A. Personal & Family Collection

Classification

Identifier: A

Staff Only

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 378 Collections and/or Records:

Gregory Townsend Bedell Moore Papers

Collection

Identifier: A-0129

Scope and Contents SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF GREGORY BEDELL MOORE, compiled by Mrs. Bedell Moore [his daughter-in-law?] consists of photocopies of two volumes of handwritten narratives with photographs, clippings, and church programs interspersed. The volumes contain information about Moore's family, businesses, activities in the Episcopal Church, and philanthropic organizations. The volume HENRY J. LUTCHER AND G. BEDELL MOORE'S TRIP TO TEXAS 1877 contains details of their journey from Williamsport, PA...

Dates: Event: Donated 3/18/1983; Event: Addendum donated 5/5/1987

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Meador Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: A-0188

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a marriage license, warranty deed, and middle school report cards from Nacogdoches.

Dates: 1906-1911, 1983; Event: Donated 6/23/1982; Event: Addendum donated 10/8/1990

Found in: East Texas Research Center

U.S.S. Stephen F. Austin Merchant Marine Ship Collection

Collection

Identifier: A-0225

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photocopies of the U.S.S. Stephen F. Austin's logbooks as well as newspaper articles, photographs and correspondence pertaining to the vessel.

Dates: Event: Donated in 1996

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Stephen W. Blount Collection

Collection

Identifier: A-0260

Dates: 1831-1908

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Gribble Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: A-0264

Dates: 1870-1989

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Thad Sitton Research Collection

Collection

Identifier: A-0268

Dates: 1931-1985

Found in: East Texas Research Center

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

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Lelia Berryman Crain Collection

Collection

Identifier: A-0276

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

Found in: East Texas Research Center

William Felix Gigliotti Railroad Scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: A-0014

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 20 scrapbooks with information on United States and Canadian railroads. The scrapbooks are predominantly clippings from newspapers and magazines, but there are also some stock photographs and other original materials. Researchers interested in twentieth-century transportation and trains may find this collection useful.

Dates: 1893-1958

Found in: East Texas Research Center

McFarland-Russell Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: A-0019

Scope and Contents The McFarland-Russell family papers contain the personal histories of early Texans Thomas S. McFarland and Robert B. Russell and their descendants. The McFarland journal, an original copy, was written by Thomas McFarland from January 1st, 1837 to June 1840 about his daily activities while land surveying in early East Texas. It provides a glimpse into life for Texans following independence from Mexico. Robert B. Russell’s correspondence details his service as the Confederate postmaster of...

Dates: 1832-1950

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Ellen Landers Collection

Collection

Identifier: A-0275

Scope and Contents While ostensibly a genealogical collection detailing Ellen Landers’s ancestry going back more than 6 generations, the Ellen Landers Collection also offers valuable insight into topics such as the interstate slave trade, antebellum politics in Georgia, the 1856 Democratic National Convention, secession, and 1880s courtship etiquette. The majority of historical documents are correspondence to and from family and friends, but there are also bills and receipts, dance invitations, and one month...

Dates: 1791-2006

Found in: East Texas Research Center

A. A. Nelson Family Letters

Collection

Identifier: A-0272

Scope and Contents

The letters in this collection document A. A. Nelson II and Mattie Langston’s courtship and early marriage between 1895 to 1899 and provide a perspective of life in Nacogdoches in the late 19th century.

Dates: 1894-1899

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers

Collection

Identifier: A-0005

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 1836-1966; Event: Donated in 1966

Found in: East Texas Research Center

The Rusk Family Letters

Collection

Identifier: A-0030

Scope and Contents The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk. This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include: • Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother...

Dates: Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Karle Wilson Baker Papers

Collection

Identifier: A-0002

Scope and Contents

The Karle Wilson Baker Papers include diaries; manuscripts; correspondence with publishers, editors, writers, fans, friends, and organizations; newspaper clippings and other biographical materials; photographs; and historical research materials, including some original materials dating back to the 1830's.

Dates: c.1800s-1963; Event: Donated in 1974

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Goss Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: A-0187

Dates: 1859

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Pena-Chireno Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: A-0024

Scope and Contents The Peña-Chireno Family Papers contain original documents, 50 of which are written in Spanish, for the Peña family, the Chireno family, and other early Spanish and Mexican families (1). The collection includes personal correspondence from Sister Isabel Chireno at the Convent of Sacred Heart in Clarksville, TX to her parents Luis Chireno and Gregoria Chireno. Mother Superior, Mary Pepin also recounted Sister Isabel’s final days in two letters to her family. Other materials in the collection...

Dates: 1800-1936

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Quillian Garrison Research Collection

Collection

Identifier: A-0042

Scope and Contents The Quillian Garrison Research Collection is a genealogical research collection compiled by Garrison for her book, Descendants of Caleb Garrison, Sr. and His Wife, Sarah Fleming 1791-1966. Caleb Garrison is the namesake of Garrison, TX. The collection is composed of approximately 750 items. Included are military records for the Mexican-American War and the Confederacy, obituaries, census data, newspaper clippings, copies of death certificates, copies of bible records,...

Dates: 1831-1973

Found in: East Texas Research Center

David V. Muckleroy Papers

Collection

Identifier: A-0053

Scope and Contents

The collection contains four original land deeds (1849-1851) and copies of two other land documents. There are also several biographical and genealogical materials, including a typescript of an account by Jesse H. Muckleroy (son of David) tracing the family's move from Tennessee to Texas and the establishment of their farm near Nacogdoches.

Dates: 1840-1871

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Anna Kathryn Holbrook Collection

Collection

Identifier: A-0219

Scope and Contents

This collection consists mainly of historical information about San Augustine. There is some personal material such as cards and invitations.

Dates: 1891-1977

Found in: East Texas Research Center