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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 146 Collections and/or Records:

Bondies, Rohte and Co. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0096
Scope and Contents

This ledger book has accounts of customers and shows the prices of vinegar, boots, shirts, cloth, coffee, hats, buttons, whiskey, tobacco, flour, tin buckets, and other items.

Dates: 1851-1853

Dr. Fred Williams Cariker Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0081
Dates: 1926, 1937

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

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

Brown and Dixon Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0070
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of cash books and ledgers of the Brown & Dixon company.

Dates: -

Magna Charta Dames Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0135
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of various event programs, speech transcripts, business documents such as minutes and agendas, letters, photographs, and photocopies of scrapbooks and newspaper articles. Two items of note are the two intact scrapbooks of the East Texas Colony of the Magna Charta Dames.

Dates: 1980-1989

Bexar Archives Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0041
Scope and Contents Original documents on microfilm (in Spanish) and typescript translations (English) reporting trials of smugglers highwaymen, thieves, traitors, murderers, foreigners, deserters, and others who failed to comply with Spanish and Mexican laws give the reader an eyewitness view of the judicial procedure and the everyday life in Texas over a century ago. Royal orders, official and personal letters from officers, enlisted men, and civilians present a vivid picture of the administrative and...
Dates: 1699-1808; Event: Translated from 1934-1958

University Women's Club, Nacogdoches, Texas Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-063
Dates: 1939-2014

Payne and Payne Hardware Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0072
Scope and Contents

A collection of ledgers showing day-to-day activity in this former Shelby County hardware and furniture store founded by W. W. Payne and his son R. J. Payne. This collection includes customer accounts, inventories and invoices from Payne and Payne's suppliers. These records give a detailed picture of the type of merchandise sold by Payne and Payne from 1915 through 1950 and 1987-1991.

Dates: 1915-1950, 1987-1991

Miscellaneous Jefferson County Business Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0084
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a petroleum stock certificate. It is a miscellaneous loose item collected over the years.

Dates: undated

Miscellaneous Newton County Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0087
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a pair of Newton County tax receipts.

Dates: 1864

Miscellaneous San Augustine County Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0088
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of miscellaneous San Augustine County items acquired and collected over the years. There are several kinds of receipts and some ballots for a pair of county elections.

Dates: 1928-1977

Minton & Minton Legal Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0101
Dates: -

Shaw’s Department Store Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0102
Scope and Contents

Business records of the store, including cash journal sheets and receipts of goods purchased for the store.

Dates: 1952-1986

Elmer Hill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0116
Scope and Contents

The collection of materials consists of plat maps, field notes and other information accumulated by Elmer Hill, his father, H. C. Hill and his father’s predecessor, W. T. Harlson who worked in the 1800’s in Tyler, San Augustine and Nacogdoches counties.

Dates: -

Texas State Genealogical Society Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0117
Scope and Contents

Materials include First Families Certificate applications, Gone to Texas applications, and office files

Dates: -

Airline Motor Coaches Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0125
Scope and Contents

The collection, which ranges from 1920-1983, is primarily composed of reunion photographs, industry newspapers, and company forms. There are also 10 bus schedules from the 1930s and 40s, reunion correspondence, a guest register, journal articles and several scrapbooks.

Dates: 1920-1983

Texas State Teacher's Association, East Texas Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0126
Scope and Contents

The collection features programs from the annual convention, faculty notices and a scrapbook.

Dates: 1934-1973

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

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