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John F. Kelly Papers

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s029
Scope and Contents

The John F. Kelly Collection (1866-2007; one box) contains the original diary of John Felix Kelly, an early Walker County settler. His personal diary includes perspectives on events, weather, east Texas terrain, and people. The diary includes songs, scientific problems, surveying procedures, and medical treatments. The John F. Kelly Collection also contains photographs, correspondence, and additional documents that relate to John F. Kelly and his family.

Dates: 1866 - 2007

Jones Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2016.s118
Scope and Contents

The Jones Family Papers is composed of photographs, notes, and other documents that portrays the history of the Jones family.

Dates: 1891 - 2010

Leon May Dunlap Biography of James Hunter Dunlap Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s022
Scope and Contents

The Leon May Dunlap Biography of James Hunter Dunlap (no date; one legal folder) contains a 14 page typed biography on James Hunter Dunlap written by his wife, Leon May Dunlap. The biography was written and given to Sam Houston State Teachers College by Mrs. Dunlap. The collection also includes correspondence concerning the manuscript.

Dates: Other: Undated

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

Minnie Fisher Cunningham Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2018.s194
Scope and Contents

This collection contains biographical information, documents pertaining to Minnie Fisher Cunningham’s political career and fight for suffrage, newspaper clippings, articles, and information regarding historical celebrations and memorials in her honor.

Dates: 1882 - 2017

Powell Family Papers

 Collection
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

Sam Houston Rotary Club Materials

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2015.s088
Scope and Contents

The materials in this collection represent the activities of the Sam Houston Rotary Club of Huntsville,Texas. The collection content consists of meeting minutes, newspaper clippings and photographs. Photographs depicting various club activities and events account for the majority of the materials in this collection.

Dates: 1986 - 1989

Sanborn Map Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s105
Scope and Contents The Huntsville Sanborn Map Collection contains Sanborn maps of the Huntsville area from 1885, 1896, 1930, and 1912. The Sanborn maps from 1912 are in a bounded book, and the other Sanborn maps are loose copies. The collection also contains a scanned and printed copy of the "Description and Utilization of The Sanborn Map," a narrative of the history, development, and use of Sanborn maps. Lastly, the collection contains "From Sanborn Fire Maps" notes on fire departments and water...
Dates: 1885 - 1949

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