Guide to the Hannah Jane Houser memoirs Wyles SC 1127

UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2021 September 15


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

folder 1

Memoirs (loose manuscript sheets)