 1992 after 107 years. From the description of Ladies' Reading Club ca. 1888-1992. (Houston Area Library Auto Network). Wo...

Daniels, Josephine F.

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Looscan, Adele Briscoe, 1848-1935

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The Adele Looscan Texana Collection was derived from documents located in the Adele Briscoe Looscan Collection which could not be directly related to a specific group of records. The previous arrangement of the original collection, chronological without regard to creator or series, destroyed any provenance which may have indicated the original order of the documents. The Adele Looscan Texana Collection holds documents with no identifiable relationship to members of the Harris-Briscoe-Looscan fam...

Looscan, Mary

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Sholars, Kate Briscoe Shaifer, 1849-1935

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Fisher, Rebecca Jane Gilleland, 1831-1926

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Called the Mother of Texas, Rebecca Jane Gilleland Fisher (1831-1926), was born in Philadelphia on August 31, 1831, the daughter of Johnson Gilleland and Mary Barbour. Fisher moved with her family to Texas around 1837. Her father fought in the Texas Revolution under Captain Thomalson. Living near Don Carlos Rancho in Refugio County, the Gilleland family was attacked by members of the Comanche tribe in 1840. The Comanche murdered her parents and captured Fisher and her brother, Willi...

McArdle, Henry Arthur, 1836-1908

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Perry, Hally Ballinger Bryan, 1868-1955

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Born in Galveston on January 19, 1868, Hally Ballinger Bryan Perry was the third child of Guy Morrison Bryan, nephew of Stephen F. Austin, and Laura Harrison (Jack) Bryan. In 1891 Hally Bryan founded the Daughters of the Republic of Texas with her cousin, Betty Ballinger. Hally Ballinger Bryan served as secretary for an early executive committee in the DRT, but thereafter chose not to hold an office. She married Emmett Lee Perry in 1909. After her father's death in 1901, Perry and her cousin Bea...

Briscoe, Mary

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McQueen, Mollie

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Harris, Jane, 1794-1869

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Barker, Eugene C. (Eugene Campbell), 1874-1956

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Eugene C. Barker was a University of Texas historian and educator. From the description of Barker, Eugene Campbell, papers, 1785-1895, 1812-1895. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 70277022 ...

Phelps, Carrie

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Briscoe, Parmenas, 1839-1906

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Parmenas Briscoe, the eldest son of Mary Jane Harris Briscoe and Andrew Briscoe, was born in 1839 in Houston, Texas. Parmenas served in Company 1, 2nd Battalion of the Infantry of Waul's Texas Legion during the Civil War. He ran a sawmill, worked briefly as an agent with Houston East and West Texas Rail Road, and clerked in the Harris County Clerk's office. As the eldest male in the family, Parmenas handled the legal and financial transactions for his immediate and extended family. He died in hi...

Looscan, Michael, 1838-1897

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Born in Caher, Ireland, on September 25, 1838, Michael Looscan came to the United States in 1855 and to Texas in 1858. He taught school before passing the bar exam in 1861. In April 1861 Looscan enlisted in the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Riflemen. After the war he taught school in Colorado, Lampasas, and Hamilton Counties. In 1866 he established a law practice in Houston. In 1870 he was appointed county attorney of Harris County and was elected to that office in 1876. He practiced prim...

Bringhurst, Antoinette Power Houston, 1852-1932

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Daughter of Sam and Margaret Lea Houston; married William Lorraine Bringhurst (1844-1913) in 1877. From the description of Antoinette Power Houston Bringhurst papers, 1906-1932. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 70950007 The daughter of Sam Houston, Antoinette Houston Bringhurst was active in a number of organizations. From the description of Antoinette Power Houston Bringhurst papers, 1906-1932. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas...

Scarff, William Gwinn

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Briscoe, Andrew, 1810-1849

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Andrew Briscoe was born on November 25, 1810, in Claiborne County, Mississippi, to Parmenas Briscoe and Polly Montgomery. He moved to Texas in 1833. He signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. As captain he led the Liberty Volunteers at the battle of Concepcíon, and Company A, Infantry Regulars at the Battle of San Jacinto. Briscoe served as chief justice of Harrisburg from 1836-1839. He was agent for the Harrisburg Town Company and owner of the Harrisburg and Brazos Railroad. Andrew Brisc...

Gallagher, Julia Hite

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Daughters of the Republic of Texas

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Briscoe, Andrew Birdsall, 1841-1912

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Andrew Birdsall Briscoe "Brits" was born in Harrisburg, Texas, in 1841, the second son of Andrew Briscoe and Mary Jane Harris. After his father's death in 1849, he lived with his mother and siblings for a time on his grandfather's plantation near Port Gibson, Mississippi. In 1852 Mary Jane and her children returned to Texas, living in Anderson, Galveston, and Harrisburg. During the Civil War, Briscoe saw action as a member of Terry's Texas Rangers. In 1871 he married Annie Payne and they had fou...

Alford, J. R.

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Asbury, Samuel E. (Samuel Erson), 1872-1962

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Asbury, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, was assistant state chemist at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Texas A&M University and an amateur historian and collector of Texana. From the description of Asbury, Samuel Erson, papers, 1920-1955. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22902157 Historian and chemist. From the description of Samuel E. Asbury papers, 1807-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70956192 Harrison w...

Stone, Cornelia Branch

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Texas State historical association

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The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) was organized in 1897 with the general objectives of promoting historical studies, particularly the discovery, collection, preservation and publication of historical material pertaining to Texas. TSHA publishes the "Southwestern Historical Quarterly," the "Handbook of Texas," and the "Junior Historian," and holds educational programs dedicated to the field of Texas history. The TSHA's permanent quarters are in the Center for American History, on the ...

Howe, Jesse Briscoe, 1845-1920

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Jessie Wade Briscoe, the eldest daughter of Mary Jane Harris Briscoe and Andrew Briscoe, was born in 1845 in Harrisburg, Texas. She married Milton Grovesnor Howe, a civil engineer and Civil War veteran, in 1873. Their son, Joseph Milton Howe, was born in 1874. They resided in Houston and traveled extensively. In 1901 Milton G. Howe was appointed a director of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He died in 1902. Jesse was an active member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, the Daught...

Garrison, George Pierce, 1853-1910

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Briscoe family

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Yarrington, L. W.

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Ballinger, Betty

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Saunders, Mary

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Windsor, Mary Payne Briscoe

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McAran, Winefred Looscan

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Harris, Minnie S.

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De Zavala, Adina, 1861-1955

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Adina de Zavala was instrumental in saving the Alamo from destruction in the early twentieth century. She is the author of a book and several pamphlets about the Alamo. From the description of Papers, 1878-1963. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 29870168 Adina Emilia DeZavala was instrumental in preserving many of Texas' historical landmarks and documenting her family's experiences in the Republic of Texas. She was involved with the Daughters of the Rep...

Briscoe, Mary Jane Harris, 1819-1903

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Mary Jane Harris was born August 17, 1819, to John Richardson and Jane Birdsall Harris. She married Andrew Briscoe in 1837 in Texas. After Andrew's death in 1849, Mary Jane and her 4 children moved to her father-in-law's plantation in Mississippi. In 1852 she returned to Texas. She was a charter member of the Ladies' Reading Club, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and the Texas State Historical Association. She was active in the Texas Veterans Association. Mary Jane Harris Briscoe died Mar...