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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:

John Forbes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0063
Scope and Contents The collection contains legal papers, correspondence, business papers, Republic of Texas Army Commissary Records, and biographical and genealogical material on Forbes. There is a transcript of the David G. Burnet treason trial and papers relating to Sam Houston, David Crockett, and Andrew Jackson. See Separated Materials for two volumes of transcripts of the Forbes vs. Labadie trial that include detailed testimony on the Battle of San...
Dates: 1836-1963

McMurry Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0178
Scope and Contents

This collection has genealogical records for the McMurry family. Historians of Robertson County, Texas may find documents in this collection useful.

Dates: 1844-1905

Mattie Lou McLendon-Ballard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0228
Scope and Contents The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 1849-1933

Marion Wall Lowery WWII Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0151
Scope and Contents The collection consists of an unofficial history of the Aero Medical Center entitled Report From Heidelberg, a transcript, "Opening statement for the United States against Karl Brandt, et al", articles from The Stars and Stripes, and articles from the magazine, Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. Also part of the collection are two books by Eric Sloane, Gremlin Americanus, and ...
Dates: 1946-1947, 1983

Sylvia and Tom McGrath Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0261
Scope and Contents

This collection contains personal letters, documents and college admissions letters Sylvia McGrath received as well as letters and documents sent to her parents and a few other members of her family. The collection also contains a large assortment of photographs and negatives, especially of Sylvia and Myra's childhood, and a scrapbook for Sandra McGrath.

Dates: 1922-1985

Marigold Creamery Records

 Collection
Identifier: A-0193
Scope and Contents

An account ledger for Nacogdoches business Marigold Creamery and a Nacogdoches County Resolution honoring H. H. Cooper.

Dates: 1913-1917, 1934

Cora Mast Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0182
Scope and Contents

The collection contains the original marriage certificate of Kit Patton to Cora Mast, a poem by Cora Mast, a letter to her sister Leona Mast and one to her brother Oscar Mast.

Dates: 1887, 1894, 1905

Lita Mayberry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0259
Scope and Contents The collection includes photographs collected during Mrs. Lita Mayberry's years as a school teacher and of her family life. Many of the earlier pictures are in the form of postcards. Subjects include students, family, and friends, many of whom are unnamed. Mayberry taught at least at Centerville, Hudson Grade, Hudson Elementary, Herty School, East Ward School, and Kurth Elementary School. In looking at the series of photographs, one sees the progression of time in clothing, quality of...
Dates: 1912-1961; Event: Donated in 2009

Ernest B. Ford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0059
Scope and Contents

This collection includes manuscripts and published sheet music, correspondence, biographical materials, and manuscripts of two novels written by Ford.

Dates: 1937-1977

McFarland-Russell Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0019
Scope and Contents

The McFarland-Russell family papers consist of personal and business correspondence, legal and business papers, Confederacy related items, materials related to the history of Orange, Texas, and a large amount of material of personal and genealogical interest produced and collected by members of these two East Texas families.

Dates: 1832-1950

Hulie W. Freeze Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0241
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Freeze's correspondences to various newspaper editor and his friend Agi Maier, as well as his unpublished manuscript on the Kennedy assassination.

Dates: 1908-1955

John (Jack) A. Forman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0125
Scope and Contents This collection contains a 37-page typescript narrative by Jack Forman of his World War II memories, papers and certificates providing a record of his military service, and documents which trace the 17-month march through Europe of his unit, Battery "A" of the 110th Gun Battalion. There are 200 photos and a number of negatives of war scenes in Europe, as well as a 48-star U. S. flag, foreign currency, and some war maps. The collection is missing four photographs, one...
Dates: 1910-2000

Joseph E. Mayfield Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0088
Scope and Contents

Chiefly the writings of the physician and Civil War veteran of Nacogdoches on various aspects of the early history of Nacogdoches, most of which were published in his column "Nacogdoches Traditions" in the Daily Sentinel.

Dates: 1921-1924

Ardath Mayhar Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0100
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of manuscripts, galley proofs, and correspondence with publishers, editors, and writers, including most notably science fiction/fantasy writer, Andre Norton. Ardath recycles scrap paper from various sources in her work.

Dates: 1955-1999

Archie P. McDonald Research Collection on Freemasonry

 Collection
Identifier: A-0077
Scope and Contents

This collection represents some of the materials used in the research for 'By Early Candlelight' and includes notes, articles and pamphlets on freemasonry in Texas, the United States, and abroad and Dr. McDonald's original typescript for his book.

Dates: Event: Manuscript donated circa 1966; Event: Pamphlets donated 7/24/1969

R. C. McCrary WWII Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0156
Scope and Contents

This collection includes service documents, personal papers, and a diary in which McCrary kept details of bombing missions in Europe which he took part in from May to September, 1944. There are also aerial photographs from bombing raids into Germany.

Dates: 1941-1945

John Scouller McCulloch Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: A-0056
Scope and Contents

McCulloch's memory of experiences in 1864 as a Union Army chaplain taken prisoner at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, and marched to Camp Ford near Tyler, Texas. Describes battles, wounded men, barracks, amusements, sanitary conditions, punishments, torture, and trading among prisoners and guards.

Dates: 1877

Archie P. McDonald Manuscript of Adolphus Sterne Diary, 1838-1851

 Collection
Identifier: A-0109
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of McDonald's draft manuscript, including chapter notes, to HURRAH FOR TEXAS! THE DIARY OF ADOLPHUS STERNE 1838-1851, published by Texian Press in 1969. The manuscript does not include the index or bibliography printed in the published version.

Dates: c.1968

Meroney Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0020
Scope and Contents

The papers in this collection consist of letters and other writings of members of the Meroney family. Of special interest are the Civil War letters. All the documents in the collection are original, accompanied by a typed transcription.

Dates: 1846-1865

McPhail-Hartgraves Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0029
Scope and Contents

Collection contains genealogical research mostly pertaining to the Earnest, Gaston, Hamilton, and Killion families. Includes Bible owned by Mary V. Hartgraves Bible.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1968-1994