A. Personal & Family 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.

Collection consists mostly of deed records for J. W. Christian and property he owned.

Typescript of the diary (actually reminiscences) of the Nacogdoches native's experiences in the Civil War and later as a sheep rancher in Laredo, Texas (1841-1908). Genealogical data on the Kirkpatrick family is also included.

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.

The collection consists of folders containing memorabilia from James Strickland while he was in the navy.

Original handwritten letters from prominent early Nacogdoches and Marshall citizen, James Harper Starr, to James and Susan Thorn concerning business and personal events.

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.

Record of acknowledgments taken by Lacey, notary public of Rusk County. Shows transactions regarding land transactions: deeds, powers of attorney, oil and gas leases, and vendor's releases.

Artist and faculty member at SFASU. Collection includes newspaper clippings, programs of exhibits, original drawings illustrating The Yazoo River, prints of birds of Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana, magazine articles illustrated by Turner, and biographical information.

World War 1 and World War 2 maps and a World War 1 roster book.

The majority of the collection are letters, postcards, and photographs associated with Josie Pack Wilson Atkinson.

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.

There is a map, prayer book, pay record book and a military guide book in the collections. Researchers may find the guide book to San Antonio particularly interesting because it includes descriptions of Fort Sam Houston, Leon Springs Military Reservation, Camp Stanley, Kelly Field, the Balloon School, Camp Travis, Army YMCA, Camp Logan, and Camp McArthur.

The collection contains five photographs from the 1920s of Caddo Lake General Store, J. C. Crain Grocery & Market, and Johnson Brothers Ranch. Postcard of T & P Hospital in Marshall, Texas. Nacogdoches, Texas Fredonia Hotel, postcard, newspaper clipping and advertisement.

The collection consists of family photographs, letters and tax receipts.

Newspaper clippings, copies of official police reports, and photocopies of photographs relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, in Dallas, Texas.

The letters concern an incomplete Spanish land document for land in Nacogdoches County.