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Question

I found a reference in my research to Daughters of the Republic. My library assistant said,'Oh, that bunch of nutters'.

Answer 1

The Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) is a sororal association dedicated to perpetuating the memory of Texas pioneer families and soldiers of the Republic of Texas. DRT was formed in 1891 by Betty Ballinger and Hally Bryan and was originally called the Daughters of the Lone Star Republic.

Membership in DRT is open to women at least sixteen years of age who are personally acceptable to the association and who can prove lineal descent from men and women who rendered loyal service to Texas prior to its annexation in 1846 by the United States. Acceptable loyal service includes colonization with Stephen Fuller Austin’s “Old Three Hundred” or by the authority of the Spanish, Mexican, or Texas Republican governments; military service to the Spanish, Mexican, or Texas Republican governments during the appropriate era; loyal citizenship of the Republic of Texas prior to annexation; or receipt of land grants authorized by the Provisional Government of the Republic of Texas.

DRT maintains a library at the Alamo Mission in San Antonio and a museum in Austin on the history of Texas.

If these are nutters then may we all become nutters. Your assistant should be helped to seek another job.

Answer 2

Don't they maintain a non-circulating library at the Alamo complex?

Maybe your library assistant doesn't qualify for membership, envy perhaps?

Answer 3

judge for yourself. the opinions of others are often wrong and should not be taken as truth, only as an opinion.