A. Personal & Family Collection
Found in 372 Collections and/or Records:
Day Family Collection
Photographs of mostly Nacogdoches schools and people.
Kelsey Harris Douglass Letters
William A. Droddy Diary
Marylois Dunn Papers
The collection consists of manuscripts; galley proofs; correspondence from editors, friends, and fans; reviews; newspaper clippings; and other memorabilia.
Easley-Thornton Family Collection
The majority of the collection consists of both the Easley and Thornton family photos from 1900-1937. A few interesting photos include those of the newly built Canton Court House in 1937. This collection also contains a blank marriage license, personal letters, and postcards.
Benjamin Franklin Duren Common Book
Most of the book contains lyrics to songs and medical remedies of the time. The year listed in the finding aid is the year that it was written in the book by B. F. Duren, with the exception of 1884 and 1889 which was written in by Mollie Duren.
Durst Family Collection
J. Elbert Reese Papers
This collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other materials relating to J. Elbert Reese's extensive civic and community activities.
Allen Thomas Garrard Autobiography
This collection consists of a brief autobiography of Allen Thomas Garrard, 'Daily Sentinel' newspaper clippings on Garrard, his obituary, and genealogical data on the Garrard family.
Henry Parks Garrison Letters
Rector-Stockwell Family Collection
The material in this collection consists of genealogical research on the decedents of Emanuel and Mary Strahan. The researched was conducted by Barbara Oliver Stockwell and Lorene Hobbs Rector. Both women are third generation Strahans.
William F. Price Collection
Peyton Forbes Edwards Ledger
Stamped "General Index - Peyton F. Edwards" the ledger serves as an index to Dockets D and E of an unidentified record of judgments. The names included in the index are those of Nacogdoches residents of the period.
Elliot A. P. Evans East Texas Houses Collection
The collection contains photographs, postcards, correspondence, and newspaper articles pertaining to Mr. Evans' research on East Texas Homes.
Quillian Garrison Research Collection
Edwin W. Gaston, Jr. Papers
This collection consists of 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).
J. Roy Gray Collection
This collection consists of original deeds and other documents relating to the von der Hoya family in Nacogdoches. One item of interest is a conveyance of property in Nacogdoches from Thomas J. Rusk to Bennett Blake which includes the Red House. The Red House was the Old Spanish Barracks until 1832, and in 1845 it became Nacogdoches University.
John Gurnett Papers
The letters concern an incomplete Spanish land document for land in Nacogdoches County.