Scope and Contents Typed transcripts and translations made by Blake, Nacogdoches County Clerk, of official records and personal papers found in the Office of the County Clerk in Nacogdoches, in the Nacogdoches Archives, in the General Land Office of Texas, and in the University of Texas Archives (including the Bexar Archives). Included in the collection are legal papers, census records, jury verdicts, promissory notes, summonses, election returns, bills of sale for slaves, civil and criminal proceedings, and...

Abstract

The collection contains typescripts, carbon copies, correspondence, and research materials relating to Texas history and East Texas communities. Significant subjects include Texas Centennial historical marker campaigns, historical and biographical research, genealogical documentation of the Brewer family, and correspondence among Texas historians, researchers, and civic leaders.