Finding Aids

Guide to the

Maclin Robertson, Jr. Family Papers
ca.1895-1989, bulk 1914-1989

.7 linear ft.

Accession Number: 92-22
Collection Number: AR422

Prepared by Elizabeth Hokanson
August 1999

CITATION: Maclin Robertson, Jr. Family Papers, AR422, Box number, Folder number, Special Collections Division, The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.

Table of Contents

Biographical Sketch
Sources
Series Description
Scope and Content
Provenance Statement
Literary Rights Statement
Container List
Series I
Series II
Oversize Item
Transferred Items

Biographical Sketch

Maclin Robertson, Jr., was born March 11, 1895, in Salado, Texas, and died October 18, 1953. His father was Maclin Robertson, Sr. and mother Alice Josephine Woods. He married Nora Ann Enloe on February 5, 1944. He had three sisters and two brothers.

Maclin Robertson, Jr. was a great-grandson of Empresario Sterling Clack Robertson. The line of descent is Empresario Sterling Clack Robertson, Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson, Maclin Robertson, Sr., Maclin Robertson, Jr.

Mr. Robertson served in WWI and is listed on the roster Headquarters Co., 132nd F. A. 61st Brigade, 36th Division, formerly the First Texas Cavalry, Captain Peter Schramm, Commanding Company, that shows Maclin Robertson, Jr. as a Corporal.

The Enloe family are descendants of a pioneer from Tyler County, Texas. Nora Ann Enloe had one brother, David Charles, and four sisters, Ruby Jordan, Beulah Johnson, Louise Hambridk and Lois Reardon. Nora Ann Enloe Robertson was a native of Woodville, Texas. Also the Holland and Crews families are both connected to the Enloe family by marriage.

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Series Description
Series I. Papers, 1917-1989. .25 linear ft. (1 document box, 9 folders and 1 item in oversize drawer).

Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within the folder. Material includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, postcards, and roster.

Series II. Artifacts, ca. 1895, ca. 1916. .45 linear ft. (1 manuscript box, 4 items).

Four items arranged in no particular order. Items are baby shoes, wooden shoes, handkerchief, and helmet.

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Scope and Content

The Robertson Papers are contained in one document box, one manuscript box, and space in GO 34, totaling .7 linear ft. There are two series consisting of nine folders, four artifacts, and one roster.

Series I consists of clippings, correspondence, and photographs relating to the Robertson and Enloe families. This series also includes postcards and a roster relating to WWI. Newspaper clippings were photocopied onto acid-free paper and the original clippings were discarded.

The postcards include photograph type postcards. One is marked "Arrival 132nd F. A. Ft. Worth 4.7.19, and another is identified as "Military Police Co." with an arrow drawn to Maclin Robertson’s horse and identifying Colonel Schramm at the head. The postcards are scenes of a parade in Fort Worth?, a ship, a waterfront, boxing match and parade. They are all of the Fort Worth WWI regiment. There are also postcards of Rennes, one of the "Allies Flags and Flowers," and one photograph postcard of J. L. Smith’s Residence, Amarillo, Texas, May 6, 1917.

There is a small amount of information that relates to the Holland and Crews families, both of which are connected to the Enloe family by marriage. Included in the collection are obituaries for Mary Georgia Jordan, George Z. Lazenby, and Genevieve (Peck) Cruse, long time residents of Tyler County, Texas. Also included is a description of Mrs. D. Mann also a resident of Tyler County, Texas. There is also information on the Curlee family. (David Curlee Enloe).

Series II includes artifacts consisting of a pair of Maclin Robertson, Jr.’s baby shoes, two Dutch wooden shoes, a WWI combat helmet, and a handkerchief embroidered with "Souvenir de France."

One issue of the centennial edition, four sections, of the Temple Daily Telegram, April 7, 1936, is shelved with the newspaper collection. The newspaper was humidified several days and flattened. It is brittle and is located in the Garrett newspaper collection.

This small collection has importance for genealogists, WWI enthusiasts, and those interested in Fort Worth, Texas, history.

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Provenance Statement

Received from Nora Ann Enloe Robertson. Malcolm D. McLean, Head of the Robertson Colony Collection, negotiated the donation of the materials on May 27, 1990. Dr. Gerald D. Saxon acknowledged the collection on June 16, 1992.

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Literary Rights Statement

Permission to publish material from AR422: Maclin Robertson, Jr. Family Papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Division.

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Container List
Series I. Papers, 1917-1989

Box 1
Folder

  1. Clippings, 1938, 1947, 1967, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987, n.d
    Contains information on the Enloe, Holland, Crews, Mann, Cruse, and Robertson families. Includes obituaries and historical articles.
  2. Correspondence, 1917, 1969, 1978, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, n.d.
    Contains letters from Malcolm D. McLean and includes an excerpt from McLean’s Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas, Volume XI. Also includes a greeting card and postcard.
  3. Funeral Book, 1953
    Contains In Remembrance book from the funeral of Maclin Robertson, Jr. (March 11, 1895-October 18, 1953). Includes obituaries, list of funeral attendees and an undated sympathy letter signed "Brownie," which contains a short poem by Annie J. Flint.
  4. Genealogy Information - Printed, 1969, 1979, 1987, n.d.
    Contains Christmas in the Canyon 1881, excerpts from Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas, Volume XI, Announcing Volume XIII of the Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas, and The Importance of Sterling Clack Robertson all compiled or written by Malcolm McLean.
  5. Genealogy Information - Unpublished, n.d.
    Contains handwritten lists of names with dates of birth, deaths, and marriages for the Lazenby, Curlee, and Enloe families. Includes handwritten and typed histories of the areas of Doucette, Texas; Woodville, Texas; and Tyler County, Texas. Also includes a copy of the application of Phebe Armstrong Goode for the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, that shows lineage and information of the Holland and Goode families.
  6. Ledger, 1951-1952
    Ledger was used to record financial information for the "Expenses for Mac’s Illness" (Maclin Robertson, Jr.).
  7. Photographs - Maclin Robertson, Jr., n.d.
    Contains two black and white photographs.
  1. Photographs - Unidentified, 1958-1959, n.d.
    Contains two black and white photographs. One of a young girl and one of a woman.
  2. Postcards - WWI, 1917, 1919, n.d.
    Contains 29 postcards, 15 are photograph type. Fourteen are of the 132nd Fort Worth regiment.

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Series II. Artifacts, ca. 1895, ca. 1916

Over Size Box 379

Oversize Item
Drawer GO34
Transferred Items

Temple Daily Telegram, April 17, 1936 (Centennial Edition). Four sections located in the Garrett newspaper collection.

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