Galveston Customs House and Post Office VR Bibliography

Primary Source Materials:

Galveston Cotton Exchange Sketches, MS71-0139. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Minutes of Board of Directors. Galveston Cotton Exchange Records, MS82-0001. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

United States Customs House and Post Office, File 1037, Architectural Drawings and Structural Plans Collection, MS83-0023. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Cistern System Invention Plans, Folder 8, Nicholas Joseph Clayton Papers, MS74-0004. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Daybook 1887, Folder 3, Nicholas Joseph Clayton Papers, MS74-0004. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Letterpress Book [Oversize], Folder4, Nicholas Joseph Clayton Papers, MS74-0004. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Correspondence, Box 1, Folder 1, United States. Post Office Records, MS2000-0030. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

United National Association of Post Office Clerks, Branch 87 Record Book, MSS 96-0023. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Folder 1, Screwmen's Benevolent Association records, MS2000-0007.Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Joint Resolution Requiring the Post Master General to Contract for the Transportation of the Mail Between the Cities of Houston and Galveston Twice in each Week. 4th Congress, Regular Session General Laws (1839-1840), Texas Secretary of State legislative bills and resolutions filed (General and Special Laws). Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. https://tsl.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_c19c4b44-11d8-46e5-8993-d801623f36e0/

Government Printing Office, Congressional Record. (Bound) - Volume 17, Part 4

Government Printing Office, Congressional Record. (Bound) - Volume 19, Part 4

Government Printing Office, Congressional Record. (Bound) - Volume 19, Part 5

Government Printing Office, Congressional Record. (Bound) - Volume 19, Part 6

Government Printing Office, Congressional Record. (Bound) - Volume 19, Part 7

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Company. Galveston, 1885. Perry-Castañeda Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Company. Galveston, 1887. Perry-Castañeda Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Company. Galveston, 1899. Perry-Castañeda Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin.

Burson, J. W. Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 141, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1886, newspaper, February 18, 1886; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1136100/m1/1/?q=%22post%20office%22: accessed May 9, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rosenberg Library.

Burson, J. W. Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 332, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 25, 1891, newspaper, November 25, 1891; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1260854/m1/1/?q=%22customs+house%22: accessed May 9, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rosenberg Library.

Galveston Evening News. (Galveston, Tex),  Jan 7th, 1886, newspaper;

Galveston Evening News. (Galveston, Tex),  March 3rd, 1888, newspaper;

Galveston Evening News. (Galveston, Tex),  March 23rd, 1888, newspaper;

Galveston Evening News. (Galveston, Tex),  July 31st, 1888, newspaper;

Galveston Evening News. (Galveston, Tex), January 5th, 1889, newspaper;

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 75, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1889, newspaper, July 11, 1889; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth468862/m1/1/?q=%22cuney%22+AND+%22customs%22: accessed May 10, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.

Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 182, Ed. 1 Monday, June 27, 1910, newspaper, June 27, 1910; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1409260/m1/3/?q=%22post%20office%22%20AND%20%20%22customs%20house%22: accessed May 9, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rosenberg Library.

Secondary Sources:

Anonymous, “Galveston Island,” Handbook of Texas Online, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/galveston-island.

Barnstone, Howard. The Galveston That Was (Houston: Rice University Press, June 1994).

Beasley, Ellen and Stephen Fox. Galveston Architecture Guidebook (Houston: Rice University Press, Galveston Historical Foundation, 1996)

Carol A. Lipscomb Revised by Tim Seiter, “Karankawa Indians,” Handbook of Texas Online, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/karankawa-indians.

Crenwelge, Gerald and Edward Griffin and Janet K. Baker, USDA Soil Conservation Service, Soil Survey of Galveston County, Texas. February 1988, https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/texas/TX167/0/galveston.pdf

Edward Coyle Sealy, “Galveston Wharves,” Handbook of Texas Online, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/galveston-wharves.

Galveston Historical Foundation. “The Deep Water Jubilee”, January 23, 2020. https://www.galvestonhistory.org/news/the-deep-water-jubilee

Harris Gaylord Warren, “Laffite, Jean,” Handbook of Texas Online, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/laffite-jean..

Harris Gaylord Warren, “Aury, Louis Michel,” Handbook of Texas Online, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/aury-louis-michel.

James C. Maroney, “International Longshoremen's Association,” Handbook of Texas Online, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/international-longshoremens-association.

Merline Pitre, “Cuney, Norris Wright,” Handbook of Texas Online, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cuney-norris-wright.

Photos:

Item FF1 #1, Street Files Photograph Collection. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Item FF1 #4, Street Files Photograph Collection. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Item FF1 #5, Street Files Photograph Collection. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Item FF1 #6, Street Files Photograph Collection. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Item FF1 #7, Street Files Photograph Collection. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Item FF1 #11 , Street Files Photograph Collection. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Item FF1 #10, Street Files Photograph Collection. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Item FF1 #9, Street Files Photograph Collection. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Item FF1 #12, Street Files Photograph Collection. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Item FF1 #13, Street Files Photograph Collection. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Item FF2 #15, Street Files Photograph Collection. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Special Collection #253, 160, Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Special Collection #253, 176, Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Special Collection #253, 237, Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.

Item FF1 #3 A Man Leading Horses outside the United States Post Office and Custom House. approximately 1900. Street Files Photograph Collection. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.