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Goree Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2013.s019

Scope and Contents

The Goree Family Papers consists of documents, correspondence, articles, and photographs concerning the Goree family of Walker County, Texas. The majority of the collection is the original correspondence of Thomas Jewett Goree who served as aide to General James Longstreet during the Civil War. The collection also includes the correspondence of Eliza T. Nolley and E.K. Goree. Eliza Thomas Nolley was an early settler of Walker County and was one of the first teachers at Andrews Female College. The Goree Papers contain transcribed correspondence of Thomas J. Goree, Eliza T. Nolley, and various other members of the Goree family including a transcription of Thomas J. Goree’s brother-in-law Dr. Pleasant Williams Kittrell’s private journal. The Goree Papers hold numerous photographs and negative images of members of the Goree family. The Thomason room of the Newton Gresham Library holds The Thomas Jewett Goree Letters Volume 1 the Civil War Correspondence which contains the lineage of the American Goree Family of Thomas Jewett Goree.

Dates

  • Creation: 1833 - 1996

Conditions Governing Use

The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies.

Please contact the Newton Gresham Library's Special Collections and University Archives department to request permissions to reproduce materials for any other purpose, or to obtain information regarding the copyright status of a particular digital image, text, audio or video recording.

Extent

6 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Correspondence is arranged in chronological order. The remainder of the collection is arranged by subject.

Status
Completed
Author
Trent Shotwell
Date
2013
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository

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