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Alphabetical Listing of Personal and Family Manuscript Collections |
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DESCRIPTION OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
Many collections of family and personal papers found in the ETRC offer sources for study of a variety of topics such as early agriculture, economic conditions of nineteenth century Texas, daily life as related in diaries and letters, the Civil War, the role of women in nineteenth and twentieth century Texas, family relationships, and family history. Insight into business and commercial activities may also be gained by consulting collections of personal and family papers as well as corporate archives housed in the East Texas Research Center . A variety of organizations have donated records including historical societies, women's clubs, and civic groups. The collections have finding aids available to assist researchers in their use.
AFRICAN -AMERICAN HERITAGE PROJECT 5 BOXES. (A-202)
ALDRICH, GEORGE. PAPERS, 1835-1854. 53 ITEMS. (A-50)
Papers of George Aldrich, first County Surveyor of Houston County, Texas.
ANDERSON, JOHN Q. PAPERS, 1953-1980. 95 ITEMS. (A-128)
Offprints and photocopies of articles and essays by Anderson, folklorist and professor of American Literature and Folklore at Texas A & M and the University of Houston. Includes biographical information on Anderson.
ANDERSON, ROBERT. 1 ITEM (A-184)
World War II booklet about the 5th Bomber Command during the move from Owi to the Island of Leyte.
ARNETT, WILLIAM W. REMINISCENCES, 1885. 1 VOL. (A-142)
Typescript reminiscences of people and events encountered during Arnett's travels to and in Texas (1845-1848). Also included is genealogical material on Arnett, an early settler of Brackettville, who served as treasurer of Kinney County, was a former Texas Ranger, and a veteran of the Mexican War.
ARRIOLA, GREGORY. DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE, 1850. 1 ITEM. (A-233)
Texas Rangers discharge certificate. (photocopies of certificate and newspaper article to be used before originals)
ASBURY, SAMUEL E. PAPERS, 1807-1943. 5 BOXES, 861 ITEMS. (A-1)
Chiefly carbons of correspondence, notes, and biographical and genealogical materials as well as information on the Fredonian Rebellion, the Regulator-Moderator War, Texas Pioneers, and other subjects. Gathered by Asbury, a chemist at Texas Agriculture Experimental Station on the Texas A & M campus, who was widely regarded as an expert in Texas history.
ASHCROFT, LEVI HENDERSON REMINISCENCES, 1838-1855. 2 VOLS. (A-60)
Lawyer and physician of Shelbyville, Texas. Typed transcripts of Ashcroft's reminiscences of the Regulator-Moderator War, Shelby County, Texas (1839-1844) and material on Charles Watt Moorman's criminal career. (Name is spelled Ashcraft on this transcript.)
ATKINSON FAMILY PAPERS. (A-186)
Photograph of Benjamin Arthur Atkinson 1838-1863, Photograph of Samuel Houston, love letter to Eliza Atkinson from her husband Benjamin Atkinson 1862, two letters from H. P. Bales, ancestry chart for Atkins and Gray families and Newspaper article about Estill Gray home burning in Chireno Texas 1963.
AUSTIN, STEPHEN F. LETTERS, 1832-1836. 5 ITEMS. (A-123)
Letters written by Stephen F. Austin to an associate, Samuel M. Williams, and to his brother-in-law and sister, James F. and Emily Perry, in Texas. Also included is an original Texian Loan Certificate signed by Austin.
BAKER, KARLE WILSON. PAPERS, ca. 1800-1963. 52 BOXES, 3 BUNDLES, ABT. 4400 ITEMS. (A-2)
Manuscripts; correspondence with publishers, friends and fans; galley proofs; photographs; speeches; and contributions to journals of this Nacogdoches writer of poetry, historical fiction, and children's books.
BAKER, ROBERT D. MANUSCRIPT. 1998. 1 BOX. (A-174)
Manuscript for Robert Baker's book Timbered Again: The Story of the National Forests in Texas.
BARNETT FAMILY. PAPERS, 1842-1973. 113 ITEMS. (A-4)
Personal correspondence, business records, receipts, legal records, account books of this Nacogdoches County family. Includes records of the Mount Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Nacogdoches and material on early Cumberland Presbyterian history in Texas.
BARRET, LYNE TALIAFERRO PAPERS, 1836-1966. 3 BOXES, ABT. 600 ITEMS. (A-5)
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret, a businessman of Melrose, Nacogdoches County, Texas, who drilled the first oil well in Texas in 1866. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
BASKIN, ROY HOWARD SR. ESSAYS, 1906-1911, 1954-1955. 4 BOXES. (A-239)
Six notebooks of essays, notebooks are indexed. Essays have been transcribed and published in book form.
BAXTER, MARY LYNN PAPERS. 3 ITEMS (A-204)
Newspaper clippings about Mary Lynn Baxter and galleys of two of her novels Another Kind of Love, and Shared Moments both published by Silhouette Books.
BEAN, PETER ELLIS. COLLECTION, 1835-1983. 15 ITEMS. (A-139)
Documents regarding a salt lick, an essay, and newspaper clippings relating to Nacogdoches resident Bean's life and activities and his connection to Fort Teran.
BEATY, DAN. COLLECTION, 1965-2000. 7 BOXES. (A-220)
Music compositions and lecture notes from his teaching career at Stephen F. Austin State University.
BEDINGER, SAM B. NICHOLAS A. DAVIS MANUSCRIPT, 1984. 1 VOL. (A-141)
Typescript of unpublished manuscript entitled "The Story of Nicholas A. Davis." Includes Davis' early life, his years as chaplain of Hood's Brigade during the Civil War, and his life in Texas after the war.
BEZANSON, MARGUERITE CROUSE. WORLD WAR II COLLECTION, 1943-1945. 34 ITEMS. (A-149)
Collection consists chiefly of special orders relating to the military career or Bezanson, a Marshall native, who served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps during World War II as an instructor at the WAAC Army Administration School at SFASC.
BIRDWELL, JOHN CALHOUN. LETTERS, 1862. 48 ITEMS. (A-116)
Typed transcriptions of letters of the Nacogdoches County farmer and soldier. Letters are mostly to Birdwell's wife, discussing farming, the Civil War, and Confederate camp life.
BIRDWELL FAMILY PAPERS, 1872-1935. 14 ITEMS. (A-221)
Allen and Joel V. Birdwell family land documents in Rusk and Nacogdoches Counties.
BLAKE, BENNETT. PAPERS, 1826-1942. 2025 ITEMS. (A-6)
Land dealer, farmer, and county judge of Nacogdoches, Texas. Personal and business correspondence; deeds; certificates for headright entitlement; papers relating to the Confederacy, Nacogdoches University, and family matters; and papers of the related William B. McKnight family.
BLAKE, ROBERT BRUCE. COLLECTION, 1528-1941. 93 VOL. (No. #)
Typed transcripts and translations made by Blake, Nacogdoches County Clerk, of official records and personal papers found in the Office of the County Clerk in Nacogdoches, in the Nacogdoches Archives, in the General Land Office of Texas, and in the University of Texas Archives (including the Bexar Archives). Included in the collection are legal papers, census records, jury verdicts, promissory notes, summonses, election returns, bills of sale for slaves, civil and criminal proceedings, and genealogical and historical material on East Texas subjects.
BLAKE, ROBERT BRUCE. PAPERS 1791-1938. 258 ITEMS. (A-7)
Transcripts of Nacogdoches records, court cases, and Blake's personal correspondence regarding historical markers in Nacogdoches and other East Texas counties, Texas history, biography, and the Brewer family genealogy. Much is duplication of information found in the R. B. Blake Collection.
BLOCK, W. T. 1 BOX, (A-195)
Manuscript pages of Mill Tons and Ghost Towns of East Texas which contains information about mill towns, sawmills, tram roads, and logging camps relating to East Texas lumbering towns.
BLOUNT FAMILY. PAPERS, 1792-1967. 7 BOXES, 514 ITEMS. (A-8)
Abstracts of title and correspondence, of the Nacogdoches family and materials relating to the Nacogdoches Oil Mill Company.
BLOUNT, LOIS FITZHUGH FOSTER. PAPERS, CA.1750-1980. 5800 ITEMS. (A-107)
The Lois Foster Blount Papers consist mostly of historical research materials with an emphasis on early Texas history, the Texas Revolution, and the Republic of Texas. About a fourth of the collection pertains to Thomas J. Rusk.
BONE FAMILY. LETTERS, 1879-1911, 1941. 8 NOTEBOOKS, ABT. 700 ITEMS. (A-162)
Personal and business correspondence, chiefly from Winstead P. Bone, Nevie Bone McKee, James R. Bone, and John Newton Bone, who were the children of Robert and Minerva Bone of Nacogdoches County. The letters are mostly to their parents and to each other.
BONE FAMILY. PAPERS, 1861-1900. 131 ITEMS. (A-9)
Letters between Dr. Robert Donnell Bone and his wife, Minerva Burk Bone during the Civil War, and material relating to the Douglass Post Office in Nacogdoches County.
BONIFIELD, ELGA DANIELS. PAPERS, 1926-1983. 251 ITEMS. (A-122)
Elga Odessa Daniels: Nacogdoches County Cotton Queen of 1926 and former student at Stephen F. Austin State College. Scrapbook, fan mail and other correspondence, clippings and magazines with articles about Elga, photographs, mementos, and Elga's notes on her trips and writings for periodicals.
BOONE, MARY LOUISA JOHNSON. REMINISCENCES, 1952-1965. 1 VOL. (A-90)
Mrs. Boone wrote these reminiscences, chiefly in verse form, for her grand-children. She describes growing up in rural East Texas in the 1870's and 1880's including games, clothes, food, seasons, holidays, entertainment, and anecdotes about black servants, She includes brief genealogies of the Davis, Price, Johnson, and Boone families.
BOWERS, MARMION HENRY. LETTERBOOKS, 1857-1867. 8 VOLS. (B-24)
This collection consists of seven volumes of letterbooks of blotter copies containing legal correspondence to individuals, sheriffs, county clerks, and judges; and personal correspondence to friends and family. As a lawyer practicing in Austin, he was partners with J. J. Dennis and Alexander Stuart Walker, who later became District Judge of the 16th Judicial District.
BOYNTON-BINFORD. LETTERS, 1865-1866. 9 ITEMS. (A-70)
Photocopies of correspondence of Andrew Jackson Boynton, Civil War soldier from Henderson, Texas and Martha Elizabeth Binford of Auburn, Alabama, during their courtship.
BREWER, HENRY. PAPERS, 1820-1987. 4 BOXES. (A-11)
Cotton farmer and general merchant of Nacogdoches County. Business, personal, Civil War and Reconstruction correspondence, land grant and title papers, deeds, field notes and plats, accounts, promissory notes, receipts, account books, testimonials, family Bible, pictures, advertisements, almanacs, and early Baptist Church Association bulletins, of Brewer and his family.
BREWER, MATTIE SHARP. RESEARCH PAPERS ON GEORGE LOUIS CROCKET, 1845-1970. 3 BOXES. (A-38)
George Louis Crocket was an Episcopal clergyman and historian of San Augustine and Nacogdoches, Texas. Collection includes correspondence, notes, clippings, photos, and other papers relating to Crocket which Brewer collected for a book which was never written.
CHARLES BRIGHTWELL COLLECTION. 1893-1940'S. 28 ITEMS. (A-216)
Consists of various business receipts and religious programs. Materials include WWII ration books, sale of cotton bales, and minutes from two Primitive Baptist Association meetings.
BRITTON, JAMES L. AMERICAN INDIAN COLLECTION, 1820-1892. 45 ITEMS. (A-118)
This collection consists of government documents, Presidential Messages, broadsides, monographs, and other early imprints concerning American Indian treaties, land claims, removal, wars, and appropriations. The bulk of the materials relate to Cherokees, but Choctaws, Seminoles, Creeks, Wyandots, Chippewas, and other tribes are included.
BROOKS, JOSEPHUS. ACCOUNT OF FRANKLIN B. SUBLETT PLANTATIONS, 1859-1861; 1 VOL. (A-102)
Brooks was overseer of Sublett's plantations in San Augustine and Trinity Counties. Typed transcript describes crops, farm chores, trips, weather, and health of slaves. Biographical and genealogical information on Brooks and Sublett is included.
BROWN, LEMUEL [B.]. ACCOUNT BOOK, 1837-1841. 1 VOL. (A-231)
Doctor's account book listing patients' names or relation to head of household and sometimes type of treatment or prescription with costs. Patients were from Nacogdoches and San Augustine counties.
BRYAN, EMILY AUSTIN DESCENDANTS COLLECTION. 2 BOXES, (A-198)
Bryan family Bible, letter to James Bryan from Moses Austin Bryan, copies from published sources of articles related to Stephen F. Austin and Bryan family members, genealogical material and related items.
BURK-BONE FAMILY. LETTERS, 1834-1900. 1 VOL. (A-10)
Typed transcriptions of correspondence, poems, and newspaper clippings relating to the Burk and Bone families of Nacogdoches County.
BYAR, HUGH COLLECTION. 1847-1901. 24 ITEMS. (A-205)
Some Nacogdoches County Texas deeds.
CANTERBURY, NATHAN D. PAPERS, 1937-1977. 11 BOXES. (A-39) Papers relate to Nathan D. Canterbury's business and professional life, are divided into broad general categories. Within the broad categories the papers are subdivided and arranged by types, such as correspondence, reports, pamphlets and speeches.
CARTWRIGHT, J. M. PAPERS, 1858-1931. 2 BOXES. (A-36)
Businessman of Nacogdoches County. Collection includes day book which recounts events occurring in Nacogdoches, Wells, Douglass, Alto, Atoy, Looneyville, Crossroads, and Rusk (1895-1896); account books, tax receipts for portion of Nacogdoches County (1876-1886); genealogical materials concerning the Lewis, Campbell, and Bradley families; and "poll" book of Douglass, Texas (1888).
CHAMBERS, WILLIAM TROUT. PAPERS, 1926-1986. 57 ITEMS. (A-127)
Articles and essays written by William T. Chambers which relate to the geography of Texas, U.S., and other parts of the world. Also includes a letter written by Dr. Chambers which describes the land of Nacogdoches County in 1840.
CIVIL WAR. COLLECTION, 1861-1972. 35 ITEMS. (A-166)
Letters, newspaper articles, rosters, orders, war tax receipts, and other papers and documents relating to the Civil War. Includes a Confederate song, "Run Yank or Die," and a speech, "The Southern Youth."
CLARKE-PAGE FAMILY COLLECTION, 1773-1997. 2 Boxes (A-227 )
Anthony Robert Clarke was the first member of the family to settle in Texas. In 1822 he was joined in Nacogdoches by his widowed sister, Eliza Clarke Page, and her five sons. Most of the collection focuses on Eliza Clarke Pages' son Samuel Harrison Page and his descendants.
COX-DAY FAMILY PAPERS, 1853-1939. 9 ITEMS. (A-143)
Collection includes a daily diary of J. A. Day (1938-1939), account book (1875-1935) of J. A. Day which includes payments and collections of Melrose Circuit (Methodist Church); and photocopy of Minute Book of the Shady Grove United Friends of Temperance (1885-1887).
COX, GUY. PAPERS, 1919-1953. 185 ITEMS. (A-75)
Material relating to Guy Cox's career as a forest ranger in Arkansas and Louisiana: service awards, business and personal correspondence, efficiency reports, retirement, and reminiscences of career.
CRAWFORD-YANCY-SCROGGINS FAMILY. PAPERS, 1823-1902. 326 ITEMS. (A-155)
Legal and financial records, land papers, tax receipts, and personal correspondence of the three inter-related Nacogdoches County families.
CROCKET, GEORGE LOUIS. PAPERS, 1787-1960. 46 BOXES. (A-12)
Episcopal rector of San Augustine and Nacogdoches, Texas. Collection includes correspondence, notebooks, lectures, articles, speeches, biographical studies, manuscript of Crocket's Two Centuries in East Texas, and other papers relating to feuds, rebellions, churches, secondary schools, and colleges in early San Augustine and Nacogdoches, Texas. Also included are water colors of early East Texas homes, business streets, buildings, schools, and landscapes, and maps and charts.
CROSSLAND, BURTON. COLLECTION, 1787-1987. 5 BOXES. (A-40)
Personal and business correspondence, accounts, agreements, and other business and legal papers of the Thomas H. Lister family of Tennessee and Shelby County, Texas; personal correspondence of the Jordan Williams family of Selma and Alpine, Alabama, chiefly written to Rosalinda Lister Thompson (1830-1903); correspondence, field notes, plats, deeds, bonds, court orders, accounts, and land documents, of James R. Arnold and William W. Barret, of Nacogdoches County, Texas; and other significant papers and documents relating to early Nacogdoches history.
CURL, HENRY T. PAPERS, 1832-1931. 390 ITEMS. (A-13)
Civil War soldier of Nacogdoches County. Collection consists of Civil War and other personal correspondence; business papers, correspondence and tax receipts of Curl's daughter Anna Laura Curl Hughes.
DAVIS, MARY (MOLLIE) EVELYN MOORE. SCRAPBOOK, 1885. 1 VOL. (A-98)
Author of San Marcos, Tyler, and Galveston, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana. Scrapbook contains series of newspaper articles by Davis on life in New Orleans. Also includes biographical information on Davis.
DAVIS, WILLIAM R. PAPERS, 1929-1971. 14 ITEMS. (A-47)
Associate Professor of History and Education at Stephen F. Austin State University. Collection includes biographical material, clippings on other family members, advertisement fliers and unpublished manuscript of work by Davis concerning the history of education in Texas.
DAY FAMILY COLLECTION, PHOTOS 1899-1940'S. 1 BOX (A-234)
Photos of schools and teachers in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
DOUGLASS, KELSEY HARRIS. LETTERS,1837-1840, 1987. 17 ITEMS. (A-132)
Six letters written by Kelsey H. Douglass and two letters of Jesse Benton. Biographical and genealogical materials on Kelsey H. Douglass.
DRODDY, WILLIAM A. DIARY 1823-1891 (A-72)
Copy of a typescript of a diary written during the Mexican War.
DUNN, MARYLOIS. PAPERS, 1967-1983. 685 ITEMS. (A-106)
Author and librarian of Nacogdoches, Texas. Collection includes manuscripts, galley proofs, correspondence, reviews, and newspaper clippings related to Dunn's novel, The Man in the Box and Dunn and Ardath Mayhar's book, The Absolutely Perfect Horse.
DUREN, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN COMMON BOOK (A-189)
DURST FAMILY. COLLECTION, 1829-1977. 26 ITEMS. (A-89)
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, legal papers, and genealogical materials on this Cherokee County family. Includes a Bible which contains handwritten notes delineating ownership but no family marriage, birth or death sections.
EASLEY-THORNTON FAMILY COLLECTION (A-245)
Collection of photographs and papers that deal with this family.
EAST TEXAS SCHOOL MEN'S CLUB. 1936. 1 ITEM. (A-209)
Book "Origin and Early History of the East Texas School Men's Club" by William R. Davis.
EDWARDS, HADEN PAPERS, 1831-1969. 800 ITEMS. (A-37)
Landowner and leader of the Fredonian Rebellion of Nacogdoches, Texas. Collection includes business and personal correspondence, land deeds, receipts, petitions, business and legal documents, genealogical material, and papers relating to Edwards' estate, the William Hart estate, and the Hoover-Faddis claim.
EDWARDS, PEYTON FORBES. LEDGER, CA.1873. 1 VOL. (A-66)
Judge, attorney, politician, and Civil War veteran of Nacogdoches and El Paso, Texas. Ledger entitled "General Index" has names of Nacogdoches County residents and serves as an index to Dockets D and E of an unidentified record of judgments.
ERICSON, CAROLYN REEVES. RESEARCH COLLECTION, 1783-1980. 2 BOXES. (A-99)
Author and genealogist of Nacogdoches, Texas. Notes, correspondence, newspaper articles, and veterans' and widows' pension applications gathered to write Fires and Firemen of Nacogdoches and The People of Nacogdoches County in the Civil War. Also includes biographical information on Ericson.
ERICSON, JOE E. RESEARCH COLLECTION, 1914-1981. 1 BOX. (A-99)
Author and former Head of the Political Science Department at Stephen F. Austin State University. This collection contains his research on banks, bankers, and Nacogdoches history.
EVANS, ELLIOT A. P. - East Texas Houses 1 BOX. (A-207)
Photographs, newspaper articles, and a published article by Elliot Evans about East Texas Houses.
FAIR VIEW/OAK RIDGE SUNDAY SCHOOL RECORDS BOOK. 1922 & 1934-1935. 1 ITEM (A-215)
Consists of one book of sunday school records from Fair View, 1922 and Oak Ridge, 1934-35 Methodist Episcopal Church in Nacogdoches, Texas.
FARISH, OSCAR DIARY. 1831-1839
FERGUSON, THOMAS EWING. PAPERS, 1925-1959. 28 ITEMS. (A-124)
Civic leader, educator and Dean of Stephen F. Austin State College. Collection includes professional and other writings of Dr. Ferguson, such as skits and pageants based on history of Nacogdoches.
FITZGERALD, MARY SMALL. PAPERS, 1927-1979. 17 ITEMS. (A-55)
Correspondence, poems and biographical materials of Fitzgerald, Tyler author, who sometimes used the pseudonym Catherine Rhodes Davis. Also includes genealogical material on the Small family.
FLOYD-PATE. COLLECTION, 1979. 3 ITEMS. (A-86)
Essays by Middleton B. Floyd concerning his ancestors, Thomas Beckworth Floyd, Dolphin Floyd, John W. Floyd and Joseph Boling Pate. One essay contains extracts from Pate's letters to his mother written from Vicksburg, Mississippi; Port Caddo, Marshall, Nacogdoches and Harrison County, Texas; and Caddo Parish, Louisiana (1850-1860) describing his life as a traveling salesman.
FORBES, JOHN. PAPERS, 1836-1963. 26 ITEMS. (A-63)
Prominent citizen of Nacogdoches who served as Chairman of the Committee of Vigilance and Safety, chief justice of Nacogdoches, aide-de-camp to Sam Houston during the Texas War for Independence and Commissary General at the Battle of San Jacinto. Collection, chiefly typed transcripts and photocopies, includes correspondence, legal papers, Republic of Texas Army Commissary records, newspaper clippings, Forbes vs. Labadie trial transcripts, and biographical and genealogical material on the Forbes family.
FORD, ERNEST B. PAPERS, 1937-1977. 95 ITEMS. (A-59)
Lyricist and former Stephen F. Austin State University student from Houston, Texas. Collection includes manuscript and published sheet music written by or with Ford, manuscripts of novels written by Ford, correspondence between Ford and Mildred Wyatt of the SFASU library, and biographical materials.
FORMAN, JOHN (JACK) A. PAPERS, 1910-1985. 374 ITEMS. (A-125)
Narrative of experiences in the war, certificates, documents, and photographs of war scenes in Europe, and correspondence and orders relating to the World War service of Nacogdoches veteran, Forman.
FREEZE, HULIE W. PAPERS, 1908-1998. (A-241)
Correspondences to a military friend and publishers of newspapers. Includes his unplublished manuscript on the Kennedy assassination.
GARRARD, ALLEN THOMAS. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1946-1961. 6 ITEMS. (A-112)
Brief autobiography and obituary of the Nacogdoches itinerant Baptist minister. Also includes genealogical and other material on the Garrard family.
GARRISON, HENRY PARKS. LETTERS, 1860-1863. 1 VOL. (A-57)
Newspaper editor and Confederate Army officer of Yazoo City, Mississippi. Typescripts of correspondence between Garrison and family members during his Confederate military service. Includes material on politics, camp conditions, social life, combat, inflation, and family matters.
GARRISON, QUILLIAN. RESEARCH COLLECTION, 1831-1973. 750 ITEMS. (A-42)
Author and collector of Angelton, Texas. Collection includes correspondence, notes and copies of military records, Bible records, obituary notices, census data, deeds, death certificates and newspaper clippings used in research for Descendants of Caleb Garrison, Sr. and His Wife Sarah Fleming, 1797-1966. Also includes material on the related Gillespie family.
GASTON, EDWIN W., JR. PAPERS, 1946-1977. 279 ITEMS. (A-48)
Professor of English and Dean of Graduate School, Stephen F. Austin State University. Correspondence with publishers, biographical material, reviews, newspaper clippings, and galley proofs, relating to Gaston's books, The Early Novel of the Southwest (1961), Conrad Richter (1965), and Eugene Manlove Rhodes: Cowboy Chronicler (1967).
GIGLIOTTI, WILLIAM FELIX. RAILROAD SCRAPBOOKS, 1893-1958. 20 VOLS. (A-14)
Scrapbooks of the Nacogdoches resident who collected information on U. S. and Canadian railroads, chiefly newspaper and magazine clippings and advertisements.
GOSS FAMILY PAPERS. 5 ITEMS (A-187)
Two letters one from William Goss to his wife Mollie 1859, the other from a mother to her children (no year given) and three unidentified photographs.
GRAY, J. ROY. COLLECTION, 1830-1881. 9 ITEMS. (A-152)
Prominent business man and civic leader of Nacogdoches. Original deeds and other documents relating chiefly to his wife's ancestors, the von der Hoyas, of Nacogdoches.
GREER PAPERS. 1879-1889, 13 ITEMS (A-206)
Papers and stamped envelopes that belonged to S. S. Greer of Appleby, Texas.
GURNETT, JOHN. PAPERS. 7 ITEMS. (A-183)
1787 Nacogdoches land grant, 2 letters from Samuel Bundick 1860 and one letter from Charles Taylor 1860.
GUTZEIT, FRANCOIS ARSENE. PAPERS, 1854-1951. 16 ITEMS. (A-121)
Pioneer Frenchman who lived in central Texas. Collection includes legal documents relating to property, a death certificate, a warranty deed, receipts, and correspondence relating to the genealogy of the Gutzeit family.
HALTOM-MEISENHEIMER. COLLECTION, CA.1900-1926. 1 VOL. (A-87)
Typescript of Giles M. Haltom's essay on Nacogdoches in 1876 with a lot-by-lot description of buildings and houses and their occupants. Included together with newspaper clippings on historical subjects which were collected and compiled into a scrapbook by Mrs. George Meisenheimer. Subjects covered include the history of Nacogdoches, the historical old elm tree, the Hart Hotel, Thomas J. Rusk's grave site, the Old Stone Fort, Richard Fields and the Fredonia Rebellion, and Christ Episcopal Church.
HALTOM, EMMA SCRAPBOOK. 1 ITEM (A-199)
Newspaper clippings, late 1800's-early 1900's, many taken from The Henderson Times. Emma Haltom was a cousin of Giles M. Haltom.
HANKS, ORLANDO T. REMINISCENCES, 1861-1865. 1 ITEM. (A-52)
Reminiscences of the Confederate soldier of San Augustine, Texas, written about 1914-1916. Hanks serviced in Captain B. F. Benton's Company, Hood's Texas Brigade.
HANKS-BOGARD-BURLESON FAMILY. COLLECTION, 1774-1990. 5 BOXES. [A-171]
Original documents and letters and other materials collected and produced by Jimmie Willis Hanks of Center, Texas, and Irene Bogard Winton of Beaumont, Texas, while working on family histories of descendants of the Hanks, Bogard, Burleson, Miller, Hartsfield, Barfield, Shipp, Key and Hyde families.
HARDEMAN, GLADYS. RESEARCH COLLECTION, 1957-1965. 3 VOLS. (A-69)
Nacogdoches teacher, local historian and genealogical researcher. Collection includes research papers on Oil Springs and Lyne Taliaferro Barret, Peter Ellis Bean, and the history of Melrose, Texas and some of its families.
HARDWICK, GREEN B. SALES DOCUMENT, 1848. 1 ITEM. (A-232)
Sale of Cherokee County land and Negroes from Green B. Hardwick to James Cook and Joseph Able.
HARLING, LESTER C. PAPERS, ca. 1927-1977. 9 ITEMS. (A-104)
Faculty member at Stephen F. Austin State University and veteran of World War I. Collection consists of an essay on the causes of World War I, newspaper clippings, mock court-martial, and honorary materials. Includes information on Harling's wife, Thelma Jagoe Harling, who was also an early faculty member.
HARRIS, CLARENCE P. PAPERS (A-244)
Pictures, documents, and genealogical material on Garrison Family.
HARRIS, LOULEIN. PAPERS, 1927-1938. 75 ITEMS. (A-111)
Biographical material, business correspondence, research paper, and newspaper clippings relating to the first librarian at SFASU.
HAYS, JOHN Q. COLLECTION. 1 BOX (A-201)
Draft of "Mark Twain and Religion: A Mirror of American Eclecticism" with a hand written index.
HAZEN-MOORE-FAIRES FAMILY. PAPERS, 1861-1980. 259 ITEMS. (A-133)
Nacogdoches County families related by marriage. Collection includes World War I correspondence of Dillard Hazen, military and war related items, newspaper clippings, and photographs of family members and friends, most of which are unidentified. Also includes genealogical material on the Hazen, Moore, and Faires families.
HELPINSTILL PAPERS. 2 BOXES. (A-194)
A general ledger from Helpinstill Auto Supply and World War II ration books and receipts.
HENDRICKS, EDWARD CHARLES. DIARY, 1942-1945. 1 VOL. (A-58)
Diary kept by Hendricks of Carthage, Texas, a naval officer, from the time of his capture by the Japanese in Corregidor, Philippines, until his release. Describes prison camp conditions in Luzon, Philippines, Taiwan, and Yokohama and Tokyo, Japan, and Japanese reaction to the end of World War II.
HERRERA FAMILY. PAPERS, 1877-1965. 32 ITEMS. (A-15)
Documents of a pioneer Spanish family of Nacogdoches County including original land grant, deeds of sale, account books, family photographs, and copy of a will.
HILL, CHARLES, LEE. PAPERS, 1933-1983. 4 BOXES. (A-108)
Musician and Stephen F. Austin State University graduate. Correspondence, conductor's scores of musical compositions, concert programs, publicity, biographical materials, photographs, newspaper clippings. Also includes material relating to Hill's World War II army service and copies of the Camp Fannin (Tyler, Texas) newspaper Three Sheets to the Wind and the Eighth Service Command (Dallas, Texas) newspaper Sound Off Soldier.
HILL, MARTHA FRANCES. PAPERS, 1892-1939. 146 ITEMS. (A-96)
Advertising agency writer and newspaper woman of Houston, Texas. Collection includes tests and other materials relating to school days at Houston High School and Rice Institute; correspondence and advertising materials relating to Hill's business; feature pages by Hill from the Houston Post - Dispatch; issues of the Rice student newspaper, The Thresher (1922-1927); and a handwritten newspaper from Willard, Tennessee (1892).
HINES, CALVIN W. COLLECTION. 2 BOXES. (A-196)
Research material about Elihu B. Washburn and the Franco-Prussian War.
HOFMANN, MARY. PAPERS, 1900-1945. 552 ITEMS. (A-144)
Official weather observer for Nacogdoches. Correspondence to Hofmann concerning her work, a climatological data sheet, certificate of authority, and meteorological records for each month of the years 1900-1944.
HOLBROOK, ANNA KATHRYN COLLECTION, 1891-1977. 5 BOXES. (A-219)
This collection consists mainly of historical information about San Augustine. There is some personal material such as cards and invitations. .
HOLDEMAN/HOLDERMAN FAMILY. COLLECTION, CA.1840-1864. 13 ITEMS. (A-137)
Family Bible of John and Elvira McClean Holdeman, photocopies of Republic of Texas land documents and Confederate military service records of the Nacogdoches family.
HOUSTON, SAMUEL. PAPERS, 1827-1975. 201 ITEMS. (A-68)
Collection contains chiefly photocopies and transcripts, with one bundle of original documents. Includes legal documents of land dispute in Nacogdoches County, correspondence, will of Sam Houston, newspaper clippings, materials relating to Sam Houston Memorial Association, Maryville, Tennessee; Sam Houston Park, Huntsville, Texas; Sam Houston Commemorative Stamp, 1963/1964, and monuments and memorials to Sam Houston. Names associated with the papers include James H. Starr, Eber Worthington Cave, Margaret Lea Houston, and Eliza Allen Houston. Also includes biographical and genealogical material.
HOWE-PIPER FAMILY. PAPERS, 1850-1978. 337 ITEMS. (A-105)
Bulk of the papers consists of sheet music from the 1850s-1920s collected by members of these Nacogdoches families. Also included are wedding invitations, calling cards, invitations to military functions, newspaper clippings, and stamping patterns with designs from the 1880s.
HUBERT FAMILY. PAPERS, 1838-1942. 1 FOLDER.
INGRAHAM, GEORGE F. ACKNOWLEDGMENT RECORD, 1914-1918. 1 VOL. (A-64)
Record of acknowledgments taken by Ingraham, notary public of Nacogdoches County. Shows number, kind and date of instrument, description and location of land, name of original grantee, name and residence of grantor and similar information.
INGRAHAM, GEORGE F. LETTER BOOK, 1912-1915. 1 VOL. (A-65)
Blotter copy of letters relating to Ingraham's duties as County Judge and to personal business.
INGRAHAM-BLOUNT-GOUGH. PAPERS, 1763-1994. 4 BOXES. (A-168)
Original documents and research materials collected by Mary Martha Hackney on Ingraham, Blount, Gough, Landon and related Nacogdoches and San Augustine county families.
IRION. LETTERS, 1852. 5 ITEMS. (A-163)
Photocopies of letters exchanged between Robert A. Irion and his wife, Anna Raguet Irion.
JOHNSON FAMILY. PAPERS, 1867-1984. 12 ITEMS. (A-120)
Erasmus "Ras" Johnson, a former slave, founded the Johnson Chapel Baptist Church in the North Redland community. Collection includes a daybook with minutes of the Johnson Chapel Sunday School (1919-1921), two marriage licenses, and newspaper clippings related to the church, the Erasmus Johnson family, and the Otis Sadler family.
JOHNSON, WILLIAM R. PAPERS, 1976-1990. 2 BOXES. (A-165)
Relating to recommendations for SFA personnel, students, and friends and general correspondence. Also included is information on renovations of the SFA President's house, 1976-1977 as well as copies or notes of his speeches.
JONES, W. GOODRICH. PAPERS, 1881-1982. 4 BOXES, 2 BUNDLES. (A-16)
Personal and business correspondence; writings; newspaper and magazine articles; brochures; biographical and genealogical materials; Texas forestry history by and about Jones, known as the Father of Texas Forestry.
KEMPER, BILLIE B. RESEARCH COL. ON LINDLEY BECKWORTH, 1937-1980. 459 ITEMS. (A-76)
Correspondence and research material for Kemper's graduate thesis at SFASU (1980) on Lindley Beckworth, politician and lawyer, from Gilmer, Texas. Beckworth served as a Texas State Congressman and Senator and a U. S. Congressman (1936-1972). Also includes oral history interviews on cassette tapes.
KENNEDY ASSASSINATION COLLECTION 1963-1994. 4 BOXES. (A-138)
Newspaper clippings, copies of official police reports, and photocopies of photographs relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, in Dallas, Texas.
KIRKPATRICK, JAMES ALLEN. DIARY, CA. 1908. 1 VOL. (A-85)
Typescript of the diary [actually reminiscences] of the Nacogdoches native's experiences in the Civil War and later as a sheep rancher in Laredo, Texas.
Genealogical data on the Kirkpatrick family is also included.
KUYKENDALL FAMILY. PAPERS, 1819-1980. 5 VOLS. (Specific Family VF)
Typed transcripts of reminiscences, correspondence, diaries, journals, business records, and material on Austin's Colony in the 1820s, Indian relations, the Texas Revolution, and the Mexican and Civil wars, mostly concerning James Hampton Kuykendall and his relatives.
LACEY, JAMES TAYLOR. ACKNOWLEDGMENT BOOKS, 1899-1939. 3 VOLS. (A-67)
Record of acknowledgments taken by Lacey, notary public of Rusk County. Shows transactions regarding land transactions: deeds, powers of attorney, oil and gas leases, and vendor's releases.
LANFORD, MEMORY BROCKMAN. FAMILY BIBLE, 1853. 1 ITEM. (A-135)
Records, 1830-1974, include births, deaths, and marriages of the Lanford, Yandle, Jimmerson, Wright, and Rodgers families of Henderson, Rusk County, Texas.
LAY, DANIEL W. COLLECTION. 1937-1979. 6 BOXES. (A-172)
Papers of Daniel W. Lay, author and wildlife biologist in East Texas. Works provide an alternate viewpoint from the heavily industry-oriented area.
LINDSEY, EMILY VIRGINIA WILLIS. PAPERS, 1887-1958. 199 ITEMS. (A-18)
Musician and music teacher of Nacogdoches. Collection consists of scrapbooks and diaries, with correspondence, newspaper clippings, obituaries, marriage and birth announcements, poems and other materials relating to social events, music programs, and religious activities with notes on weather, health and World War II.
LISENBEE COLLECTION, 1845-1867. 6 ITEMS. (A-83)
Documents, collected by Maude Lisenbee of Leggett, Polk County, Texas, includes field notes, certificates, Civil War envelope, Confederate postage stamps, receipt, and oath of allegiance to the United States. Names associated with the collection are William H. Ward, Mrs. Catharine Oats, W. G. Lisenbee, and Nicholas D. Labadie.
LOCK, OTTIS PAPERS, 1938-1990. 3 BOXES (POLITICAL PAPERS)
Ottis Lock was a member of the Texas State House of Representatives 1938-1949 and then a member of the Texas State Senate 1939-1959.
LOWREY, MARION WALLL>. WORLD WAR II COLLECTION, 1946-1983. 11 ITEMS. (A-151)
Nacogdoches resident who was in civilian service at the Army Air Forces Aero Medical Center in Heidelberg, Germany, at the end of World War II. Collection includes a history of the Center, Report From Heidelberg, the Nuremberg trials opening statement, and articles relating to the trials and to aviation medicine.
MARIGOLD CREAMERY. 2 ITEMS (A-193)
A birthday wish to Captain H. H. Cooper on Marigold Creamery letterhead, 1934. Customer account ledger, 1913-1917.
MAST, CORA. COLLECTION. 4 ITEMS. (A-182)
Contains original marriage certificate of Kit Patton and Cora Mast, 9 January 1887, a poem by Cora Mast and 2 letters one to her sister Leona Mast and one to her brother Oscar Mast.
MAYFIELD, JOSEPH E. COLLECTION, 1921-1924. 11 ITEMS. (A-88)
Chiefly the writings of the physician and Civil War veteran of Nacogdoches on various aspects of the early history of Nacogdoches, most of which were published in his column "Nacogdoches Traditions" in the Daily Sentinel.
MAYHAR, ARDATH. PAPERS, 1958-1983. 6 BOXES. (A-100)
Manuscripts, galley proofs, reviews and correspondence with publishers, editors, and other authors (including Andre Norton) of the Chireno, Texas, author. Includes manuscripts of How the Gods Wove in Kyrannon, The Seekers of Shar-Nuhn, Soul-Singer of Tymos, Warlock's Gift, and Runes of the Lyre. Biographical information on Mayhar is also included.
McCRARY, ROBERT C. WORLD WAR II COLLECTION, 1941-1945. 19 ITEMS. (A-156)
Personal documents, including a letter, aerial photographs, and a diary detailing bombing missions in Europe in which McCrary, a Nacogdoches County native, took part as a member of the Army Air Force during World War II.
McCULLOCH, JOHN SCOULLER. REMINISCENCES, 1877. 1 ITEM. (A-56)
Photocopy of reminiscences of McCulloch's experiences in 1864 as a Union Army chaplain taken prisoner at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, and marched to Camp Ford near Tyler, Texas. Describes battles, wounded men, barracks, amusements, sanitary conditions, punishments, torture, and trading among prisoners and guards.
McDONALD, ARCHIE P. MANUSCRIPT OF ADOLPHUS STERNE DIARY, CA. 1968. 1 VOL. (A-109)
Author and Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University. Typed transcription of manuscript, with handwritten corrections, of McDonald's Hurrah for Texas, the publication title of the edited transcription of Sterne's diary.
McDONALD, ARCHIE P. RESEARCH COLLECTION ON FREEMASONRY, 1925- 1969. 255 ITEMS. (A-77)
Author and Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University. Materials used in the research for his book, By Early Candlelight, the original typescript of the book, and notes, articles and pamphlets on freemasonry in Texas, the United States and abroad.
McFARLAND-RUSSELL FAMILY. PAPERS, 1832-1950. 8 BOXES. (A-19)
Personal and business correspondence, tax receipts, business records, Confederate-related items and historical and genealogical materials of these two old families of Newton and Orange counties, Texas.
McLENDON-BALLARD, MATTIE LOU PAPERS. 1849-1933. 2 BOXES. (A-228)
Over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon.
McMURRY FAMILY PAPERS, 1844-1905. 23 ITEMS. (A-178)
Personal letters and documents including letters from A. P. McMurry, last will and testament of John Gary, and a tintype of Polk McMurry, ca. 1845.
McPHAIL-HARTGRAVES FAMILY COLLECTION. 3 BOXES. (Specific Family VF)
Contains genealogical research on the family. Mary V. Hartgraves Bible is located at (A-29).
MEADOR FAMILY PAPERS. (A-188)
Marriage license of H. B. Gage and Ida L Meador 1909, Warranty Deed Cecilia B. Townsend to A. B. Meador 1911 and grade report cards for Watson Meador 2nd through 7th grade.
MERONEY FAMILY. PAPERS, 1846-1865. 1 Box, 16 ITEMS. (A-20)
Correspondence of the Nacogdoches County family, chiefly to and from family members serving in the Civil War. Includes poems by Mary Jane Meroney.
MILAM, BENJAMIN RUSH MANUSCRIPT, CA. 1945. 1 VOL. (A-84)
Copy of a typed, unpublished manuscript by Mrs. M. B. Milam which consists of materials relating to Milam. Included is a memorial address to the Texas Legislature by James Milam, a biographical sketch by Dr. C. C. Graham, extracts from published works, and genealogical information on the Milam family.
MITCHELL FAMILY, 1808-1991 (Specific Family VF)
Genealogical information on the Thomas M. Mitchell and Fanny Pully Family
MONTGOMERY, CHARLOTTE BAKER. PAPERS, 1941-1983. 163 ITEMS. (A-173)
Children's book author and illustrator of Nacogdoches, Texas. collection includes manuscripts, color illustrations, galley sheets, and book dummies. Also includes newspaper clippings and articles about Montgomery's writings.
MOORE, G. TOWNSEND BEDELL. PAPERS 1875-1986. 3 VOLS. (A-129)
Lumberman and philanthropist of Orange and San Antonio, Texas. Diary of Moore and Henry J. Lutcher's trip to Texas in 1877 and a sketch of Moore's life with biographical, genealogical, and business information.
MOORE, L. G. TEXAS CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION COMMISSION PAPERS, 1973-1974. 11 BOXES. (A-21)
Served as chairman of the Education Committee of the Texas Constitutional Revision Commission and as legislative representative for the International Union of Operating Engineers. Correspondence, recommendations, news clippings, pamphlets, and papers of various committees.
MOORE, LEWIS. LAND GRANT, 1852. 1 ITEM. (A-230)
Original land grant for 320 acres, Grayson County, to Lewis Moore from Governor Bell.
MORRIS, WILLIAM A. FAMILY BIBLE PAGES. 1 ITEM (A-212)
List marriage of W. A. Morris and Alice Corley in 1910 and the birth of a son William Raymon Morris in 1911.
MOTLEY, ANNA SCHOTT. COLLECTION, 1890s-1990s (A-242)
This collection consists of photographs, documents, and a ledges.
MUCKLEROY, DAVID. PAPERS, 1840-1970. 20 ITEMS. (A-53)
Farmer and member of Congress of the Republic of Texas, and Texas State Legislator, of Nacogdoches, Texas. Collection includes land deeds (1849-1851) and survey notes pertaining to land owned by Muckleroy; and genealogical and biographical material. Also included is an account by his son, Jesse H. Muckleroy, of the family's move from Tennessee to Texas.
MUCKLEROY FAMILY SCRAPBOOKS. PHOTOS, n.d. 52 ITEMS. (A-208)
Believed to belong to Mrs. Jennie Muckleroy.
MURDY, WILLIAM D. WORLD WAR II COLLECTION, 1944-1945. 3 VOLS. (A-160)
Nacogdoches resident who served in the U.S. Army engineer combat unit during World War II. Collection consists of photocopies of journals kept of the company Murdy commanded during the war. Also includes military reports and orders, photos of war damaged, historic sites, Dachau Concentration Camp, and Hitler's mountain retreat.
MURRIE, PAULINE SHIRLEY PAPERS. (A-191)
Three photographs of an unidentified house, letter to Matie Orton Davis from Addie T. McCal, 1935 and information on Baptist churches of Nacogdoches County, Texas.
NACOGDOCHES, EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS. 1 BOX. (A-218)
Photo's of 19th and 20th century Nacogdoches and Nacogdoches County. Taken from books, newspapers, originals and post cards.
NELSON, ALBERT ALDRICH. PAPERS, 1833-1965. 285 ITEMS. (A-22)
Surveyor of Nacogdoches, Texas. Correspondence relating to surveying and local politics; family correspondence; and business and legal papers of the Nacogdoches surveyor. Transcript copy of a diary of a voyage (1833) in the Pacific Ocean hunting whales.
NEVILLS, SUSANAH S. LETTER. 1888 1 ITEM (A-213)
Letter from Susanah S. Nevills of Murchison, Henderson County, Texas to her sister Sallie Wallace, 25 November 1888.
NEW LONDON SCHOOL EXPLOSION. 1937. 3 ITEMS(A-203)
Newspaper clippings about the New London, Texas school explosion on March 18, 1937 which killed hundreds of school children.
ORTON FAMILY. PAPERS, 1833-1889. 5 BOXES, ABT. 400 ITEMS. (A-23)
Correspondence, business papers, notebooks, and photographs of the prominent early Nacogdoches family. Includes letters written during the family's migration to Texas in the Republic period and during the Civil War.
PALMER, DOROTHY. PAPERS OF, 1854-1935. 68 ITEMS. (A-222)
Nacogdoches County land documents and photos. Surnames include Holmes, Griffith, Arnold, Clapp, Orton, Cox, Polard, Hoya, Ingraham, Hawkins and Eaves.
PALMER, PAMELA LYNN. COLLECTION ON KARLE WILSON BAKER. 1 Box (A-180)
Unpublished manuscript "Let Me Grow Lovely: A Biography of Karle Wilson Baker, Texas Writer." Photographs of Karle Wilson Baker and her home.
PARKS FAMILY COLLECTION. 3 BOXES. (A-197)
Photographs and scrapbooks with newspaper articles of various topics including the Parks family.
PARRISH, JAMES R. COLLECTION, 1982. 2 Boxes. (A-179)
Contains original manuscript and galley proof of the book "Between Loaded Guns." The original draft film script to "Texas Between Loaded Guns."
PENA-CHIRENO FAMILY. PAPERS, 1800-1936. 143 ITEMS. (A-24)
Correspondence, land papers, birth and baptismal certificates, business papers, receipts, power-of-attorney papers, and wills of early Spanish families of Texas including the Acosta, Arriola, Cardenas Chireno, Cordova, Cortinas, Garza, Pena, Sanchez, Santos, Solis, Toscano, and Y'Barbo families. Includes letters (1872-1874) from the Mother Superior of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Clarksville, Texas.
PENMAN, ANNETTE COLLECTION, 1890'S-1940's. 6 BOXES. (A-229)
PICKETT, C. A. "NEAL". PAPERS, 1920-1985. 4 Boxes. (A-164)
East Texan who lived in Houston, Mount Pleasant, and Diboll. Served as first executive director of the Deep East Texas Development Council, 1967-1972. Collection includes correspondence, articles, and material on Pickett's activities at the Houston Insurance Exchange, as Mayor of Houston, in the Federal Housing Administration, and other areas.
PIERCE, BOB. LETTERS, early 1970's. 14 ITEMS. (A-210)
13 letters from Bob Pierce who was in the Army in Vietnam to his parents and sister Kathy in Carthage, Texas. One letter from Kathy to Bob.
PINSON FAMILY, 1620-1986 (Specific Family VF)
Ancestors of Rue Barber Pinson and May Olevia Miller, includes surnames Maxwell, Miller, Redding, Reid and Smith.
POCHMANN FAMILY. PAPERS, 1910-1981. 8 BOXES. (A-25)
Correspondence, articles, clippings and manuscripts relating to the literary work of Henry August Pochmann and Virginia Ruth Fouts Pochmann of Nacogdoches. Includes material on Round Top, Texas, and biographical information on the Pochmanns.
POLLARD, CLARICE F., 1943-1988. 1 BOX. (A-223)
A scrapbook concerning her activities in Nacogdoches during her WAAC training school. Articles about her book "Laugh, Cry & Remember" detailing her experiences as a WAAC.
POWER, HOLLOWAY LEE. PAPERS, 1842-1978. 106 ITEMS. (A-93)
Diary (in 2 parts), daybook, correspondence, legal papers, and business papers of Power who was a farmer, preacher, and sometimes practiced medicine. The collection includes records for the Bethany Baptist Church which he helped organize.
PRESSLER FAMILY. PAPERS, 1875-1978. 25 ITEMS. (A-54)
Includes correspondence, tax receipts, bills, and genealogical materials of this Nacogdoches family.
PRESTON, RUTH TERRY COLLECCTION. 3 BOXES. (A-238)
Genealogical research on the Terry family
PRICE-BURROWS FAMILY. PAPERS, 1872-1917. 6 ITEMS. (A-148)
Photocopies of documents relating to Nacogdoches County land holdings of the Price and Burrows families of Nacogdoches.
PRICE-HALL FAMILY COLLECTION, 1906-1911, 1954-1955. 4 BOXES. (A-250)
Includes family letters, photographs and newspaper clippings about the family.
PRICE, MISSOURA (GARRETT).PAPERS, 1884-1947. 6 BOXES, 1 BUNDLE. (A-27)
Correspondence, including letters from Prices's daughter in Mexico and Columbia in the 1930s; material relating to the Garrison Coal and Oil Company; household and personal account books and writings; biographical and genealogical material on the Garrett and Truitt families. Also includes Dietrich Rulfs' plans for rebuilding the Price house on Mound Street in Nacogdoches after a fire.
PRICE, TRAVIS. 2 ITEMS. (A-185)
Book "The story of a ship- USS Mobile and the men who fought her" and pages from a military daybook.
PRICE, WILLIAM F. COLLECTION, 1837-1867. 829 ITEMS. (A-26)
Business and personal correspondence of Elijah Price and his wife, Temperance, of San Augustine County. Business papers relating to The Steam Mill in San Augustine, Temperance Price's cotton business (1852-1858), and Blount & Price's mercantile business; accounts and tax receipts; papers relating to the George F. Crocket family. Includes some papers relating to three of the Price children.
PRICE, WILLIAM HALL. 1860-1904 (A-190)
Letters to Elijah, A. G. and William Hall Price.
PRITCHETT, IDA. PAPERS, 1923-1953. 1 BOX. (A-134)
Scrapbooks containing programs and clippings for SFASU and Nacogdoches musical programs and concerts including baccalaureate services, commencements, and Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and senior vesper services. Also includes biographical material on the SFA faculty member.
RAMSEY, BEN. SPEECH, 1966. 1 ITEM. (A-113)
Speech delivered at the dedication of the Lyne Taliaferro Barret Memorial, Stephen F. Austin State University campus, by the San Augustine, Texas, politician.
RAMSEY, C. SMITH. PAPERS, 1921-1967. 36 ITEMS. (A-28)
President of the Board of Regents of the Texas Teachers Colleges and attorney from San Augustine, Texas. Collection consists chiefly of correspondence relating to some of Ramsey's experiences as a member of the Board.
REED, LANEY GARRETT. LETTERS, 1945. 5 ITEMS. (A-211)
The letters were written in 1945 during World War II. Laney Garrett Reed was in the military in France and Germany. The 5 letters were written to his mother.
REESE, J. ELBERT. PAPERS, 1896-1985. 440 ITEMS. (A-119)
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other materials relating to Reese's extensive civic and community activities in Nacogdoches. Includes material on the history of Stephen F. Austin College, the Hotel Fredonia, Del Rentzel Airport, and the Veterans of World War I.
REESE, JAMES V. PAPERS, 1962-1999. 1 BOX. (A-177)
The collection consists of administrative, publishing and personal correspondence as well as cards form faculty and friends.
REYNOLDS, BRYAN J. POEMS, 1940-1941. 3 ITEMS. (A-73)
Poems of the SFASU student who was a member of the creative writing group, the "Die Hards."
RHODES FAMILY. PAPERS, 1876-1941. 79 ITEMS. (A-92)
Correspondence, reports on ministry, sermon notes, and memorandum book and diary (1878-1880) of the experiences of Arnold Rhodes, an itinerant minister who traveled throughout Southeast Texas. Also includes minutes of the 21st annual meeting of the New Bethel [Texas] Baptist Association (1882) and some items relating to other family members.
ROARK, GARLAND. COLLECTION. 1946-1988 22 Boxes (A-181)
Original manuscripts, galley proofs, reviews, promotional material for two movies, business & personal correspondence, photos and research notes.
ROARK, WILLIAM PAPERS, 1827-1860. 35 ITEMS. (A-146)
Documents relating to Roark's work as a surveyor and in other official positions, to the buying and selling of slaves, and to other aspects of his life in early Nacogdoches.
RUSCHE FAMILY. PAPERS, 1848-1895, 1987. 31 ITEMS. (A-131)
Correspondence, German passport (1848), naturalization papers, land deeds and land grant, financial papers and genealogy of the Nacogdoches family. Some papers relate to the old Nacogdoches University.
RUSK COUNTY DAYBOOK AND SCRAPBOOK. 1850-1892. 1 ITEM (A-200)
Photocopy of daybook/scrapbook combination, the daybook is from Henderson, Texas dated February 1850-May 1851. The scrapbook has newspaper clippings from Rusk County, Texas pasted over many of the daybook pages.
RUSK, THOMAS JEFFERSON. COLLECTION, 1826-1978. 38 ITEMS. (A-136)
Family Bible (1803-1887) which lists births, deaths, and marriages of the Rusk Family. also includes a letter, invitation, newspaper clippings, and genealogical chart relating to the prominent Nacogdoches citizen.
RUSK, THOMAS JEFFERSON. LETTERS, 1835-1856. 1 BOX, 60 ITEMS. (A-30)
Politician, jurist, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Correspondence, chiefly from Thomas J. Rusk in Washington, D.C., to his brother David in Nacogdoches.
RUSSELL-CRONKRITE FAMILY. PAPERS, 1874-1978. 10 BOXES, 1 BUNDLE. (A-35)
Personal courtship letters, other personal and business correspondence, legal and business papers, receipts, promissory notes, and photographs of the Nacogdoches County families.
SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY, TEXAS. COLLECTION, 1838-1936. 24 ITEMS. (A-169)
SANDERS, ANNIE VIRGINIA (VIRGIE) RESEARCH COLLECTION, 1896-1973. 308 ITEMS. (A-94)
Original certificates of entrance, letters, funeral notices, and other documents relating to the county.
SCHENCK, L. G. SOUTHLAND PAPER MILLS COLLECTION, 1935-1969. 2 BOXES. [A-170]
Documents and papers relating to the mill which were collected by the manager of the Lufkin office of Southland's brokers, Perkins-Goodwin Company.
SCOTT, CLAUDE. COLLECTION, PAPERS OF G. P. MCALEXANDER, 1858-1866. 24 ITEMS. (Specific Family VF)
Correspondence, lectures, and papers of Dr. G. P. Alexander, physician and Civil War veteran of Smithville, Arkansas. Collection includes papers relating to the Smithville, Arkansas Physicians Association and to the Lawrence County, Arkansas Medical Association.
SEXTON, EMILY HUGHES DAVIS. DIARY, 1844-1845. 1 ITEM. (A-61)
Diary recording daily activities: church, quilting, gardening, riding, and callers in San Augustine, Texas. Includes material on the Regulator-Moderator War (1839-1844) and mentions Sexton's son, Franklin Barlow Sexton, Sam Houston, and Francis Wilson.
SHAW'S DEPARTMENT STORE, 1952-1986. 2 BOXES (B-102)
Business records of the store, including cash journal sheets and receipts of good purchased for the store.
SHINDLER-PALMER FAMILY. PAPERS, 1715-1951. 187 ITEMS. (A-82)
Business and personal correspondence of Robert Doyne Shindler, San Augustine and Nacogdoches clergyman, and Mary S. B. Palmer Dana Shindler, his wife; job prospects and recommendations, certificates, diplomas, legal documents, and writings of R. D. Shindler; clippings, legal documents, creative writings, and a journal of Mrs. Shindler. Includes genealogical material on the Palmer family.
SHIPP, BARRY MONROE PAPERS. 1944-1949. 4 ITEMS (A-192)
Income tax returns.
SHIVERS, ALFRED S. MANUSCRIPT OF MAXWELL ANDERSON BOOK CA.1982-1983. 3 BOXES. (A-157)
Original typed manuscript, with corrections and notations, and galleys, for SFASU English Professor Shivers' book, The Life of Maxwell Anderson (1983).
SHIVERS, ALFRED S. RESEARCH COLLECTION ON JESSAMYN WEST, 1919-1978. 582 ITEMS. (A-74)
Correspondence, notes, and clippings pertaining to the life and works of Jessamyn West, poet, novelist and short story writer. Copies of many of her works are included. Materials collected by Dr. Shivers, SFASU English Professor, in preparation for writing his critical biography, Jessamyn West (1972).
SIMPSON, JOHN P. MEMOIRS, 1880. 1 VOL. (A-91)
Memoirs relating mainly to Indian atrocities and retaliations in pioneer Texas (1838-1845), chiefly in Fannin County, by pioneer businessman, sheriff, land owner and county judge Simpson.
SMITH, HARRIET FRANCES. NARRATIVE, CA. 1930. 4 ITEMS. (A-71)
Transcript of historical and descriptive narrative entitled "Black Prairie, a Regional Study," which relates to the geographical history and development of the blackland prairie region of Texas, which includes the cities of Dallas, Waco, Austin, and San Antonio. Biographical materials on Miss Smith are included.
SMITH, RALPH ADAM. MANUSCRIPTS, 1936-1938. 2 VOLS. (A-110)
Historian, graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, and Abilene Christian University faculty member from San Augustine. Collection includes typewritten drafts, with handwritten corrections and notes of Smith's master's thesis, The Life of Alexander Horton, and doctoral dissertation, A. J. Rose, Agrarian Crusader of Texas.
SOWERS-CAMPBELL FAMILY. PAPERS, 1808-1890. 213 ITEMS. (A-41)
Correspondence, bills, receipts, and other papers, relating to a steam mill in Alto, Texas, owned by Robert Sowers of Cherokee County, Texas, and personal correspondence of his family and of Emma A. Campbell.
SPARKS FAMILY PAPERS, 1835-1971. 398 ITEMS. (A-44)
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks (1831-1909), physician, and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres (1885-1971) of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, first organized Baptist church in Texas.
STARR, JAMES HARPER. LETTERS, 1868-1882. 5 ITEMS. (A-159)
Letters from prominent early Nacogdoches and Marshall citizen, James Harper Starr, to James and Susan Thorn concerning business and personal events.
STEEN, RALPH WRIGHT. PAPERS, 1976-1981. 80 ITEMS. (A-130)
Historian and former President of Stephen F. Austin State University. Collection includes papers of Steen's work on the formula for state appropriations for higher education and a videocassette recording of the dedication of the Ralph W. Steen Library (1976) and a classroom lecture by Steen (1979).
STOCKWELL COLLECTION. 1942-1945. 5 ITEMS (A-214)
Consists of items from World War II. Book one and four ration books, sugar ration book, "WAC Tracts" newsletter from 1943 in Nacogdoches, Texas and "Malum" newsletter 1945 which mentions George Biggerstaff.
STONE FORT. COLLECTION, 1841-1901. 13 ITEMS. (A-154)
Deeds and other documents relating to the ownership of the Stone Fort and the lot on which it stood in downtown Nacogdoches.
SWANK FAMILY. WORLD WAR II COLLECTION, 1942-1945. 20 ITEMS. (A-145)
Materials relating to the military careers of Lufkin residents Harry F. Swank, Marine Corps (1941-1945) and his wife, Mary Addie Foster, Marine Corps Women's Reservists (1943-1945). Includes a Bible issued to service personnel and a war ration book.
SWINBURN, EDWIN N. COLLECTION, 1862-1908. 13 ITEMS. (A-176).
Autobiography, enlistment and discharge Confederate records for himself and his son, Alvin C. (or Alva C.) Includes newspaper articles written regarding wife's death and his 86th, 88th, 90th birthday reminiscences.
TAYLOR, CHARLES STANFIELD. PAPERS, 1810-1913. 1100 ITEMS. (A-31)
Correspondence, invoices, tax receipts, field notes, deeds, powers of attorney, and other legal documents, Confederate warrants, notes, and orders for food to be supplied to Confederate soldiers' families, and genealogical material on the Taylor and Ruoff (Ruff, Roff) families of Nacogdoches.
TEUTSCH EARLY NACOGDOCHES DOCUMENTS. 3 BOXES. (A-218)
Photo's of 19th and 20th century Nacogdoches and Nacogdoches County. Taken from books, newspapers, originals and post cards. Fire Department minute books 1907-1973.
TEXIAN LOAN CERTIFICATE, 1836. 1 ITEM. (A-158)
Document, commonly referred to as a Texian Loan Certificate, by which the government attempted to raise money for the Texas Revolution. Signed by Stephen F. Austin, B. T. Archer, and William H. Wharton. Number 518, 11 January, 1836.
THORN, SUSAN WROE EDWARDS. JOURNAL, 1835-1836. 1 ITEM. (A-101)
Typescript of a journal describing the early days of the Texas Revolution and a trip from Nacogdoches to Clifton Forge, Virginia, by this wife of a prominent Nacogdoches businessman. Also includes biographical and genealogical information on the Thorn family and their descendants.
TILFORD, T. GILLETTE. ESSAYS, 1957-1983. 7 ITEMS. (A-150)
Businessman of Nacogdoches, Texas. Essays, pamphlets, and scrapbooks containing Tilford's column, "Out of My Mind," which appeared in the Sunday Sentinel (1979-1981). Also includes two addresses by Tilford.
TILFORD, TILDEN PAPERS, 1894-1981. 20 ITEMS. (A-114)
The collection consists of typed manuscripts of plays, magazines containing short stories, reviews and literary criticism, a photograph of Tilford, biographical information and historical data on the Tilford-Hunt Lumber Company.
TINDALL, CHARLES H. FAMILY COLLECTION. 1 BOX. (A-246)
The collection consists of photos of Chalres H. Tindall and his family along with newspaper clippings, a songbook and a perscription book.
TUBBE, JOHN AUGUST SR. FAMILY COLLECTION, 1897-1945. 1 BOX. (A-243)
The collection consists of family photos, letters, and tax receipts.
TUCKER, F.I. PAPERS, C.1830-1965. (A-249)
The collection consists correspondences, newspapers articles, and research concerning the Texas Historical Foundation and East Texas.
TUCKER, WILLIAM H. PAPERS, 1850-1883. 29 ITEMS. (A-79)
The collection consists correspondence to, from and abut W. H. Tucker concerning family matters, politics, the Civil War and farming.
TURNER FAMILY PAPERS. COLLECTION, 1857-1876. 16 ITEMS. (A-153)
Smith County, Texas family. Letters, land office document, and poem relating to the Tillman J. Turner family. Several letters concern incidents during the Civil War.
TURNER, JANET. COLLECTION, 1950-1976. 222 ITEMS. (A-32)
Artist and faculty member at SFASU. Collection includes newspaper clippings, programs of exhibits, original drawings illustrating The Yazoo River, prints of birds of Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana, magazine articles illustrated by Turner, and biographical information.
VOIGT, FREDERICK. LETTERS, 1862-1863. 83 ITEMS. (A-117)
Merchant, alderman, mayor, postmaster, and soldier of Nacogdoches, Texas. Letters of Voigt to his wife depicting camp conditions (food, clothing, drilling, and disease), and relating war news and personal matters concerning friends and family.
WYATT, MILDRED. COLLECTION 1900-1987. 2 BOXES (A-217)
Ms. Wyatts library career at Stephen F. Austin State University spanned four decades (1930-1971). This collection contains personal and some professional material.
Y'BARBO, ANTONIO GIL. COLLECTION, 1725-1983. 1 BOX. (A-175)
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ZUBER, WILLIAM PHYSICK. MARTIN PARMER (PALMER) MANUSCRIPT, 1902. 1 VOL. (A-103)
Biographical sketch of Parmer, a Texas Revolution participant and Convention delegate (1835-1836), with material on Parmer's involvement in the Fredonian Rebellion (1826-1827) in an Indian battle near Gonzalez, as well as activities of Parmer's son, Isom. Includes Palmer/Parmer family history material.
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