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A. Personal & Family Collection

 Record Group
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 378 Collections and/or Records:

Holdeman/Holderman Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0137
Scope and Contents

This collection has the family bibles of John and Elvira McClean Holdeman and Alma Florence McCasland Holdeman as well as photocopies of Republic of Texas land documents and Confederate military service records of the Nacogdoches family.

Dates: c.1840-1970

George and Bertha Perry Hogan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0266
Scope and Contents

The collection consists mostly of photographs of George and Bertha Hogan's family.

Dates: 1890s-1970s; Event: Donated in 2008

Price-Hall Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0250
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Price – Hall family letters, photographs and newspaper clippings about the family.

Dates: 1906-1955

N. A. Hogan Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0258
Dates: 1890s-1970s

Carolyn Reeves Ericson Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0099
Scope and Contents

The collection contains research materials used for six of Ericson's books; Nacogdoches Fires and Firemen (1976), The People of Nacogdoches County in the Civil War (1980), Panola County, Texas in the Civil War (2001), Sabine County, Texas in the Civil War (2001), and San Augustine County, Texas in the Civil War (2002).

Dates: 1783-1988

Pochmann Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0025
Scope and Contents The first two boxes of the collection pertain to Ruth Pochmann. The collection includes her correspondence with various editors, personal correspondence and letters about awards and honors. A biographical sketch or "vita" of Mrs. Pochmann by Essie Richardson and an article and program about Mrs. Pochmann receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award of 1981 at SFA are contained in the collection. There are also many pages of handwritten notes by Mrs. Pochmann. Some notes are...
Dates: 1910-1981

Joe E. Ericson Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0248
Scope and Contents

The Joe E. Ericson Research Collection is a collection of research materials on banks and bankers, published articles, research papers, and notes on Nacogdoches history from 1914-1979.

Dates: 1914-1981; Event: Donated in 1998

Bob Fagelson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0247
Scope and Contents

This collection contains articles, magazines, maps, newsletters, photographs, magazines, pamphlets, and other published material relating to the China-Burma-India theater of World War II. The bulk of the collection consists of full and partial issues of the Hump Pilot's Association quarterly newsletter and the China-Burma-India Veteran Association's monthly magazine 'CBI Sound-Off'.

Dates: 1940-2005; Event: Donated 9/21/1992; Event: Addendum donated 5/1/2006

C. A. "Neal" Pickett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0164
Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, speeches and biographical information.

Dates: 1920-1985

Annette Penman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0229
Scope and Contents

The collection mostly consists of photographs taken during the 1930's and 1940's.

Dates: 1890-1940

Samuel Houston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0068
Scope and Contents These papers relate to the activities of Sam Houston mainly while he was governor of Tennessee, President of the Republic of Texas, and U. S. Senator from Texas. Included among the legal documents are photocopies from a lengthy land dispute with James H. Starr. The correspondence includes copies of seven letters to Eber Worthington Cave, mostly written in the last year of Houston's life, as well as one to Adolphus Sterne in 1842. All were omitted from the publication of 'The Writings of Sam...
Dates: 1827-1975

Pena-Chireno Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0024
Scope and Contents The Peña-Chireno Family Papers contain original documents, 50 of which are written in Spanish, for the Peña family, the Chireno family, and other early Spanish and Mexican families (1). The collection includes personal correspondence from Sister Isabel Chireno at the Convent of Sacred Heart in Clarksville, TX to her parents Luis Chireno and Gregoria Chireno. Mother Superior, Mary Pepin also recounted Sister Isabel’s final days in two letters to her family. Other materials in the collection...
Dates: 1800-1936

James R. Parrish Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0179
Scope and Contents

The material in the collection is an example of the publishing process for the book "Between Loaded Guns". It includes the original manuscript pages, the galley proof, newspaper articles, and film script adaptations.

Dates: 1982-1983

Parks Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0197
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of newspaper clippings from the late 1800s to the early 1900s as well as family photographs.

Dates: 1880-1970

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

Dorothy 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