Finding Guides

Finding Guides are tools that allow researchers to get an in-depth look at a collection before actually seeing the collection. Not all collections have finding guides, and not all finding guides are available on the website. Finding guides are created as collections are processed, with special attention given to the most used and requested collections. Here are our online finding guides available so far.

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A

Aerial Surveys of East Texas Collection, 1990s.
Approx. 1,211 surveys
Ainsworth, Jane Collection
1 cubic foot
Alevra, Carolyn Collection
30 cubic feet
Allen, Ann Temple, Family Photographs, Late 19th Century.
1 folder (7 photographs)
American Lumberman Photographs of Southern Pine Lumber Company Operations in East Texas, 1903 & 1907
3 cubic feet (9 volumes, 3 boxes)
Anderson, Mary Anna Crary, Big Thicket Collection, 1974-1993.
.2 cubic feet (1 box)
Angelina County Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1924-2017
102 cubic feet
Angelina County Historic Site Survey Collection, 1986.
.5 cubic feet (3 volumes, 1 photograph album)
Angelina County Medical Society Minutes Book
1 Volume
Angelina County School Superintendent’s Records, 1885-1971.
43.25 cubic feet (50 boxes, 36 volumes, 1 album)
Armstead, Charles Collection
.33 cubic feet
Arrington Family Collection, 1895-1992
1 cubic foot
Arrington Family’s Photographs of Diboll, c. 1890s-1920s.
.25 cubic feet (1 box)

B

Baucum, Ed, Collection, 1913-2000.
.25 cubic feet (1 box)
Berry Family Collection
1 cubic foot
Beth and Horace Stubblefield Learning Center Collection
2 cubic feet
Booker Family Photographs.
.25ft
Bradford, Jesse, Future Farmers of America Collection, 1950s-2001.
2 cubic feet (6 boxes)
Brashears, J.C., Family Collection, 1888-1975.
2 boxes
Brookshire Brothers Annual Reports Collection
0.33 cubic ft
Brown, A. E., Photographs of Southern Pine Lumber Company Locomotives, 1951-2003.
.25 cubic feet (1 box)
Burke Center - Hogg Foundation and Stephen F. Austin University Grants and Reports – 1972-1978
.375 cubic feet
Burke Center, 1975-1989
6.5 cubic feet
Burke, City of
1.5 cubic feet
Burkhalter, Vernon & Betty Collection, 1954-1981
3 cubic ft.

C

C.C. Reynolds Company Collection, 1938-1944
0.33 cubic ft
Carr, Jesse, "Hobbs Knight of the Road" Collection, 1954-1961.
.5 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Colbert, Patsy, 2004-2020
.33 cubic feet
Concerned Citizens of Diboll versus Family Affair Club Records, 1973.
1 folder
Cruthirds, Gayle, Collection, 1930-1991.
2 cubic feet

D

Daniel, J. Shirley, Photograph Collection, 1940s-1960s.
12.5 cubic feet (approx. 4100 prints and 4109 negatives)
Davis, Marie, Angelina County Research Collection, 1861-1996.
.5 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Deveraux, Frank, World War II Collection, 1944-1945.
5 digital photographs, 1 digital flight log
Dial Family Collection, 1915-1938.
1 cubic foot (2 boxes)
Diboll Booster Club Collection
2 cubic feet
Diboll Day Collections
13 cubic feet
Diboll Garden Club Collection
6 cubic feet
Diboll Historical Society Administrative Collection
1 cubic foot
Diboll Parent Student Teacher Association Collection
4 cubic feet
Diboll Pilot Club Collection, 1965-2005
9 cubic feet
Diboll Rotary Club Records, 1972-2005.
5 cubic feet (6 boxes)
Diboll Schools Photograph Collection, 1968-2003
1 cubic foot
Diboll Student Newspapers Collection, 1970-1977
0.33 cubic ft
Diboll United Pentecostal Church Photograph Album
10 photographs
Diboll Youth Baseball Collection, 1996-2002
1 cubic foot
Dietz, Don Boggy Slough Hunting Photograph Collection
0.25 cubic ft
Donahoe, Charles Collection
0.33 cubic foot
Donovan, Richard, Collection
4 cubic feet
Dubose, Lola, Rockland Photograph Collection, Late 19th through Mid 20th Century.
32 digitized photographs, 1 tintype
Dunlap, Hawkins Collection
2 cubic feet
Durham Family Collection, c. 1890s - c. 1985, bulk 1940s-1960s.
2.5 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Durham, Jake, Papers, 1948-1950.
2 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Durham, Paul, Papers, 1962-1978.
1 cubic foot (1 box)

E

Edgar Tobin Aerial Surveys of East Texas Collection, 1930s.
88 surveys
Edwards, Elodie Miles, Collection, c. 1890s-2000.
1 cubic foot (2 boxes, 1 album)
Engelbrecht, Irv, Railroad Lease Papers, 1913-1970.
2 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Esther Pennington Ramsey Collection, 1890-1959
3.5 cubic feet

F

Farrington, Fannie, Photograph Album and Scrapbook, c. 1900-2002.
.75 cubic feet (3 boxes)
Ferrell’s, Mallory Hope, Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad Photographs, 1956-1960.
7 photographs
First Shiloh Baptist Church 100th Anniversary Collection
.33 cubic feet
First United Methodist Church Diboll
6 cubic feet

G

George, Gladys Collection
2 cubic feet
Goodwin, Judge Gerald A. Collection, 1968-2019
8 cubic feet
Grant, Ruth, Homer Research Collection.
.75 cubic feet
Greer, Bettye Collection
5 cubic feet
Gulf Coast Lumberman Photograph Collection, 1949-1963, undated.
.8 cubic feet, approx. 422 images
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company Time Table No. 141, 1939.
.01 cubic feet (1 folder)

H

Hall, Don C. Collection
4.5 cubic feet
Hannah, John Jr. Collection, 1966-2004.
46.4 cubic feet
Hannan, James Collection
1.5 cubic feet
Havard, Jim Collection
.05 cubic feet
Houston Oil Company of Texas Recruise of Timberlands, 1910 (maps).
6 vols.
Houston, East & West Texas Railway Company Director’s Record, 1889-1891
1 vol
Houston, East & West Texas Railway Company Payroll Book, 1921.
1 vol
Humason Family Collection, 1890’s-1940’s
2 cubic feet
Hunter, James P. Collection
3 cubic feet

J

Jackson, Albert Sidney Family Collection
2 folders
Jackson, Kathy Collection
1 folder
John Ralph and Sandra Pouland Collection
1 yearbook

K

Kitchens, Mildred Collection
1 cubic foot

L

Lacox, Gary Forestry Collection, 1950-1980
7 cubic feet
Lawrence, Burtis, Collection, 1918-1919.
.25 cubic feet (1 box)
Leavell, Chuck Photo Collection, 2000
0.25 cubic foot
Lenderman, Barley Angelina County Airport Collection, 1941-2015
1 cubic foot
Lenderman, Barley Collection
0.25 cubic ft
Ligon, Jim Collection
1 cubic foot
Lishewski, Marc Collection
0.33 cubic foot
Lufkin Daily News Obituaries Collection, 2000-2014
3 cubic feet
Lufkin Historical and Literary Club Collection, 1920-2024
6 cubic feet
Lufkin Industries Oral History Collection
96 interviews
Lufkin Rotary Club Records, 1931-2011.
12.5 cubic feet
Lufkin Youth Baseball Collection
6 cubic feet
Lufkin-Conroe Telephone Exchange Records, c. 1899-1980s.
2 cubic feet (2 boxes)

M

Magcobar Photograph Collection, 1940s-1970s.
.25 cubic feet (1 box)
Magill, Ralph Photograph Collection
.33 cubic feet
Mann - Plummer - Carter Family Collection
1 cubic foot
Mann Family Collection, c. 1907-1920.
.25 cubic feet (1 box)
Mayo, James Collection
1 folder
McCall, Ina, Retirement Scrapbook, 1914-1955 (bulk 1955).
.5 cubic feet (2 boxes)
McCall, Melissa Family Collection, 1923-1979
1.5 cubic feet
McDonald, Archie P., Political Campaign Materials Collection, c. 1952-2002.
4.5 cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
McKinney, Barbara Family Collection, 1800-1970s
3 cubic feet
Memorial Hospital Collection
22 cubic ft.
Minton, Robert E., Papers, 1920-1949, bulk 1925-1930.
4 cubic feet (4 boxes)
Monk, John Owens-Illinois Collection, 1922-2002, undated
6 cubic feet
Morrison, Jay, East Texas Railroad Photographs, 1914-2003.
2 cubic feet (approx. 736 photographs, also 14 artifacts)
Munz, Georgie Temple, Collection, c. 1910s-1977.
2.5 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Munz, Mary, Collection, c. 1900-2003.
3.25 cubic feet (5 boxes)

N

Nacogdoches & Southeastern Railroad Company (Russell Tedder Collection), 1907-1954.
22 folders
Nelson, Edwin, Collection, c. 1926-1990s.
2.5 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Nineteenth Century Land Documents, 1835-1979 (bulk 19th century).
14 items

O

Oaks, Bethel Collection
1 folder

P

Pate, Wilbur F. Collection
1 cubic ft
Payne, Marguerite Temple, Golf Tournament Award
2 cubic feet
Perkins, Sue Collection of Diboll High School Photographs
5 cubic feet
Pickett, C. A. "Neal," Papers, 1930-1986.
3 cubic feet (7 boxes)
Pine Tree Garden Club Collection
6 cubic feet
Planned Parenthood of Southeast Texas
5 cubic feet
Procella, Henry Collection
1 cubic foot

R

Ramsey Family Collection, 1936-1981, bulk 1957-1961.
3 cubic feet (7 boxes)
Reidinger, Jonanna
5 cubic feet
Resource Management Service/Champion International Collection
105 cubic feet
Richard Martin Donovan Funeral Collection
1 folder
Rogers, William Family Papers
1.5 cubic ft.
Roy E. Larsen Sandylands Sanctuary Correspondence Collection
1 folder
Royle, William C. Collection
3 cubic ft.
Ruby, Milford, 1983-1998
3 flat boxes
Ruby, Robert, Martin Wagon Company Collection
1.5 cubic feet
Ryan and Weeks Family Genealogy, 1832-2000.
.5 cubic feet

S

Sarah’s Hope Foundation Collection
1 folder
Scrappin’ Valley Collection
.5 cubic feet
Shepherd, C. H. Collection, 1965-2014
1.5 cubic feet
Silvers’, Joe, Rayville Ranch Photographs, c. 1919-1928.
.25 cubic feet (approx. 55 photographs)
Singletary, Grady, Collection, 1834-2001.
.25 cubic feet (1 box)
Smith, Joe Collection, 1924-1999
1 cubic foot
Southern Pacific Lines Employee Timetables Collection, 1926-1930.
.01 cubic feet (2 folders)
Southern Pine Lumber Company Accident Reports and Insurance Records, 1917-1938.
6.25 cubic feet (7 boxes)
Springer, Fred. M., Photographs of Selected East Texas Railroads, 1948, 1961-1963.
.25 cubic feet (1 box)
St. Cyprian's Episcopal School
19.5 cubic feet
St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church
7.5 cubic feet

T

T. L. L. Temple Memorial Library Collection
2 cubic feet
T.L. Epperson Collection, 1924-1945
0.5 cubic ft
Temple Associates Box Factory Records, 1944-1956.
2.5 cubic feet (6 boxes)
Temple Elementary Collection
2 cubic feet
Temple Estate Papers, 1879-1952.
3.25 cubic feet (7 boxes)
Temple Family Book Collection, 1806-1912.
2.5 cubic feet
Temple Family Collection, 1826-1985.
2.5 cub feet (4 boxes)
Temple Foundation Records, 1955-1971, bulk 1955-1962.
2 boxes
Temple House Collection
1.5 cubic ft
Temple Industries Corporate Office Collection, 1978-2006
0.33 cubic foot
Temple Jr., Charles Newton, 1902-1964, undated
1.5 cubic feet
Temple Lumber Company Records, 1903-1985.
146.25 cubic feet
Temple Lumber Company Retail Scrapbooks, 1914-1964.
1.5 cubic feet (3 boxes)
Temple-Eastex and Time, Incorporated Financial Statements
1.5 cubic feet
Temple-Inland Forest Management Collection, 1971-2003
10.5 cubic ft
Temple-Inland Land Department Surveyor Field Notebooks, 1913-1990
42 cubic feet
Temple-Inland Video Collection, 1970-1991
0.25 cubic foot
Temple, Alice Monroe Gresham, Photographs, c. 1880s-1910s.
.25 cubic feet (1 box)
Temple, Arthur, Jr., Business Papers, 1943-2006.
383 cubic feet (381 boxes, 9 artifacts, 2 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folder
Temple, Arthur, Sr. Letters, 1939-1951.
approx. 750 letters.
Temple, Buddy, Legislative Records, 1962-1984.
33 cubic feet (32 boxes)
Temple, Buddy, Railroad Commission Records, 1970-1986.
6.5 cubic feet (8 boxes)
Temple, Ellen Clarke Papers, 1960’s-2010
40 cubic feet
Temple, Josephine Bond, Papers, 1890s-1950s.
2 cubic feet
Temple, Katherine Robson Sage, Book of Common Prayer
0.5 cubic feet
Temple, Latane, Papers, 1803-1984.
36 cubic feet
Temple, Lottie Wimp, Papers, 1930s-1995.
14 cubic feet (15 boxes)
Temple, Revered Henry Waring Latane, and Dr. Augstine Warner Lewis Collection, 1790-1945.
3 cubic feet (6 boxes)
Temple, William, Family Photogrphs, 1896-1920.
.25 cubic feet (1 box)
Texas South-Eastern Railroad Company Photographs and Records, 1911-2002.
1.5 cubic feet (3 boxes)
Texas South-Eastern Railroad Company Records, 1902-1991.
67 cubic feet (49 boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 112 volumes)
Texas South-Eastern Railroad Financial Records Collection, 1904-1964
.33 cubic feet (1 box)
Texas State Railroad Board of Managers Audit Papers, 1921-1952.
.25 cubic feet
TexLam Photograph Collection
.25 cubic feet
The Study Club Collection
2 cubic feet
Thompson, Clyde Papers, 1934-1978.
92 cubic feet
Thrailkill Family History Collection
1 album
Timber Type Maps of Angelina County Lumber Company for Southland Paper Mills, Inc.
.25 cubic feet (1 volume)
Tobin Aerial Surveys of East Texas Collection, 1930’s
88 surveys

U

United States Department of Agriculture - National Forests and Grasslands in Texas Collection
43 cubic feet
Utley, Dan. K. Collection
0.33 cubic foot

W

Walls, Charnell Collection
0.33 cubic foot
Webber Family Collection, 1897-1990.
6 cubic feet (12 boxes, 6 albums)
Webber, W. Temple, Sr., Papers, 1950-1974.
16.25 cubic feet (17 boxes)
Weber, Ben, World War II Collection, 1943-2007.
.25 cubic feet (1 box)
Weeks, Franklin, Ryan Chapel Scrapbook, 1885-1986.
1 scrapbook
Welch’s, Haskell, Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad Color Slides, 1961.
100 35mm slides
Weston, Robert, Papers, 1965.
2 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Wilson, Charles N., Collection, 1922-1994.
5 cubic feet

Z

Zavalla News Clippings Collection
3 cubic feet
Zeagler, Lee, Papers, 1951-1970, bulk 1967-1970.
4 cubic feet (4 boxes)
Zimmerman, Jackie Collection, 1906-2009
3 cubic feet
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