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Dorthy Palmer Papers
Collection
Identifier: A-0222
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of deeds, but there are also promissory notes, photographs, negatives, several land surveys, some estate papers, a land grant, and a plat map. The majority of the documents pertain to Nacogdoches County.
Researchers may find several of the c.1920s photographs and negatives in folder 1 to be of particular interest.
Dates:
1854-1935
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
Richard S. Orton Collection
File
Identifier: A-0369
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center