Scope and Contents The manuscript collection begins with the personal papers of Henderson Yoakum, who wrote the first comprehensive history of Texas. They include a muster roll from his Cherokee campaign, discharge orders and payment authorizations for his troops, as well as Yoakum’s license to practice law. The Texana Documents collection also contains papers and letters related to early Texas, primarily focusing on annexation issues, during the period from 1842-1845. In the Correspondence section, Governor...

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The collection contains materials such as correspondence and printed documents relating to the transcription of “Memoirs of a Country Boy” by Thomas Anders.

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This collection contains biographical information regarding Thomas Gary Anders donated by Ann Staples.Contents include an autobiographical memoir and photos, along with correspondence between Mrs.Staples and the Anders family.

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...

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The Upton Sinclair Correspondence Collection consists of correspondence and publications by or relating to Upton Sinclair. The first box has six files and contains correspondence, a book, and a play by Upton Sinclair. The second box has three files containing a book on Upton Sinclair, a copy of his journal, and a catalogue of books, manuscripts, and other materials from the Upton Sinclair Archives at the Lilly Libraryat Indiana University.

Scope and Contents The Van Horn and Culberson County Materials (1978-2003; three folders) contains correspondence that is primarily between community officials of Van Horn and Culberson County and their residents. One letter is from the First Baptist Church to Mrs. Vernon Schuder inviting her to participate in the choir for the Van Horn Frontier Day worship service. Some of the newspaper clippings are about Van Horn County and there are others with information on the Guadalupe Mountains. These clippings range...

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This collection contains personal and professional materials collected by former TDCJ Warden Dr. Keith Price. These materials include from TDCJ internal correspondence and training materials, publications, greeting cards, photographs, and other ephemera from Dr. Price’s career.

Scope and Contents The Werner Family Collection (1839 – 2010; ten boxes) contains the personal correspondence,scrapbooks, journals, articles, obituaries, photographs, and documents of the Werner family of Huntsville,Texas. The correspondence includes letters concerning the Werner family and friends with specific instances regarding the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. The collection also includes many photographs of the Werner family and friends. Significant photographs include historic Werner family...

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This collection contains information pertaining to Dr. William Breitenbach’s work with Mexican artists and masks. Items included in this collection are correspondence, photographs, descriptions of Breitenbach’s masks, and other professional papers.

*Dr. Breitenbach’s Mexican Mask Collection can be viewed online at the following link: http://digital.library.shsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p243vra