San Jacinto Museum of History

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HILLARY H. CAMPBELL COLLECTION

1840 - 1973 (Bulk: 1890 - 1912)

Manuscript Collection: MC011

Size: .2 linear feet

Boxes: 1

OCLC No: 46670421

Acquisition: Hillary H. Campbell, 1946 - 1973.

Restrictions on Access: None

Terms Governing Use: Open for research by appointment.

Processed by:Sarah Canby Jackson, 2001

Publication Rights:   Copyright has not been assigned to the San Jacinto Museum of History. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Jacinto Museum of History as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Citation:  [Identification of Item], Hillary H. Campbell Collection, MC011, San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston, Texas.

Creator Sketch:

Born in Connecticut in 1817, Robert Benedict Russell emigrated to San Augustine, Texas, in 1835.  Joining the Texian Army, he fought at the Battle of San Jacinto and later returned to San Augustine where he Russell married Lavinia Brownrigg in 1841.  Russell published the San Augustine Redlander (1846 – 1850) and then moved to Sabine Pass (1850).  He later located to Orange, Texas, in 1854 where he was the postmaster from 1861 to 1875.  In 1873 he patented a process for bundling shingles and ran a steam-operated shingle mill.  He died in an accident in 1880. 

Lavinia and Robert Russell had six children.  Their son, Henry Hoyt Russell married Susan Russell and produced three children, George, Julia and Robert.  Julia Russell Campbell’s son, Hillary Hoyt Campbell, a businessman in Orange, Texas, donated the materials in the collection to the San Jacinto Museum of History over a period of 27 years.

Bibliography:

Dixon, Sam Houston and Louis Wiltz Kemp.  The Heroes of San Jacinto.  Houston:  Anson

 Jones Press, 1932.

Scope and Content Note:

Photographs, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and printed materials, comprise the bulk of this collection donated by the great-grandson of San Jacinto Veteran Robert B. Russell and related to the Russell and Campbell families and southeast Texas.  Of particular interest are 56 photographs (1865 – 1901) which document 27 acquaintances of Julia Russell from her school days at Incarnate Word Academy in Houston to Hamilton Female College in Lexington, Kentucky.  Nine photographs contain images of family members including Robert B. Russell and Lavinia Brownrigg Russell. Orange, Texas, and the Sabine River country are the subjects of another 11 photographs.  A collection of dance cards (1891 – 1894), National Recovery Administration (NRA) stickers (1933 – 1936), and 20 Boy Scout items including membership cards, badge cards, and certificates (1924 – 1938) are also of interest.  The collection contains a photographic copy of the catalog of a 1935 S. Seymour Thomas Exhibit held Los Angeles, California.   His portrait of Sam Houston hangs in the San Jacinto Museum of History.

HILLARY H. CAMPBELL COLLECTION, 1840 - 1973 (Bulk: 1890 - 1912)

Manuscript Collection: MC011

Size: .2 linear feet

Boxes: 1

Inventory

     Series:  Correspondence

Location		Title	Dates
19	1	Letters	1901, 1910
19	2	Telegrams	1873

     Series:  Legal

19	3	Deed:  Robert B. Russell, Orange County, Texas	1865, 05/16
19	4	Patent:  Robert B. Russell’s Patent for Bound Shingles	1873, 06

     Series:  Printed Materials

19	5	Newspaper Clippings	c. 1900 – 1973
19	6	Catalog, Clippings:  S. Seymour Thomas Exhibit	1935, 1957
19	7	Ephemera:  Dance Cards	1891 – 1894
19	8	Ephemera:  Dance Cards	1891 – 1894
19	9	Ephemera:  Dance Cards	1891 – 1894
19	10	Ephemera:  Advertising	1879 – 1910
19	11	Ephemera:  Cards	n.d.
19	12	Ephemera:  Boy Scouts:  Membership cards, Badge cards, Calendar	1925 – 1938
19	13	Ephemera:  Boy Scouts:  Certificates	1924 – 1925
19	14	Ephemera:  National Recovery Administration Stickers (NRA)	1933 – 1936
19	15	Programs:  Vesper Service “The Story of Christmas”	1927, 12/25
19	16	General	1840, 1951, 1973

     Series:  Photographs

19	17	Russell / Campbell Families	1888 – 1954, n.d.
19	18	Friends of Julia Russell Campbell	1888 – 1891, n.d.
19	19	Places:  Orange Texas, Sabine River	1865 – 1901, n.d.
19	20	People:  Unidentified	1880 – 1890, n.d.

     Series:  Maps

19

21

Texas: Sabine River [photostat]

1840

     Series:  Roll Book

19

22

Sunday School Class

1925 - 1926