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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This collection contains campaigns, pamphlets, maps, correspondence, bibliographies, and miscellaneous items from the Civil War.

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The memoir was written by Van Deavender, the grandfather of Sylvan Cohen of Huntsville, Texas. The original Civil War memoir was given to Sam Houston State University by Sylvan Cohen in 1984. The memoir was transcribed by Charles Dwyer.

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The collection consists of one large caricature drawing of the exchanging of namesakes statues for Walker County, Texas. Also included is the newspaper article said drawing featured in, 'The County That Changed Heroes in the Middle of History'.