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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:

Sabine Loan and Improvement Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0142
Dates: 1882-1928

Norma and Verdie Brown Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0143
Dates: 1853-1936

The International Poetry Institute, Inc. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0144
Scope and Contents The International Poetry Institute published 6 to 12 issues a year. Issues contain organizational information (names of officers and new members), announcements (of poetry contests, winners and programming), news, and examples of member poetry. A typical issue was typescript on colored paper and one to four pages long. This collection has an incomplete run of the newsletter. The newsletters in this collection are: vol.2 (nos.3-12), vol.3 (nos.1-11), vol.4 (no.1), vol.5 (nos.1-6),...
Dates: 1970-1978

Nacogdoches History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0145
Dates: 1936-1981

Smith and Todd Poultry Farm Photo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0147
Content Description

Photographs from the Smith and Todd poultry hauling business. The collection includes images of the owners, aerial photographs of the farm, and pictures of the different trucks the company used over time.

Dates: Event: Donated 7/31/2015 by Jere Jackson for Sam Smith

Nacogdoches Business and Professional Women's Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-062
Dates: Event: Donated 1/13/1994; Event: Addendum donated 11/15/1995

Deep East Texas Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America

 Collection
Identifier: B-0148
Content Description

This collection consists of newsletters, yearbooks, newspaper articles, a scrapbook, some photographs, and miscellaneous other documents about the Deep East Texas Region of the AACA. There are materials about its predecessor, the Nacogdoches Antiques Auto Club, in the collection. "The Dashboard" newsletter has a wealth of information about the activities and membership of the club.

Dates: Event: Donated 5/9/2016

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

Nacogdoches Newcomers Club Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B-0150
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of pictures, newspaper clippings, club booklets, cookbooks, board minutes, lunch minutes, and financial reports.

Dates: 1966-2016; Event: Donated 1/27/2011; Event: Addendum donated 8/23/2015; Event: Addendum donated 6/21/2017

Records of AARP Chapter 1200, Nacogdoches, Texas

 Collection
Identifier: B-0151
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of membership directories, board of directors meeting minutes, treasurer’s reports, and a scrapbook. The scrapbook also has copies of the “1200 Chapter Chatter” newsletter, 1998-1999.

Dates: Event: Donated 5/11/2012

Nacogdoches First United Methodist Church Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0154
Dates: 1965-1974

Anna Raguet Garden Club Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B-0092
Scope and Contents The bulk of materials in this collection pertain to the Anna Raguet Garden Club, Nacogdoches Council of Garden Clubs and Texas Garden Clubs, Inc., District III. Anna Raguet Garden Club records include letters, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs and negatives, scrapbooks, and yearbooks. Bank statements, check registers and receipts document the club’s expenses and community projects. Nacogdoches Council documents in the collection are guidelines, results and rules for the...
Dates: 1937-2002; Event: Donated 7/11/2016

Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0157
Dates: 1942, 1946; Event: Donated 10/17/2018

Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist-Church of Christ Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0158
Content Description

The first half of the ledger contains hand written statement of the creed and doctrine fo fthe Missionary Baptist Church along with minutes of meetings. Starting on page 99 it contains newspaper clippings and a childs doodles.

Dates: Event: Donated 7/24/2009; Majority of material found within 1904-1914

Dilettante Club Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: B-0159
Content Description

The scrapbooks have newspapers clippings and programs of the clubs activities.

Dates: 1988-2012; Event: Donated 5/15/2014

Rusk County Democrat Newsletter Collection

 File
Identifier: B-0162
Content Description

The newsletter contains a political calendar of Rusk County Democratic Party events, informational items, exhortations to vote, humor, and editorials. Many of the editorials are written by Mr. Jones, who regularly extolled the working class virtues of Democrats and his perceived shortcomings of Republicans. --Excerpted from a letter accompanying the donation of the collection.

Dates: Event: Donated 9/20/2021

Beta Sigma Phi Chapters of Henderson, Texas

 Collection
Identifier: B-0163
Scope and Contents This collection consists of nineteen scrapbooks, two songbooks, a charter for the Texas Zeta Theta Chapter, and loose materials from the various Henderson chapters of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority: Laureate Theta Omicron, Zeta Theta, Xi Nu Omicron, and Preceptor Nu Delta. The scrapbooks were created throughout and/or at the end of each year (as dated) to showcase what the chapter had accomplished and to celebrate the members. Contents of the scrapbooks include photographs, ephemera,...
Dates: Event: Donated 10/31/2016.; 1945-2016

Christ Episcopal Church Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B-0119
Arrangement

Arranged at the folder-level in 11 boxes. There are also several oversize items.

Dates: 1844-2004

Shelby County Historical Society Visitors Register

 Collection
Identifier: B-0122
Scope and Contents

Founded in 1962, the Shelby County Historical Society works to collect and preserve items with local and regional historic value. This register lists names of visitors from 1966-1985.

Dates: 1966-1985

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