A. Personal & Family Collection
Found in 371 Collections and/or Records:
Clarke-Page Family Collection
The collection consists of original manuscript letters, photocopies of official documents, material from published works, explanatory notes and a large number of historic photographs relating to the families. Most of the collection focuses on Samuel H. Page and his descendants.
Cleaver Family Papers
This collection contains many different types of materials. There are newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, diplomas, certificates, correspondence, wills and probate records, journals, newsletters, and several books. Some items of note include plaques honoring various family members and the Arthur and Maude Cleaver’s original Prairie View A and M diplomas from the 1911-1912.
Clyde J. Woodward Reminiscences
Reminiscences of Oil Springs, Texas, of the lumbering industry and the history of the Shay locomotive in East Texas by the Nacogdoches lumberman and locomotive engineer.
Colonial Spanish Horse Collection
The papers, letters, articles, and photographs in this collection were used by Gretchen Patterson in 2018 for her Master’s thesis “The Preservation of the Colonial Spanish Horse and Robert E. Brislawn, Sr.” These items came into her possession when the Horse of the Americas Registry re-incorporated in the State of Texas in 2000. Patterson is the official secretary of the corporation as well as the registrar.
Cora Mast Research Collection
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.
Covington Family Papers
Cox-Day Family Papers
Collection includes a daily diary of J. A. Day (1938-1939), account book (1875-1935) of J. A. Day which includes payments and collections of Melrose Circuit (Methodist Church); and photocopy of Minute Book of the Shady Grove United Friends of Temperance (1885-1887).
Crawford-Yancy-Scrogins Family Papers
The collection contains original documents, including legal and financial records, land papers, and personal correspondence concerning the Crawford, Yancy and Scroggins families, 1823-1902.
D.A. Orviss Papers
Most of the collection are letters about his business, there are two letters from his cousin Harriet Ellen Shawn living in Maine.
Dan Beaty Collection
Music compositions and lecture notes from his teaching career at Stephen F. Austin State University. Alss included is his thesis dissertation, class notes, and assignments.
Daniel W. Lay Collection
This collection consists of the papers of Daniel W. Lay, author and wildlife biologist in East Texas. Works provide an alternate viewpoint from the heavily industry-oriented area. It includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, reports, research notes, negatives, and photographs.
David V. Muckleroy Papers
The collection contains four original land deeds (1849-1851) and copies of two other land documents. There are also several biographical and genealogical materials, including a typescript of an account by Jesse H. Muckleroy (son of David) tracing the family's move from Tennessee to Texas and the establishment of their farm near Nacogdoches.
Davidson Family Collection
The collection mostly consist of genealogical information on the Davidson and allied families.
Day Family Collection
Photographs of mostly Nacogdoches schools and people.
Denard Family Collection
The collection consists primarily of photographs from the turn of the 20th century, but also includes death notices and correspondence.
DiAnn Vick Collection
The collection consists of materials found in books gifted to the University from the donor's estate.
Dorthy Palmer Papers
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.
Dr. James V. Reese Papers
The collection consists of professional, student and personal correspondence, Historical Commissions, Museums and other publications, speeches, cards, invitations, and other material.
Durst-Davenport Family Collection
The collection consists of mostly legal documents and receipts associated with J. B. B. Davenport and his son, J. B. Davenport.