Caldwell County Information
on the Shelf
at the
Historical Research Center
(November 1996)
Collection of letters from Edgar B. Davis to Ms. Fletcher
Earth Has No Sorrow, Azadian, 2 copies. Contains biographies: Limas, Langley, Hardeman, Glosserman, Martinez, Eiband, Wills, Bell, Flores, Baylor, Brown, Garcia, Chamberlain, Deviney, Jones, Whitehead
Minutes of Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, McMahan, TX Vol. I & II, 1852-1965
Caldwell County Cemetery Record Book, 1971: 41 cemeteries of Caldwell County; 10,351 inscriptions.
The Newsboy Goes to Press, 1945: local Luling humor/names.
A History of Caldwell County 1848-1900, Bodemann: Thesis, SWT State Teachers College, 1954
The History of Caldwell County, Texas, in the World War,Cabaniss: Thesis, UT, 1931
1860 Census Caldwell County, Brice
1870 Census Caldwell County, Brice
1890 Caldwell County, TX, Reconstructed Census, Moody
Early Days in Luling, Bridges/Witt, 1967. A.C. Bridges b 1862 newspaper col., published as booklet.
The Great Commanche Raid, Brice, 1987
Church of the Annunciation, Diocese of West Texas: History of the Episcopal Church, est. 1874, Luling. (Cookbook)
Caldwell County Marriage Records: Reprint from Plum Creek Almanac
Caldwell County Marriage Records 1848-1869, McMinus, 1985 (Ingmire)
Inscriptions of Historical Markers in Caldwell County
Diary of Henry H. Field, 1853, Copy
Humphreys Cemetery, Martindale, Nov 1988
The First United Methodist Church, Prairie Lea, TX 1853-1980, Deviney
Edgar B. Davis, Wildcatter Extraordinary, Froh
Diary and Notes of Henry Hill Field, 1853
Lytton Springs School History, Gabriel, 1992
Lytton Springs Cemetery Gravelist, 1991, Dannelly
King of Lion Football, Lockhart Football History through 1971, Mohle
Caldwell County Long-Range County Program, 1966 Texas Agricultural Extension Service, A&M
Humphrey Cemetery & Martindale Cemetery in Caldwell County, Kerbow, 1994
Record of Registered Nurses in Caldwell County, TX, Garrett, 1989
William Taylor Methodist Church, 129 Years, 1995
Jeffrey Cemetery, Reed, 1992, updated 1996
Histories from Lockhart and Caldwell County, compiled 1994-5 by students of Karla Tate, Seniors Honors English, Lockhart
Personal Interview with Mark Withers, Haley, 1932
Historical Caldwell County, Where Roots Intertwine, 1984, Withers Trail Drive Museum, Lockhart
Caldwell County Oral History Project, Transcripts
Caldwell County Oral History, Index to Tape Collections
Inventory of County Archives of Texas, Caldwell County No. 28, Texas Historical Records Survey, 1941
Plum Creek Press, 1970s, Fourth Grade Class Lockhart School
The Stiletto, 1925. High School Year Book Volume 6.
Ringing in the Children in Caldwell County Schools,Thad Sitton and O.L. Davis Jr. Abt 1979.
Soil Survey of Caldwell County, Texas, US Dept of Agriculture, 1978
Caldwell County Historical Commission Bibliography County Histories
History of Luling Oilfield, Talmadge, 1948, Thesis SWT State Teachers College
The Luling Oil Fields: Discovery and Development, Bell, 1948, Thesis SWT State Teachers College
Excerpt from the Book, On A Mexican Mustang through Texas -- A Story of Old Luling.
Naturalization in Caldwell County, TX, Abstracted by Day, 1989
Luling Garden Club, 1941 (beginning) 1992
Chamber of Commerce booklet, circa 1930
Memories of Lytton Springs, 1984
Historical Lockhart, Vol. I & II, Withers, 1981
Legends & Lore of Lockhart, Metcalfe, 1986
First Methodist Church of Lockhart, King, 1953
The Schools of Caldwell County, Texas, Burkholder, 1923
Watermelon Thump & Centennial Program, 1974
Citizen of Luling (Edgar B. Davis), Mobile Oil Co., 1972
A History of the Luling Foundation 1927-1982, Withers, 1982
Survey Maps of Caldwell County Cemeteries, Moore
Aquila, Luling High School Yearbook: 1946,1948-1956, 1984, 1987
Plum Creek Almanac, Vol.1 #1 through Vol. 14 #2, 1983-1996
Index to Plum Creek Almanac Table of Contents
Distinguished Service Award Booklets, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS:
- Anniversaries
- Businesses
- Caldwelll County Churches
- Communities
- Fraternal Orders
- Historical events
- Military
- Obituaries
- Oil Industry
- Political
- Railroads
- Schools
- Sporting Events
VERTICAL FILES:
- Ancestor Charts
- Architecture
- Bible Records
- Businesses
- Family Folders
- Churches
- Communities
- Cemeteries
- Caldwell County CSA Pensions
- Maps
MILITARY FILES:
Spanish American, Texas Revolution, Civil War,
WWI, WWII, Korean, Vietnam
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS:
- McKinney Papers
- Hardeman Papers
- Edgar B. Davis Papers
- Subject File
NEWSPAPER MICROFILM:
- Luling Signal Jan 1878-Jan 8, 1891
- Luling Signal, 12 Rolls Various, 28 Mar 1878-19 Mar 1978
- Luling Newsboy & Signal, 27 Dec 1940-30 Dec 1993 (32 Reels)
- Lockhart Post Register Misc dates
- Lockhart Post various 6 Jan 1899-1936 (22 reels)
- Lockhart News Echo 1872
- Western Clarion 1855
- Southern Watchman 1857
- Rambler 1859
OTHER MICROFILM:
- Index to Texas Confederate Soldiers: (41 reels)
- Marriages, Caldwell Co. 1848-1919
- Mortality Schedules
- Naturalization
- Slave Schedules
- Tax Rolls 1848-1910
- Texas Births 1903-1930
PHOTOGRAPHS
About 600 indexed and archived.
MANY not yet cataloged
OTHER RESOURCES:
- Family Surname Books
- Other-Counties Books
- Other-States Books
- Census Indices
- North Carolina Colonial Records, Microfilm and Books
- Rowan Co., NC Records, Microfilm, Mgs. & Bonds 1753-1868
- A History of Gonzales College, Master Thesis, Lacy, 1936
- Andrew Jackson Potter, Rev. Grave, 1890
- Gonzales County in World War I, Master Thesis, Beach, 1930
- Missionary Adventures in Texas & Mexico, The Abbe' Domeneche, 1858
- History of the Schools in Caldwell County to 1900, Master Thesis, Mullins, 1929
- Guadalupe College: A Case Study in Negro Higher Education 1884-1936, Master Thesis, 1980
- The great Comanche Raid of 1830: Its Causes & Results, Brice, Master Thesis, 1968
- Stringtown, Talbot, 1961
- Narrative of Robert Hancock Hunter 1813-1902, Green, 1936
- The water Powers of Texas, Taylor, GPO 1904
