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Collection
Identifier: A-0328
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of family letters and photographs for Neill family of Shelby County, Texas. The collection includes scholastic records (class notes, assigments, a diploma), genealogical materials (bible pages, newspaper clippings, obituaries), and financial records (account books, receipts, checks), as well as more than a dozen short stories written by Lela (Rhodes)Neill.
Pedigree chart of frequently mentioned family members
[1] Elias Mitchel...
Dates:
Event: Donated 5/27/2016
Collection
Identifier: A-0352
Scope and Contents
The collection contains five items about Nettie Marshall.
Dates:
Event: Donated September 2015
Collection
Identifier: A-0282
Scope and Contents
Orignal and copies of photographs from the Sanctified Quarters in Nacogdoches, Texas. The Sanctified Quarter was an African American neighborhood located on the southeast side of Nacogdoches. By 1980, when University Drive was extended to Loop 224, a majority of the neighborhood was gone. The area was bordered by Shawnee St., Haywood St. and Deveraux St.
Dates:
Event: Donated 12/17/2011
Collection
Identifier: A-0332
Content Description
This collection consists of thirty-two 8x10 photographs. The images are thought to be from circa 1960 because of the vintage of the vehicles in several of the photographs. These images may be useful to researchers interested in the engineering, technology and history of oil production.
Dates:
Event: Given to the ETHA and transferred to the ETRC 1/22/2016; Event: Donated 9/2/2017
Collection
Identifier: A-0180
Scope and Contents
This is a small collection consists of the unpublished manuscript, 'Let Me Grow Lovely: A Biography of Karle Wilson Baker, Texas Writer', with photographs of Karle Wilson Baker and her home.
Dates:
Event: Donated 11/3/1998
Collection
Identifier: A-0340
Content Description
The bulk of the collection is about Tom Parker and his daughter Nancy Parker. There are two interesting items from World War I in the collection: Tom Parker's identification tags and a pair of scissors he carried through the war in his first aid kit.
Dates:
1917-1966
Collection
Identifier: A-0197
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of newspaper clippings from the late 1800s to the early 1900s as well as family photographs.
Dates:
1880-1970
Collection
Identifier: A-0226
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the photographs taken by Overall from the liberation of a World War II concentration camp and his honorable discharge certificate.
Dates:
1946; Event: Donated 9/21/1992
Collection
Identifier: A-0191
Scope and Contents
Three photographs of an unidentified house; a letter to Matie Orton Davis from Addie T. McCall, 1935; and information on Baptist churches in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
Dates:
1887-1918, 1935
Collection
Identifier: P-0001
Collection
Identifier: A-0250
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Price – Hall family letters, photographs and newspaper clippings about the family.
Dates:
1906-1955
Collection
Identifier: B-0131
Scope and Contents
There are three distinct components to this collection. First, there are materials from three African American Masonic organizations (Dawn of Light Lodge no.79, Heroines of Jericho, White Swan Court no.148, and Order of the Eastern Star, Annie Jones Chapter no.114) and Camp no.71 of the American Woodmen of the World. Check receipt books, relief receipts, membership ledgers, minute books, dues payments, member correspondence, photographs, several broadsides, and other documents describe each...
Dates:
1843, 1893-2012
Scope and Contents
The Richard S. Orton Collection consists of the photographs from two exhibits created by Orton and a series of 16 oral history interviews about African Americans in Nacogdoches County. The photographs capture authentic interactions between teachers and school children at several schools in Austin (1986-1990) and scenes of faith, family and life at Upshaw family reunions at County Line, an African American freedom colony in Nacogdoches County (1988-1998). The exhibit label text which appeared...
Dates:
Event: Donated 10/9/2008
Collection
Identifier: A-0358
Content Description
The collection consists of one Nacogdoches High School Scrapbook, letters and some educational related material.
Dates:
1929-1933; Event: Donated 1/13/2020
Collection
Identifier: A-0331
Scope and Contents
A pair of scrapbooks, family photographs, genealogy materials, and a bomber jacket makes up the majority of this small collection. The scrapbooks have photographs, newspaper clippings, telegrams, and letters about Ross Fountain and other Nacogdoches men serving in World War 2. Researchers might find the bombing mission notes in Folder 2 interesting, as they list the date of the mission, the location targeted, the number of bombs, and their yield. Researchers may also like the rare class...
Dates:
Event: Donated 11/10/2016
Collection
Identifier: A-0001
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mainly of carbon copies of typescripts of correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and other documents that Samuel Asbury accumulated. Also included are twenty-six photographs and seventeen photo stats about Texas history and the Jonas Harrison family. A few newspaper clippings are contained in the collection. Handwritten original letters from Samuel Asbury to George Crocket and to Mrs. Lois Blount are included. The collection contains some handwritten notes by Samuel...
Dates:
1807-1943; Event: Donated in 1941
Collection
Identifier: A-0329
Content Description
Letters, photographs, land documents, and other legal and personal documents
Dates:
Donated 4/7/2018
Collection
Identifier: A-0359
Content Description
The collection is mostly deed records and ledgers for rent and cash. Of interest is some WWI photographs and menus from the steamship Abangarez.
Dates:
1860-1988; Event: Donated 1/13/2020
Collection
Identifier: A-0261
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal letters, documents and college admissions letters Sylvia McGrath received as well as letters and documents sent to her parents and a few other members of her family. The collection also contains a large assortment of photographs and negatives, especially of Sylvia and Myra's childhood, and a scrapbook for Sandra McGrath.
Dates:
1922-1985
Collection
Identifier: A-0218
Abstract
Photos of 19th and 20th century Nacogdoches and Nacogdoches County. Taken from books, newspapers, originals and post cards. Fire Department minute books 1907-1973.
Dates:
1800s-1973
