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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:

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

Center Woman's Reading Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0128
Scope and Contents The Center Woman’s Reading Club Collection documents a century’s worth of the club’s civic and social activities. The collection contains a variety of materials, including but not limited to: club histories, certificates, correspondence, minutes books, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, scrapbooks, thank-you notes, and yearbooks. Items researchers might find of particular interest include yearbooks dating back to 1916, minutes books beginning in 1906, several years of...
Dates: 1906-2010; Event: Donated 9/30/2011

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

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