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This collection contains a manuscript written by Professor Jim Tiller on the Trinity River Valley and the search for the Salcedo/ Trinidad peoples.

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The Map Collection contains some original maps and many reproductions. Most maps are related to the US and Texas and date from the mid 19th century.

Scope and Contents The Martin A. Row Collection (1766-1957; nine boxes) contains materials belonging to attorney Martin A. Row. The collection includes legal briefs and arguments concerning Sun Oil Company as well as Martin A. Row’s professional notes on Padre Island and photographs of the Texas coast. The collectionalso contains Martin A. Row’s personal books and a small amount of his professional correspondence concerning the Texas Tidelands case. The Tidelands controversy between the United States and Texas...

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This collection contains materials donated by Mary Wentworth Whatley. Materials include information regarding her family heritage, experiences in England during World War II, and other supplemental information.

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...

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This collection contains materials pertaining to the Stovall family of Houston, Texas. Series 1 features materials related to the Stovall family’s Masonic activities. Series 2 contains personal and educational materials from Pamela Stovall’s childhood, and Series 3 contains photographs and oversized items.

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This collection contains maps of hiking trails in Texas published by the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation.

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This collection contains materials pertaining to amateur archaeology and “treasure hunting” in Texas. It includes a single edition of “Rockhound” magazine.

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The Crown Collection is an oft-cited but difficult-to-find compilation of historical maps of the United States. Series I-III contain colonial-period maps in British archives, and Series IV-V contain Archer Hulbert’s tracings of nineteenth-century trails in the American West.

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This collection contains over forty Holy Bibles and other Christian texts as donated by Mr. Charles Whatley. These materials are largely in English, with a few printed in the original tongues of the Protestant and Jewish faiths. The collection also contains 41 individual wooden boxes, complete with topical embellishments. These boxes were handcrafted by Mr. Whatley for the express purpose of storing their respective texts.