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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:

Stephen W. Blount Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0260
Dates: 1831-1908

Gribble Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0264
Dates: 1870-1989

Thad Sitton Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0268
Dates: 1931-1985

Pitts Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0269
Scope and Contents

This collection contains documents ranging from German and U.S. newspaper clippings and newspapers to photographs of historic Nacogdoches landmarks such as the Stone Fort.

Dates: 1800-1989

Lelia Berryman Crain Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0276
Dates: 1860-1924; Event: Donated 10/4/2011; Event: Addendum donated 2/19/2020

Ed Walraven Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0305
Scope and Contents

The letters, notes, and tape recordings in this collection document Edward Walraven’s discussions and interviews with Mr. Bob Murphey, a Nacogdoches attorney and humorist. Correspondence is dated from 1986 to 1992. Walraven was interested in humor and its place in the culture.

Dates: 1992

Rubie Morton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0308
Scope and Contents

The letter in this collection is a plea from a man named Bob who asks Ruby to go away with him. The letter indicates that Ruby may have been in some sort of danger or possibly a victim of abuse. The letter is not dated and the writer gives only his first name.

Dates: c.1919-1921

Carrye Burley Brown Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0309
Dates: 1975-2001

Villa Belle Scogin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0307
Dates: 1903-2015

Weta and Lela Acker Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: A-0298
Dates: 1899

Henry Watson Letters

 Collection
Identifier: A-0140
Dates: 1861-1864

World War 1, 169th Aero Squadron Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0224
Scope and Contents

History of the unit, original roster and reunion materials.

Dates: 1918-1976; Event: Donated 8/29/1996

World War 1 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0381
Dates: Event: Donated 3/29/2023; circa 1919

Cleaver Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0293
Scope and Contents

This collection contains many different types of materials. There are newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, diplomas, certificates, correspondence, wills and probate records, journals, newsletters, and several books. Some items of note include plaques honoring various family members and the Arthur and Maude Cleaver’s original Prairie View A and M diplomas from the 1911-1912.

Dates: Event: Donated 6/29/2013

Gerron S. Hite Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0377
Content Description

Collection of printed material and photographs used to preserve grave sites, mostly in Texas.

Dates: Donated 7/16/2021

Hardy Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0373
Content Description

The collection contains 1954 letters from Charles Hardy to his wife Joyce, 1960's letters from Agnes Campbell (Joyce's step-mother) to Joyce, photographs of Charles Hardy's family, and biographical materials on Charles and Joyce Campbell Hardy.

Dates: Event: Donated 6/7/2021

Americus Langston Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0382
Content Description

Two small books, both missing one cover



Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two small notebooks. One notebook has a diary of Americus' life in 1862.

Dates: Event: Donated ; 1859-1879

Glenda Hebert Watters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0380
Content Description

The collection consists of three photo albums of various poeple and places.

Dates: Event: Donated circa 2019; 1930-2009

Whiddon-Lasseter Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: A-0383
Content Description

Love letters from Richard Whiddon and Alice Lasseter. The letters contain day to day life, including people, parties, and church attendance.

Dates: Event: Donated 10/21/2022; 1901-1904

Ronald Wade East Texas History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0235
Arrangement

Boxes 1-8 (12 linear feet) do not have a defined intellectual hierarchy beyond the physical box/folder division of the collection. Box 9 (0.5 linear feet) is a 2012 addendum and arranged into 3 series: 1. Presidents (9 folders) 2. Politicians and Political Events (3 folders) 3. Miscellaneous (1 folder)

Dates: 1819-2000