b. Subseries, Samuel Bangs

Sub-Series — Box: 130-135

Scope and Contents

See also oversized box 167 and map case.

Scope and Contents

Manuscripts, drafts, notes, and proofs of Pioneer Printer: Samuel Bangs in Mexico and Texas. Included are a 1955 manuscript with notes and scraps; carbon copies with revisions, from March 1963; thecopy from which final copy was typed; the manuscript from which the printing was made (dated October 1963); a 1931 article,Samuel Bangs: the first printer in Texas; galley and page proofs; illustrations; and assorted drafts, scraps, and documents. Also present are photostats of documents relating to Bangs and the history of printing in Nuevo León, photocopies of examples of his printing (mostly early Texas newspapers), and assorted items relating to Bangs.