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 146 Collections and/or Records:

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

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Nacogdoches University Records

Collection

Identifier: B-0046

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of original records including memos, correspondence, reports, specifications for a building, materials regarding applications for President of the University, tax receipts, papers relating to Keachi College business, and the Treasurer's Register.

Dates: 1845-1891; Event: Transferred from Nacogdoches County courthouse; Event: Treasurer's register donated by Anna Kathryn Holbrook in 1978; Event: Addendum donated by the Stone Fort Museum in 1983; Event: Addendum donated 9/10/2004; Event: Addendum donated 10/16/2015; Event: Addendum donated from the Nacogdoches County Clerk, 11/8/2023

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Miscellaneous Nacogdoches County Records

Collection

Identifier: B-0085

Scope and Contents

The bulk of this collection are Nacogdoches Co. deeds for miscellaneous citizens. There are also land documents, promissory notes, field notes, broadsides for land or fugitives from the law, power of attorney and other probate documents, and entrance certificates. Researchers might find the entrance certificates, which are all from 1835 and in Spanish; and a pair of small broadsides from 1890-1891 for fugitives wanted for murder, of particular interest.

Dates: 1837-1898

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Flora Garden Club, Nacogdoches, Texas, Collection

Collection

Identifier: B-0094

Arrangement

111 items organized in 1 clamshell box across 18 folders.

Dates: 1949-2002

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Pines Garden Club

Collection

Identifier: B-0164

Dates: Event: Donated 10/3/2008; 1951-2016

Found in: East Texas Research Center

Four Seasons Garden Club, Nacogdoches, Texas Collection

Collection

Identifier: B-0103

Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks of club activities and four yearbooks.

Dates: 1970-1998

Found in: East Texas Research Center