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Biographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Daniel Warren Reep World War II Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2022.s244
Scope and Contents

This single item collection contains a manuscript written by Daniel Warren Reep during his time attending Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. This manuscript details Reep’s experience coming of age and serving as a Marine during World War II. This manuscript was donated by Glenn Payne.

Dates: 2003-02-20

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

Lillian Otey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2017.s159
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a copy of Lillian Otey’s autobiography.

Dates: 1927

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

Martinez Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2017.s127
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials donated by Marie Byrne Martinez, a longtime employee of the Newton Gresham Library. It contains a family history, newspaper clippings, and a wedding photograph.

Dates: 1927 - 2001; Undated

Pleasant Gray Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s064
Scope and Contents

The Gray Family Papers (1835 - 2016; .5 box) include biographical information, newspaper clippings,land title documents, and other material concerning the Gray family of Huntsville. The collection also contains the Pleasant Gray Family Bible loan agreement form between the city of Huntsville and the Newton Gresham Library. Additional information on the Holshouser family was added to the collection in 2016.

Dates: 1827 - 2014