United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Bill and Marjorie Walraven Papers
This collection represents a lifetime of Texas history research by Corpus Christi Caller-Times columnist Bill Walraven.
Charles F. H. von Blucher Family Papers
This collection contains over a century of material from one of the first Prussian families to permanently settle in Corpus Christi. The family arrived in Corpus Christi in 1849, and Felix Hans Hellmuth von Blucher became the first Nueces County Surveyor. Three generations of the Blucher family served Nueces County as surveyors across a span of a hundred years.
Gambel Family Papers
These papers provide a glimpse into the lives of three brothers born during the early decades of the 19th century.
Rex H. (Jim) Stever Nueces County Postal History Collection
Rex H. (Jim) Stever was a geologist and collector of postage stamps and postal history lore. He spent much of his life researching the postal service in Texas and collecting postage stamps and letters. This collection picks up right as Texas was annexed into the United States of America and tells the story of Texas in the latter half of the 1800’s like nothing else could.
Ward Island Artifacts
This small collection of metal artifacts was assembled after some fruitful metal detector work on Ward Island. Some items such as musket balls reflect Corpus Christi in its earliest western settlement days after it was incorporated in 1852.
Special Collections and Archives
Mary and Jeff Bell Library
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, TX 78412
361-825-4500
specialcollections@tamucc.edu