Lake, Mary Daggett papers, 1825-1953.

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Lake, Mary Daggett. Lake, Mary Daggett papers, 1825-1953.

Lake, Mary Daggett papers, 1825-1953.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191194471

The collection consists of the personal papers of Mary Daggett Lake, (1881-1955), C. B. Daggett (1812-1888), E. B. Daggett (1838-1911), E. J. Daggett, E. M. Daggett (1810-1883), E. M. (Bud) Daggett (1850-1921), F. B. Daggett (1867-1939) and J. P. Daggett (1895-1944). It includes correspondence, deeds, typescripts, receipts, promissory notes, scrapbooks, clippings, and wills. It also contains material Mary Daggett Lake obtained while doing research on state and local history for her articles for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and typescripts of many of the article she wrote. The collection contains correspondence between her and various Texas historians including J. Evetts Haley and J. Frank Dobie. It consists of material she acquired while researching the genealogy of the Lake and Daggett families and some of the allied families including Hawkins, Farrar, Crank, Ferguson, Palmer/Parmer and Longmiller families. Materials include items relating to her involvement with the National Council of State Garden Clubs, the Texas Garden Clubs,the Fort Worth Garden Clubs and the Women's Wednesday Club. There is also material relating to conservation, highway beautification, the Fort Worth Park System and material on the Fort Worth Botanic Garden including a list of plants. Includes papers of Rev. S. G. Worsham, Gustave Cousson Weaver, Hyde Jennings, Albert Ruth and the Ruth Herbarium. Also includes articles by columnists Bess Carroll, Edith A. (Guedry) Deen, J. Frank Dobie, C. L. Douglas, Lillian Halbert Gantt, Jack Gordon, Robert T. Hill, Howard W. Peak and Frank Reeves.

26 linear ft.

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