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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 377 Collections and/or Records:

Mattie Sharp Brewer Research Papers on George Louis Crocket

 Collection
Identifier: A-0038
Scope and Contents

Included in Miss Brewer's gift are correspondence, newspaper articles, and photographs relating to Crocket, among them being views of some of his carvings.

Dates: 1845-1970

Charles Brightwell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0216
Scope and Contents

The materials in this collection consist of business receipts for the sale of cotton bales, several religious publications, World War 2 ration books, and minutes from two Primitive Baptist Association meetings.

Dates: 1893-1940s

Sowers-Campbell Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0041
Abstract

Correspondence, bills, receipts, and other papers, relating to a steam mill in Alto, Texas, owned by Robert Sowers of Cherokee County, Texas, and personal correspondence of his family and of Emma A. Campbell.

Dates: 1808-1890

James L. Britton American Indian Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0118
Scope and Contents This collection consists of government documents, Presidential messages, broadsides, monographs, and other early imprints concerning American Indian treaties, land claims, removal, wars, and appropriations. The bulk of the materials relate to Cherokee, but the Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, Wyandot, Chippewa, and other tribes are included. The documents concern lands in the Southeast, Northwest, Midwest, and Southwest United States. The collection was accumulated by James L. Britton, a...
Dates: 1820-1892

Ralph Adam Smith Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: A-0110
Scope and Contents The collection consists of drafts of Smith's M.A. thesis and Ph.D. dissertation. "The Life of Alexander Horton" (1936) is a biography of a San Augustine citizen prominent in early Texas history. The manuscript traces Horton's family background and domestic life, his opposition to the Fredonian Rebellion, and his experiences in the Texas Revolution, Cherokee War, and Regulator-Moderator War. "A. J. Rose, Agrarian Crusader of Texas" (1938) is the biography of a leader...
Dates: 1936-1938

Josephus Brooks Account of Franklin B. Sublett Plantation

 Collection
Identifier: A-0102
Scope and Contents Josephus Brooks' plantation account of the Sublett plantation in Trinity County covers the years 1859-1861. The account describes crops of cotton, corn, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and melons, and farm chores such as clearing, ditching, plowing, and fencing. He mentions trips made by persons associated with the plantations, visitors, and shipping of goods by steamship. He keeps a record of the weather and health of the slaves. The account is a typescript copy. Biographical and genealogical...
Dates: 1859-1891

Harriet Frances Smith Narrative

 Collection
Identifier: A-0071
Abstract

Transcript of historical and descriptive narrative entitled "Black Prairie, a Regional Study," which relates to the geographical history and development of the blackland prairie region of Texas, which includes the cities of Dallas, Waco, Austin, and San Antonio.

Dates: circa 1930

John P. Simpson Memoirs

 Collection
Identifier: A-0091
Abstract

Memoirs relating mainly to Indian atrocities and retaliations in pioneer Texas (1838-1845), chiefly in Fannin County, by pioneer businessman, sheriff, land owner and county judge John P. Simpson.

Dates: Publication: 1880

Alfred S. Shivers Research Collection on Jessamyn West

 Collection
Identifier: A-0074
Abstract

Correspondence, notes, and clippings pertaining to the life and works of Jessamyn West: poet, novelist and short story writer. Copies of many of her works are included. Materials collected by Dr. Shivers, SFASU English Professor, in preparation for writing his critical biography, Jessamyn West (1972).

Dates: 1919-1978

Lemuel Brown Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0231
Scope and Contents

Doctor's account book listing patients' names or relation to head of household and sometimes type of treatment or prescription with costs. Patients were from Nacogdoches and San Augustine counties.

Dates: 1837-1841

Emily Austin Bryan Descendants Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0198
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a Bryan family Bible, a registry in the Bible with genealogical information on the Bryan family, a letter to James Bryan from Moses Austin Bryan, copies from published sources of articles related to Stephen F. Austin and Bryan family members, and other genealogical materials.

Dates: 1880s, 1928

Hugh Byar Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0205
Scope and Contents

The Hugh Byar Collection is composed of twenty-four Nacogdoches County, Texas deeds spanning the years 1847-1901.

Dates: 1847-1901

Nathan D. Canterbury Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0039
Scope and Contents

These papers, which relate to Canterbury's business and professional life, are divided into broad general categories. Within the broad categories the papers are subdivided and arranged by types, such as correspondence, reports, pamphlets and speeches. The Collection contains approximately 1474 items.

Dates: 1937-1977

J. M. Cartwright Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0036
Scope and Contents

Day books, account books and bills from J. M. Cartwright's store in Nat, Texas from which he peddled into other East Texas towns. Also includes tax receipts, correspondence, and business advertisements, genealogical material concerning Lewis, Campbell and Radley families. The bulk of the collection covers the period of the 1870s through the 1890s.

Dates: 1858-1931; Event: Donated in 1978

C. K. Chamberlain Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0255
Scope and Contents

This collection has correspondence, newspaper articles, programs, and newsletters, as well as historical manuscripts and book reviews submitted to East Texas Historical Journal editor Dr. Chamberlain.

Dates: 1947-1969; Event: Donated 1987

William Trout Chambers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0127
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of articles and essays written by William T. Chambers relating to the geography of Texas, the United States and other parts of the world. It also includes a letter written by Dr. Chambers which describes the land of Nacogdoches County in 1840.

Dates: 1926-1986

J. W. Christian Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0253
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1858-1960; Donated in 2007

Civil War Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0166
Scope and Contents

This collection has a mix of Southern correspondence, newspaper articles, rosters, orders, war tax receipts, and other papers and documents relating to the Civil War. There are originals, typed transcriptions, and photocopies in the collection.

Dates: 1860-1972; Event: Addendum donated 10/13/1931; Event: Addendum donated 6/21/1963; Event: Addendum donated c.1963-1964; Event: Addendum donated 11/15/1968

Clarke-Page Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0227
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1773-1997; Event: Donated in 1996

Covington Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0251
Scope and Contents This collection contains an audio tape, personal letters, legal notices, bills of health, and bank receipts dating from 1890 to roughly 1924. Most of the personal letters are to Mrs. L. Covington from her daughter Sarah and son-in-law, Mr. H.T. Temme concerning their personal life, marriage and Sarah's schooling. A few other letters are written by other family members, including sisters and other children concerning the health and well being of Mr. Covington. Many of the health letters and...
Dates: 1890-1924