P. Photograph Collection

Classification

Identifier: P

Staff Only

Through the mid-1990s, librarians separated out photographs from each new collection that was donated to the archives into a distinct Photograph Collections. This process (sort by medium) made sense to the librarians working at the time. They gave each photograph an alpha-numeric P-number to identify the photograph by subject. The archives no longer organizes its photographs this way, keeping photographs within new collections in the original order or context that they were received. The original Photograph Collection, containing thousands of important images, still exists however, as decades of time and poor record-keeping have made it impossible to put these photographs back into the collections from whence they originated.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Smith and Todd Poultry Farm Photo Collection

Collection

Identifier: B-0147

Content Description

Photographs from the Smith and Todd poultry hauling business. The collection includes images of the owners, aerial photographs of the farm, and pictures of the different trucks the company used over time.

Dates: Event: Donated 7/31/2015 by Jere Jackson for Sam Smith

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Oil Well Photographs Collection

Collection

Identifier: A-0332

Content Description

This collection consists of thirty-two 8x10 photographs. The images are thought to be from circa 1960 because of the vintage of the vehicles in several of the photographs. These images may be useful to researchers interested in the engineering, technology and history of oil production.

Dates: Event: Given to the ETHA and transferred to the ETRC 1/22/2016; Event: Donated 9/2/2017

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Richard S. Orton Collection

File

Identifier: A-0369

Scope and Contents The Richard S. Orton Collection consists of the photographs from two exhibits created by Orton and a series of 16 oral history interviews about African Americans in Nacogdoches County. The photographs capture authentic interactions between teachers and school children at several schools in Austin (1986-1990) and scenes of faith, family and life at Upshaw family reunions at County Line, an African American freedom colony in Nacogdoches County (1988-1998). The exhibit label text which appeared...

Dates: Event: Donated 10/9/2008

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: P-0001

Dates: 19th-20th century

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Obadiah Johnson Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: A-0282

Scope and Contents

Orignal and copies of photographs from the Sanctified Quarters in Nacogdoches, Texas. The Sanctified Quarter was an African American neighborhood located on the southeast side of Nacogdoches. By 1980, when University Drive was extended to Loop 224, a majority of the neighborhood was gone. The area was bordered by Shawnee St., Haywood St. and Deveraux St.

Dates: Event: Donated 12/17/2011

Found in: East Texas Research Center