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A. Personal & Family Collection

 Classification
Identifier: A
The Family and Personal Collection offer sources for the study of a variety of topics such as agriculture, economic conditions, the Civil War, the role of Texan women, and family history in Texas history. Such collections contain diaries, letters, land records, memoirs, and other papers collected by, and centered on, an individual or successive generations of a family. Among the collections is material from Karle Wilson Baker, Stephen F. Austin, Archie P. McDonald, and local NAACP leader Arthur Weaver. These collections document the social, cultural and economic history of East Texas from European colonialism to the present day and provide a view into southern culture and life.

Found in 371 Collections and/or Records:

Howe-Piper Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0105
Scope and Contents

This collection consists primarily of sheet music for voice and piano from 1850 to 1920. There are also stamping patterns from 1883-1885.

Dates: 1850-1978

Pamela Lynn Palmer Collection on Karle Wilson Baker

 Collection
Identifier: A-0180
Scope and Contents

This is a small collection consists of the unpublished manuscript, 'Let Me Grow Lovely: A Biography of Karle Wilson Baker, Texas Writer', with photographs of Karle Wilson Baker and her home.

Dates: Event: Donated 11/3/1998

Dorthy Palmer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0222
Scope and Contents

The bulk of this collection consists of deeds, but there are also promissory notes, photographs, negatives, several land surveys, some estate papers, a land grant, and a plat map. The majority of the documents pertain to Nacogdoches County.

Researchers may find several of the c.1920s photographs and negatives in folder 1 to be of particular interest.

Dates: 1854-1935

Owens-Stephens Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0167
Scope and Contents

This collection consists entirely of photocopies of the day books of William E. Stephens and letters, diaries, tax receipts, and other documents relating to Alice Stephens Owens. The diaries record family events, the weather, vacation trips, and daily activities.

Dates: 1898-1976

James Carlton Owens WWII Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0161
Scope and Contents

This collection consists predominantly of letters from James Carlton Owens to his parents, wife, and children written during his Naval service in World War II. Also included are a letter from Rosa Lee Owens to James C. Owens, telegrams to the family from the military confirming the death of Owens, sympathy letters, military memorabilia, medals (including the Purple Heart), books, and certificates.

Dates: 1911-1952

Hubert Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0058
Dates: 1838-1942; Donated in 1971

George F. Ingraham Acknowledgement Record

 Collection
Identifier: A-0064
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1914-1918

George F. Ingraham Letter Book

 Collection
Identifier: A-0065
Scope and Contents

Blotter copy of letters relating to Ingraham's duties as County Judge and to personal business.

Dates: 1912-1915

Ingraham-Blount-Gough Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0168
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of original documents and research materials collected by Mary Martha Hackney on the Ingraham family of Nacogdoches County, the Blount family of San Augustine County, the Gough family, and other families connected to them, including the B. F. Prices, Landons and Tuckers. The collection contains photocopies, carbons, typescripts, and original manuscript materials.

Dates: 1763-1994

Paul Overall WWII Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0226
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the photographs taken by Overall from the liberation of a World War II concentration camp and his honorable discharge certificate.

Dates: 1946; Event: Donated 9/21/1992

Orton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0023
Scope and Contents

The letters and business papers included in the Orton Family Papers concern mostly the Sidney Maury Orton family. In addition, many letters concern the Mt. Enterprise Male and Female Academy, where Sidney and Louisa's children attended school. Many of the letters in the collection have typed transcripts.

Dates: 1833-1889

Johnson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0120
Scope and Contents

This 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.

Dates: 1867-1984

William R. Johnson Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0165
Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of speeches that William R. Johnson gave while President of SFA. There are speeches to students, faculty, civic organizations and high schools, at conferences, and to dedicate university buildings. The collection has correspondence to friends and on SFA matters, like the renovation of the President's house. There are also a number of reference letters that Johnson wrote for SFA personnel, students and friends. Additional information related to Johnson's...
Dates: 1976-1990

New London School Explosion Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0203
Arrangement

This collection consists of three folders in one oversize archival box. One of the "folders" is actually a smaller oversize box with the original scrapbook pages inside.

Dates: 1937

Susanah S. Nevills Letter

 Collection
Identifier: A-0213
Scope and Contents

This collection is a single handwritten letter in poor condition. It is about family affairs and a land dispute.

Dates: 1888

Albert Aldrich Nelson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0022
Scope and Contents

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1833-1965

Pauline Shirley Murrie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0191
Scope and Contents

Three photographs of an unidentified house; a letter to Matie Orton Davis from Addie T. McCall, 1935; and information on Baptist churches in Nacogdoches County, Texas.

Dates: 1887-1918, 1935

William D. Murdy World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0160
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photocopies of the journals Murdy numbered 4-6. He said the other journals were destroyed over the years following the war. Some of the original pictures of the Dachau Concentration Camp were given to the department and are cataloged in the Photograph Collection.

Dates: 1944-1945

W. Goodrich Jones Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0016
Scope and Contents This collection consists of personal and business correspondence; writings; newspaper and magazine articles; brochures; biographical and genealogical materials; and Texas forestry history by and about Jones, known as "the Father of Texas Forestry." Researchers may find the ledger of correspondenceof particular interest. It has letters, notes and telegrams from important individuals such as Texas' U. S. Senator Morris Sheppard, Texas Governor Pat M. Neff, timber baron John...
Dates: 1881-1985

Billie B. Kemper Research Collection on Lindley Beckworth

 Collection
Identifier: A-0076
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence and research material for Kemper's graduate thesis on Lindley Beckworth, lawyer, Texas legislator, and U.S. representative, of Gilmer, Texas. There are also 28 oral history interviews (OH-1767 to OH-1794) on cassette tape that have been integrated into the separate Oral History Collection.

Dates: 1937-1980