A Guide to the William Fletcher Cummins Papers,
1892-1933
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Creator: |
Cummins, William Fletcher |
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Title: |
William Fletcher Cummins
Papers |
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Dates: |
1892-1933 |
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Abstract: |
Professor William
Fletcher Cummins (1840-1931) was a Texas Methodist clergyman and geologist.
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Accession No.: |
61-70; 63-28 |
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Extent: |
9 ft., 4 in. |
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Language: |
Materials are written in
English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History,The University of Texas at
Austin |
Professor William Fletcher Cummins
(1840-1931) was a Texas Methodist clergyman and geologist. Cummins was born in
Webster County, Missouri on June 13,1830. He attended St. Charles College and
moved to Texas in 1860 serving nine years with the Methodist Episcopal Church
South across Texas. During that time Cummins also served in Arkansas with the
Confederate Army during the Civil War. He wrote about being a member of the Ku
Klux Klan in 1866-67. In 1869 Cummins failing health forced him to resign from
the clergy and pursue other work in real estate and as a railroad agent. In
1881 he began work for the Academy of Sciences in Philadelphia, gathering Texas
fossils. He was then hired by the State of Texas as Assistant Sate Geologist.
His exploratory geological work resulted in the discovery of the Tampico oil
field. Cummins married Mrs. Minnie C. Bullion Darnell in Weatherford, Texas, on
March 17, 1871. They had three children. He spent his last years at his home in
El Paso, where he died on January 8, 1931.
Bibliography:
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Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "
Cummins,
William Fletcher" (accessed September 15, 2009).
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Memorial and biographical history of Dallas
County, Texas: containing a history of this important section of the great
state of Texas, from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time
... and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and also of prominent
citizens of to-day. 1976. [S.l.]: Walsworth Pub. Co.
Papers produced by Cummins relate to the El Paso-Amarillo Oil &
Gas Company and Rio Bravo Oil Company; reports of geological surveys in Mexico,
New Mexico, and Texas; daily progress report of East Coast Oil Company; and
Cummins’ life and religious and philosophical interests. Papers include
correspondence, minutes, pamphlets, magazine and newspaper clippings, maps,
broadsides, photographs, receipts, diaries, notebooks, religious papers,
blueprints, account papers, and Bible courses.
The collection is minimally processed. However, indexes in 2D19
provide an item-level guide to boxes 2D19-2D39.
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Baker, Charles Laurence |
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Cummins, William Fletcher |
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Dumble, Edwin T. |
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Keyes, Charles Rollin |
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Stiles, Elizabeth |
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Swallow, S. C. |
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Udden, Johan August |
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Waterhouse Family |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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East Coast Oil Company |
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El Paso Amarillo Oil and Gas
Company |
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Methodist Church |
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Rio Bravo Oil Company |
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Company. |
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Subjects |
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Camp meetings |
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Clergy. |
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Creationism. |
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Diaries. |
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Evolution. |
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Fossils. |
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Geologists. |
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Geology. |
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Gypsum. |
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Mexico--History--Revolution,
1910-1920. |
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Nitrate minerals |
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Oil fields. |
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Petroleum industry. |
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Potash |
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Religion |
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Religious education |
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Salt domes |
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Secession. |
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Sulphur |
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Places |
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Brewster County
(Tex.) |
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El Paso (Tex.) |
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Harris County
(Tex.) |
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Mexico. |
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New Mexico. |
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Pánuco, Mexico |
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Presidio County
(Tex.) |
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San Augustine
(Tex.) |
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San Luis Potosí
(Mexico) |
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Tampico (Tamaulipas,
Mexico) |
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The donation of the Cummins Papers also
included a large number of books, which were separated from the papers and sent
to the library unit. Most of these were concerning geology, though several
religious books were also included. |
William Fletcher Cummins Papers,
1892-1933, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas
at Austin.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.
Description of the Papers
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Inventory: |
box |
2D19 |
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Papers: |
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Index [2] |
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Packets 1-4 |
box |
2D20 |
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Packets 5-8 |
box |
2D21 |
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Packets 9-12 |
box |
2D22 |
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Packets 13-16 |
box |
2D23 |
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Packets16-18 |
box |
2D24 |
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Packets 18-21 |
box |
2D25 |
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Packets 22-26 |
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Various reports: 1-30 |
box |
2D26 |
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Various reports: 31-51 |
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Miscellaneous papers: packets 1-3 |
box |
2D27 |
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Miscellaneous papers: packets 4-7 |
box |
2D28 |
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Miscellaneous papers: packets 8-11 |
box |
2D29 |
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Miscellaneous papers: packets 12, 15-17 |
box |
2D30 |
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Miscellaneous papers: packets 17-20 |
box |
2D31 |
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Miscellaneous papers: packets 20, 22-24 |
box |
2D32 |
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Correspondence, 1906-1907, 1909: packet
25 |
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Miscellaneous papers: packet 26 |
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Notebooks: packets 27-28 |
box |
2D33 |
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Notebooks: packet 28 |
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Miscellaneous papers: packet 29 |
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Bible course: packet 30 |
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Correspondence, 1907-1916 |
box |
2D34 |
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Correspondence, 1917-1930 and undated |
box |
2D25 |
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Notebooks 1-5 and index to notebooks |
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Notebooks 6-20 |
box |
2D36 |
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Notebooks 21-49 |
box |
2D37 |
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Notebooks 50-74 |
box |
2D38 |
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Notebooks 75-100 |
box |
2D39 |
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Clippings |
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Miscellaneous |
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“Live and Reminiscences of W. F. Cummins,” by E. F.
Stiles |
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TXC 128 |
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Printed Material: |
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Items related to religion, non-Texan,
1907, 1928-1929 |
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Items related to Mexico, some geology, some oil,
1910-1922 [in Spanish and English] |
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Issues of “Brewster’s Booster” newsletter, Alpine,
Brewster County, Colorado,
1920-1921 |
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Pamphlets related to prohibition in Texas,
undated |
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Items related to miscellaneous Texas places and
topics |
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Items related to geology, paleontology, and oil in
Texas,
1889, 1904, 1914-1929 |
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Items related to Texas,
1917-1928 |
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Items related to geology, oil, mining and evolution,
1909-1926 |
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Items on miscellaneous subjects, non-Texan |
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TXC E |
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Oversize printed material |
box |
2.325/OD15 |
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Maps and charts: |
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Charts, logs, etc. related to oil in Texas and
Mexico |
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Maps, primarily of Texas and Mexico, related to oil
and geology |
box |
2.116/OD1275 |
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Maps and charts, primarily related to oil and geology
in Texas and Mexico |
box |
2.325/V3 |
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Map of “El Ingenio,” property of William B. Willis,
Mexico,
undated [photocopy] |
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“Map of Texas from most recent authorities,”
1845 [photocopy] |
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Map of country near Marathon and geological section
near Marathon, Brewster County, Texas,
undated [photocopy] |
box |
2.325/V2 |
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Maps relating to Texas and oil |
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Charts, logs and correspondence with enclosures
related to oil in Texas and Mexico |
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Clippings: |
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Oil, geology and mining, primarily in Texas and
Mexico,
1914-1925 |
box |
2.325/V3 |
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Religious subjects,
1921-1924 |
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Historical subjects,
1922-1928 |
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Prehistoric subjects, evolution, etc.,
1922-1929 |
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Miscellaneous subjects,
1922-1930 |
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Broadsides,
1913 and 1921 |
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Personal items,
1918-1928 |
box |
3Y24 |
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Photographs:
[Click for selected images] |
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Bailing oil from Wilson well,
Marfa, Texas
May 27th, 1920, [panoramic in 2 fragments] |
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Between Paisano Pass and Stroble [18] |
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Capote Canyon, Presidio County [20] |
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Christmas card, Florence A. Hughes, “a corner of my
garden” |
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Geologic formations and scenes in Texas [9] |
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Identified persons [8] |
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Identified places, Texas and Mexico [53] |
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Mexican Subjects [21] |
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Negatives [37] |
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Oil well, Easter Sunday, April 20-30, near El
Paso? |
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Panoramic prints of oilfields and vicinity, Mexico,
1909 [34, small] |
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Postcards of U. S. scenes, non-Texan [3] |
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Religious “lesson picture card,”
1922 [2] |
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San Augustin(?); numbered series 1-11 [11] |
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Scenes in Houston and Del Rio, Texas [5] |
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Scenes near Mission, Texas: |
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C. S. Butterfield Construction project [irrigation?]
flume [2] |
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C. S. Butterfield dredge [for irrigation
canal] [7] |
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Home-seekers at Mission, Texas |
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Stone heads and carved object [3] |
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Unidentified persons [56] |
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William Fletcher Cummins [16] |
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