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The society of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas was founded in 1891 to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved and maintained the independence of Texas. Composed of descendants of Texas pioneers of the Colonial and Republic periods, the organization encourages historical research and the preservation of documents, relics, and historic sites. The society promotes the celebration of Texas Independence Day (March 2) and San Jacinto Day (April 22) as well as other Texas Honor Days; finances publication of historical materials, conducts essay contests and historical programs at schools. The Daughters are custodians of the Alamo (San Antonio), the French Legation (Austin), and a museum in the Old Land Office Building (Austin).
The Stone Fort Chapter of the DRT was organized in Nacogdoches, Texas by Mabel Lott (Mrs. George S., Sr.) Barham and Mamie Shindler (Mrs. Frank) Sharp. The first recorded meeting was at the College Coffee Shop on November 14, 1950. The Chapter has taken an active part in the preservation of the history of Nacogdoches through the research and publication of local history. They have helped with the restoration of the Old Nacogdoches University Building, the Adolphus Sterne Home, and other historical landmarks of Nacogdoches. They have obtained historical landmarks, held historical pageants and programs, and sponsored an annual Junior Historian Award at Nacogdoches High School.
B-32 [5 archival boxes and 79 unboxed volumes: 225 items]
The collection includes the constitution and by-laws for the Chapter and state organization; yearbooks; speeches; pageants; programs; scrapbooks of activities including photos, newspaper clippings, correspondence, awards; a few items relating to other chapters, state conventions, and district meetings; and the Proceedings of the Annual Conventions of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas from 1893.
Box 1
Folder 1: Constitution and By-Laws of Stone Fort Chapter, DRT, [1950?], 1965. Typescript, mimeograph. 2 items
Folder 2: Programs. "A Brief History of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas," by Mrs. Garland Roark; newspaper clipping, 1961. Typescript carbon, printed. 2 items
Folder 3: Programs. "History of the Stone Fort Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas," by Gladys Hardeman, 1967. Updated by Mrs. William Speegle, Jr., 1970. Typescript carbon, printed. 2 items
Folder 4: Programs. "Dr. William Hill Campbell," by Fannie Campbell Buchanan [ca. 1950's]; notes on paper, 1967. Typescript, carbon. 2 items
Folder 5: Programs. "The Old Nacogdoches University Pageant," by Leola and Garland Roark, 1956. Script and program. Mimeograph, printed. 2 items
Folder 6: Programs. "Cushing, Texas--The Piney Woods Town," by Mina Beth Seelbach Helpinstill, 1956. Typescript carbon. 1 item
Folder 7: Programs. "Historic Trees of Texas," by Mrs. Reggie Wilson, 1956; biography of Col. Almanzon Huston by Mrs. Carl Yowell, 1957. Newspaper clippings. Printed. 2 items
Folder 8: Programs. Letter from Evalynn (Mrs. Walter M.) Burress re: program for Stone Fort Chapter, 1957. Includes autobiographical sketch and copy of invitation to a genealogical workshop. Typescript, carbon. 2 items
Folder 9: Programs. Camino Real (by Herbert Wilson), 1960; Hardeman family history (by Gladys Hardeman), 1961; James Harper Starr (by George Barham, III), 1962. Newspaper clippings. Printed. 3 items
Folder 10: Programs. Old and New Boston (by Mrs. Tom Irby), Dr. Ira Allison (by Carolyn Ericson), Old Fort Davis (by Faye Hamilton, Story of Christmas Songs (by Mrs. Carl Hickman), 1964. Newspaper clippings Printed. 4 items
Folder 11: Programs. James Foster McSwill (by Jack R. McKinney), 1966; Edmund Norriss Family (by Mrs. J. Y. Morgan), 1967. Newspaper clippings. Printed. 3 items
Folder 12: Meetings and activities, 1962-1971. Newspaper clippings. Printed. 10 items
Folder 13: Texana Exhibit at Old University Building, 1964. Newspaper clippings and tickets. Printed. 18 items
Folder 14: DRT application of Judith Barrett McDonald. Includes James McMahon Bible Record, 1965. Certified typescript. 1 item
Folder 15: Library account and receipt, 1965; map of Rusk County, 1860 [used as place card?]. Typescript, handwritten. 3 items
Folder 16: DRT State Convention at Nacogdoches, 1956. Newspaper clippings. Printed. 7 items.
Folder 17: DRT State Convention at Nacogdoches, 1968. Invocation,and program on flags compiled by Lois Foster Blount. Photocopy. 2 items
Folder 18: DRT State Conventions, 1953-1964. Programs and newspaper clipping. Printed. 7 items
Folder 19: DRT State Constitution and By-Laws, 1892 [rpt. 1960]. Printed. 1 item
Folder 20: DRT State Charter and By-Laws, [1944?]. Mimeograph. 1 item.
Folder 21: DRT State Flag Committee. Copy of Bill passed by State Legislature instructing use of the Texas flag, 1933. Mimeograph. 1 item
Folder 22: DRT State plans for renovation of French Legation, Austin, 1954. In letter of Rudolph Hendric. Mimeograph. 1 item
Folder 23: DRT State rules for Mamie Wynne Cox Award and poem by Mary Kate Hunter on "San Jacinto," n.d. Printed, mimeograph. 2 items
Folder 24: DRT District meetings, 1966-1971, n.d. Newspaper clippings. Printed. 4 items
Box 2
Folder 1: DRT, Halfway Inn Chapter. Newspaper clippings, 1963, 1967. Printed. 3 items
Folder 2: DRT, San Jacinto Chapter. Yearbooks, 1943-1944; 1955-1957. Printed. 3 items
Folder 3: DRT, William B. Travis Chapter. Histories of Chapter, 1962, 1966. Printed, mimeograph. 2 items
Folder 4: DRT. Yearbooks for Alamo Mission Chapter, 1955-1957, and for Sam Houston Chapter, 1955-1956; speech of Dorsey B. Hardeman to Ezekiel Cullen Chapter, 1961. Printed. 3 items
Folder 5: DRT, David Crockett Chapter (Crockett, TX). Scrapbook, 1955-1956. Handwritten and printed. 1 item
Folder 6: DRT, Stone Fort Chapter. Yearbooks, 1951-Handwritten, hand drawn, mimeograph, printed. [To be augmented]
Box 3
Not in a folder: Scrapbook, 1956-1963
Folder 1: Book of Memory, 1958[-1979]. Includes photographs, clippings. Handwritten, typescript, printed. 1 volume
Folder 2: Memorial Fund Record, [1964-1973]. Handwritten in notebook. 1 volume
Folder 3: Correspondence, bank statement, notes re: Memorial Fund, 1964-1973. Typescript, handwritten. 15 items
Folder 4: Correspondence and notes re: Memorial Fund, n.d. Handwritten. 15 items
Box 4
Not in a folder:
1. Memorial Fund Book (Restoration of Old University Building) 1940-1973. Handwritten. 1 volume.
2. Minutes, 1950-1961. [Not in chronological order] Includes clippings, notes. Handwritten, printed. 1 volume
3. Minutes, 1961-June 1973. Includes clippings. Handwritten, typescript, printed. 1 volume
Box 5
Folder 1: Publication "Dixieland, The Iillustrated Home Magazine of the South", vol 1 #1, January 1904.
Not in a folder:
1 . Minutes, October 1973-June 1985. Includes clippings. Handwritten, typescript, printed. 1 volume
Unboxed
Stone Fort Chapter Scrapbooks, 1950- 1967-1969- 1973-1975; 1975-1977-1977-1979; 1979-1980; 1981-19831 1683-1985; 1687-1989; 1989-1993 (with some photos from 1986); 1993-1995
Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. 1893-1895, 1922-1923, 1926-1928, 1932-1941, 1944-1980
Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. 1981-
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