Browse Collections (12 total)
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Thomas Falconer Correspondence
Thomas Falconer (1805-1882) was an English jurist and explorer who immigrated to the Republic of Texas in 1840. In 1841, he joined the Texan Santa Fe…
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Johnson Family Papers
The Johnson family, originally from Missouri, came to Texas in 1844, moving several times before finally settling in Hays County. Thomas Johnson and…
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John G. Tower Senate Collection
John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991) was a Republican politician who represented Texas in the Senate from 1960 until 1985. Born in Houston, Texas, he…
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J. D. Giddings Collection
Jabez Demming Giddings (J.D. Giddings), born in Pennsylvania, came to Texas in 1838 to claim his brother Giles’s land bounty after Giles’s death at…
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World War I at Southwestern University
In 1918, during World War I, the United States War Department created the Student Army Training Corps (SATC) program to help fill positions in the…
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Claude Carr Cody's Battle Creek Sanitarium Collection
Claud Carr Cody was born in Georgia and got his AB and MA degrees from Emory in 1875 and 1878. He came to Southwestern University in 1879 as Professor…
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Henry Matthews Diaries
Henry Matthews (1799-18?) was a Methodist circuit rider, schoolteacher, and practicing physician from Ohio, who made his way from Ohio, through the…
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Orceneth Fisher Papers
Orceneth Fisher was a Methodist circuit rider in Central Texas whose circuit included Goliad, Galveston, Indianola, San Marcos, and other locations.…
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G.W. McClanahan Sr. Paine Female Institute Collection
George Walker McClanahan Sr. (1824-1874) was the first principal of the Paine Female Institute in Goliad, Texas, from 1855 to 1860. The Paine Female…
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Southwestern University Archives
The Southwestern University archival holdings include Southwestern University historical records and documents, personal papers of individuals…