Box 1
Container
Contains 38 Results:
Correspondence, local and Texas history, 1835-1971
Box — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1835-1971
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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Sparks Family Papers
Correspondence - Letters to and from John M. Sparks chiefly concerning land matters (4 items), 1874-1896
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1874-1896
Correspondence - Letters to and from Sparks family members (8 items, 2 envelopes), 1901-1919
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1901-1919
Correspondence - Letters to Johnnie May Sparks Wyres (5 items), 1954-1958
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1954-1958
Correspondence - Draft copies of 9 letters written by Johnnie May Sparks Wyres and 2 by other people; some letters are incomplete (11 items), 1945-1955
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1945-1955
Legal papers - Concerning land matters (deeds, bonds) relating to Sparks family members (11 items), 1854-1896
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1854-1896
Legal papers - About a land sale to Walter Murray (fragment); deed of Elijah Allen; and power of attorney of Elizabeth Campbell (3 items), 1841-1894
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Fragment concerning land sale to Walter Murray; deed of Elijah Allen; power of attorney of Elizabeth Campbell, 3 items.
Dates:
1841-1894
Business papers - Order to survey, receipts, bills of account, promissory notes, tax receipts, and advertisements (24 items, 2 photocopies, 2 fragments), 1835-1878
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1835-1878
Business papers - Receipts and promissory notes (15 items), 1900-1961
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1900-1961
Prescriptions and recipes - Dr. John M. Sparks' recipe for rheumatism, a recipe for making wine and a recipe for making "mechanic's favorite soap" (6 items)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1835-1971
Business documents - Concerning Dr. John M. Sparks' business of manufacturing and selling "direct force acting pumps" (2 items), 1882
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1882
Sparks Manufacturing Co. (Hair Vigor) documents - Correspondence, advertisements, testimonials, orders, and letters of recommendation (19 items), 1887-1936
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1887-1936
Speeches, essays and radio programs - Short speeches, essays and radio programs relating chiefly to historical events and persons in Nacogdoches by Johnnie May Sparks Wyres
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1835-1971
Johnnie May Sparks Wyres' notebook (20 items, loose and stapled chapters)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1835-1971
Miscellaneous documents - Poems, rough drafts of articles, recipe, and outline of a pageant written or copied by Johnnie May Sparks Wyres (18 items), 1911-1950
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1911-1950
Nacogdoches families (24 items)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Rough handwritten and typed histories pertaining to Nacogdoches county people and families: Weatherly, Costley, Clute, Perritte, Baucom, McKnight, Clevenger, Fuller, Black, Martin, Orton, Baker, Matteson, Stripling, Whitaker, Birdwell, Cruse, Garrett, Hoya; asketch of Douglass in 1908-1909; and Texas history material, 1908-1909.
Dates:
1835-1971
Address of General Thomas J. Rusk to first Grand Jury (2.5 pages, 2 copies)
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1835-1971
Autobiography of Allen Thomas Garrard (12 pages)
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1835-1971
A criminal code, Nacogdoches (12 pages), 1873
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1873
The family of Judge Fuller (2 pages)
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, receipts, essays, newspaper articles, legal documents, photos, and other papers, relating to John Marion Sparks and his daughter, Johnnie May (Sparks) Wyres of Nacogdoches, Texas. Includes records relating to Sparks Manufacturing Company, producers of Hair Vigor, a hair restorer developed by Dr. Sparks; genealogical material on the Sparks family; material on Nacogdoches history and families for a proposed book by Wyres; and on Old North Church, Nacogdoches, the first...
Dates:
1835-1971
