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B. Business & Organizational Collection

 Record Group
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 147 Collections and/or Records:

Nacogdoches Newcomers Club Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B-0150
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of pictures, newspaper clippings, club booklets, cookbooks, board minutes, lunch minutes, and financial reports.

Dates: 1966-2016; Event: Donated 1/27/2011; Event: Addendum donated 8/23/2015; Event: Addendum donated 6/21/2017

Records of AARP Chapter 1200, Nacogdoches, Texas

 Collection
Identifier: B-0151
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of membership directories, board of directors meeting minutes, treasurer’s reports, and a scrapbook. The scrapbook also has copies of the “1200 Chapter Chatter” newsletter, 1998-1999.

Dates: Event: Donated 5/11/2012

Nacogdoches First United Methodist Church Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0154
Dates: 1965-1974

The East Texas Timbertones Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0155
Content Description

Sheet music, programs, cassette tapes, CDs

Dates: Event: Donated 10/20/2015

Lon Morris College Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0156
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 78 scrapbooks about the history of the college. Many of the scrapbooks pertain to theater productions, which include posters and photo collages of the productions, and athletics.

Dates: Event: Donated 7/29/2014

Anna Raguet Garden Club Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B-0092
Scope and Contents The bulk of materials in this collection pertain to the Anna Raguet Garden Club, Nacogdoches Council of Garden Clubs and Texas Garden Clubs, Inc., District III. Anna Raguet Garden Club records include letters, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs and negatives, scrapbooks, and yearbooks. Bank statements, check registers and receipts document the club’s expenses and community projects. Nacogdoches Council documents in the collection are guidelines, results and rules for the...
Dates: 1937-2002; Event: Donated 7/11/2016

Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors Records

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

Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist-Church of Christ Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0158
Content Description

The first half of the ledger contains hand written statement of the creed and doctrine fo fthe Missionary Baptist Church along with minutes of meetings. Starting on page 99 it contains newspaper clippings and a childs doodles.

Dates: Event: Donated 7/24/2009; Majority of material found within 1904-1914

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

Caddo Conference Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B-0152
Dates: Event: Donated 10/21/2014; 1946-2013

Rusk County Democrat Newsletter Collection

 File
Identifier: B-0162
Content Description

The newsletter contains a political calendar of Rusk County Democratic Party events, informational items, exhortations to vote, humor, and editorials. Many of the editorials are written by Mr. Jones, who regularly extolled the working class virtues of Democrats and his perceived shortcomings of Republicans. --Excerpted from a letter accompanying the donation of the collection.

Dates: Event: Donated 9/20/2021

Beta Sigma Phi Chapters of Henderson, Texas

 Collection
Identifier: B-0163
Scope and Contents This collection consists of nineteen scrapbooks, two songbooks, a charter for the Texas Zeta Theta Chapter, and loose materials from the various Henderson chapters of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority: Laureate Theta Omicron, Zeta Theta, Xi Nu Omicron, and Preceptor Nu Delta. The scrapbooks were created throughout and/or at the end of each year (as dated) to showcase what the chapter had accomplished and to celebrate the members. Contents of the scrapbooks include photographs, ephemera,...
Dates: Event: Donated 10/31/2016.; 1945-2016

Pines Garden Club

 Collection
Identifier: B-0164
Dates: Event: Donated 10/3/2008; 1951-2016

Humane Society of Nacogdoches County Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0167
Scope and Contents The most common records in the collection are correspondence (in the form of emails, letters, memos, and notes), newspaper articles (highlighting the humane society, advocacy issues, and research topics), and photographs (showcasing humane society events and fundraisers). These materials appear in almost all the record series to greater and lesser extents. Other types of documents that researchers can expect to encounter include account books, annual reports, board minutes, bylaws, and...
Dates: Event: Addendum donated 2/21/2024

Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: B-0095
Scope and Contents

Unknown Nacogdoches store account book showing customers’ accounts with prices for wine, butter, eggs, soap, shoes, whiskey, cloth, etc.

Dates: 1852-1853

American Association of University Women, Nacogdoches Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0016
Scope and Contents

This collection includes scrapbook pages, newspaper clippings and photocopies of newspaper clippings, photographs, original event brochures, and notebook inserts from various leaders and years of leadership within the organization.

Dates: 1930-2013

Angelina and Neches River Railroad Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0020
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, operating and statistical reports, shipping rates, and other records of one of the oldest short line railroads in Texas.

Dates: 1914-1929

Nacogdoches Mothers' Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0115
Scope and Contents

This collection includes photographs of Mothers’ Club’s activities from the years 1988 to 1993. The collection also includes newspaper articles pertaining to the Mothers’ Club from the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel between the years of 1988 and 1993

Dates: 1988-1993

J. H. Clifton Land Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0118
Scope and Contents

This collection contains copies of deeds and tax receipts for blocks of land in the City of Nacogdoches, Texas.

Dates: 1900-1974

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