Title:
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar papers
Description:
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, second elected president of the Republic of Texas, was a statesman, soldier, historian, and poet. These are Lamar's personal and official papers as well as material gathered by Lamar as a collector of historical documents with a particular interest in the histories of Texas and Latin American republics. Documents include correspondence, historical manuscripts, clippings, drafts, notes, editorials, poems, maps, reports, legal documents, histories of Texas and Mexico, and biographies of prominent regional figures. Dates are 1756-1859 and undated, bulk 1821-1859. The 1982 publication Calendar of the Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar includes a detailed chronological listing of the papers. This calendar and the Texas Declaration of Independence broadside have been digitized and are part of the Texas Digital Archive.
Collection:
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar papers
Creator:
Lamar, Mirabeau B. (Mirabeau Buonaparte), 1798-1859
Date range of creation:
1756 to 1859
Date range of creation:
undated
Date range of creation:
bulk 1821-1859
Geographic coverage:
Alabama
Geographic coverage:
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Champ d'Asile (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Costa Rica
Geographic coverage:
Georgia
Geographic coverage:
Louisiana
Geographic coverage:
Nicaragua
Geographic coverage:
Mexico
Geographic coverage:
San Antonio (Tex.)
Subject:
Austin, Moses, 1761-1821
Subject:
Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
Subject:
Bastrop, Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de, 1759-1827
Subject:
Bee, Barnard E., Sr., 1787-1853
Subject:
Burleson, Edward, 1798-1851
Subject:
Burnet, David G. (David Gouverneur), 1788-1870
Subject:
Green, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1802-1863
Subject:
Hamilton, James, Jr., 1786-1857
Subject:
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Subject:
Hunt, Memucan, 1807-1856
Subject:
Laffite, Jean
Subject:
Long, Jane Herbert Wilkinson, 1798-1880
Subject:
McLeod, Hugh, 1814-1862
Subject:
Navarro, José Antonio, 1795-1871
Subject:
Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857
Subject:
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794-1876
Subject:
Hannah Elizabeth (Schooner)
Subject:
Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836
Subject:
San Sabá Mission
Subject:
Texas State Capitol (Austin, Tex.)
Subject:
Texas. Army
Subject:
Texas. Declaration of Independence
Subject:
Texas. Navy
Subject:
Texas. President
Subject:
Exploring Expedition of the Red River (1806)
Subject:
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Subject:
Matamoros Expedition (1835-1836)
Subject:
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.), Siege, 1836
Subject:
Annexation to the United States
Subject:
Apache Indians
Subject:
Boundaries
Subject:
Cherokee Indians
Subject:
Colonization
Subject:
Comanche Indians, Wars, 1840
Subject:
Compromise of 1850
Subject:
Cordova Rebellion, 1839
Subject:
Creek Indians
Subject:
Fredonian Insurrection, 1826-1827
Subject:
Goliad Massacre, Goliad, Tex., 1836
Subject:
Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition, 1812-1813
Subject:
History
Subject:
Indians of North America
Subject:
Government relations
Subject:
Koasati Indians
Subject:
Land speculation
Subject:
Mexico, Wars of Independence, 1810-1821
Subject:
Nullification (States' rights)
Subject:
Revolution
Subject:
San Antonio (Tex.), Siege, 1835
Subject:
San Jacinto, Battle of, Tex., 1836
Subject:
Taensa Indians
Subject:
Texas, Republic, 1836-1846
Subject:
Texas, Revolution, 1835-1836
Subject:
Texan Santa Fé Expedition, 1841
Subject:
Yellow fever
Subject:
Foreign relations
Type:
Biographies (literary works)
Type:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Type:
Correspondence
Type:
Drafts (documents)
Type:
Editorials
Type:
Histories (literary works)
Type:
Legal documents
Type:
Maps (documents)
Type:
Poems
Type:
Reports
Citation information:
(Identify the item), Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar papers. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
The papers are arranged by accession, with the 1909 Loretto Lamar Calder accession described separately from the 1981 Larry Bane accession. Papers within each accession are arranged by item number, which is also chronologically, with the exception of oversize items, which are grouped together at the end of each accession.
Copyright information:
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Access restrictions:
Due to the fragility of the original documents, researchers are encouraged to access the transcriptions available in six published volumes. Note that only the original 1909 accession of the Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar papers (the bulk of the collection) has been transcribed. Researchers wishing to examine the original documents must handle them with care.
Size or duration:
19.91 cubic ft.
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/11004.html
