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:

R. B. Martin World War II Letters

 Collection
Identifier: A-0357
Abstract

The bulk of the collection are letters that Roy Martin wrote to Pat Justice (Salena Justice) in 1943.

Dates: 1943-1946; Event: Donated 9/20/2011

Frank La Forge Sheet Music

 Collection
Identifier: A-0350
Abstract

1 piece of sheet music "Souvenir de Vienne”

Dates: 1911

Sam N. Lee Journals

 Collection
Identifier: A-0342
Abstract

The 1884 to 1913 journals were written by Sam Lee. The journal entries are short and mostly describe crops being planted or harvested. There are some personal notes of information such as when his sister Cordie or Bessie visit, who preached the church services and where, and when people in the community died.

Dates: 1884-1913

Elizabeth Brown Ebaugh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0364
Abstract

Research material on Jacksonville and Cherokee County, Texas

Dates: Event: Donated 10/21/2020; 1890-1969

Rector-Stockwell Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0256
Abstract

The material in this collection consists of genealogical research on the decedents of Emanuel and Mary Strahan. The researched was conducted by Barbara Oliver Stockwell and Lorene Hobbs Rector. Both women are third generation Strahans.

Dates: 1751-1990

William R. Johnson Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0165
Abstract This collection consists primarily of speeches that William R. Johnson gave while President of SFA. There are speeches to students, faculty, civic organizations and high schools, at conferences, and to dedicate university buildings. The collection has correspondence to friends and on SFA matters, like the renovation of the President's house. There are also a number of reference letters that Johnson wrote for SFA personnel, students and friends. Additional information related to Johnson's...
Dates: 1976-1990

Ellen Landers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0275
Abstract 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

Ardath Mayhar Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0100
Abstract

This collection consists of manuscripts, galley proofs, and correspondence with publishers, editors, and writers, including most notably science fiction/fantasy writer, Andre Norton. Ardath recycles scrap paper from various sources in her work.

Dates: 1955-1999

Albert Aldrich Nelson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0022
Abstract

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1833-1965

Watkins Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0051
Abstract

Legal documents of Jesse Watkins, Justice of the Peace of Nacogdoches (1837-1838); diary and autobiography of Richard Overton Watkins, Presbyterian minister and Texas Ranger of Nacogdoches; reminiscences of Jesse J. Watkins about the Runaway Scrape, the Cherokee Indian War and other early Texas events; and genealogical material of the Watkins family.

Dates: 1836-1973

Cleaver Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0293
Abstract

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

John (Jack) A. Forman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0125
Abstract This collection contains a 37-page typescript narrative by Jack Forman of his World War II memories, papers and certificates providing a record of his military service, and documents which trace the 17-month march through Europe of his unit, Battery "A" of the 110th Gun Battalion. There are 200 photos and a number of negatives of war scenes in Europe, as well as a 48-star U. S. flag, foreign currency, and some war maps.The collection is missing four photographs, one negative, and...
Dates: 1910-2000

Fears-Carpenter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0257
Abstract

The Fears-Carpenter Collection: From Slavery to Freedom is a collection of transcripts based on the genealogical research done by Joel V. Fears Sr. There are six original portraits and a photocopy of the Doches Gazette with a story about Emeline Fears Carpenter.

Dates: 1830-1939; Event: Donated in 2008

R. B. Blake Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0000
Scope and Contents Typed transcripts and translations made by Blake, Nacogdoches County Clerk, of official records and personal papers found in the Office of the County Clerk in Nacogdoches, in the Nacogdoches Archives, in the General Land Office of Texas, and in the University of Texas Archives (including the Bexar Archives). Included in the collection are legal papers, census records, jury verdicts, promissory notes, summonses, election returns, bills of sale for slaves, civil and criminal proceedings, and...
Dates: 1628-1941

Clyde J. Woodward Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: A-0078
Abstract

Reminiscences of Oil Springs, Texas, of the lumbering industry and the history of the Shay locomotive in East Texas by the Nacogdoches lumberman and locomotive engineer.

Dates: 1963-1966

Joseph E. Mayfield Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0088
Abstract

Chiefly the writings of the physician and Civil War veteran of Nacogdoches on various aspects of the early history of Nacogdoches, most of which were published in his column "Nacogdoches Traditions" in the Daily Sentinel.

Dates: 1921-1924

Haltom-Meisenheimer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0087
Abstract Giles M. Haltom's essay on Nacogdoches in 1876 has a lot-by-lot description of buildings and houses and their occupants. It also includes together newspaper clippings on historical subjects which were collected and compiled into a scrapbook by Mrs. George Meisenheimer. Subjects covered include the history of Nacogdoches, the historical old elm tree, the Hart Hotel, Thomas J. Rusk's gravesite, the Old Stone Fort, Richard Fields and the Fredonia Rebellion, and Christ Episcopal Church. Persons...
Dates: 1900-1902, 1926, 1945

Clarke-Page Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0227
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of original manuscript letters, photocopies of official documents, material from published works, explanatory notes and a large number of historic photographs relating to the families. Most of the collection focuses on Samuel H. Page and his descendants.

Dates: 1773-1997; Event: Donated in 1996

Pamela Lynn Palmer Collection on Karle Wilson Baker

 Collection
Identifier: A-0180
Abstract

This is a small collection consists of the unpublished manuscript, 'Let Me Grow Lovely: A Biography of Karle Wilson Baker, Texas Writer', with photographs of Karle Wilson Baker and her home.

Dates: Event: Donated 11/3/1998

Pauline Shirley Murrie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0191
Abstract

Three photographs of an unidentified house; a letter to Matie Orton Davis from Addie T. McCall, 1935; and information on Baptist churches in Nacogdoches County, Texas.

Dates: 1887-1918, 1935