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We are in the process of digitizing many of our collections and have decided to make some of them available to view and download online. Please check back often as we add to the online collection of digital resources.
Digital Resource Categories
Railroad Records (5) The Railroad Records category consists of records relating to various railroads operating in East Texas. Southern Pine Lumber Company (1) The Southern Pine Lumber Company category contains records created by, managed by, or related to Southern Pine Lumber Company of Diboll, Texas. The company, founded by T. L. L. Temple in 1893, is the predecessor of Temple-Inland. The company consolidated operations with Temple Lumber Company in 1956, and changed names to Temple Industries in 1963. In 1973, Time, inc. purchased the company and merged it with Eastex Pulp and Paper Company to form Temple-Eastex. In 1983, Time spun off the company with Inland Container Corporation to form Temple-Inland. Temple Lumber Company (11) The Temple Lumber Company category contains records created by, managed by, or related to the Temple Lumber Company of Pineland, Texas. The company was originally Garrison-Norton Lumber Company until T. L. L. Temple purchased controlling interests in 1910 and changed the name to Temple Lumber Company. It operated independently until 1956 when all Temple lumber manufacturing operations were consolidated into the Southern Pine Lumber Company name. Texas South-Eastern Railroad Company (20) The Texas South-Eastern Railroad Company (TSE) category contains records created by, managed by, or related to the TSE. The railroad was founded in 1900 by T. L. L. Temple to serve Southern Pine Lumber Company logging operations. It provided passenger service from Diboll to Lufkin until 1942, and it ran its last freight cars over its line in 1996. Today it serves Union Pacific as a switching and storage station. |
