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Box 6 (oversize)

 Box — Box: 6

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of personal correspondence, notes, programs, accounts, souvenirs, religious materials, bills, receipts, and miscellaneous personal mementoes of Virgie Sanders. Also included are newspaper clippings about Virgie Sanders. The collection includes items about Nacogdoches history, Texas history, and the Texas Centennial. Topics about Nacogdoches include historic trees, the Old Nacogdoches University, businesses, historical markers, the Old Stone Fort, the Nacogdoches Opera House, West Nacogdoches Institute, the Hill School, and the Stone Fort Rifles. Biographical information about Texans such as Sam Houston, Dan Moody, James E. and Miriam Ferguson and Gustine Courson Weaver is included. The collection contains information about theatre and music within and outside Texas. Other items include correspondence and a yearbook of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, miscellaneous pictures of historic figures and local people, non-Texas biographies, and corporate and government pamphlets and brochures. Seven scrapbooks are included in the collection relating to the Texas Centennial Nacogdoches Homecoming, Texas history, Britain's George VI and Queen Elizabeth, World War II, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The collection contains several special editions of the DAILY SENTINEL including two Historical Editions, a 1936 "Homecoming Edition," and a "Gateway to Texas" Celebration Edition.

Dates

  • Creation: 1896-1973

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 14.50 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the East Texas Research Center Repository

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