Friday, August 27, 2021 - 9:03am
By Margo McCutcheon, Site Educator, Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site
Martha “Mat” Clementine Waller married a man named William Marion Rayburn on May 14, 1868. With that marriage, the Waller became a Rayburn, but what happened to the Waller name? Although Martha didn’t really “lose” her maiden name, she and many other women throughout time who descended from Anglo-Saxon...
Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 12:42pm
On Thursday, July 22, the Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site and the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History’s Sam Rayburn Museum in Bonham teamed up for an in-depth webinar exploring the life and career of one of the most influential Americans in the 20th century.
This was the first in a new series delving into specific facets of Sam Rayburn’s personal life and political...
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - 1:52pm
By Stephanie Hardin, Intern, Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site
One frustrating part of history is the amount of conflicting points of view and narratives. Fortunately, modern material artifacts typically do not have this problem. The Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site is very fortunate that many of the artifacts in the collection have one origin point.
However,...
Monday, April 5, 2021 - 8:45am
On Thursday, March 18, the Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site and the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History’s Sam Rayburn Museum in Bonham teamed up to present a look at the life and career of one of the most influential Americans of the 20th century.
This was the second of a two-part series, and explored Sam Rayburn’s role as the longest-serving Speaker of the House of...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - 9:51am
By Anne Rupert and Kathy Lathen, Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site
Highlights:
Birth: April 27,1912 Death: December 9, 1977 Notable: Loyce was Sam Rayburn's sister-in-law, worked at the Sam Rayburn Library, and was an integral part of the Sam Rayburn House Museum's formation and interpretation.Loyce Cordelia DeBerry was the daughter of Henry M. and Nora...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - 4:17pm
October is Texas Archeology Month, the time we celebrate the science and history of past cultures. But what is archeology? A traditional definition of archeology is the scientific study of material remains of past human life and activities. When we think of archeology, we often picture ancient civilizations that left little to no written record of their history. But there is an entire...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 1:39pm
By Lois Bronaugh, Intern, Sam Rayburn State Historic Site
For many, August is a month of change: summer is ending, autumn is beginning, school is starting, and leaves are falling. 119 years ago this month, two people in North Texas added yet another significant change to the season—marriage!
These two individuals, W.A. Thomas and Katherine Rayburn (Thomas),...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 12:01pm
By Anne Ruppert, Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site
The annual Bonham Quilt Hop returned to “Mr. Sam’s” home on Friday and Saturday, July 27 and 28. Visitors viewed the circa 1825-1935 collection of Rayburn family quilts during guided tours of the home. A collection of quilts on loan from the Winedale Quilt Collection made up the display inside the site’s visitor center.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 - 8:00am
By Cortney Smith, Intern, Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site
With Bonham’s annual Quilt Hop fast approaching, we are putting a spotlight on a quilt we have here at the Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site—the Wholecloth “Boudoir” Quilt. Handmade from rayon satin and beautifully designed in the reversible pastel colors of light green and light peach, it is a great example of the...
Thursday, June 14, 2018 - 8:00am
By Anne Ruppert, Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site
Flag Day is celebrated across the United States annually on June 14. Though the Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site contains several flags and multiple objects that bear the image of the American flag, one of our favorite “flag” objects is actually a set of objects. A set of china dishes, to be exact.
Sam Rayburn...
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