Title:
Richard Bachman collection
Description:
The Richard Bachman collection is an assembly of papers, ephemera, photographs, and other materials that document the lives and activities of several Texas families from 1825 to 1983, bulk 1840-1920. The families represented, related by marriage, are Elmore, Miller, Obenchain, Wall, Rugeley, Bachman, Hawkins, Guinn, and Pigford. The collection has a wide variety of documents, from receipts, business documents, and wills and deeds, to correspondence and a family Bible. Major Texas events documented include the Texas Archives War, annexation to the United States, and the Civil War, especially regarding the Battle of Galveston. Notable items in the collection include documentation of the Colorado Navigation Company, an early Rand McNally Texas map (1880s), a proclamation by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones, and an extensive selection of deeds and wills. Photographs make up a significant portion of the collection and cover nearly 130 years of family and photographic history. The collection contains images in a variety of photographic formats, including cased images, card photographs, snapshots, and Polaroids. The variety of images include a young Confederate soldier, Company C of the Texas Rangers, various family members, and several unidentified individuals. The photographs in this collection have been digitized and are part of the Texas Digital Archive.
Collection:
Richard Bachman collection
Creator:
Bachman, Richard
Date range of creation:
1825 to 1983
Date range of creation:
undated
Geographic coverage:
Bay City (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Colorado County (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Elmore County (Ala.)
Geographic coverage:
Liverpool (England)
Geographic coverage:
Matagorda County (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Geographic coverage:
United States
Geographic coverage:
Wharton County (Tex.)
Subject:
Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject:
Colorado Navigation Company (Tex.)
Subject:
Galveston (Tex.), Battle of, 1863
Subject:
Jacob Bachman Grocery (Bay City, Tex.)
Subject:
Rugeley Motor Company
Subject:
Elmore, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick
Subject:
Elmore, Henry Marshall, 1816-1879
Subject:
Jones, Anson, 1798-1858
Subject:
Lamar, Mirabeau B. (Mirabeau Buonaparte), 1798-1859
Subject:
Lea, Albert Miller, 1808-1891
Subject:
Miller, George Forrester
Subject:
Miller, John F., 1798-1854
Subject:
Miller, Lucinda Jefferson
Subject:
Obenchain, Edgar B.
Subject:
Rugeley, Elizabeth
Subject:
Rugeley, Henry L.
Subject:
Rugeley, James
Subject:
Rugeley, John, 1792-1878
Subject:
Rugeley, Rowland
Subject:
Texas Rangers
Subject:
Archives
Subject:
History
Subject:
Cotton
Subject:
Inheritance and succession
Subject:
Slavery
Subject:
Civil War, 1861-1865
Type:
Ambrotypes (photographs)
Type:
Bibles
Type:
Cabinet photographs
Type:
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Type:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Type:
Correspondence
Type:
Daguerreotypes (photographs)
Type:
Deeds
Type:
Diffusion transfer prints
Type:
Gelatin silver prints
Type:
Legal documents
Type:
Photographs
Type:
Receipts (financial records)
Type:
Tintypes (prints)
Type:
Wills
Citation information:
(Identify the item and cite the series), Richard Bachman collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
The papers are organized into six series: four family series (one for each major branch of the donor's family), General family papers, and Photographs, further organized by subject and chronologically, reflecting the organization of the collection as it was received from the donor. Only records in the Photographs series have been digitized.
Copyright information:
Under the Copyright Act of 1976 as amended in 1998, unpublished manuscripts are protected for the life of the author plus 70 years. The term of copyright for published material varies. Researchers are responsible for complying with the Copyright Law.
Size or duration:
7.02 cubic ft.
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/90008.xml
Language:
English