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Daisy Smith Writings on Sam Houston

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Identifier: THR/01/2014.s025

Don Reid Capital Punishment Collection

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Identifier: THR/01/2017.s125
Scope and Contents

The Don Reid Capital Punishment Collection (1959-1973; three boxes) contains materials which belonged to Don Reid, Jr. concerning his work with capital punishment in Texas. It consists of notes, letters to Mr.Reid, article rough drafts with editor’s notes, capital punishment publications, photos, magazine articles, clippings, and newspapers.

Dates: 1959 - 1973; Undated

Donald V. Coers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/01/2024.a061
Scope and Contents The collection contains original materials from 1873-1998 focused on Donald Coers’ thirty-year career at Sam Houston State University (1969-2000). The collection is comprised of three boxes. Box 1 – Donald V. Coers Folders - 9 folders, including educational, administrative, and personal material, 39 photographs, and 2 manuscripts. Box 2 – The Faculty handbook - 1990 Revised Edition. Box 3- Donald V. Coers Materials - 22 publications (including one UT Austin...
Dates: 1857 - 1998

Early Texas Business Ledger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s103
Scope and Contents

This early Texas store ledger (1853-1854; 1 box) contains documentation of transactions. This ledger does not contain the name of the businesses.S.M.E. is written in pencil and Plantersville, Texas is written in pen on the back of the front cover.

Dates: 1853 - 1854

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The Edinburgh Family Papers (1790 - 2012; one folder) include family genealogy research and historical documents of the Edinburgh family of East Texas.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

El Paso County Grand Jury Indictment

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Identifier: THR/01/2023.s271
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one document; a partially printed indictment form providing a summary of a case in the District Court in the county of El Paso, Texas against Mr. A. Prousally, a manager of a dance house that sold liquor and employed prostitutes in the late 19th century.

Dates: 1895-06-24

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

Eleanor Smith Garrett Collection

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Identifier: UAC/25/ 2023.a015
Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of materials belonging to Eleanor Smith Garrett during her time at Sam Houston State Teachers College, including SHSTC A Cappella Choir concert programs, a graduation letter from President Harmon Lowman, and the SHSTC Bulletin 75th anniversary edition.

Dates: 1951 - 1954

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

Eugene Davidson Priest Diploma Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/25/2023.a010
Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of Eugene Davidson Priest's teachers certificates and a diploma from Sam Houston Normal Institute, torn-out pages of the 1922 Sam Houston Normal Institute featuring the Dramatic Club, and a manila folder with Priest's military rank.

Dates: 1922 - 1923

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