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B. Business & Organizational Collection

 Classification
Identifier: B
The Business and Organizational Collection provides insight into regional commercial and non-profit activities. Church registers, doctors ledgers, scrapbooks from various clubs and organizations, and business records from companies such as Mahdeen Hair Tonic, Minton & Minton Lawyers, and Rusk General Store are among some of the collections. A variety of organizations have donated records including the East Texas Historical Association, Texas State Genealogical Society, Four Seasons Garden Club, Center Woman's Reading Club and the Nacogdoches Rotary Club. 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 148 Collections and/or Records:

Carthage, Texas Store Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: B-0076
Scope and Contents

Store account book from Carthage, Panola County, Texas showing customers and their purchases from 1859-1865.

Dates: 1859-1865; Event: Donated 9/1984

Cartwright Journals

 Collection
Identifier: B-0104
Scope and Contents

The collection is filled with accounting ledger, personal information and a few diary entries. About half the ledgers are accounts both settled and unsettled. There are also ledgers that contain orders that had yet to be filled. James Cartwright chronicled business matters in his ledgers.

Dates: 1877-1932; 1890s

Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0157
Dates: 1942, 1946; Event: Donated 10/17/2018

Centennial Guest Register, Center, Texas

 Collection
Identifier: B-0120
Scope and Contents

Founded in 1866 and incorporated in 1893 Center, Texas is the county seat of Shelby County. The register is dated August 18-20, 1966 and is from the Center, Texas Centennial Celebration. It contains approximately 1,100 names.

Dates: 1966

Center Woman's Reading Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0128
Scope and Contents The Center Woman’s Reading Club Collection documents a century’s worth of the club’s civic and social activities. The collection contains a variety of materials, including but not limited to: club histories, certificates, correspondence, minutes books, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, scrapbooks, thank-you notes, and yearbooks. Items researchers might find of particular interest include yearbooks dating back to 1916, minutes books beginning in 1906, several years of...
Dates: 1906-2010; Event: Donated 9/30/2011

Charles A. Manning Business Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: B-0124
Scope and Contents

Ledger lists customers' names, purchases and cost of those purchases. There is customer index at beginning of ledger.

Dates: 1916-1935

Christ Episcopal Church Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0119
Arrangement

Arranged at the folder-level in 11 boxes. There are also several oversize items.

Dates: 1844-2004

Clark & Hyde Mercantile Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0097
Scope and Contents

This collection contains three items. Two day log books for the store, which detail transactions from October 1872 to January 1874. The third item is a note book with notes on a few legal cases dating from 1871.

Dates: 1871-1874

Colonial Dames XVII Century, James Haggard Chapter, Nacogdoches Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0015
Scope and Contents

This collection includes correspondence, Constitution, By-laws, certificates, membership applications, Annual Tour of Homes information, and other materials related to the Chapter. Genealogical and biographical information are also included.

Dates: -

Confidence Lodge #2182 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0050
Arrangement

This collection consists of one ledger book (216 pages, indexed) housed with another collection in a clamshell box.

Dates: 1880-1897; Event: Donated 9/1984

Crim Family Funeral Home, Henderson, Texas Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0009
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the daybooks, also called yearbooks, of the four different Funeral Homes mentioned above. Included in the books were notations of ambulance trips made to transport sick people from home to the hospital and back, of funeral and memorial services held, and of other business related activities.

Dates: 1938-1962

Cum Concilio Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0019
Scope and Contents

The collection contains the official records of the Club including the constitution, by-laws, correspondence, minute books, and treasurer's book as well as newspaper clippings, yearbooks, and scrapbooks. Additions to the collection are anticipated.

Dates: 1894-2022

Daily Sentinel Collection (B.2023.001)

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: B-2023-001
Dates: Addendum donated August 2023

Daughters of the American Revolution, Nacogdoches Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0030
Scope and Contents This historical collection includes diaries, correspondence, legal papers, military papers, financial papers, advertisements, almanacs, catalogs, genealogy, and land grants, some of which are signed by Texas and United States presidents and Texas governors. Subjects covered include the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, education, women's clubs, churches, social events, Texas and World fairs, and other exhibitions. The dates of the historical collection range from 1660...
Dates: 1926-2002

Deep East Texas Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America

 Collection
Identifier: B-0148
Content Description

This collection consists of newsletters, yearbooks, newspaper articles, a scrapbook, some photographs, and miscellaneous other documents about the Deep East Texas Region of the AACA. There are materials about its predecessor, the Nacogdoches Antiques Auto Club, in the collection. "The Dashboard" newsletter has a wealth of information about the activities and membership of the club.

Dates: Event: Donated 5/9/2016

Dilettante Club Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: B-0159
Content Description

The scrapbooks have newspapers clippings and programs of the clubs activities.

Dates: 1988-2012; Event: Donated 5/15/2014

Dr. Thomas Snead Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0134
Scope and Contents

Transcripts of court reportings. Most transcripts are from Angelina County, Texas. The most prominent cases are #24,654 Angelina Hardwood Lumber vs Prairie Producing Co. and #23,529 E. B. Kendrix vs Southern Pacific Transportation Company.

Dates: Event: Donated 1/14/2011

Dr. W. A. Ramsey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0082
Scope and Contents

There are three ledgers 1914-1917, 1918-1920, and 1921-1927 from Dr. W. A. Ramsey's office.

Dates: 1914-1927