Lamar, Mirabeau B.
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 These are Lamar's personal and official papers as well as material gathered by Lamar as a collector of historical documents with a particular interest in the histories of Texas and Latin American republics.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. The calendar was digitized and is available in the Texas Digital Archive.
Collection: Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar papers
Creator: Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte, 1798-1859
Date range of creation: 1756 to 1859
Date range of creation: undated
Geographic coverage: Alabama
Geographic coverage: Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Siege, 1836
Geographic coverage: Champ d'Asile (Tex.)
Geographic coverage: Costa Rica
Geographic coverage: Georgia
Geographic coverage: Louisiana
Geographic coverage: Mexico
Geographic coverage: Nicaragua
Geographic coverage: San Antonio (Tex.)
Geographic coverage: Texas
Geographic coverage: United States
Subject: Texas. President
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: Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836
Subject: Texas. Army
Subject: Texas. Navy
Subject: Apache Indians
Subject: Cherokee Indians
Subject: Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850 April 19)
Subject: Columbus enquirer (Columbus, Ga. : 1828)
Subject: Comanche Indians
Subject: Compromise of 1850
Subject: Cordova Rebellion, 1839
Subject: Creek Indians
Subject: Exploring Expedition of the Red River (1806)
Subject: Fredonian Insurrection, 1826-1827
Subject: Goliad Massacre, Goliad, Tex., 1836
Subject: Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition, 1812-1813
Subject: Hannah Elizabeth (Schooner)
Subject: Indians of North America
Subject: Koasati Indians
Subject: Land speculation
Subject: Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Subject: Matamoros Expedition (1835-1836)
Subject: Nullification (States' rights)
Subject: San Jacinto, Battle of, Tex., 1836
Subject: San Sabá Mission
Subject: Taensa Indians
Subject: Texan Santa Fé Expedition, 1841
Subject: Texas State Capitol (Austin, Tex.)
Subject: Texas. Declaration of Independence
Subject: Treaties of Velasco (1836 May 14)
Subject: Turtle Bayou Resolutions
Subject: Yellow fever
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 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.
Size or duration: 19.91 cubic ft.
TARO URL: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/11004/tsl-11004.html
Language: English
Language: Spanish
Collection category: Native American tribes
Collection category: Military
Collection category: Politics and government
Collection category: Republic of Texas
