Letter from Kirk Watson, Mayor of Austin

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Letter from Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, supporting Ernestine Thompson and First Baptist Church on its project to chronicle its 133 year past.

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Kirk Watson January 22, 2001.

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This letter is part of the collection entitled: Texas History Collection and was provided by the Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 4912 times, with 27 in the last month. More information about this letter can be viewed below.

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Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum

The Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum represents the history of African American churches in the Austin area. It is named after Jacob Fontaine, a slave preacher who founded 13 Baptist churches in Travis County. The Museum received a Rescuing Texas History grant in 2006 to aid in digitization of materials, mainly photographs.

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Letter from Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, supporting Ernestine Thompson and First Baptist Church on its project to chronicle its 133 year past.

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Texas History Collection

Drawn from collections at the UNT Libraries and various partners, these materials about Texas history include artifacts, books, documents, manuscripts, photographs, maps, letters, and more.

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  • January 22, 2001

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  • Sept. 13, 2006, 8:21 a.m.

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  • Oct. 16, 2007, 5:08 p.m.

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Kirk Watson. Letter from Kirk Watson, Mayor of Austin, letter, January 22, 2001; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17453/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum.

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