Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials relating to Samuel E. Asbury. He was born in 1872 and arrived in Texas in 1904. He was assistant state chemist of Texas for 45 years.

He began working on a project where history will be intensified through its mixture with verse, music and acting. The majority of the items relate to this project. The items in this collection were originally part of the Lake Collection and include correspondence with Mary Daggett Lake.