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Guide to Scrapbooks in McFaddin-Ward House Archives (open access)

Guide to Scrapbooks in McFaddin-Ward House Archives

Document detailing the contents of 47 scrapbooks compiled by Mamie McFaddin Ward, Ida Caldwell McFaddin, Caldwell McFaddin, Ouida Caldwell Watts, James Lewis Caldwell, Lulu Smith Campbell, Eliza Peter Foree Smith, and Fannie McMunn. The listings begin with the owner/compiler of the scrapbook, followed by the approximate dates of contents, book measurement and cover description, and number of pages. Descriptions of the contents follow, including inside cover inscriptions, labels, nature of contents.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Neill-Cochran Library]

Postcard of a white fireplace between two tall windows dressed in white curtains. A portrait of George Washington hangs over the mantle. The back of the postcard adds, "Neill-Cochran House circa 1853 2310 San Gabriel Street, Austin, Texas Library and Archives Room, furnished in authentic antiques. It contains the records of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in Texas as well as books on Colonial History, Colonial Dame Registers and Texana. Open Friday afternoons to the public!"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Perfectly Splendid: One Family's Repasts (open access)

Perfectly Splendid: One Family's Repasts

Cookbook containing the recipes of the family which resided in the McFaddin-Ward House, collected by Ida Caldwell McFaddin and Mamie McFaddin Ward, as well as a brief family history
Date: 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[McFaddin Scrapbook] (open access)

[McFaddin Scrapbook]

Scrapbook containing photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, and other items collected about the McFaddin family and home in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History