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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 147 Collections and/or Records:

General Store Ledger, Shelby County, Texas

 Collection
Identifier: B-0121
Scope and Contents

Business ledger of an unknown general store likely located in Shelby County, Texas. The ledger lists customers' names, their purchases, the price of those purchases, and also has a customer index in the front.

Dates: 1890-1893

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

ARA Campus Dining Service Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0060
Dates: -

Beckville Church Register

 Collection
Identifier: B-0107
Scope and Contents

Register of names and when they were received by the Beckville Church (Panola County), 1857-1899, 1903-1906, pastors, 1885-1898, deaths 1889-1891, baptisms 1889-1890, 1906, and marriages 1888-1890. Includes register of members of Ebenezar Church, 1903-1904, Mt. Pisgah Church, 1903-1904, Rehobeth Church, 1904-1906, Allison's Chapel (Panola County), 1903-1906

Dates: 1857-1960

Boosters Club, Nacogdoches, Texas Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0031
Arrangement Organized in two parts to reflect distinct processing efforts. Part 1 consists of the original gift materials (1933) as well as three addendums (1983, 1984, 1995). Arranged in 4 series across 16 clamshell boxes. The series are as follows: 1. Administration: 11 boxes and 65 folders. 2. Correspondence: 3 boxes and 57 folders. 3. Publicity: 11 folders 4. Finances: 17 folders Part 2 consists of the latest two addendums (2007, 2012) to the collection. It is arranged in 6 series (organized...
Dates: 1922-2011

Marmion Henry Bowers Letterbooks

 Collection
Identifier: B-0024
Scope and Contents The letterbooks in this collection are blotter copies containing legal correspondence to individuals, sheriffs, county clerks, and judges; and personal correspondence to friends and family. There are also letters to magazines and newspapers concerning subscriptions and advertising. One volume contains petitions, deeds, and briefs used in courts, including the Supreme Court of Texas. The correspondence describes conditions in Texas before, during, and after the Civil War, including the...
Dates: 1857-1867

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