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Collection
Identifier: UA-026
Collection
Identifier: A-0043
Scope and Contents
This collection consists mostly of aerial photographs and negatives of Nacogdoches, area industrial buildings, and schools (1960s-1980s). Items researchers might find interesting include:
Eight photographs taken inside the courtroom during the Edward Otho Haggins murder case featuring prominent figures during the trial. It began in February 1961 when the murder occurred. Haggins and Elsie Marie Milner were caught, tried, indicted, and convicted by June 1961. It is one of only two capital...
Dates:
1969-1986
Collection
Identifier: F-0004
Arrangement
This collection consists of four series arranged across 12 boxes.
Series 1: Audits and Correspondence (Boxes 1-2)
Audits (1947-1952, 1954). Chronological.
Correspondence (1937-1960). Alphabetically by correspondent and then chronologically.
Series 2: Financial Records, 1928-1961 (Boxes 3-10)
Sub-series 1 - Daily Operations. Alphabetical or chronological depending on the...
Dates:
1928-1967; Event: Donated in 1987
Collection
Identifier: A-0176
Scope and Contents
This collection has photocopies of Edwin N. Swinburn's autobiography, his Confederate enlistment and discharge papers, newspaper articles about his wife's death, and reminiscences of his 86th, 88th, 90th birthday.
Dates:
1813-1908
Collection
Identifier: A-0048
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence with publishers, biographical material, reviews, newspaper clippings, and galley proofs relating to Gaston's books: The Early Novel of the Southwest (1961), Conrad Richter (1965), and Eugene Manlove Rhodes: Cowboy Chronicler (1967).
Dates:
1946-1977; Event: Donated in 1977
Collection
Identifier: A-0334
Scope and Contents
The diary kept by Edwin Welsh Bush documents his journey from Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee to Texas in 1852. Bush entered the state by way of Pendleton’s Ferry and then made his way through Milam, San Augustine, Melrose, and Nacogdoches. The diary also contains notes written about travels through Texas and return trips to Tennessee between 1853 and 1854. Interesting anecdotes include Sam Houston’s railroad speech in Nacogdoches June 14, 1853; the Fourth of July in Melrose; the...
Dates:
Event: Donated 9/9/2019
Collection
Identifier: A-0122
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a scrapbook, fan mail, correspondence, newspaper clippings and magazines with articles about Elga, photographs, mementos, Elga's tour notes, and her writings for periodicals.
Dates:
1927-1947, 1971-1983; Event: Donated in 1985
Collection
Identifier: A-0364
Content Description
Research material on Jacksonville and Cherokee County, Texas
Dates:
Event: Donated 10/21/2020; 1890-1969
Collection
Identifier: A-0275
Scope and Contents
While ostensibly a genealogical collection detailing Ellen Landers’s ancestry going back more than 6 generations, the Ellen Landers Collection also offers valuable insight into topics such as the interstate slave trade, antebellum politics in Georgia, the 1856 Democratic National Convention, secession, and 1880s courtship etiquette. The majority of historical documents are correspondence to and from family and friends, but there are also bills and receipts, dance invitations, and one month...
Dates:
1791-2006
Collection
Identifier: A-0207
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photographs, postcards, correspondence, and newspaper articles pertaining to Mr. Evans' research on East Texas Homes.
Dates:
1944-1973; Event: Donated 10/1985; Event: Photos and negatives of Louisiana houses transferred to Northwestern State University, 1985
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:
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Collection
Identifier: A-0198
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a Bryan family Bible, a registry in the Bible with genealogical information on the Bryan family, a letter to James Bryan from Moses Austin Bryan, copies from published sources of articles related to Stephen F. Austin and Bryan family members, and other genealogical materials.
Dates:
1880s, 1928
Collection
Identifier: A-0061
Scope and Contents
In the diary she writes of her daily activities - church, quilting, gardening, horseback riding, callers who came and visits she paid. She writes about Francis Wilson (Methodist preacher. See Francis Wilson Papers), a Methodist Conference, the Regulator-Moderator War and Sam Houston's coming to settle the disputes
Dates:
1844-1845
Collection
Identifier: A-0018
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of scrapbooks, diaries, and loose items including correspondence; clippings about friends, relatives, and religious leaders; obituaries; verse, humor, and human interest stories; writings of Edward B. Willis; recipes; marriage and birth announcements; programs; photographs; financial records; sketches of birds and butterflies; religious notes, and poems Mrs. Lindsey wrote upon special occasions for family and friends.
Dates:
1887-1958
Collection
Identifier: A-0199
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook is predominantly poetry and short stories clipped from the 'The Henderson Times' around the turn of the century (1890s-1900s). The newspaper clippings are glued onto an older 1880-1881 account book.
Dates:
Event: The account book is for 1880-1881
Collection
Identifier: UA-144
Collection
Identifier: A-0059
Scope and Contents
This collection includes manuscripts and published sheet music, correspondence, biographical materials, and manuscripts of two novels written by Ford.
Dates:
1937-1977
Collection
Identifier: B-0073
Scope and Contents
This collection contains postcards from various people and their travels, mainly in the State of Texas, but also some from various other states. The various places included in this postcard collection include Stephen F. Austin State University, Main Street Nacogdoches, The Old Stone Fort, Huntsville, Jefferson, Diboll, Center, San Augustine, Toledo Bend, and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas. This collection also has places such as Sabine County and the Hoya Library and Museum. Many of...
Dates:
1908-1970
Collection
Identifier: e310f792-f6b0-4576-9ca0-0d09a7ec0026
Collection
Identifier: A-0281
Scope and Contents
This collection was received from the Women’s Shelter of Nacogdoches. The majority of the collection is stereographs and un-mailed postcards. There are some postcards send by Marion Ellis to her family while she was in Europe in 1910-11, possibly on her honeymoon with husband, Lee Randolph, whom she married in July 15, 1910. The un-mailed European postcards were most likely collected by Evelyn Ellis during her time with the American Red Cross in France during World War I. There are also...
Dates:
1873-1979
