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Collection of Alabama-Coushatta Materials
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s049
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Alabama-Coushatta Materials consists of correspondence, photographs, booklets, newspaper articles, programs, and pamphlets pertaining to the Alabama-Coushatta reservation and tribe,as well as laws pertaining to reservation rights. The Alabama-Coushatta Reservation is located outside of Livingston, Texas. The collection includes a focus on the “Before the Sundown” historical drama.
Dates:
1856 - 2012
Criminal Justice Clipping Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2013.s011
Scope and Contents
The Texas Criminal Justice Newspaper Clipping Collection (1864-2011; four boxes) contains newspaper clippings concerning criminal justice in the state of Texas. The collection’s main focus is the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and includes many articles from the
Huntsville Item and various other publications. The Texas Criminal Justice Newspaper Clipping Collection contains many Texas prison subjects including: death row, prison personnel, prison administration, facilities, escapes,...
Dates:
1864 - 2011
Exan Prison Letter Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2017.s141
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter written from W.S. Exan to R.P. Ingram.
Dates:
1907-10-20
G. A. Wynne Ledger Transcription Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2021.s242
Scope and Contents
The G. A. Wynne Ledger Transcription Collection is a transcription of a ledger filled with letters from G. A. Wynne to various parties. James Patton loaned the original ledger to SHSU Special Collections and Digital Resources to scan, digitize, transcribe, and create metadata for.
The letters focus mostly on G. A. Wynne attempting to find parties that would be interested in property he owned that had a large stone quarry, as well as other natural resources.
G. A. Wynne was a banker at the...
Dates:
1906-12-31 - 1909-06-08; undated
Huntsville Chamber of Commerce Materials
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s073
Scope and Contents
The Huntsville Chamber of Commerce Materials (1935 – 1960s; 2 boxes) contain annual reports that list members and executive personnel. These reports also provide updates on various statistics relating to Huntsville, such as the population and the number of utility connections for that given year. The newsletters in the collection highlight monthly programs and the work of various divisions in the Chamber of Commerce. The correspondence is mainly between the President of the Chamber of...
Dates:
1935 - 1965
Huntsville Memento Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2017.s138
Scope and Contents
This collection contains flyers from Walker County, Texas.
Dates:
1921 - 1940
Huntsville Reunion Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2017.s150
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photo from a reunion of men from Huntsville Texas, and an attached article from The Huntsville Item regarding the reunion.
Dates:
Other: Undated
Huntsville Walker County Photographs Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2015.s086
Scope and Contents
Many photographs within the collection have been acquired by former Special Collections Librarians. Some can be found in the Times & Places Collection at the following link: http://walkercountytreasures.com/thumbnails.php?album=10 Other photographs within the collection have been collected from individual donors and the Walker County Historical Commission.
Dates:
1907 - 1990
John Warren Smith Papers
File
Identifier: THR/01/2013.s009
Scope and Contents
The John Warren Smith Collection (1836-2009; ten boxes) contains materials documenting the history of John Warren Smith and the Smith family of Walker County, Texas. The Walker County probate and deed records include information that was used in the writing of John Warren Smith’s novel
No Holier Spot ofGround
published by Sam Houston State University’s Texas Review Press in 2004. The originalmanuscript and author’s notes for No Holier Spot of Ground are part of the collection, which also...
Dates:
1836 - 2009
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