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

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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.

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...

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...

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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.

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...

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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.

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This collection contains ephemera related to the Huntsville Study Club. It includes a brief history of the club, newspaper clippings, yearly programs, ledger books, scrapbooks, and other miscellaneous materials.

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This collection contains editions of the Walker County, Texas periodical “The Taxpayer” on local politics and economics.

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of 13 letters written by Margaret Thornton of Huntsville, Texas, to various relatives in her native England, plus two additional letters by other family members writing from overseas.The Thornton letters describe daily life and events in East Texas, especially Walker County and Huntsville, as interpreted by a recent immigrant from England. Among her descriptions are the yellow fever epidemic of 1867, a fire and fire control (a bucket brigade), and martial law...