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Houser (Hannah Jane) memoirs
Wyles SC 1127  
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  • Title: Hannah Jane Houser memoirs
    Identifier/Call Number: Wyles SC 1127
    Language of Material: English.
    Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
    Physical Description: 0.02 Linear Feet (1 folder)
    Creator: Houser, Hannah Jane
    Date (inclusive): 1866-1871
    Date: 1916
    Abstract: Loose manuscript sheets, including a fifteen page memoir and travelogue, by Hannah Jane Houser recollecting the Civil War and Army life on the Texas frontier during Reconstruction and the Indian Wars, 1866-1871, 1916.
    Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

    Use Restrictions

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

    Access Restrictions

    The collection is open for research.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of Item], Hannah Jane Houser memoirs, Wyles SC 1127. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

    Scope and Content

    Loose manuscript sheets, including a fifteen page memoir and travelogue, by Hannah Jane Houser recollecting the Civil War and Army life on the Texas frontier during Reconstruction and the Indian Wars, 1866-1871, 1916.
    Included are various narratives and commentary on the Buffalo Soldiers, enforcement of U.S. forts again Indian attacks, as well as attacks by white American rebels.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas
    African American soldiers -- Texas -- History -- 19th century
    Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895
    Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Texas
    Texas -- Social conditions -- 19th century
    United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
    United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
    Memoirs
    Travelers' writings
    Houser, Hannah Jane -- Archives