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 148 Collections and/or Records:

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

University Women's Club, Nacogdoches, Texas Records

Collection

Identifier: B-063

Dates: 1939-2014

Found in: East Texas Research Center / University Women's Club, Nacogdoches, Texas Records

U.S. Weather Bureau, Nacogdoches Substation, Collection

Collection

Identifier: B-0138

Dates: 1903-1961

Found in: East Texas Research Center / U.S. Weather Bureau, Nacogdoches Substation, Collection

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 / Velasco, Texas Papers

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 / Veterans of World War I, Nacogdoches Barracks Records

W. T. Wilson Grain Company Papers

Collection

Identifier: B-0149

Scope and Contents This collection includes business and personal correspondence, advertising mailers, legal documents, deposit slips, bank statements, invoices, patents and case files dating from 1907-1916. The W. T. Wilson Grain Company conducted business across the southwest and the collection includes documentation from more than 175 different companies. Most materials relate to transactions with Texas-based companies, but there are substantial records for dealingss with businesses in Kansas City, New...

Dates: Event: Donated 2/3/2013

Found in: East Texas Research Center / W. T. Wilson Grain Company Papers

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 / Watson, Cooke and Co. Store Account Book

Women's Auxiliary to Nacogdoches County Medical Society Collection

Collection

Identifier: B-0123

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the constitution and by-laws of the State Auxiliary, two publications tracing the history of the State and National Auxiliary and Yearbooks documenting the yearly meeting of the Nacogdoches chapter. Included in the yearbooks are a list of chapter presidents, officers, and committees, active members, meeting agenda, a presentation program and by-laws.

Dates: 1918-1963

Found in: East Texas Research Center / Women's Auxiliary to Nacogdoches County Medical Society Collection