1820-1829

Barker, Eugene, ed. THE AUSTIN PAPERS. [1826-1836]. [308 Austin]

Berlandier, Jean Louis. JOURNEY TO MEXICO DURING THE YEARS 1826 TO 1834. [1828]. [917.2044 Berlandier]

BEXAR ARCHIVES, 1717-1836. (These have been partially indexed in Adan Benevides’ The Bexar Archives (1717-1836): a Name Guide). [microfilm]

Clopper, J. C. "J. C. Clopper’s Journal and Book of Memoranda for 1828." QTSHA 13 (July 1909): 60-76.

"Educational Efforts in San Fernando de Bexar." QTSHA 6 (July 1902): 52-63.

Gulick, Charles Adams, Jr. and Katherine Elliot, eds. THE PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR. [1821-1857]. [308 Lamar]

Menchaca, Antonio. MEMOIRS. [1822-1836]. [B-Menchaca]

Smithwick, Noah. THE EVOLUTION OF A STATE OR RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD TEXAS DAYS. [Ca. 1827]. [976.4 Smithwick]

1830-1839

Bernard, J.H. "Dr. J. H. Barnard’s Journal: From December, 1835, In John J. Linn’s, REMINISCENCES OF FIFTY YEARS IN TEXAS, 176-182. [B-Linn]

Barnes, Charles Merritt. "Builders’ Spades Turn Up Soil Baked by Alamo Funeral Pyres." SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, 26 March 1911, page 26. [1836].

Benedict, J. W. "Diary of a Campaign Against the Comanches." SWHQ 32 (April 1929): 304-307. [1839].

Barnes, Charles Merritt. "Men Still Living Who Saw the Fall of the Alamo" SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, 27 August 1911, page 9.

Binkley, William C., ed. OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE TEXAN REVOLUTION, 1835-1836. [976.4 Binkley]

Bonnell, George. TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF TEXAS.TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN ACCOUNT OF INDIAN TRIBES. [917.64 Bonnell]

Bostick, Sion R. "Reminiscences of Sion R. Bostick." QTSHA 5 (October 1901): 88-91. [1835].

Brown, John Duff. "Reminiscences of Jno. Duff Brown." QTSHA 12 (April 1909): 299-301. [ca.1832-1835].

Buquor, Maride (Maria de) Jesus. "Witnessed Last Struggle of the Alamo Patriots." SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, 19 JULY 1907, page 3.

Candelaria Castanon, Andrea. "Alamo Massacre." SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, 19 February 1899, page 6.

Castenada, Carlos E., Trans. THE MEXICAN SIDE OF THE TEXAN REVOLUTION BY THE CHIEF MEXICAN PARTICIPANTS. [976.403 Castenada]

Chariton, Wallace O. 100 DAYS IN TEXAS. [B-Chariton]

De La Teja, Jesus F., Ed. A REVOLUTION REMEMBERED: THE MEMORIES AND SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE OF JUAN SEGUIN. [1833-1860]. [976.4009 Seguin]

DeShields, James T. TALL MEN WITH LONG RIFLES: THE GLAMOUROUS STORY OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION, AS TOLD BY CAPTAIN CREED TAYLOR. [1835] [976.4 DeShields]

Diaz, Juan. ‘"As a Boy, Juan Diaz, Venerable San Antonian Witnessed the Attack on the Alamo." SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, 1 September 1907, page 13.

Diaz, Pablo. "Aged Citizen Describes Alamo Fight and Fire." SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, 1 July 1906, page 11.

—— "This Man Heard Shots Fired at Battle of Alamo." SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, 31 October 1909, page 10.

Edward, David B. THE HISTORY OF TEXAS; OR, THE EMIGRANTS, FARMER’S, AND POLITICIAN’S GUIDE [976.4 Edward]

Ehrenberg, Herman. WITH MILAM AND FANNIN.[1835] [976.4 Ehrenberg]

Elfer, Maurice. MADAM CANDELARIA: UNSUNG HEROINE OF THE ALAMO. [B-Candelaria]

Esparza, Enrique. "Alamo’s Fall, is told by Witness in a Land Suit. SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, 9 December 1908, page 20.

———"Alamo’s Only Survivor." SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, 12 May 1907, page 14; 9 May 1907, page 47.

———"Another Child of the Alamo." SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, 10 November 1901, page 9.

———"Esparza, the Boy of the Alamo, Remembers" in RISE OF THE LONE STAR. Ed. Howard R. Driggs [976.4 Driggs]

———"The Story of Enrique Esparza." SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, 22 November 1902, page 8.

"Extracts from a Traveller’s Journal." HOUSTON MORNING STAR, 13 May 1839; Reprint, HOUSTON TELEGRAPH AND TEXAS REGISTER, 15 MAY 1839.

Filisola, Vicente. MEMORIAS PARA LA HISTORIA DE LA GUERRA DE TEJAS. [976.4 Filisola]

Green, Rena Maverick, ed. MEMOIRS OF MARY A. MAVERICK. [B-Maverick, Mary]

———SAMUEL MAVERICK, TEXAN: 1803-1870. [B-Maverick]

Holley, Mary Austin. TEXAS. [976.4 Holley]

Jenkins, John H., ed. THE PAPERS OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION. [1835-1836] [976.4 Jenkins]

Linn, John J. REMINISCENCES OF FIFTY YEARS IN TEXAS [1836-1838] [B-Linn]

Maverick, Mary A. "How They Saw San Antonio a Half-Century Ago." SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS ANNUAL REVIEW, 15 March 1890, pages 3-4. [1838-1842]

Morrell, Z.N. FLOWERS AND FRUITS FROM THE WILDERNESS. [1839] [976.4 Morrell]

Muir, Andrew Forest, ed. TEXAS IN 1837 [976.4 Texas]

Newell, C[hester]. HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION IN TEXAS. [976.4 Newell]

Nunez, Felix. "Fall of the Alamo." SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, 30 June 1889, page 3.

Parker, A.A. TRIP TO THE WEST AND TEXAS. [1834-1835] [976.4 Parker]

Pease, L. T. "A Geographical and Historical View of Texas" In John M. Niles’, HISTORY OF SOUTH AMERICA AND MEXICO, pages 288-297. [980 Niles]

Perry, Carmen, ed. and trans. WITH SANTA ANNA IN TEXAS: A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE

REVOLUTION BY DE LA PENA. [976.40309 Pena]

J[ose] M[aria]. RODRIGUEZ MEMOIRS OF EARLY TEXAS. [1835-1860]. [B-Rodriguez]

——-- "Stirring Events are Remembered by Texas Jurist." SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, 8 Sept. 1912, page 35. [1835-1842].

Sanchez-Navarro, Carlos. LA GUERRA DE TEJAS: MEMORIAS DE UN SOLDADO. [1835, 1836]. [976.4 Sanchez-Navarro]

Seguin, Juan N. PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF JOHN N. SEGUIN FROM THE YEAR 1834 TO THE RETREAT OF GENERAL WOLL FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN 1842. [1834-1842]. [B-Seguin]

"Senor Navarro, J[ose] M[aria]. RODRIGUEZ MEMOIRS OF EARLY TEXAS. [1835-1860]. [B-Rodriguez]

1840-1849

Baylies, Francis. A NARRATIVE OF MAJOR GENERAL WOOL’S CAMPAIGN IN MEXICO, IN THE YEARS 1846, 1847 & 1848. [973.623 Baylies]

Bell, Thomas W. "Thomas W. Bell Letters." [1842]. SWHQ, 63 (April 1960): 589-590.

Bollaert, William. WILLIAM BOLLAERT’S TEXAS [1843]. [917.64 Bollaert]

Bracht, Viktor. TEXAS IN 1848. [1846-1847]. [976.405 Bracht]

Canterbury, Elizabeth. "A Talk With Mrs. Canterbury." [1841-1844]. SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS ANNUAL REVIEW, 15 March 1890, page 4.

Carl, Prince of Solms-Braunfels. TEXAS 1844-45. [976.4 Carl]

Chabot, Frederick C. THE PEROTE PRISONERS: BEING THE DIARY OF JAMES L. TRUEHART. [1842]. [B-Truehart]

Chabot, Frederick C., ed. TEXAS LETTERS. [1845-1854]. [976.4 Yanaguana]

Chamberlain, Samuel E. MY CONFESSION. [1846]. [973.628 Chamberlain]

Chapman, Thomas F. "To a Friend." SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, 21 February 1886, page 15.

DeVilbiss, John Wesley, Sr. "Reminiscences of a Superannuated Preacher." [1844-1847]. In REMINISCENCES AND EVENTS IN THE MINISTERIAL LIFE OF REV. JOHN WESLEY DE-VILBISS. [B-De Vilbiss]

Domenech, Abbe [Emanuel]. MISSIONARY ADVENTURES IN TEXAS AND MEXICO. [1848-1850] [976.4 Domenech]

Duval, J[ohn] C. EARLY TIMES IN TEXAS. [1843]. [976.4 Duval]

Eastman, Seth. A SETH EASTMAN SKETCHBOOK, 1848-1849. [741.973 Eastman]

Falconer, Thomas. LETTERS AND NOTES ON THE TEXAN SANTA FE EXPEDITION, 1841-1842. [976.4 Falconer]

Fisher, Orceneth. SKETCHES OF TEXAS IN 1840. [917.64 Fisher]

French, Sarah L. "Mrs. French’s Reminiscences of Early Days in Bexar." [1846-1860]. In S. J. Wright’s SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR, pages 96-101. [976.41 Wright]

Fretelliere, Auguste. "Adventures of a Castrovillian." [1844]. In Julia N. Waugh’s CASTRO-VILLE AND HENRY CASTRO, EMPRESARIO, pages 91-94. [976.4 Waugh]

Gregg, Josiah. DIARY AND LETTERS OF JOSIAH GREGG. [1846] [B-Gregg]

GENTILZ: ARTIST OF THE OLD SOUTHWEST. [1844]. [759.13 Gentilz]

Green, John A. "A Talk about the San Antonio of the Earlier Days." SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS ANNUAL REVIEW, 15 March 1890, pages 2-3 .[1845].

Green, Thomas J. JOURNAL OF THE TEXIAN EXPEDITION AGAINST MIER. [1842]. [976.4 Green]

"How the Alamo Looked Nine Years After Its Fall." [1845]. SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, 9 April 1905, page 9.

Jenkins, John. RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY TEXAS: THE MEMOIRS OF JOHN HOLLAND JENKINS. [1842]. [976.4 Jenkins]

Jordan, Gilbert J., Ed. and trans. "W. Steinert’s View of Texas in 1849." SWHQ,80 (1976-1977), 191-194, 200, 287, 399-400, 405-406.

Kendall, George Wilkins. NARRATIVE OF THE TEXAN SANTA FE EXPEDITION. [1841]. [976.4 Kendall]

King, Sarah Brackett. "Early Days in San Antonio Recalled by a Pioneer Resident of the City." [1846-1860], SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, 4 Feb. 1917, page 14.

Latham, Francis S. TRAVELS IN THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, 1842. [976.404 Latham]

McClintock, William A. "Journal of a Trip through Texas and Northern Mexico in 1846-1847." SWHQ 34 (1930): 36-37, 141-149.

McCutchan, Joseph D. MIER EXPEDITION DIARY: A TEXAS PRISONER’S ACCOUNT. [1842]. [976.404 McCutchan]

Moore, Francis, Jr. MAP AND DESCRIPTION OF TEXAS. [1840]. [917.64 Moore]

Roemer, Ferdinand. TEXAS: WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO GERMAN IMMIGRATION. [1846]. [976.4 Roemer]

Stapp, William. THE PRISONERS OF PEROTE. [1842]. [976.4 Stapp]

Stiff, Edward. THE TEXAS EMIGRANT. [1840]. [976.4 Stiff]

TEXAS IN 1840, OR THE EMIGRANT’S GUIDE TO THE NEW REPUBLIC. [976.4 Texas]

Winkler, E. W., ed. "The Bexar and Dawson Prisoners." [1842]. QTSHA 13 (April 1910): 294-197, 312-315, 320-322.

Woll, Adrian. "Brigadier General Adrian Woll’s Report of His Expedition into Texas in 1842." SWHQ 58 (April 1955): 523-552.

1850-1859

Ballou, Ellen. "Scudder’s Journey to Texas, 1859." SWHQ 63 (July 1959): 7-10.

Bartlett, John Russell. PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF EXPLORATIONS AND INCIDENTS IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA, SONORA, AND CHIHUAHUA. [1850-1852] [917.8 Bartlett]

Brahan, R. W. "Texas in the 1850s, As Viewed by a Recent Arrival." SWHQ 70 (Oct. 1966): 282-285.

Dantzler, L. N. "Visits San Antonio After Long Absence." [1854]. SAN ANTINIO SEMI-WEEKLY EXPRESS, 16 Dec. 1904, page 5.

De Cordova, J. TEXAS: HER RESOURCES AND HER PUBLIC MEN. [976.4 De]

Dielmann, Henry. "Emma Altgelt’s Sketches of Life in Texas." [1854]. SWHQ 63 (Jan. 1960): 368-370.

Freeman, W. G. "W. G. Freeman’s Report on the Eighth Military Department." [1853]. SWHQ 51 (Oct. 1947): 167-174.

Froebel, Julius. SEVEN YEARS’ TRAVEL IN CENTRAL AMERICA, NORTHERN MEXICO, AND THE FAR WEST OF THE UNITED STATES. [1852-1853]. [917.28 Froebel]

Green, Wharton J. RECOLLECTION AND REFLECTIONS. [1855]. [B-Green]

Mansfield, J. K. F. "Colonel J. K. F. Mansfield’s Report of the Inspection of the Department of Texas in 1856." SWHQ 42 (Oct. 1938): 133-143.

LETTERS FROM THE URSULINE, 1852-1853. [920 Mary]

Newcomb, James P. "Christmas in San Antonio Half a Century Ago." SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, 18 Dec. 1904, page 26.

Olmsted, Frederick Law. A JOURNEY THROUGH TEXAS; OR, A SADDLE-TRIP ON THE SOUTHWESTERN FRONTIER. [1854]. [976.4 Olmsted]

Parisot, P. F. THE REMINISCENCES OF A TEXAS MISSIONARY. [1857-1858]. [B-Parisot]

Rankin, Melinda. TEXAS IN 1850. [976.4 Rankin]

Reid, John C. REID’S TRAMP, OR A JOURNAL OF THE INCIDENTS OF TEN MONTHS TRAVEL. [1856]. [976.4 Reid]

Stillman, J. D. B. WANDERINGS IN THE SOUTHWEST IN 1855. [917.64045 Stillman]

This listing is based on the bibliography found in Timothy Matovina’s Tejano Religion and Ethnicity: San Antonio, 1821-1860. [976.4351 Matovina]

Compiled by the Texana/Genealogy Department of the San Antonio Public Library