Papers, 1789-1949, (bulk 1846-1946).

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Papers, 1789-1949, (bulk 1846-1946).

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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, diaries, photographs, genealogies, biographies, books, and artifacts. Georgina Kendall Fellowes' correspondence with Kendall biographer, Fayette Copeland, provides details of George W. Kendall's life. Business records deal with the maintenance of the Boerne Cemetery and property records relating to the family ranches. Photographs document the ranches and family members. Family correspondence describes army life in the 1890s and 1900s and during World War II.

34 boxes (12.3 linear ft.)

eng,

fre,

University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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Fellowes, Georgina K. (Georgina Kendall), 1850-1947

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Kendall, Caroline Louise, 1853-1899

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Copeland, Fayette, 1895-1961

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Fellows family.

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Dane, Adeline de V. (Adeline de Valcourt), 1829-1924

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Kendall, Geo. Wilkins (George Wilkins), 1809-1867

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George Wilkins Kendall settled in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1835. In 1837, he and Francis A. Lumsden established the Times-Picayune, a New Orleans newspaper. Kendall participated in the Texan Santa Fé Expedition in 1841 and was subsequently held prisoner in Mexico. During the Mexican War he accompanied United States forces under Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott, reporting war news for the Times-Picayune. He was the author of Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition (1844) and The War Betwe...

Fellowes, Kendall.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Valcourt family.

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Kendall, William Henry

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Kendall, Henry Fletcher, 1855-1913

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Kendall Family.

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George Wilkins Kendall was a founder of the NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE and the first documented American war correspondent. He was also a sheep rancher in the area which became Kendall County, Texas. Married in 1849 to Adeline de Valcourt, he had four children: Georgina Kendall Fellowes, who collected material relating to her father's life; George William Kendall; Henry Fletcher Kendall, a West Point graduate who served in Cuba, Texas, and the Philippines; and Caroline Louise Kendall. Fletcher's son, ...