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Scrapbooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Todd McKinney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s059
Scope and Contents The majority of this collection deals with land cases in Walker and San Jacinto counties, with much focus on early Walker County. The correspondence reflects both legal and personal communication. The collection also contains some Civil War related correspondence, dating from 1862-1864. This includes many thank you letters that McKinney sent to donors of medicine or other supplies to soldiers of the 13th Texas Volunteers. There are thirty-one (31) Letter Books with copies of all...
Dates: 1833 - 1989

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

Mamie Wynne Cox Sam Houston Normal Institute and Historic Huntsville Booklets

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/11/2024.a071
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...
Dates: 1899

Robert A. Gammage Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2015.s096
Scope and Contents The Robert A. Gammage Collection (1956-2016; fifty five boxes) contains materials relating to the personal life and political career of Robert A. Gammage. These materials include documents, articles,publications, campaign materials, advertisements, audiocassettes, videocassettes, photographs, and correspondence. This collection has educational certificates and documents related to Robert A.Gammage’s formal education. The collection contains many books and publications on past U.S. and Texas...
Dates: 1956 - 2012

Sam Houston Rotary Club Materials

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2015.s088
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1986 - 1989

Sam Houston State Teachers College Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/09/2024.a063
Scope and Contents This scrapbook was compiled by Sam Houston State Teachers College (SHSTC), previously Sam Houston Normal Institute (SHNI), English Professor and Librarian Augusta Lawrence. It is comprised of clippings from SHSTC community publications The Ex-Students' News Letter(bulk) and The Houstonian, and additionally contains an essay titled The English Department, a Brief History. The materials span from 1929 to 1940 and...
Dates: 1929 - 1940

Sam Houston State Teachers College Semi-Centennial Celebration and Library Opening Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/20/2024.a069
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains materials spanning March 1929-Febuary 1930 related to Sam Houston State Teacher’s College (SHSTC) Semi-Centennial Celebration, the Dedication and Formal Opening of the Harry F. Estill Library, and the Dedication of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum. It contains newspaper articles from regional newspapers, programs, ads, letters, telegrams, poems, and other paper material.

Dates: March 1929- February 1930

Stovall Masonic and Family Papers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2022.s243
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1913 - 1997

The Huntsville Study Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2021.s234
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1952 - 2021

Werner Family Collection

 Class
Identifier: THR/2014.s045
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...
Dates: 1839 - 2012