Eugene Bryant Collection

Historical or Biographical Information

This small collection of Calhoun County, Texas land documents was donated to John Conner for the museum at the South Texas Normal School (now Texas A&M University-Kingsville) on January 15, 1930. It includes indentures for town lots in Calhoun County, correspondence, and a small book, sewn together at the spine titled, “Account of What Has Been Done for My Children,” dated 1786-1807, Vermont, for the children of Jonah Sandiford; Joseph, Benjamin, Clark, Jonah, and Simon. The second accession contains materials of same nature donated by the South Texas Historical Association in 1982.

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Access and Restrictions

Open for Research

Rights Statement

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from South Texas Archives, James C. Jernigan Library, Texas A&M University-Kingsville. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.

Preferred Citation

Eugene Bryant Collection, A1930-001.XXXX- South Texas Archives, James C. Jernigan Library, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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Persons

• Eugene Bryant
• Jonah Sandford
• John C. Lawhon

Organizations

• South Texas Historical Association

Geographical

• Calhoun County
• Newton County
• Vermont

Related Collections

• Theodore F. Koch Collection

Acquisitions

A1930-001 Gift of Eugene Bryant A1982-082 Gift of South Texas Historical Association

Processing Information

A1930-001 and A1982-082 processed by Carmen Martinez, Lori Atkins created the Small Scale Collection Aid and Daniel Thacker created the EAD document, all in 2017.