The Chapman Texas & Borderlands Collection supports research & instruction into the history of Texas, including the social, political, technological, economic, artistic, and geographic natures of the state from pre-colonial to modern times.
The Chapman Texas & Borderlands Collection contains books, manuscripts, serials, maps, photographs, recordings, and artifacts from early exploration of the area that is now Texas and its neighboring territories to the present day. Emphasis is placed on acquiring items in their original states. Modern publications that meet the scope and policy are collected. Facsimiles are purchased, but sparingly. Material is collected in all languages.
The Collection highlights include material focused on early exploration of the area that is now Texas and its neighboring territories to the present day; publications, correspondence, and Sea of Mud artifacts associated with the Texas Revolution; the Clyde McQueen collection of historic African American churches, and manuscript archives from the cattle industry. In addition, the Chapman collection is particularly strong in community and county histories and cookbooks and serves as a state repository for the early county records of Brazos and the seven surrounding counties.
Samuel Asbury Collection: The Samuel Erson Asbury Papers consist of research materials, correspondence, Asbury's writings, and copies of state and national documents. Asbury's broad range of interests is reflected in the variety of topics contained in these papers. Foremost among them are the files of correspondence, historical documents, articles and research notes concerning various aspects of Texas history. Also included in the Asbury papers are: articles, short stories, essays, plays, poetry, and a Texas Revolution opera written by Asbury; research notes and correspondence on the cultivation of roses and the growing of plants without soil; articles written about Asbury; correspondence with family members; general correspondence; and photographs of Asbury, his family and friends, and North Carolina A & M College.
Sea of Mud Collection – artifacts primarily from the Mexican army following the Battle of San Jacinto. The collection forms the basis of Dr. Gregg Dimmick’s Sea of Mud: The Retreat of the Mexican Army after San Jacinto, An Archeological Investigation (Texas State Historic Association, 2004) and General Vicente Filisola's analysis of José Urrea's military diary: a forgotten 1838 publication by an eyewitness to the Texas Revolution (Texas State Historic Association, 2007)
Clyde McQueen Collection, 1944-1999: This collection consists of the research collection Clyde McQueen built and used to write Black Churches in Texas. A Guide to Historic Congregations (Texas A & M University Press, 2000).
Mercurio Martinez Papers, 1767-1963: The Mercurio Martinez Papers include correspondence, copies of legal documents such as wills, deeds, affidavits and courtroom briefs, maps, photographs, field notes for land surveys, genealogical charts, accounts of family and regional history by Mercurio Martinez, and historical accounts from other sources, principally newspapers. There are also financial records of various kinds including tax records, bills and receipts, books of check stubs, and account sheets. The vast majority of the papers relate to families, places and events in Zapata County. Webb County is also well represented, as is the region surrounding the town of Guerrero, Tamaulipas located on the south bank of the Rio Grande opposite Zapata County, Texas. A few papers deal with families, places and events in Starr County and further south in the Rio Grande Valley and a few files deal with Mexican, United States and world affairs.
Cookbooks: The Cookbook Collection is comprised of community produced cookbooks that represents Texas cuisine from across the state. It includes cookbooks produced my clubs, churches, and schools.
Cushing Memorial Library & Archives seeks to acquire materials related to its traditional areas of the Texas Revolution, Texas Independence, community/local histories and cookbooks, and the cattle industry. Building upon these areas, we seek to grow the collection’s holdings of Texas Maps, material focused on Texas immigration, and material on the Reconstruction Era in Texas.
Austin's 1830 Map of Texas: This first edition of Stephen F. Austin’s 1830 Map of Texas is often described as “the first meaningful map of Texas” and was the first to accurately depict the rivers in Texas and illustrate many of the early settlements including Brazoria, Gonzales, Harrisburg, Matagorda, Victoria and Waco Village.
The Frederick C. Cuny/INTERTECT Collection: The collection contains the working library, office files, press clippings, slides, photographs, and Beta and VHS tapes of Cuny and his team at the disaster relief/response firm, Intertect, and at the non-profit organization he co-founded in 1987, the Intertect Institute. The items currently digitized represent a small section of the collection chosen for their significance by members of the Cuny Center for the Study of Societies in Crisis.
Colonial Mexican Collection: As Texas was part of New Spain and Mexico before achieving its independence in 1836, there is much overlap in terms of exploration, missionary activity, colonization, commerce, government, military, and legal matters. In addition, there are some artifacts related to the Mexican American War.
Map Collection: Texas specific maps are purchased as part of the Chapman Collection, however maps and atlases held in the Map Collection do include representations of Texas.
Maritime Collection: Books and atlases in the Maritime Collection include works on the Gulf of Mexico and Texas shoreline.
Kelsey Americana Collection Kelsey Illustrators
Ragan Military History Collection:
Rare Collection:
Area Studies:
Women and Gender Studies:
Dykes Rangeland Collection: The Dykes Collection’s focus on livestock in the Americas and the Old West is a complement to the Chapman
Texas Collection. Notable are the archival materials of Charles Goodnight and literary works of Larry McMurty and Elmer Kelton amongst others.
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TAMU Archives:
Curators: Anton duPlessis, Sierra Laddusaw
Created 7/31/2020
Mailing Address:
Cushing Memorial Library & Archives
TAMU 5000
College Station, TX 77843-5000
Physical Address:
400 Spence St.
Main Campus near the Central Campus Garage
Phone:
979-845-1951