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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

A. H. Rowell Sr. Family Documents

 Collection
Identifier: A-0385
Scope and Contents

Two scrapbooks have newspaper clippings about the 1853 and 1856 elections. One document lists "Negros lost by Amansipations [emancipation], 1865" signed September 1865 by A.H. Rowell. There is one photo of two African American females.

Dates: Event: Donated 3/2/3023; 1842-1922

Anna Schott Motley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0242
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photographs, documents, and a ledger dating between the 1890s and the 1990s.

Dates: 1897-1990

Atkinson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0186
Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs, letters, genealogical information, and news articles related to the Atkinson-Gray families.

Dates: 1854-1963; Event: Donated in 1984

Bemon Garsee Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0017
Scope and Contents This collection contains several photographs of the Garsee family in the 1940s, three funeral registers, as well as a San Augustine High School Diploma, and a Masonic Bible and notes. There is also a newspaper clipping and photocopy about Corporal Bemon Garsee’s time in the “bloody bucker” 28th Infantry Division in World War II. One item of interest is an original poem written by Corporal Bemon Garsee exactly one year after June 6, 1944 in remembrance of his lost...
Dates: 1940-1956

Berry Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0344
Content Description

Most of the collection centers around the 1951 Army Security Agency ROTC Summer Camp. Vernon was an editor on the pictorial book created to document their expereinces. Many of the photographs have detailed descriptions on the back, including ones that were not added to the book.

Dates: 1899-1956

Box 1

 Box — Box 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains newspaper clippings, letters and other correspondence,  business proposals, committee meeting minutes, brochures, maps, and photographs.  Also included in the collection are a historic Bible from 1947, a community service award,  an unused baby book, and photographs of former sheriff A.J. Spradley.

Dates: 1920-2006

Charles H. Tindall Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0246
Scope and Contents

This is a small collection and consists primarily of photographs and newspaper clippings about the family of Charles H. Tindall. The collection also includes a song book and Dr. Tindall's prescription book.

Dates: 1902-1988

Clarke-Page Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0227
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of original manuscript letters, photocopies of official documents, material from published works, explanatory notes and a large number of historic photographs relating to the families. Most of the collection focuses on Samuel H. Page and his descendants.

Dates: 1773-1997; Event: Donated in 1996

Cleaver Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0293
Scope and Contents

This collection contains many different types of materials. There are newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, diplomas, certificates, correspondence, wills and probate records, journals, newsletters, and several books. Some items of note include plaques honoring various family members and the Arthur and Maude Cleaver’s original Prairie View A and M diplomas from the 1911-1912.

Dates: Event: Donated 6/29/2013

Colonial Spanish Horse Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0323
Scope and Contents

The papers, letters, articles, and photographs in this collection were used by Gretchen Patterson in 2018 for her Master’s thesis “The Preservation of the Colonial Spanish Horse and Robert E. Brislawn, Sr.” These items came into her possession when the Horse of the Americas Registry re-incorporated in the State of Texas in 2000. Patterson is the official secretary of the corporation as well as the registrar.

Dates: Donated 5/9/2018

Daniel W. Lay Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0172
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the papers of Daniel W. Lay, author and wildlife biologist in East Texas. Works provide an alternate viewpoint from the heavily industry-oriented area. It includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, reports, research notes, negatives, and photographs.

Dates: 1935-1999

DiAnn Vick Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0277
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of materials found in books gifted to the University from the donor's estate.

Dates: Event: Donated 1/19/2012

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

Easley-Thornton Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0245
Scope and Contents

The majority of the collection consists of both the Easley and Thornton family photos from 1900-1937. A few interesting photos include those of the newly built Canton Court House in 1937. This collection also contains a blank marriage license, personal letters, and postcards.

Dates: 1900-1937; Event: Donated in 2007

Edward B. (Jerry) Baker Aerial Photos Collection

 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

Elliot A. P. Evans East Texas Houses Collection

 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

Evelyn Ellis Morgan Collection

 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

Flores-Patterson Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0335
Content Description

Photographs (18); postcards (12); funeral notice and obituary of Fred W. Harlacher; and genealogical research (photocopies of pedigree charts, family trees, notes, and photographs) on the Flores and Patterson families

Dates: 1910-1943

George and Bertha Perry Hogan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0266
Scope and Contents

The collection consists mostly of photographs of George and Bertha Hogan's family.

Dates: 1890s-1970s; Event: Donated in 2008

George Foreman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0286
Scope and Contents

A majority of the collection covers George Foreman's business and boxing life from 1995 to 1998.

Dates: 1990-2003