The Arthur Weaver Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, legal documents, ledgers, notebooks, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and case files dating from 1940 to 2005. The geographic area covered in the collection is mostly the city and county of Nacogdoches, but does contain material from other East Texas counties including San Augustine, Shelby, Cherokee, Rusk, Angelina, and Polk. The collection provides information about all stages of Arthur Weaver’s life from birth until approximately 2005 when he moved from his home into assisted living. The bulk of the collection is comprised by case files of people who Weaver helped with accusations of discrimination, police brutality and harassment, false arrest, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. He also helped people file for Veteran’s Administration benefits, home loans, small business loans, and Social Security disability and benefits. A couple of land dispute cases are also in the case files section.