THE DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS LIBRARY

 

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Sallie Ward Beretta Family Papers

1845-1965

 

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Collection information

 

Physical description: 24 document boxes, 15 oversize boxes

Acquisition: Gift of John W. Beretta

Processed by: Warren Stricker, 1991; revised 1996

 

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Table of contents

 

 

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 Biographical note

 

Sallie Mills Ward Beretta was born July 11, 1872 in Austin, Texas, the daughter of John R. and Louisa Ward.  She spent her childhood in Virginia and Texas, and attended Beechcroft College in Tennessee, and the University of Texas.  She married John King Beretta in 1896.  The couple had one son, John Ward Beretta.

 

The Berettas moved to San Antonio in 1912, where Mrs. Beretta became active in a number of local organizations.  She was appointed to the state High Cost of Living Campaign, by Woodrow Wilson in 1912; organized the Housewives League in 1920; served as president of the City Federation of Women's Clubs 1922-1924; was state chairman of the Motion Picture Committee of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs 1928-1940; served as president of the San Antonio History Club 1919-1921; was president of the San Antonio Council of Girl Scouts 1924-1934; was regent of the Alamo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution 1937-1939; organized the Albert Sidney Johnston chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and served as president 1932-1934; was chairman of the Jefferson Davis Highway Committee for the Texas Division of the U.D.C.; organized the San Antonio chapter of the Colonial Dames of America; and was an honorary member of Delta Kappa Gamma and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.  A donation from Mrs. Beretta resulted in the construction of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library in 1950.  Mrs. Beretta's civic activities included participation in the  revision of the San Antonio City Charter, 1925-1927.

 

Mrs. Beretta also pursued an interest in higher education.  She was a member of a state educational survey committee in 1922.  She was appointed to the Board of Regents of the Texas State Teachers Colleges in 1933, and served until 1951.

 

Like her husband, Mrs. Beretta was active in the banking business, serving as a vice president of the Broadway National Bank in San Antonio, and as a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of San Antonio.  She died in San Antonio on November 27, 1964.

 

John King Beretta was an Arkansas native, born in 1871, coming to Texas as a boy.  He was a partner in the T.C. Frost mercantile business in San Antonio before moving to Laredo, where he established the Laredo National Bank.  After moving back to San Antonio following his marriage, Beretta became executive officer of the National Bank of Commerce, where he worked for 32 years.  He then served as Chairman of the Board of the First National Bank until his death in 1948.

 

Beretta was involved in a number of organizations, and was a member of the Texas Centennial Commission of Control, responsible for planning the 1936 centennial celebration.

 

John Ward Beretta (1899-1992) attended the University of Texas and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in preparation for a career as an engineer.  He served in the military in both World Wars, and held civilian military advisory positions.  His interest in aviation led to his involvement with early efforts to establish an airport in San Antonio.

 

 

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Scope and content note

 

Correspondence, reports, bylaws, yearbooks, various types of administrative material, legal documents, financial documents, addresses, printed material, and photographs related to organizations, higher education in Texas, business and personal activities make up the Sallie Ward Beretta Family Papers.  The majority of the material is related to Sallie Ward Beretta, with some items associated with her husband, John K. Beretta, and her son, John W. Beretta.  The bulk of the papers date from 1920-1963.

 

Four subgroups have been created:

 

Organizations, which includes material related to civic, business, patriotic, cultural, and social organizations with which Mrs. Beretta or her family were involved.  The organization documented in the greatest detail is the City Federation of Women's Clubs of San Antonio, particularly during the years of Mrs. Beretta's presidency, 1922-1924.  Other series containing a significant amount of material include the Committee on Motion Pictures of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs; The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the U.D.C. Jefferson Davis Highway Committee; Colonial Dames of America; and Daughters of the American Revolution.  Other organizations are represented by small amounts of material, from a few items to a few folders, which may document a single event.

 

Higher Education, which contains material on governing bodies and institutions of higher education, and with higher education in general.  The most detailed documentation is found in the Texas State Teachers Colleges Board of Regents series, which covers the activities of the board from 1933-1951.  Separate series have been created covering the Regents' relations with each of the seven colleges governed by the Board; of these, the Southwest Texas State Teachers College and Sam Houston State Teachers College series contain significant amounts of material.  A General Higher Education series gathers items collected in connection with other organizations or institutions.

 

Business Papers, which contains a small amount of material related to banks and banking.  Mostly printed material, each series contains a few items related to banks, banking organizations, and banking in general.

 

Personal Papers, material produced or collected by family members in connection with personal interests.  Arranged in series by document type, there is little family or personal information.  Much of the material consists of periodicals, pamphlets and leaflets, and other printed material, collected for its subject matter.

 

 

Certain printed material has been separated from the papers and placed in the general library collection.  Duplicates of these items, or items already available in the general collection have been retained with the papers.  These actions are noted in the inventory.

 

 

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SUBGROUP/Series Outline

 

ORGANIZATIONS

1915-1965

 

Correspondence, reports, planning documents, addresses, various other types of administrative material, printed material, and photographs produced and collected in connection with membership or participation in various organizations.  The large majority is connected with Sallie Ward Beretta, with smaller amounts of material related to John K. Beretta.  The papers are arranged into series by organization, the most extensive documentation pertaining to the San Antonio City Federation of Women's Clubs, the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Committee on Motion Pictures, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the United Daughters of the Confederacy Texas Division Jefferson Davis Highway Committee, the Colonial Dames of America, and the Daughters of the American Revolution.  The remaining series vary in size, but most consist of only a few items.  These remaining series are arranged in alphabetical order.  Certain printed items have been separated from the papers.

 

San Antonio City Federation of Women's Clubs

1920-1938

 

Correspondence, reports, addresses, press releases, rosters, and printed items associated with the City Federation of Women's Clubs.  The series also includes material from the state and national organizations with which the City Federation was affiliated, the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs and the General Federation of Women's Clubs.  A large portion of the series dates from 1922-1924, the term of Sallie Ward Beretta's presidency of the organization.  The correspondence from these years is extensive, and refers to a number of organization activities and events.  Numerous addresses delivered by Mrs. Beretta on the activities of the Federation are included.  Some information on the member clubs is also part of the papers.  A number of poems written by organization members in connection with a campaign to promote the preservation of the state flower, the bluebonnet, are included.  Other official records and printed material are less inclusive.  Newspaper clippings related to club activities have been arranged by subject.  Correspondents include H.B. Ayres; Lily T. Joseph; Ethel Cook Taylor.

 

  

Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. Committee on Motion Pictures

1925-1963

 

Correspondence, reports, planning documents, addresses, reviews, printed material, photographs and other items produced and collected by Sallie Ward Beretta in connection with her term as state chairman of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Committee on Motion Pictures (1928-1940).  Correspondence from the years of her chairmanship is extensive, and covers the sponsorship of films, lobbying and censorship activities, and routine business.  Also extensive are reports, planning documents, motion picture reviews produced by several different organizations, and study material produced by the Texas Federation, along with items produced by motion picture industry organizations, such as the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America.  Some general motion picture-related items, such as a collection of publicity photographs, clippings, and other printed items have been placed in this series.  Correspondents include Eunice Buchanan; Louise Buchanan; Lydia W. Burk; Frances W. Diehl; Carl E. Milliken; J.J. Strickland; Ethel Cook Taylor; Alice Ames Winter.

 

United Daughters of the Confederacy

1922-1962

 

Correspondence, reports, addresses, official records, printed material, and photographs produced and collected by Sallie Ward Beretta in connection with her membership in the United Daughters of the Confederacy.  Most of the general correspondence is among other members, concerning events and routine matters.  Some correspondence has been grouped by subject, related to the organizations efforts to place monuments at Camp Verde and at San Jacinto.  Much of the latter is concerned with research on San Jacinto veterans who later served in the Confederate army.  Mrs. Beretta's service as Texas Division Historian is represented by several reports.  Much of the remainder of the material consists of printed material associated with specific events.  Some general material related to Civil War history is included in the series.  Correspondents include Maude Carre; Birdie Meaders Dowda; Anna Price Hewitt; Willie Ward Kelly; Mrs. W.H. Owen; Hope Harrison Turner.

 

 

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Texas Division. Jefferson Davis Highway Committee

1922-1957

 

Correspondence, reports, addresses, maps, photographs and printed material associated with Sallie Ward Beretta's chairmanship of the Jefferson Davis Highway Committee for the Texas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the effort to establish and mark a commemorative route across the U.S.  The correspondence is fairly scattered, and covers routine matters.  Some letters concerning a special project of the committee, the placement of a marker at the Vance house in San Antonio, have been grouped separately.  Reports by Mrs. Beretta are included.  Printed material associated with the committee's work includes maps of the Jefferson Davis Highway.  Correspondents include Charlotte O. Woodbury.

 

Colonial Dames of America

1913-1960

 

Correspondence, reports, addresses, other official documents, printed material and photographs associated with Sallie Ward Beretta's membership in the Colonial Dames of America.  The material is related to a number of different events.  A significant part of the correspondence relates to the organization's involvement in the restoration of San Jose Mission in San Antonio, as a Texas Centennial project.  The photographs are also related to the mission project.  Correspondents include Mary L.P. Darden.

 

Daughters of the American Revolution

1922-1962

 

Correspondence, reports, official records and printed material.  The series consists primarily of printed material concerning specific events or the Daughters of the American Revolution in general.                                   

 

 

American Association of University Women

1936-1937

 

One item, the yearbook of the Huntsville, Texas branch.

 

  

Army-Civilian Club/Military-Civilian Club

1935-1960

 

Yearbooks, and miscellaneous items found with yearbooks.

 

 

Associated Charities

1925-1926

 

Printed copy of annual report.

 

Central Council of Associated Clubs of San Antonio

n.d.

 

A press release concerning the formation of the organization and its officers, and a roster of a ticket committee, listing members and their organizations.

 

 

Christ Episcopal Church

1949-1959

 

Yearbooks and miscellaneous programs.

 

 

Community Chest of San Antonio

1927

 

Pamphlet and leaflet on organization programs.

 

Conopus Club

1938

 

Newsletter with information on address by John K. Beretta; clippings on Club events.

 

Council of Pan American Relations

1951

 

Correspondence and other items on selection of Sallie Ward Beretta as "Good Neighbor of the Week," by the organization in 1951.  Includes congratulatory letters, and letters of thanks.

 

Daughters of the Republic of Texas

1924-1965

 

Correspondence, minutes, resolutions, and printed material, most relating to Sallie Ward Beretta's donation of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library building.  Also included are items relating to the library in general, and some general D.R.T. material.

 

Delta Kappa Gamma

1934-1958

 

Yearbooks and miscellaneous items.

 

Democratic Party

1923-1939

 

Small number of letters concerning Sallie Ward Beretta's political opinions and her interest in a position as a national committeewoman.  Also included are a letter seeking support for W. Lee O'Daniel for governor, and Mrs. Beretta's response.  A 1923 address to the Women's Democratic League is also included.

 

High Cost of Living Campaign

1920

 

Pamphlet, and correspondence concerning space in the Federal Building in San Antonio for Sallie Ward Beretta, chairman of the state High Cost of Living Campaign, and carbons of letters requesting information from state members. 

 

Historical Association of American Women

1937-1939

 

Miscellaneous pamphlets and programs.

 

 

History Club of San Antonio

1910-1965

 

Ledger containing minutes of regular club meetings and membership rolls, yearbooks, and miscellaneous items.

 

Housewives League

1922

 

Letter, regarding 1922 program for the Housewives League

 

Kiwanis Club

1927-1943

 

Correspondence, newsletters, certificates, clippings, pamphlets.  Primarily related to the activities of John K. Beretta, some items may reflect contributions of the Kiwanis Club to the Girl Scouts.

 

Laredo Women's Club

1920-1921

 

Program of events.

 

Lions Club

1945

 

Miscellaneous items.

 

Mother's Club

n.d.

 

Resolution concerning games of chance at Fiesta events in San Antonio.

 

National Association of Arts and Letters

1946-1952

 

Miscellaneous programs, yearbooks, and bylaws.

 

Our Reading Club

1922-1923

 

Information supplied by journalist and writer William Allen White, apparently in connection with an Our Reading Club program, and a yearbook.

 

Pan American Round Table

1923-1945

 

Yearbooks and miscellaneous items, including a 1940 proclamation by San Antonio mayor Maury Maverick, regarding Pan American Week.

 

Rotary Club of San Antonio

1938

 

Newsletter, containing article on the Beretta's trip to South America.

 

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

1920, 1933

 

Miscellaneous items.

 

San Antonio Advertising Club

n.d.

 

Postcard announcing Ladies Day program, which includes address by Sallie Ward Beretta.

 

San Antonio Art League

1956, 1963

 

Miscellaneous items.

 

 

 San Antonio Community Council

1937-1958

 

Correspondence, printed material, and photographs.  The material is related to the operation of a camp near Comfort, Texas,  and its use by various groups.  Contains some information on the governance of the camp.

 

San Antonio Girl Scouts

1924-1936

 

Scattered correspondence, financial documents, printed material, and other items, relating to Girl Scout activities, administration, funding.

 

San Antonio Motion Picture Council

1940-1944

 

Rosters listing the representatives of various organizations on the San Antonio Motion Picture Council, lists of officers, information on the formation of the group.

 

San Antonio Museum Association

1930-1931, 1963

 

Miscellaneous newsletters and other printed material.

 

San Antonio Post-War Planning Board

1943

 

Three 1943 letters concerning the restoration of the Menger Hotel in San Antonio.

 

San Antonio Symphony Society

1915-1916

 

Miscellaneous printed material.

 

 

Shakespeare Association of America

1926-1934

 

Miscellaneous periodicals.

 

Sons of the American Revolution

1923

 

Bulletin containing list of Texas members of the Sons of the American Revolution.

 

Texas Centennial Commission of Control

1935-1936

 

Miscellaneous material, including a report recommending that markers be placed on the graves of Texas pioneers, and the application by the city of El Paso, requesting designation as a site of auxiliary celebrations during the Texas Centennial.

 

Texas State Historical Association

1940

 

Miscellaneous material.

 

United Daughters of 1812

1926-1930

 

Yearbooks.

 

Woman's Breakfast Club

1950-1954

 

Yearbooks.

 

Woman's Club of San Antonio

1921-1964

 

Primarily printed material, including yearbooks, newsletters, programs, and clippings.  Includes yearbooks of two subunits of the organization.

 

 

 

HIGHER EDUCATION

1928-1958

 

Correspondence, minutes, legal documents, administrative material, financial documents, printed material, and other items pertaining to governing bodies and institutions of higher education.  The material is arranged into series by agency or institution, and into subseries by document type.  Most of the papers are related to the Texas State Teachers Colleges Board of Regents.  The first series contains material related to the general activities of the Board of Regents; subsequent series contain material specifically related to each of the seven individual schools governed by the Board.  A general higher education series contains material related to other committees and institutions.

 

Texas State Teachers Colleges. Board of Regents

1922-1961


Correspondence, minutes, administrative material, financial documents, and printed material concerning Sallie Ward Beretta's tenure of the Texas State Teachers Colleges Board of Regents (1933-1951).  The correspondence is fairly extensive, and covers matters pertaining to all seven state teachers colleges.  Minutes of Board of Regents meetings, cover Mrs. Beretta's tenure, but are particularly inclusive from 1948-1951.  A number of reports, legal opinions, and other administrative documents, are included.  Detailed audit reports for the years 1934 and 1935 are included.  Printed reports and rules and regulations are also part of the series.  Correspondents include A.W. Birdwell; Mary C. Brogdon; C.E. Evans; J.A. Hill; John E. Hill; J.E. Josey; William L. Kerr; A.B. Mayhew; H.L. Mills; Robert A. Stuart; R.L. Thomas; H.A. Turner; James G. Ulmer.

 

Texas State Teachers Colleges. Board of Regents. East Texas State Teachers College

1934-1949

 

Material from Sallie Ward Beretta's service on the Texas State Teachers Colleges Board of Regents, relating specifically to East Texas State Teachers College, including correspondence, reports, and inventories of school property.

 

 

Texas State Teachers Colleges. Board of Regents. North Texas State Teachers College

1932-1949

 

Material from Sallie Ward Beretta's service on the Texas State Teachers Colleges Board of Regents, relating specifically to North Texas State Teachers College, including correspondence, reports, addresses, and printed material.  The material is fairly scattered in date, document type, and subject.  Correspondents include W.J. McConnell.

 

Texas State Teachers Colleges. Board of Regents. Sam Houston State Teachers College

1933-1950

 

Material from Sallie Ward Beretta's service on the Texas State Teachers Colleges Board of Regents, relating specifically to Sam Houston State Teachers College, including correspondence, reports, addresses, printed material, and photographs.  The material fairly extensive, reflecting Mrs. Beretta's particular interest in the school.  A number of specific events and programs are documented, including memorial material on college president Harry F. Estill.  Photographs document a 1950 visit by Governor Allan Shivers.  Correspondents include Harry F. Estill; Harmon Loman; C.N. Shaver; Sue G. Thomason.

 

Texas State Teachers Colleges. Board of Regents. Southwest Texas State Teachers College

1928-1958


Material from Sallie Ward Beretta's service on the Texas State Teachers Colleges Board of Regents, relating specifically to Southwest Texas State Teachers College, including correspondence, reports, legal documents, addresses, printed material, and photographs.  Because of Mrs. Beretta's active involvement with the college, the material in this series is extensive.  Included are a number of addresses given by Mrs. Beretta, at graduation ceremonies and other special events.  Printed material and other documents relate to the naming of a dormitory and a literary society at the school for Mrs. Beretta.   Correspondents include Mary C. Brogdon; C.E. Evans; J.G. Flowers.

 

Texas State Teachers Colleges. Board of Regents. Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College

1933-1948


Material from Sallie Ward Beretta's service on the Texas State Teachers Colleges Board of Regents, relating specifically to Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College, including correspondence, reports, and printed material.  Correspondents include A.W. Birdwell.

 

Texas State Teachers Colleges. Board of Regents. Sul Ross State Teachers College

1933-1950

 

Material from Sallie Ward Beretta's service on the Texas State Teachers Colleges Board of Regents, relating specifically to Sul Ross State Teachers College, including correspondence, reports, and printed material.  Correspondents include H.W. Morelock.

 

Texas State Teachers Colleges. Board of Regents. West Texas State Teachers College

1933-1947

 

Material from Sallie Ward Beretta's service on the Texas State Teachers Colleges Board of Regents, relating specifically to West Texas State Teachers College, including correspondence, reports, and printed material.  Included is a transcript of a 1947 hearing on a conflict over benefits to veterans at the college.  Correspondents include J.A. Hill.

 

General Higher Education

1922-1961

 

Primarily printed material, associated with committees, schools, and other organizations.  Included is a letter from Texas Governor Pat Neff, inviting Sallie Ward Beretta to participate in the 1922 Legislative Committee on Survey of Higher Education; printed material related to the University of Texas and St. Mary's University; material related to the founding of the Texas School of the Air, a state agency intended to produce radio programs for use as supplements to public school curricula; and pamphlets on educational topics.  Some of the material is probably connected with John K. Beretta, and John W. Beretta.

 

 

BUSINESS PAPERS

1935-1962

 

Material related to banks and banking organizations in Texas, including those with which members of the Beretta family were involved.  The amount of material is small, consisting primarily of printed items.

 

Broadway National Bank

1948, 1950


Miscellaneous material, including an agenda for a 1950 Board of Directors meeting, with attached financial reports; and leaflets.

 

Commercial State Bank, Nacogdoches, Texas

1935

 

Leaflet.

 

First National Bank of San Antonio

1950-1962

 

Leaflets.

 

Laredo National Bank

1942

 

Pamphlets.

 

National Bank of Commerce

1936-1954

 

Pamphlets and clipping.

 

Republic National Bank of Dallas

1958

 

Pamphlet.

 

American Bankers Association

1946

 

Convention pamphlet.

 

Hill Country Banker's Association

1935

 

Programs.

 

Texas Bankers' Association

1935, 1937

 

Programs and periodical.

 

General Banking Material

1946-1948

 

Miscellaneous periodicals.

 

 

 

  

PERSONAL PAPERS

1845-1962

 

Primarily printed material, the Personal Papers are divided into series by document type.  The material relates primarily to Sallie Ward Beretta, but items connected with John K. Beretta and John W. Beretta may also be identified.

 

Correspondence

1920-1952


Miscellaneous correspondence with friends, businesses, and others.  Included is a 1922 letter asking Sallie Ward Beretta to consider running for Mayor of San Antonio.

 

Biographical Material

1944


Typescript and printed material on Sallie Ward Beretta and John K. Beretta.

 

Directories

1911, 1931, 1937, 1938

 

Published telephone and social directories.

 

Poetry

1922


Miscellaneous typescripts of poems, both identified and unidentified.

 

Historical Material

n.d.


Description of the historical events depicted on the Texas State Capitol floor.

 

Itinerary

1938

 

Related to Beretta's Mexico and South America trip of 1938.

 

Certificates

1928-1939


Certificates of membership and achievement.

 

Invitations

1936-1939

 

Three oversize invitations to the annual Pilgrimage to the Alamo, from the Fiesta de San Jacinto Association.

 

Programs

1896-1960

 

Programs from a variety of events, associated with different family members.  Most events occur in San Antonio and Laredo.

 

Menus

1938

 

Material from Latin America trip of 1938.

 

Calendar

1954

 

Appointment calendar, illustrated with Texas sights.  A few notations.  Also a calendar containing illustrations and text on Texas wildflowers.

 

Broadside

1939

 

Better Government League broadside, urging support for the Anti-Maverick Ticket, depicting confrontation over use of the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium by the Communist Party in 1939.

 

  

Christmas Cards

1934

 

Miscellaneous material.

 

Ration Stamps

n.d.

 

Miscellaneous material.

 

Periodicals and Serials

1893-1960

 

A variety of Texas-related and household magazines, several containing articles written by or about members of the Beretta family.  Some items have been separated from the papers.

 

Newspaper

1941

 

Single item, containing article on military life in Greenland.  A Civil War era newspaper has been separated to the general newspaper collection.

 

Clippings

1920-1962

 

Arranged in folders by subject, primarily articles from San Antonio newspapers on San Antonio events, Texas events, the Beretta family, Mexico, the opening of the McDonald Observatory in west Texas, and general subjects.

                       

Catalogs

1909-1959

 

Includes book and general catalogs.  Most of the book catalogs deal with Texana and Southern history.

 

 

Pamphlets and Leaflets

1888-1962

 

An extensive collection of pamphlets and leaflets on a wide variety of subjects.  Arranged by subject, particularly extensive are items related to health and sex education; poetry; political matters; San Antonio; Texas history; travel in the U.S. and abroad; and U.S. history.  Miscellaneous items are listed alphabetically.  Some items have been separated from the papers.

 

Book

n.d.

 

Illustrated book of verse, the title and publication information missing.

 

Printed Material-General

1895-1951

 

Includes a series of illustrated placards with text by J.Frank Dobie, possibly used as part of an advertising campaign by a Dallas bank; an advertising broadside featuring an endorsement by Sallie Ward Beretta; bible lesson cards; and miscellaneous items.

 

Photographs

1917-1940

 

Includes photos of Sallie Ward Beretta; Mrs. Beretta's childhood home; other individuals, including Douglas Corrigan; and sights around San Antonio and Texas.

 

Miscellaneous Material

1916-1962

 

Includes several seed packets "from the Alamo," and unidentified items.

 

 

Genealogical Material

1929-1960

 

Primarily related to Sallie Ward Beretta's application for membership in organizations based on lines of descent.  Most of the material is unsorted, and contains extensive correspondence with a professional genealogist hired to research Mrs. Beretta's family tree, and with other members of the organizations.  Application forms and other printed material related to these organizations is also included.  Particularly extensive is genealogical information on the Ward and Chiles families.

 

Music

1845-1949

 

Music books, scores, librettos, and sheet music, for popular music, classical music, and hymns.  Items are arranged by format.  Particularly extensive is the sheet music, which consists primarily of popular songs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  Music books for piano and cornet, piano and violin, and guitar and mandolin are also included, along with original music manuscripts dedicated to Sallie Ward Beretta.  Some items are inscribed with the names Jessie Ward Stiles and Alice Beretta.  Multiple copies of a song written about San Antonio, which may have been acquired in connection with Mrs. Beretta's club activities, are included here.