Abstract

The Herrera Family Papers document the history of a longstanding Hispanic family in Nacogdoches County, Texas, from the nineteenth through the twentieth century. Materials include an original 1871 land grant signed by Governor Richard B. Hubbard, deeds, photographs, account books, and family records that trace the Herrera family's land ownership, community connections, and multigenerational presence in East Texas.

Abstract The McFarland-Russell Family Papers document the lives and experiences of several generations of an East Texas family from the Republic of Texas era through the twentieth century. The collection includes the journal of surveyor Thomas S. McFarland, Civil War-era correspondence of Confederate postmaster Robert B. Russell, family scrapbooks, genealogical research, photographs, newspaper clippings, and personal correspondence that illuminate Texas history, family life, and regional...