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Eastham Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s062
Scope and Contents The Eastham Family Papers (1858 - 1938; 1 box) includes account books, deeds, claim statements and accounts of the family’s arrival in Texas. The account books are from the Eastham Brothers Wholesale and Retail store. The deed in this collection is dated 1892 and it grants 160 acres to J.H. Garrett in Walker County. The two manuscripts are by Ellana Eastham Ball and they chronicle accounts of the family’s arrival in Texas. They are entitled “From Virginia to Texas and back” and “Making a...
Dates: 1858 - 1938

Ed Davis Collection on the Trinity River

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Identifier: THR/01/2015.s085
Scope and Contents The Ed Davis Collection on the Trinity River contains many handwritten notes and documents collected by Ed Davis as he wrote his master’s thesis The Movement for Trinity River Development at the University of North Texas in 1964. The thesis materials include interview notes, rough drafts, and articles concerning the Trinity River and the Trinity Improvement Association. The collection also includes several Trinity River and Dallas area publications that relate to the history and condition of...
Dates: 1928 - 2015

Edinburgh Family Papers

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Identifier: THR/01/2014.s061
Scope and Contents

The Edinburgh Family Papers (1790 - 2012; one folder) include family genealogy research and historical documents of the Edinburgh family of East Texas. The collection includes photocopied county records, maps, photographs, and correspondence relating to the family’s lineage.

Dates: 1790 - 2012; Undated

E.L. Shettles Scrapbook Collection

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Identifier: THR/01/2014.s035
Scope and Contents The E.L. Shettles Scrapbook Collection contains six scrapbooks on political and religious topics in Texas and the United States. The majority of the newspaper clippings in the scrapbooks concern Methodism and other religious topics in the Southwest. Two of the scrapbooks contain political newspaper clippings from the early 1900s. There are several folders containing loose newspaper clippings, correspondence, and articles. One folder contains a bibliography on Methodist related materials that...
Dates: 1886 - 1919

Elbert Hubbard Collection

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Identifier: THR/01/2023.s257
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials such as postcards and pamphlets from the Elbert Hubbard Museum in Aurora, New York. Elbert Hubbard was a well-known American author, praised for such works as “A Message to Garcia”.

Dates: 1979; 1990; Undated

Elizabeth Smith McAshan Memoir

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Identifier: THR/01/2014.s020
Scope and Contents

The Elizabeth Smith McAshan Memoir (no date; one legal folder) is an unbound 71 page account of the life and times of Elizabeth Smith McAshan. The memoir contains information and perspective on the South at the end of the civil war. There is also a transcription of the memoir that includes brief biographical information on the McAshan family.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1860 - 1870

E.M. Edwards Photograph Collection

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Identifier: UAC/25/2018.a008
Scope and Contents

The materials within this collection are mainly made up of black and white mounted photographs, along with letter correspondence, print-out email correspondence, and a photocopy of a newspaper article.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1898 - 1904; 1932 - 1933; 1948; 2015

Emma Pearl Hood Sulzer Sewing Collection

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Identifier: THR/01/2022.s253

Escaped Convicts Proclamation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2019.s208
Scope and Contents

The collection was purchased for SHSU Special Collections in June 2019. Each flyer was signed in Huntsville, Texas by Searcy Baker, Superintendent of the Texas State Penitentiaries during the earlyb1900s. There are a total of 35 flyers, one being a duplicate.

Dates: 1905 - 1906

Essay on the American Motion Picture

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Identifier: THR/01/2014.s126
Scope and Contents

The title of the essay is The American Motion Picture as Ambassador to Foreign Lands. The essay has no date or author.

Dates: Other: Undated

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