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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 376 Collections and/or Records:

Wortham Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0147
Abstract

Photocopies of newspaper articles, including obituaries of members of the related Ashcroft family, an invitation, a letter, a will, and some other items relating to the Hopkins County family.

Dates: 1852-1891

Sylvia and Tom McGrath Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0261
Abstract

This collection contains personal letters, documents and college admissions letters Sylvia McGrath received as well as letters and documents sent to her parents and a few other members of her family. The collection also contains a large assortment of photographs and negatives, especially of Sylvia and Myra's childhood, and a scrapbook for Sandra McGrath.

Dates: 1922-1985

Luther Swift Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0279
Abstract

Legal documents pertaining to Nacogdoches area land transactions make up the bulk of this collection, though there is also some correspondence, an insurance policy for the Swift Bros. livery barn, and a map of land off Bois d'Arc Street.

Dates: 1900-1956

Cheryl Keneaster Nelson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0324
Scope and Contents The Cheryl Keneaster Nelson Collection offers an insight into music that was popular in the first half Twentieth Century in America, specifically in Texas and the area around Houston, via a collection of piano sheet music published in America between 1909 and 1976. (Very few pieces after the mid-fifties.) Music styles represented are varied, including a number of romantic ballads, ragtime and blues, patriotic songs, novelty pieces, and a wide variety of dance pieces such as waltzes and...
Dates: 1909-1984

Janet Turner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0032
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1950-1989

New London School Explosion Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0203
Abstract

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings from various Texas newspapers about the school explosion.

Dates: 1937

East Texas School Men's Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0209
Abstract

The East Texas School Men’s Club Collection documents the organization and activities of the East Texas School Men’s Club from 1930 to 1940 through correspondence, a historical manuscript, constitution, membership lists, meeting programs, and organizational reports. The materials document the Club’s efforts to address educational issues and promote cooperation among educational leaders in East Texas.

Dates: 1930-1941

Anna Schott Motley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0242
Abstract

The Anna Mary Schott Family Collection consists of family papers and photographs documenting the Schott family and life in Nacogdoches, Texas. Materials include family and civic photographs, correspondence and postcards, legal and employment records, insurance policies, and an 1858 ledger documenting land titles and claims.

Dates: 1897-1990

John F. Kennedy Assassination Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0138
Abstract

This collection consists of newspaper clippings, copies of police reports, and photocopies of photographs relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, and the subsequent killings of Officer J. D. Tippit and Lee Harvey Oswald. The materials document contemporary reporting and official investigations surrounding these events.

Dates: 1963-1994

Stone Fort Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0154
Abstract

Deeds and other documents relating to the ownership of the Stone Fort and the lot on which it stood in downtown Nacogdoches.



Dates: 1841-1901

Memory Brockman Lanford Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0135
Abstract

The bible records (1830-1974) include births, deaths, and marriages of the Lanford, Yandle, Jimmerson, Wright, and Rodgers families of Henderson, Rusk County, Texas.

Dates: 1853

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

Sparks Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0044
Abstract Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates: 1835-1971

East Texas Railroads and Locomotives Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0080
Abstract A collection of materials compiled from various sources concerning many of the railroad lines which have operated in East Texas. Included in the collection are an original first mortgage bond of the Houston East and West Texas Railway Company, the Articles of Incorporation of the Red River, Sabine and Western Railway Company, a subscription list for a proposed line of the Texas and New Orleans Railway Company through Nacogdoches, correspondence relating to the history of the Moscow, Camden...
Dates: 1853-1985

Robert Wilson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0081
Abstract

Robert Wilson was a businessman, soldier in the Republic of Texas Army and congressman of Harrisburg, Texas. Photostats of Wilson's letters to his son, James Theodore Dudley Wilson, and some miscellaneous other documents.

Dates: 1835-1856

Garland Roark Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0181
Abstract The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1946-1988

Kelsey Harris Douglass Letters

 Collection
Identifier: A-0132
Abstract The collection includes seven letters written by Kelsey H. Douglass to his wife Minerva while he was a member of Congress in Houston. The letters are mostly concerned with getting things done at home during Kelsey's absence. These letters were laminated with the intent of preserving them. Unfortunately the lamination is starting to turn darker in color. There are also two letters from Minerva Douglass' aunt and uncle, Jesse and Mary Childress Benton. One letter was written from Nachitoches,...
Dates: 1837-1840, 1987; Event: Donated in 1988

Ida Pritchett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0134
Abstract

This collection includes programs, photographs, newspaper clippings on SFA and local musical events, and original hand-drawn and printed artwork.

Dates: 1923-1953

William Roark Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0146
Abstract

The items in this collection relate to William Roark's work as a surveyor and in other official positions, to the buying and selling of slaves, and to other aspects of his life. All of the items in the collection are photocopies plus one typescript of one of the documents.

Dates: 1827-1860

Swank Family World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0145
Abstract

Materials relating to the military careers of Lufkin residents Harry F. Swank, Marine Corps (1941-1945) and his wife, Mary Addie Foster, Marine Corps Women's Reservists (1943-1945). Includes a Bible issued to service personnel and a war ration book.

Dates: 1942-1945