Skip to main content

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 376 Collections and/or Records:

John August Tubbe Sr. Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0243
Abstract

John August Tubbe Sr. (1841-1918) was an immigrant from Prussia who settled in Nacogdoches County, Texas in 1856. August was a pastor and circuit rider for several east Texas Baptist churches, a member of the Nacogdoches Milam Lodge, a farmer on 160 acre tract, and a sawmill operator in Nacogdoches County.

Dates: 1897-1945

Ben Ramsey Speech

 Collection
Identifier: A-0113
Abstract

Speech delivered at the dedication of the Lyne Taliaferro Barret Memorial, Stephen F. Austin State University campus, by Ben Ramsey, the San Augustine, Texas, politician.

Dates: 9/30/1966

Ernest B. Ford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0059
Abstract

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

Dates: 1937-1977

T. Gillette Tilford Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0150
Abstract

This collection includes essays, pamphlets, two speeches, and three scrapbooks containing Tilford's "Out of My Mind" columns written for the Sunday Sentinel,1979-1981.

Dates: 1957-1983

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

Howe-Piper Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0105
Abstract

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

Billie B. Kemper Research Collection on Lindley Beckworth

 Collection
Identifier: A-0076
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence and research material for Kemper's graduate thesis on Lindley Beckworth, lawyer, Texas legislator, and U.S. representative, of Gilmer, Texas. There are also 28 oral history interviews (OH-1767 to OH-1794) on cassette tape that have been integrated into the separate Oral History Collection.

Dates: 1937-1980

Stephen F. Austin Letters

 Collection
Identifier: A-0123
Abstract The letters in this small collection were written by Stephen F. Austin during trips to Mexico which were undertaken on behalf of the Texas colonists in an attempt to work out differences between the settlers and the Mexican government. The letters are addressed to Samuel M. Williams, a business associate of Austin, and Austin's sister and brother-in-law, Emily Austin Bryan Perry and James Franklin Perry, who were all living in or near San Felipe de Austin, Texas. All the letters except the...
Dates: 1832-1836; Event: Donated in 1946

James Allen Kirkpatrick Diary

 Collection
Identifier: A-0085
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1908

R. C. McCrary WWII Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0156
Abstract

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

William D. Murdy World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0160
Abstract

This collection consists of photocopies of the journals Murdy numbered 4-6. He said the other journals were destroyed over the years following the war. Some of the original pictures of the Dachau Concentration Camp were given to the department and are cataloged in the Photograph Collection.

Dates: 1944-1945

L. G. Schenck-Southland Paper Mills Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0170
Abstract

This small collection consists of early documents and later papers relating to Southland Paper Mills, Lufkin, Texas.

Dates: 1935-1969

Lemuel Brown Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0231
Abstract

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

Mary Lynn Baxter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0204
Abstract

Newspaper clippings about Mary Lynn Baxter and galleys of two of her novels, Another Kind of Love and Shared Moments, both published by Silhouette Books.

Dates: Event: Donated 9/7/1983

Mattie Lou McLendon-Ballard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0228
Abstract 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

Bob Pierce Letters

 Collection
Identifier: A-0210
Abstract The collection consists of a compilation of letters sent home to family in the early 1970s by Bob Pierce during his tour of duty in the Vietnam War, with the exception of one letter sent to Pierce from his sister, Kathy. The letters only indicate the day and month that they were written, with postmark information on two letters indicating the year in which written. The letters involve general information about conditions and circumstances experienced while serving duty in Vietnam, and...
Dates: circa 1970-1972

Joe E. Ericson Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0248
Abstract

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

Price-Hall Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0250
Abstract

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

Dates: 1906-1955

Weaver-Huckaby-Dobbs Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0289
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of photographs dating from the early 20th century until 2001. There are a few newspaper clippings, postcards, and a telegram from Western Union.

Dates: 1900-2003

Watt Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0285
Abstract

This collection contains personal letters between Mary Watt and her brother Thomas Kerr as well as between Andrew Watt and his aunt. There are also Dr. Watt’s copies of prescriptions and receipts for the treatment of various patients. There are numerous business receipts and ledgers from Andrew Watt’s business dealings as well as tax documents.

Dates: 1830-1880