Clark, Joseph Addison, 1815-1901

Scope and Contents Correspondence, manuscripts, legal documents, financial records, pamphlets, teaching materials, sermons, photographs, and artifacts document the life and work of Joseph Lynn Clark and the Clark family from 1751-1969.  The first series, Race Relations, 1910-1967, contains correspondence related to the Texas Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Other material in the series includes pamphlets, book reviews, manuscripts, and assorted correspondence.  The second and largest series, Clark...

Scope and Contents The collection contains two bound volumes, the first is a New Testament owned by Joseph Addison Clark and handed down to his great-granddaughter Mrs. Modena Clark Rogers Spitler. The new testament is in poor condition with the spine loose from the text block and the cover repaired with tape. The other volume in the collection is titled Biographies and Sermons. There is no publication date. It includes a chapter on the "Life of J. A. Clark" (some pages are missing) and a sermon by Clark,...