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
Guide to the McFaddin-Ward House Manuscript Collection (open access)

Guide to the McFaddin-Ward House Manuscript Collection

Book containing an inventory list of various collected papers at McFaddin-Ward Museum. Each entry is given a description of the items, a full inventory, and separation sheets.
Date: 1996
Creator: McFaddin-Ward House Museum. Collections Department.
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
McFaddin-Ward House (open access)

McFaddin-Ward House

Booklet detailing the history of the McFaddin-Ward House and its inhabitants, as well as their families.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Partial Letter] (open access)

[Partial Letter]

Folded paper that has a partial letter written on the front that says: "Mineral Wells, Texas, July 10, 1905, Dear Sig - I thought I would write you a few lines. How are you do hope you are well. I went out Donkey riding this morning." The text changes to different writing that says "we are playing high five now..." as well as other written text and numbers on other parts of the page.
Date: July 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Ida Caldwell McFaddin on Donkey]

Portrait of Ida Caldwell McFaddin (Mrs. W.P.H. McFaddin) sitting on a donkey outside of a log cabin, with rocky terrain in the background. A typed note below the photo says "Climbing the mountain, Mineral Wells," and a handwritten note says "Mother on Mineral Wells Texas, Mrs. W.P.H. McFaddin."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of a Figure with a Hat Fishing]

The image in front of the postcard shows a figure seated, fishing and wearing a polka dot hat. To the left is printed the following: "Just A Line From Mineral Wells." The postcard is addressed to Miss Mamie McFaddin in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Colonial Hotel in Mineral Wells, Tex.]

Postcard of a three story brick building, labeled "Holt Building," with a white terrace on the second floor. The bottom edge of the postcard describes the building as "Colonial Hotel, Mineral Wells, Tex. Stewart & Commings, Proprietors." The back of the postcard has a short note, "Dear Perry are you all well we are well and hope you are to[o]. From Caldwell," addressed to "Ms. Perry McFaddin 1906 McFaddin Beaumont, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Colonial Hotel in Mineral Wells, Tex. 2]

Postcard of a three story brick building, labeled "Holt Building," with a white terrace on the second floor. The bottom edge of the postcard describes the building as "Colonial Hotel, Mineral Wells, Tex. Stewart & Commings, Proprietors." The front of the postcard has a note, illegible but for the phrase "my, the book "The Widowed." The back of the postcard adds, "My writing today and all comfortably located," the rest of the note illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss M. McFaddin 1906 McFaddin Beaumont, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Colonial Hotel in Mineral Wells, Tex. 3]

Postcard of a three story brick building, labeled "Holt Building," with a white terrace on the second floor. The bottom edge of the postcard describes the building as "Colonial Hotel, Mineral Wells, Tex. Stewart & Commings, Proprietors." The back of the postcard has a note that reads, "Dear Mamie I have not time to write you any from Caldwell," addressed to "Miss M. McFaddin 1906 McFaddin Beaumont, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Eagle Creek at Lover's Retreat]

Postcard of a rocky bank on the left side of the creek, described as "Eagle Creek at Lover's Retreat, Mineral Wells, Texas." The message on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 1906 McFaddin Beaumont, Tex."
Date: February 26, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Period Hotel]

Postcard of a two story white house with a green roof, described as "Period Hotel and Annex, Mineral Wells, Texas." The message on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie L. McFaddin 1906 McFaddin Ave. Beaumont, Texas."
Date: February 13, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of S. E. Carter Building in Houston]

Postcard of a large multi-story complex described as "The S. E. Carter Building, Main and Rush Avenue, Houston, Tex." The letter on the back reads, "How are you? Talked to Lee the other night in Bmt and also again in Mineral Wells. She won't be home til May - Fierce isn't it! Write to me - N." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 1906 Florida Ave. Washington, D. C."
Date: April 6, 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History