Thomas S. Gathright Letters

Reference Code	C000633
Dates	1860-1883
Finding Aid	https://findingaids.library.tamu.edu/index.php/thomas-s-gathright-letters
Extent	1 Box
Total Boxes	1
Total Folders	13

Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence and a news release from Thomas S. Gathright, the first president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University). Gathright also wrote correspondence before his presidency as the founder of the Summerville Institute in Gholson, Mississippi and during his residency as the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Mississippi. Some of the letters in the collection were transcribed in Early History of Texas A&M College Through Letters and Papers (1952), by David Brooks Cofer. Also included, is a folder containing xerox copies of Gathright’s letters and a news release from the Mississippi State Archives.

System of Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically by year with the folder of xerox copies at the end of the collection.

Box Inventory

Reference Code	Title	Dates	Folders	Extent
C000633-1	Gathright Correspondence and Other Materials	1860-1883	13	13 folders