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Huntsville Historic Resources Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2018.s188
Scope and Contents

This collection contains surveys of the historic resources of Huntsville, Texas in September of 1992. It also contains a project book of slides of Huntsville resources and statements of significance of high priority properties.

Dates: 1992

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, Texas History Materials

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2024.s279
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials on the history and development of Huntsville, Texas, from its early beginnings in the 19th century up to the 21st century. It contains newspaper clippings, copies of book chapters, publications, photographs, and personal correspondence.

Dates: 1800 - 2022

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

Jane Howe Gregory Papers

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2013.s010
Scope and Contents

The items in this collection represent Jane Howe Gregory’s extensive research into the Texas Penitentiary system, primarily focusing on issues surrounding female inmates. Journal articles, class notes, and prison records are the most common types of materials in this collection. Prison statistics and prison reforms pertaining to female prisoners are the most common themes.

Dates: 1705 - 1999

Mae Wynne McFarland Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s063
Scope and Contents The collection is divided into five series: Series 1: Personal Correspondence contains letters, postcards, holiday cards, newspaper clippings,invitations, programs, receipts, and photographs. Series 2: Walker County/ Huntsville History includes correspondence, binders and journals of handwritten notes, typed notes, recipes, family trees, newspaper clippings, notes concerning marriage records and land records, census records, and the history of Cincinnati and the Yellow Fever...
Dates: 1856 - 1977

Mamie Wynne Cox Sam Houston Normal Institute and Historic Huntsville Booklets

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/11/2024.a071
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of two copies of 1899 booklet "Sam Houston Normal Institute: Twenty Succesful Sessions, 1879 to 1899: Historic Huntsville, Its Growth and Progress for Sixty-Two years, from 1837 to 1899: Huntsville as a Trade Center." The booklets are 104 pages long and contain photographs and text about Sam Houston Normal Intitute (SHNI), Huntville, Texas, and the area's prominent idividuals between and 1837-1899. It additionally contains advertisements for Huntsville businesses...
Dates: 1899

Powell Family Papers

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Identifier: THR/01/2014.s060
Scope and Contents The Powell Family Papers (1910 - 2007; .5 box) include family correspondence, newspaper clippings,biographical information, Sam Houston State Teachers College materials, and documents concerning the Powell family of Huntsville. The correspondence in the collection is between SHSTC (Harry Estill and others) and Mrs. Ben H. Powell. The Powell Family Papers also include the obituaries of several Powell family members and their funeral programs. The collection contains the autobiography of Anna...
Dates: 1910 - 2007

Robert W. Nelson Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/25/2024.a066
Scope and Contents

The Robert W. Nelson Photographs contains ten black and white photographs circa 1918-1923 of prominent Huntsville sites including early Sam Houston Normal Institute buildings, Sam Houston's Woodland Home, and the fourth Walker County Courthouse. It additionally contains a photograph of two women posing by the side of the Old Main Building.

Dates: Circa 1918-1923

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