B. Business & Organizational Collection

Classification

Identifier: B

Staff Only

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:

Texas Centennial Collection

Collection

Identifier: B-0105

Scope and Contents

The collection contains material published for the celebrating of Texas’ Centennial.

Dates: 1936

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Texas Farm Products Company Collection

Collection

Identifier: B-0052

Scope and Contents

Nacogdoches company founded in 1930, by M. S. Wright, Texas Farm Products was built as a fertilizer and feed manufacturing company. Collection includes an almanac, photographs, calendar, newsletters, and newspaper clippings about the company

Dates: 1945-1975

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Texas Forestry Association Records

Collection

Identifier: B-0069

Scope and Contents

Records of the Texas Forestry Association from 1936 to 1993. Records include annual and spring meetings, committee reports, special programs as Tree Farm and Texas Reforestation, Project Learning Tree, as well as media files. Separate indexes have been prepared for important speeches given at meetings as well as photographs found in the collection.

Dates: 1936-1993

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Texas Sesquicentennial Celebration Collection

Collection

Identifier: B-0106

Scope and Contents

The collection contains material published for the celebrating of Texas’ Sesquicentennial

Dates: 1986

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Texas Society of American Foresters Records

Collection

Identifier: B-0026

Scope and Contents Correspondence, membership records, by-laws, financial records, subject files, committee and annual meeting activities, resolutions, and minutes of meetings. Also included are records of the Brazos-Trinity, the Lufkin-Nacogdoches, and the Houston-Huntsville-College Station groups. Files also contain materials relating to the membership and business of the Stephen F. Austin State University chapter of the Society. Furthermore there is mixed media, two cassette tapes, four compact disks (CDs),...

Dates: 1948-2009

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Texas Summer Normal Examination Records

Collection

Identifier: B-0023

Dates: 1894

Found in: East Texas Research Center

R. M. Thomson Company letter books

Collection

Identifier: B-0017

Scope and Contents

Blotter book copies of personal and business correspondence, including the Thomson and Donman Company in Austin, Texas. The correspondence is both typed and handwritten.

Dates: 1878-1925

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Thursday Study Club, Alto, Texas Papers

Collection

Identifier: B-0006

Scope and Contents

Most of the collection consists of photocopies.

Dates: 1845-1980

Found in: East Texas Research Center

United Daughters of the Confederacy Collection

Collection

Identifier: B-0093

Scope and Contents

The scrapbooks contain information and activities of the Henry C. Hancock Chapter.

Dates: 1974-2002

Found in: East Texas Research Center

United Friends of Temperance, Fairview Council, Nacogdoches, Texas Minute Book

Collection

Identifier: B-0037

Scope and Contents The minute book lists council members from December 12, 1885 to May 30, 1886 and gives reports on council meetings, briefly outlining activities, officer elections, and treasury records. Speeches, essays, and thesis were presented at most meetings. A portion of the book contains writings on educational topics and these may have been the texts for some of the programs presented. Toward the end of the book there is an undated reference to the break up of the council and how funds left in the...

Dates: 1885-1886

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Velasco, Texas Papers

Collection

Identifier: B-0005

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of the Treaty of Velasco, menus, wine lists and regulations of The Velasco Hotel, material relating to the Brazos River Channel and Dock Company and to the Velasco Improvement Company.

Dates: 1836-1936

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Veterans of World War I, Nacogdoches Barracks Records

Collection

Identifier: B-0040

Scope and Contents

The collection includes the original handwritten or typed minutes and mailing list from each meeting. Photocopies have been made of all originals and are located at the end of the collection. A total of 139 photos relating to World War I are included in the collection.

Dates: 1917-1977

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Swift Brothers & Smith Drug Store Ledgers

Collection

Identifier: B-0129

Scope and Contents

This collection of 13 receipt books from the Swift Brothers and Smith Inc. drugstore covers the years from 1950 to 1960 (excluding 1954).

Dates: 1950-1960

Found in: East Texas Research Center

ETRC Postcard Collection

Collection

Identifier: B-0073

Scope and Contents This collection contains postcards from various people and their travels, mainly in the State of Texas, but also some from various other states. The various places included in this postcard collection include Stephen F. Austin State University, Main Street Nacogdoches, The Old Stone Fort, Huntsville, Jefferson, Diboll, Center, San Augustine, Toledo Bend, and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas. This collection also has places such as Sabine County and the Hoya Library and Museum. Many of...

Dates: 1908-1970

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Legg General Store Collection

Collection

Identifier: B-0130

Scope and Contents

The Legg General Store collection contains books of accounts received as well as receipt books. There is also included a letter sent from Andy’s nephew, Lalonde Legg who was stationed overseas during World War I, to Andy in 1918. Included are land and warranty deeds, as well as oil, gas, and mineral leases.

Dates: 1884-1932

Found in: East Texas Research Center

A. W. De Berry Law Practice Collection

Collection

Identifier: B-0049

Scope and Contents

The account book of A. W. De Berry is for his law practice in Carthage, Panola County, Texas, 1871-1873. It lists the names of De Berry's clients, the legal services he provided to them, and the fees De Berry charged for his work.

Dates: 1871-1873; Event: Donated 9/1984

Found in: East Texas Research Center

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

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Modern Era of Praetorians Council #675 Fee Book

Collection

Identifier: B-0075

Arrangement

One fee book (4 pages).

Dates: -; Event: Donated 9/1984

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Watson, Cooke and Co. Store Account Book

Collection

Identifier: B-0077

Arrangement

One account book (403 pages), indexed.

Dates: 1859-1866; Event: Donated 9/1984

Found in: East Texas Research Center

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

Found in: East Texas Research Center