The Gaffney Family Papers are significant for the study of the social and economic history of northeast Texas. Correspondence, financial and legal documents, and other materials document the activities of various members of the Gaffney family including the role Martha Gaffney played in running a business and heading a household in a male dominated society, her son Charles's experiences in the Civil War, and her daughters' experiences at Ursuline Convent, Academy of the Immaculate Conception at Columbia, South Carolina.
Finding aid available here. Materials provided by Special Collections and Archives at the University of Texas at Arlington.
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