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The Thomason Audio Visual Collection contains 41 individual audiocassette recordings. These audiocassette recordings include oral history interviews of several Huntsville and Walker County residents. The oral history interviews were recorded by Paul Culp, Charles Dwyer, and Dr. Gerald Holder. The collection also includes poetry readings, music, and radio broadcasts that concern Texas and past employees of Sam Houston State University.

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The Charles Potts Collection contains poetry, verse, music, and other media. The works in this collection are by Charles Potts himself, as well as many other counter culture artists and agencies.

Scope and Contents The Hilton Ross Greer and John P. Sjolander collection (1916-2004; one box) contains a thesis, correspondence, newspaper articles, documents, and poetry concerning the Texas poet and journalist Hilton Ross Greer and his friend, poet John P. Sjolander. The collection includes several handwritten poems and original correspondence between John P. Sjolander and Hilton Ross Greer. The Hilton Ross Greer and John P. Sjolander poetry collection also contains a thesis on Sjolander and a copy of his...

Scope and Contents The J. Mark Smither War Letters (1861 - 1881; 1 book) includes family correspondence, newspaper clippings and a poem relating his experience fighting in the Civil War. The letters in this collection are mainly between J. Mark Smither and his mother, brother, uncle and sister. The letters include details about J. Mark Smither’s health, the weather conditions and the encounters of the members of the Hood’s Brigade; including information on any soldiers that were wounded and those who died....

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Two Christmas cards are placed in one archival folder. The cards are originals with artwork by Albert Rutherston. John Drinkwater wrote poems within the cards.

Scope and Contents The collection is divided into two series, with each series having three subseries. The first series is comprised of Paper Materials; subseries one is Personal, subseries two is Professional, and subseries three is Publications and Clippings. The second series is comprised of Audio Visual Materials; subseries one is Slides and Photos, subseries two is Reels and Tapes, subseries three is AV Equipment. Sam Houston State University does not hold the copyright for any of Ronald Shanin’s films....

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This collection holds materials regarding Tomas Rivera’s career and time as a professor at Sam Houston State University.

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The materials within this collection feature Valine Hobbs' career as a professor and author. The collection is composed of a poem from The Instructor magazine, a photocopied article from the Sam Houston Alumnus magazine, and a photocopy of a Board of Regents meeting report about accepted professors' retirements.