A Guide to the Maverick Family Papers, 1660-[circa 1980s]

Biographical Information

Chronology of Samuel Augustus Maverick

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Scope and Contents

The Maverick Family Papers came to the University of Texas in a series of gifts from 1922 to 1956 through the generosity of several generations of family members. The papers constitute a detailed record of the Maverick family's private and public life spanning from before the Republic of Texas into the 20th century.

The papers consist of account papers, bonds, certificates, correspondence, court records, deeds, diaries, diplomas, estate records, land books, leases, legal proceedings, letterpresses, licenses, literary productions, memoirs, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, notes, plat maps, receipts, reminiscences, sketches, survey notes, tax sales lists, titles, and title abstracts. Material is in manuscript, typescript, and printed form. Papers also include research materials for Paula M. Marks' biography Turn Your Eyes Toward Texas: Pioneers Samuel and Mary Maverick, (1989).

The bulk of the collection is contained within two series: (1) General Correspondence and (2) Business & Financial. The correspondence files relate to daily life, family and personal matters, social life and customs, politics and government, religion, education, agriculture, and commerce. Within these files are scattered references to land holdings.

The business and financial papers document the land and real estate transactions of the Maverick family, from Samuel Maverick's land holdings in South Carolina through the administration of the estate of Mary Adams Maverick, sole heir of Samuel Augustus Maverick. The sub-series designations, by family member, reflect the organization of these files as received by the repository. In terms of content, they constitute a group of overlapping series. Within the chronological arrangement of these sub-series documents may be filed in one of several ways: according to the date of the earliest transaction noted in the document, by date of the first transaction in which the Mavericks were involved, by legal filing date, by termination date of lease, etc. In some instances documents are filed with later documents pertaining to the same piece of property. In addition, throughout these materials are notes most likely made in the 1880s by Albert or William Maverick, which have been left as they occurred within the files. In all cases the various methods of filing reflect the previous organization of the material when obtained by the repository. Although there is a separate series of tax papers, there are also tax documents scattered throughout the business and financial papers.

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Related Material

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Administrative Information

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Maverick Family Papers, 1660-[circa 1980s], Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin

Processing Information

This collection contains unprocessed materials.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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