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Folder 122: Texas - History. Newspaper Clippings and Typescript. 21 items.
Folder 123: Texas - History. Typescript and Newspaper Clippings. 9 items.
Folder 124: Texas - Laws. Notes from Sayles' EARLY LAWS OF TEXAS. Typescript. 2 items.
Folder 125: Texas - Miscellany. 20 items.
1. JEFFERSON DAVIS by H. H. Smith. Pamphlet. 40 p.
Newspaper Clippings. Texana, folklore. 8 items.
2. TO THE VOTERS OF THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, William S. Herndon, 1872? Broadside. 1 p.
TO THE VOTERS OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, B. F. Benton, Nacogdoches, Aug. 1, 1856, re: Judge A. W. O. Hicks. Broadside. 3 p.
ADDRESS OF HON. THOS. S. HENDERSON, Mar. 2, 1927. Printed. 7 p.
3. Newspaper Clippings. Texana, folklore. 7 items.
PREMIUM LIST OF THE HARRISON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ASSOCIATION. . . FIFTH ANNUAL FAIR, Oct. 20, 1874. Printed. 14 p.
Folder 126: Texas - Newspapers, History of. Newspaper Clippings. 6 items.
Folder 127: Texas - Oil. MAGNOLIA OIL NEWS [Magazine], April, 1931, and Newspaper Clipping.
Folder 128: Texas - Old Roads. Newspaper Clippings and Printed Leaflet. 7 items.
Folder 129: Texas - Towns. Newspaper Clippings. 22 items.
1. Walker County, Austin, Waco, Point Isabel, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Marshall, Huntsville, Independence, Jasper, Castroville, Camp Cooper, Woodville.
2. Fort Lancaster, Fort Davis, Fort Griffin, East Hamilton, Fredericksburg, Dallas, Anderson, Burkeville, Milam.
Folder 130: The Murder of Colonel R. Waterhouse of San Augustine, Dec. 30, 1863. Typescript. 19 p.
Folders 132 - 141: Not Assigned.
Folder 142: World War I. Newspaper Clippings. 6 items.
Folders 143 - 147: Not Assigned.
Folder 148: Old Documents. One original and 7 photocopies. 8 items.
Part of a Broadside advertising a steamboat on the Sabine River. 1 p.
Power of Attorney granted to William Powell by William Glass [?]. San Augustine, Dec. 4, n.y. Photocopy. 1 p.
Power of Attorney granted to William Powell by Thomas Basett. San Augustine, Dec. 3, 1835. Photocopy. 1 p.
Application for land by John Moor. Aug. 31, 1837. Photocopy. 1 p.
Probate Minutes, 1837-1838. Photocopy. 2 p.
Spanish legal document involving Susana and Wade Horton and Agustin Hotchkiss about land in the Lorenzo de Zavalla grant. San Augustine, June 22, 1835. Photocopy. 5 p. [2 copies of p. 1 and p. 2.]
Folder 149: Miscellaneous. 66 items.
1. Mary's Little Lamb. Newspaper Clipping and Notes. 3 items.
2. Miscellaneous Clippings and Notes about Newspapers. 12 items.
3. Newspaper Clippings - Texana. 15 items.
4. Cordova Rebellion - Minutes of the District Court, 1838, Nacogdoches. Typescript Certified Copy. 4 p.
Republic of Texas vs Antonio Manchaca [Cordova Rebellion], San Augustine, 1839. Typescript Certified Copy. 4 p.
Copy of School Contract with Thomas Jefferson Garner, Nacogdoches, 1825. Typescript. 3 p.
Thurston, A. S., San Augustine to Lamar, M. B. Typescript Carbon. Sept. 14, 1838. 2 p.
Partition of Land between Estate of Thos. H. Luckett and Saml. Gustine, Nacogdoches, 1843. Typescript Carbon. 2 p.
List of faculty of SFA College and Nacogdoches County Schools, 1933-1934. Mimeograph. 11 p.
5. Russo-Japanese War. Newspaper. 1 item.
6. Russo-Japanese War. Newspaper Clippings. 17 items.
7. Earthquakes, Volcanoes. Newspaper Clippings. 9 items.
8. San Francisco Earthquake, 1906. Newspaper Clippings. 3 items.
Folder 150: Writings of George L. Crocket. 3 items.
Notebook of Birds, 1902. Handwritten Notes on Birds and Sketches. n.p.
Green's Atlas and Diary Almanac, 1880. Partly used as diary. n.p.
Our Country. Typescript Poem. 2 p.
Folder 151: Writings of George L. Crocket. 125 items.
1. Sermons. Handwritten. 10 items.
2. Sermons. A - N [Alphabetized by Title]. Typescript. 20 items.
3. Sermons. O - Z and Untitled. Typescript. 24 items.
4. Newspaper Clippings. 4 items.
5. Letters relating to Church History and Church Business, 1922-1935. Correspondents include: Mrs. W. S. Davis, Robert C. Stuckert, DuBose Murphy, John S. Hedelund, Leo Picard, Thompson Kemp, Everett H. Jones, Lillian Johnson. 22 items.
6. Church History. Handwritten, Printed, and Typescript. 18 items.
7. Biographies of Churchmen. Typescript. 14 items.
8. MEMORIES AND VISIONS. Address delivered at the Commencement of San Augustine Public School, June 5, 1906. Printed. 14 p.
An Historical Sketch [History of San Augustine]. Photocopy of typescript. 12 p.
9. Notes from NILES' REGISTER Relating to East Texas. Typescript [some Carbon]. 70 p.
10. Writings placed with Crocket's but authorship uncertain. Sermons, poems, letter, and history of English Church. 10 items.
Folder 152: Miscellaneous Handwritten Notes about San Augustine. 7 items.
Typescript of TWO CENTURIES IN EAST TEXAS [mostly carbon] with hand written corrections. c. 500 p.
Folder 153: Newspaper Articles about World War I. 12 items [in 2 folders].
Folder 154: Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings. 87 items.
1. Galveston and Houston Papers on Texas and Church History 7 items
2. American History - Civil War. 12 items.
Folder 155: Crocket Family. 144 items.
Letter to Darcy Crocket accepting an invitation to a dance. [image]4. B. D. Crocket - Postmaster Business. 19 items.
Letter from Miss. Wallace to Darcy Crocket accepting his invitation. [image]
Letter from Miss. Ida Beroley to Darcy Crocket accepting his invitation, September 20, 1878. [image]
Letter to Darcy Crocket declining his invitation, September 29, 1878. [image]
Bill of sale for cotton, April 8, 1874 [image]8. George Louis Crocket. Autobiography [Handwritten] and Biography [Newspaper Clippings and Miscellaneous]. 22 items.
Alexander Horton Place [image]11-15. Photostats of Sketches and Water Colors of San Augustine and Nacogdoches; hand-colored photograph [?]. 48 items.
Alexander Horton Place, side view [image]
Folder 157: East Texas Historical Society Clippings Willed by Crocket April 28, 1936. 79 items.
1. Writings of R. B. Blake, Jan. 16, 1934 - Sept. 11, 1934. 11 items.
2. Writings of R. B. Blake, Sept. -15, 1934 - Feb. 21, 1935. 10 items.
3. Writings of R. B. Blake, Feb. 26, 1935 - n.d. 7 items.
4. Writings of C. A. Tower, 1934. 3 items.
5. Clippings on Goliad by C. R. Wharton et al, 1933-1934. 17 items.
6. Biographical Clippings, A - G. Includes Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston, Britt Dawson, John C. Fremont, Richard Harding Davis. 7 items.
7. Biographical Clippings, H - Z. Includes Sam Houston, John Henry Kirby, Tex O'Reilly, Mayne Reid, O. M. Roberts. 8 items.
8. Clippings on the Civil War. 6 items.
9. Historical Societies and Restorations. 10 items.
Folder 157 (cont.)
10. Clippings on Indians. 7 items.
11. "The Geology of Texas," and "The Old Wife's Kiss." 2 items.
12. Texas - Education. [University of Texas and Larissa College.] 5 items.
13. Texas - Pre-Republic. 11 items.
14. Texas - Republic. 8 items.
15. Texas - State. 4 items.
16. Towns, Places. A - H [Includes Bettina, Big Thicket, Dallas, Devil's Sinkhole, Fredericksburg, Galveston, Grand Saline, Greenville]. 12 items.
17. Towns, Places. I - Q [Includes Jacksonville, Jasper, Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Palo Duro, Quintana]. 8 items.
18. Towns, Places. R - Z [Includes Refugio, Rusk, San Angelo, San Augustine, San Felipe, San Saba Mine, Shelby County, Sherman, Tehuacana]. 10 items.
19. The United States and Beyond. 8 items.
Folder 158: East Texas Historical Society Clippings. 130 items.
1. Texas - Biography. A - H [Includes Charles W. Austin, Stephen F. Austin, P. Hansborough Bell, James Bowie, David Crockett, Elizabeth Bradley Dodson, Clara Driscoll, Gideon Egg, F. S. Estill, Rudolph Gunner, Sam Houston]. 15 items.
2. Texas - Biography. I - Z [Includes Albert Sidney Johnston, Marx Anson Jones, La Salle, Francis R. Lubbock, Gov. [O. H.] Roberts, Y. K. Makemson, William J. McDonald, Sam Maverick, Theodore Roosevelt, Alexander Watkins Terrell, Clint and David Terry, Joanna Troutman, John Walker Stevens, Isaac Van Zandt, Big-Foot Wallace]. 20 items.
3. John H. Reagan. 6 items.
4. Texas - Pre-Republic and Republic. 13 items.
5. Texas - San Jacinto. 9 items.
6. Texas - State [Growth and Military Officers]. 3 items.
7. Texas - Civil War. 7 items.
8. Texas - Indians. 3 items
9. Texas - Dallas and Miscellaneous [Mainly Places]. 9 items.
10. Texas - Artists and Writers. 4 items.
11. Texas - Historical Societies and Restorations. 6 items.
12. U. S. - American Revolution and Early American History [Mainly biographical]. 10 items.
13. U. S. - Civil War. 3 items.
14. U. S. - Biography [Kit Carson, Andrew Jackson, Wild Bill Hickock]. 5 items.
15. U. S. - Music and Art. 3 items.
16. England and Europe. 6 items.
17. Miscellaneous [Science, History, Foreign Affairs]. 8 items.
Folder 159: East Texas Historical Society Clippings. Writings of J. O. Dyer and Robert T. Hill, 1923-1935. 166 items.
1. J. O. Dyer - History Lessons of Texas and Galveston. 17 items.
2. J. O. Dyer - The Pioneer Texas Farmer. 20 items.
3. J. O. Dyer - Nuggets of Texas History. 7 items.
4. J. O. Dyer - Jean Lafitte and Buccaneers. 7 items.
5. J. O. Dyer - Robinson Crusoe of Texas Coast. 5 items.
6. J. O. Dyer - Confederate Navy. 7 items.
7. J. O. Dyer - Indians. 10 items.
8. J. O. Dyer - Texas Pioneers. 10 items.
9. J. O. Dyer - Galveston. 6 items.
10. J. O. Dyer - Miscellaneous. 12 items.
11. Robert T. Hill - n.d. and 1933. 7 items.
12. Robert T. Hill - Mar. - June 1934. 8 items.
13. Robert T. Hill - July - Sept. 1934. 6 items.
14. Robert T. Hill - Oct. - Nov. 1934. 9 items.
15. Robert T. Hill - Dec. 1934 - Jan. 1935. 7 items.
16. Robert T. Hill - Feb. - Mar. 1935. 6 items.
17. Robert T. Hill - Apr. - July 1935. 12 items.
18. Robert T. Hill - Aug. - Oct. 1935. 10 items.
Folder 160: Miscellaneous Notebooks and Pamphlets. 18 items.
1."Adamites and Preadamites," Alexander Winchell, 1878. Printed, hardbound. 52 p.
"The Single Serpentine Course of the Moon," Henry V. Goold, 1883. Printed, hardbound. 15 p.
"The Lost Volcanoes of Connecticut," William Morris Davis, n.d. Printed, hardbound. 14 p.
"The Black Races of Oceanica," R. Verneau, n.d. Printed' handbound. 8 p.
"The Monism of Man," anon., 1876. Printed, hardbound. 30 p.
2. "The Races of Mankind," E. B. Tylor, 1881. Printed, hardbound. 23 p.
"The Jewish Question in Europe," anon., 1881. Printed, Handbound. 22 p.
"How the Earth Was Regarded in Old Times," Falmmarion, n.d. Printed, handbound. 12 p.
"The Basque and the Kelt," Wentworth Webster, 1874. Printed, handbound. 25 p.
3. "The Edenic Period of Man," Alexander MacWhorter, n.d. Printed, handbound. 29 p.
"An American Anti-Rent Excitement," anon.' 1881. Printed, hardbound. 16 p.
"The Discovery of the Force Which Originally Imparted all Their Motions to the Stars," Jacob Ennis, n.d. Printed, handbound. 23 p.
"Prehistoric Times," T. M. Coan, n.d. Printed, handbound. 11 p.
4. Two memorandum books. Printed with some notes.
5. "The Land of the Shamrock and Thistle." [Color illustrations of landmarks in Scotland] Printed. n.d. 8 p.
"Views of Faribault, Minn." [Photographs of prominent buildings.] Printed. n.d. 21 p.
Student Notebook with list of Manuscripts copied. n.p.
Folder 161: Writings of Henry C. Fuller and Jim Allen. Newspaper Clippings [Dor Creek, Smyrna, Richard Parmalee, Nacogdoches County history]. 22 items.
Folder 162: Political Cartoons from Harper's Weekly and Puck, 1880's. 12 items.
Folder 163: Note Cards - Lists of photocopies and typescript [Asbury Papers?] n.d.
Folder 164: Agreement of San Augustine druggists not to sell sensational magazines. n.d. Signed by John Burrows and A. E. Rushing. Handwritten. 1 p.
Folder 165: 2 Photographs of Crocket's Boy Scout Troop, 1927 and n.d.
Folder 166 Photostats of 2 drawings (1892 and n.d.), certificate (1875), and "at home" card (1867).
Folder 167:- 2 Certificates for Priesthood of the-Order of Melchizedec: G. F. Crocket, 1876 and George L. Crocket, 1889.
Folder 168: Newspaper Clippings on Indians, 1921-1928. 14 items.
"Cherokees Were Forcibly Dispossessed," J. O. Dyer, GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, June 26, 1921. 1 p.
"Indian Depredations in East Texas Told by Survivor," Robert R. Penn, GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, Sept. 11, 1921. 1 p.
"Claims of the Cherokee Indians in East Texas," Albert Woldert, TYLER DAILY COURIER-TIMES, Apr. 28, 1925. 2 p.
"Texan Tells Story of Indian Fights in Western Texas," THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, May 27, 1925. 1 p.
"When the Fort Was Put in Fort Worth," DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Sept. 13, 1925. 1 p.
"Two White Men Out of an Indian Past," DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Jan. 17, 1926. 1 p.
"The Most Famous Indian Living Today," DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Jan. 17, 1926. 1 p.
"Giant Cannibals Lived Near Old Highway Famous in Texas History," DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Nov. 21, 1926. 1 p.
"Mysterious Nun Visitor Story One of Tales of Early Texas Road," DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Dec. 5, 1926. 1 p.
"Fought Many Indian Battles in Early Days," W. S. Adair, DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Sept. 12, 1926. 1 p.
"Alabamas in Texas Living in Poverty," DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Jan. 22, 1928. 1 p.
"Kickapoo Indians, Kicked Out of Texas, Trekked to Mexico, Then Lived There in Peace," W. D. Hornaday, DALLAS MORNING NEWS, n.d. 1 p.
"Some Indian History," [Nacogdoches], n.d. 1 p.
"Indians Still Live and Hunt in 'Big Thicket,"' P. F. Lawson, THE BEAUMONT JOURNAL, n.d. 2 p.
Photocopy of manuscript of Two Centuries in East Texas by G. L. Crocket. Chapters X - conclusion.
Original manuscript of Two Centuries in East Texas by G. L. Crocket. Chapters X - conclusion.
Bundle 1: Certificates and Art. 18 items.
1. 2 Ordination Certificates of George L. Crocket, Aug. 14, 1887, Tennessee, and May 13, 1888, Texas.
2. 8 Diplomas of George L. Crocket from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.
3. Photocopy of Charcoal Sketch of the Crocket House in San Augustine by E. W. Owen, n.d.
4. 3 Pencil Sketches of Downtown Nacogdoches, 1903. 4 Pencil Sketches and 2 pastels of people.
5. Hand painted photographs of Stone Fort [1895?]; Christ Church, 1895; and south side of public square with courthouse, 1903. Transferred from Stone Fort Museum. Added April, 1984.
Maps: 8 Hand drawn and blue print maps of San Augustine County. In map case.
117 Map showing Water Street to Planters Street, Front Street to Ayish Street. No name, n.d. 23" x 24". Hand drawn.
124 Map showing Planters Street to Columbia Street, University to Polk's Field. 1840-1850. Data furnished by H. C. Rankin. 11" x 82". Hand drawn.
116 San Augustine County map. 21" x 14". 4000 vs. to 1 inch. Hand drawn.
189 Map. No name, n.d. 152" x 252". Hand drawn.
118 Map. No name, n.d. 24" x 36". Hand drawn.
112 Road map of San Augustine County. Blue print by Wilder and O'Neal, Houston, Texas. 1918. 332" x 21".
111 Edmond Quirk Survey in San Augustine County, Texas; plat of original surveys on E. Quirk. Blue print drawn by W. N. Whitton, surveyor. June 12, 1914. 25" x 31 1/2".
119 Map of south portion of Shelby County and north portion of San Augustine and Sabine Counties, Texas. Blue print by John H. Broock, Beaumont, Texas. 4,000 vs. to inch. 25" x 19".
Items in Locked File Cabinet: Sewing box belonging to G. L. Crocket's mother containing a lock of hair.
Letters A-L [Boxes 1-5]
Letters M-Z [Boxes 6-9]
Notes and Lectures [Boxes 10-15]
Notes and Clippings [Box 16-19]
Notes and Clippings [Boxes 20-23]
San Augustine History [Boxes 24-29]
Texas History and G.L.C. Writings [Boxes 30-46]
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