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.

Vernon Ray Berry (1931-1983) served in the Cadet Company at the 1951 Army Security Agency Reserve Officer Training Corps Summer Camp and was a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Army. The collection contains a pictorial book about the Army Security Agency summer camp, newspaper clippings, medical advertisements, photographs, vehicle registration receipts, a community program booklet, and a genealogical document of the P.J. Brookshire family.

Family photographs, baby books, teaching certificates, letters, particularly re: Marguerite Pierce Turlington, Margaret Elma Turlington Randolph (sister-in-law) and William West Randolph (nephew); receipts from Rusk Co. businesses; papers on the organization and management of the Harmony Hill Cemetery Association; invoices and checks for Marguerite P. Turlington's donations to the First Baptist Church of Tatum; and royalty checks and estate planning documents for Marguerite P. Turlington.

Most of the collection are letters about his business, there are two letters from his cousin Harriet Ellen Shawn living in Maine.

The collection mostly consist of genealogical information on the Davidson and allied families.

The Gribble family is descended from Edwin Gribble, (1822-1909) who came to America in 1834 from England, eventually settling in the St. Paul, Minnesota region where he became a lawyer and judge. One branch of the family arrived in Texas around 1870 with members living throughout East and Southeast Texas, including Nacogdoches, Bryant, and Houston.

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.

The scrapbook (pages 1-70) consists of stories and other clippings from Rusk County, Texas newspapers as late as 1892. The daybook (pages 71-211) is from Henderson, Texas and records the accounts of various customers at a mercantile store, 1850-1851. This book is a photostat. The owner and location of the original copy is unknown.

The collection consists of materials found in books gifted to the University from the donor's estate.

The collection contains correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and land deeds documenting the Blake family and related families. Notable materials include William Bonaparte McKnight's papers on oil and timber interests and several original Texas land grants, including two signed by President Anson Jones.

The collection consists of several letters to Louise Spies and graduation cards.

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

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

This collection is a single autograph book with handwritten missives, poetry and notes written to Ida Hillenkamp from her friends. There are 25 entries.

The collection contains five photographs from the 1920s of Caddo Lake General Store, J. C. Crain Grocery & Market, and Johnson Brothers Ranch. Postcard of T & P Hospital in Marshall, Texas. Nacogdoches, Texas Fredonia Hotel, postcard, newspaper clipping and advertisement.