San Jacinto Museum of History

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ADELE BRISCOE LOOSCAN COLLECTION

ADELE LOOSCAN TEXANA COLLECTION

1826-1928

Manuscript Collection: MC059

Size: 4 linear feet

Boxes: 1

OCLC No: 50121323

Acquisition: Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hill, Jr., Houston Public Library, Annie Hume, 1939 - 1940

Restrictions on Access: None

Terms Governing Use: Open for research by appointment.

Processed by: Melissa Calderwood, 2002.

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], Adele Looscan Texana Collection, MC059, San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston, Texas.

Creator Sketch:

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 families.

Scope and Content Note:

Subject files, correspondence, financial and legal records, printed materials, notes and memorandum, and surveyor’s notes represent the documents located in the Adele Looscan Texana Collection. The subject files illustrate early Houston life and Texas history and include documents associated with A.C. and J.K. Allen, Nathaniel Lynch, Sidney Sherman, and Thomas William Ward. Correspondence consists of individual letters (many authors or recipients unknown) written from 1837-1849. The 56 financial records include bank drafts, certificates, promissory notes, receipts, statements of account, and general records. The legal records consist of an abstract of title, an 1839 bill to charter the Bank of Texas, contracts and agreements, certificates, deeds, estate and probate records, a power of attorney document and a summons. Of interest is an 1842 indictment issued by the Republic of Texas against James M. McGee for playing cards. The Texana printed materials contain broadsides dating from the time of the Texas Revolution to the Civil War era, a Stephen F. Austin calling card, Confederate and Texian bond certificates, and election tickets. The collection also contains nine notes and memorandum and four surveyor’s sketches and field notes. All fragments (39) and photostats (27) associated with the Adele Briscoe Looscan Collection are arranged within this collection.

ADELE LOOSCAN TEXANA COLLECTION, 1826-1929

Manuscript Collection: MC059