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Sullivan-Clem Family Papers, 1849-1956 Descriptive Summary Creator: Sullivan, Daniel (1844-1931) Title: Sullivan-Clem Family Papers Dates: 1849-1956 Creator Daniel Sullivan was born in Ireland, he moved to Texas and served in Abstract: the Confederate army during the Civil War eventually starting a prominent banking business. Content Correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, printed Abstract: material, and photographs pertaining to several members of a San Antonio, Texas family are part of the Sullivan-Clem Family Papers. Identification: Col 920 Extent: 11 document boxes, 5 oversize boxes Language: Materials are in English Repository: DRT Collection at Texas A&M University-San Antonio Biographical Note Descendants of Irish immigrants to North America, members of the Sullivan family became prominent in San Antonio, Texas business, professional, and military circles, beginning in the late 1800s. One of the first of these immigrants, Daniel Sullivan, was born in 1844 in Meenygorman, in County Cork, Ireland, to Timothy and Ellen Sullivan. With his younger sister Anne, Daniel Sullivan came to the Alexandria, Louisiana in 1850, to live with his uncle, also named Daniel Sullivan (1805-1871). The children accompanied their uncle when he moved to Indianola, Texas in 1857, to establish a general merchandise and grocery business. After serving in the Confederate army during the Civil War, young Daniel Sullivan returned to Indianola to work in his uncle's business, taking over its operation upon the latter's death. In 1868, Daniel Sullivan married his first cousin, Anne Cotter (1842-1904), who also came from Ireland to Louisiana as a child, to the household of her uncle, the elder Daniel Sullivan. Daniel and Anne Cotter Sullivan and their seven children, moved from Indianola to San Antonio in 1882, where Sullivan established a banking business, under the name O'Connor and Sullivan. He later became the sole owner, and the name of the business was changed to D. Sullivan and Co., growing into one of the city's prominent banking businesses, and remaining in operation into the 1940s. Daniel Sullivan remained active in his business until his death on November 30, 1931. The children of Daniel and Anne Cotter Sullivan were: 1. William Cusack Sullivan (1868-1930), attended St Mary's College in San Antonio, and the University of Pennsylvania's Peirce School of business; worked in the family business, and pursued a number of outside business interests. 2. Eleanor Alice Sullivan (1870-1931), who married James Robert Collins. 3. Annie Marie Sullivan (1872-1956), who was educated at Notre Dame College in Baltimore and the Sacred Heart Convent in Paris; returned to live in San Antonio. 4. Daniel Joseph Sullivan (1874-1948), attended St. Mary's College and Rock Hill College in Maryland; also worked in his father's business. 5. John Cotter Sullivan (1875-1966), attended St. Mary's College, Rock Hill College, and Harvard Law School; practiced law in San Antonio; married Florence Fletcher in 1909. 6. Mary Elizabeth Sullivan (1878-1967), attended Notre Dame College and Sacred Heart Convent; married Gen. John Lincoln Clem (1851-1937). 7. Walter Sullivan (1881-1905), attended St. Mary's College, Harvard, and Yale University. References Clem, Elizabeth Sullivan, file. DRT Collection at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Sullivan, John C., file. DRT Collection at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Sullivan, John Cotter. The Family of D. Sullivan. San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Co., 1952. Sullivan-Clem Family Papers. DRT Collection at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, printed material, and photographs pertaining to several members of a San Antonio, Texas family are part of the Sullivan- Clem Family Papers. Most of the papers are related to the personal activities of various family members, in most cases with little detailed documentation of any one individual. Items related to the family banking business, D. Sullivan and Co., and other business activities, are much less extensive. Restrictions Access Restrictions No restrictions. The collection is open for research. Usage Restrictions Please be advised that the library does not hold the copyright to most of the material in its archival collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to secure those rights when needed. Permission to reproduce does not constitute permission to publish. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright, literary property rights, and libel. Related Material Administrative Information Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Sullivan-Clem Family Papers, 1849-1956, Col 920, DRT Collection at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Acquisition Information Estate of Mary Elizabeth Sullivan Clem 1969 Processing Information Processed by Warren Stricker, 1993. Edited by Rebeka Delgado, 2020 June. Detailed Description of the Collection Sullivan-Clem Family Papers, 1849-1956 The papers are arranged into subgroups according to the family member(s) with which the material is associated, and into series by document type. The subgroups are: Daniel and Anne Cotter Sullivan Papers. Includes letters from Ireland to family members in Louisiana, and later, Texas, primarily from Mary Sullivan Cotter, the mother of Anne Cotter Sullivan. Legal documents apparently connected with an estate matter, also include information on the history of the Cotter family in Ireland. The only item pertaining to the business career of Daniel Sullivan is a ledger containing daily entries of his Indianola, Texas business. A few items are related to Anne Sullivan, the sister of Daniel Sullivan, and with Walter Sullivan, the youngest child of Daniel and Anne Cotter Sullivan. Box Folder Correspondence 1 1 Jeremiah Sullivan, Newmarket, Ireland to Daniel Sullivan (1805- 1871), Alexandria, Louisiana, 1849 March 16. 1 2 Mary Sullivan Cotter, Meenygorman, Ireland to Daniel Sullivan, (1805-1871), 1857 May 25 1 3 Mary Sullivan Cotter, Meenygorman, Ireland to Anne Cotter, 1857 August 26 1 4 William Cotter and Mary Sullivan Cotter, Meenygorman, Ireland to Anne Cotter, 1857 November 13 1 5 William Cotter, Meenygorman, Ireland to Anne Cotter, 1858 February 27. 1 6 Ellen Sullivan, Montreal, Lower Canada to Daniel and Anne Sullivan, 1858 June 17 1 7 Mary Sullivan Cotter, Meenygorman, Ireland to Anne Cotter and Daniel Sullivan (1805-1871), 1858 August 22 1 8 Mary Sullivan Cotter, Meenygorman, Ireland to Daniel Sullivan (1805-1871), 1858 August 29 1 9 Mary Sullivan Cotter, Meenygorman, Ireland to Daniel Sullivan (1805-1871), [1858?] November 3. 1 10 Mary Sullivan Cotter to Daniel Sullivan (1805-1871) and Anne Cotter, ca. 1858 1 11 Mary Sullivan Cotter, Meenygorman, Ireland to Daniel Sullivan (1805-1871), 1859 September 15 Box Folder 1 12 Mary Sullivan Cotter, Meenygorman, Ireland to Daniel Sullivan (1805-1871) and Anne Cotter, 1860 June 15 1 13 Henry Rogers, Alexandria, Louisiana to Anne Cotter, Alexandria, Louisiana, 1866 March 17 1 14 Anne Cotter to Henry Rogers, 1866 [March 18] 1 15 Elena de Blosman, Lavaca, Texas to Daniel Sullivan (1805-1871), 1867 March 12 1 16 Daniel Sullivan, Cuero, Texas to Anne Cotter Sullivan, 1877 July 20 1 17 J. Moynahan, New Orleans, Louisiana to Anne Cotter Sullivan, 1878 April 27 1 18 John S. Sullivan to Daniel Sullivan, 1879 December 25; 1880 January 3 1 19 Mary Sullivan Cotter, Meenygorman, Ireland to Anne Cotter Sullivan, Indianola, Texas, 1881 April 12 1 20 John Cotter, Meenygorman, Ireland to Anne Cotter Sullivan, San Antonio, Texas, 1885 July 15 1 21 Eliza Quinlan, Meenygorman, Ireland to John Sullivan, Alexandria, Louisiana, 1889 December 30 1 22 J.J. McManus, Montreal, Quebec to [Anne Cotter Sullivan?], 1893 December 27 1 23 Daniel Sullivan, San Antonio, Texas to C.J. Palignac, Paris, France, 1899 January 30 1 24 J.C. Quinlan, San Francisco, California to Anne Cotter Sullivan, 1901 June 4 1 25 Annie Marie Sullivan to Anne Cotter Sullivan, 1903 December 25 1 26 Annie Marie Sullivan to Daniel Sullivan, 1904 January 1 Legal documents 1 27 Certificate of identification: Eliza Quinlan, Petty Sessions District of Newmarket, County of Cork, 1894 1 28 Certification: A. Morrisy, 1894 Financial documents 1 29 Check: H.B. Cleveland to D.M. Stapp, 1861 Oversize Ledger: D. Sullivan and Co., Indianola, Texas, 1871-1872 (item box 12 originally served as a ledger; at a later date, item was used as a scrapbook by Annie Marie Sullivan; many pages are covered by scrapbook material; loose material has been removed) Box Folder 1 30 Account Statement: Georgetown Academy of the Visitation to Daniel Sullivan, for account of daughter Nellie, 1887. 1 31 Receipt: Mrs. R.J. Onderdonk to Anne Cotter Sullivan, for painting, 1889 1 32 Receipt: C.M. Post to Walter Sullivan, for dancing lessons, 1898 School material 1 33 Report card: Annie Cotter, Ursuline Convent, Galveston, Texas, 1860 1 34 Notes: Walter Sullivan, n.d. Poetry 1 35 "On the Death of One of Our Companions, Requiem of the Departed One," "From one of Annie's [Sullivan] friends," 1858. 1 36 Joseph Campbell?, "To the Memory of," 1895 Pamphlet 1 37 Daniel Sullivan.