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Van Deavender Civil War Memoir Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s038
Scope and Contents

The memoir was written by Van Deavender, the grandfather of Sylvan Cohen of Huntsville, Texas. The original Civil War memoir was given to Sam Houston State University by Sylvan Cohen in 1984. The memoir was transcribed by Charles Dwyer.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Werner Family Collection

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Identifier: THR/2014.s045
Scope and Contents The Werner Family Collection (1839 – 2010; ten boxes) contains the personal correspondence,scrapbooks, journals, articles, obituaries, photographs, and documents of the Werner family of Huntsville,Texas. The correspondence includes letters concerning the Werner family and friends with specific instances regarding the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. The collection also includes many photographs of the Werner family and friends. Significant photographs include historic Werner family...
Dates: 1839 - 2012

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United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 10
Correspondence 4
Confederate States of America -- Army 3
Journals 3
Legal Documents -- Receipts -- Ledgers -- Invoices -- Financial Records 3
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Military 3
Newspapers 3
Confederate States of America 2
History -- Texas 2
Letters 2
Memoir 2
Reconstruction 2
Soldiers 2
American Red Cross 1
Armed Forces 1
Authors, American 1
Authors, American -- Texas 1
Burnet, David G. 1
Cherokee 1
Civil War Regiments 1
Convict labor 1
Corrections -- Standards 1
Currency 1
Daughters of the Republic of Texas 1
Davis, Jefferson 1
Forts 1
Genealogy - Texas 1
Government Documents 1
Henderson Yoakum 1
History -- United States of America 1
Hood's Texas Brigade 1
Huntsville (Tex.) -- History 1
Indian agents 1
Kittrell, Pleasant Williams, 1805-1867 1
Lamar, Mirabeau B. 1
Land grants 1
Land grants -- Texas 1
Lawyer 1
Meriwether, Lee 1
Mexico 1
Mexico -- Relations -- Texas 1
Native American history and society 1
Obituaries 1
Pease, E. M. 1
Periodicals 1
Peters Colony 1
Photographs 1
Pilots 1
Pioneers -- Texas 1
Poetry 1
Politicians - Texas 1
Powell Family 1
Powell, Robert M. (Robert Micajah), 1827-1916 1
Powell, Robert M. (Robert Micajah), 1827-1916 -- Correspondence 1
Prison reformers 1
Prisoners 1
Prisons 1
SHSU 1
Sam Houston Rotary Club 1
Sam Houston State Teachers College - Alumni 1
Sam Houston State University 1
Scrapbooks 1
Secession 1
Ship Island 1
Slavery 1
Smither, John Marquis (Mark) 1
Smither, John Marquis (Mark) -- Correspondence 1
Texas 1
Texas -- Annexation to the United States 1
Texas -- History 1
Texas -- Huntsville 1
Texas Lawyers 1
Texas. National Guard. Infantry Regiment, 5th 1
United States -- Politics and government 1
United States, Air Force 1
Walker County (Tex.) 1
Werner, Carol Lynne 1
Werner, Carolyn Wright 1
Werner, Robert A. 1
Women prisoners 1
World War I 1
World War II 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
World War, 1917-1918 -- United States 1
politics 1
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