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The History Center will be closed on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25, 2021 in observance of the Thanksgiving holidays. Regular hours will resume on Monday, November 29, 2021. History Center staff wishes everyone a happy and blessed holiday.

The History Center's website is constantly updated with newly processed and digitized collections. Here are four interesting collections that showcase the wide range of topics our collections cover. Teacher and Red Cross worker Ilene Cornick

The History Center will be closed on Thursday, Novemeber 11, 2021 in observance of Veterans Day. We will reopen with our regular hours on Friday, November 12, 2021. The staff of The History Center is

On October 28, Sheryl Small visited The History Center to add to her family collections. The Frazier-Runnels Family Collection documents her grandparents, Harrison and Mary Frazier and her great grandparents, James and Emma Runnels. The

The History Center will be closed in observance of the Labor Day Holiday on September 6, 2021. We will reopen on September 7, 2021 with regular hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.

On June 9, 2021, Executive Director Jonathan Gerland appeared on the Chamber Connect podcast. Interviewers Tara Watson-Watkins and Blake Pollino asked him about the History Center's mission, collections, and events. The interview is available to watch here.

On August 5, 2021, Sheryl Small donated approximately 31 photographs and 100 documents that help tell the story of the Frazier and Runnels families in southern Angelina County. Well-known African American members of the Boykin

On July 30, 2021 Mary Goodwin and Robin Collmorgan donated seven scrapbooks detailing the life and legal career of Judge Gerald Goodwin. The books contain newsclippings from 1968-2019, covering his time as a prosecutor, District

The public is invited to join us in celebrating Patsy Colbert's more than 30 years of employment with the T. L. L. Temple Memorial Library and The History Center. Patsy is retiring at the end

OFFICE MANAGER / ARCHIVES ASSISTANT The History Center is seeking a dynamic, highly organized professional able to handle multiple activities at a time to fill its fulltime position of Office Manager/Archives Assistant. The successful candidate

The History Center will be closed on Monday, July 5 in honor of the Independence Day holiday. Regular hours (Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 5:00) will resume on Tuesday, July 6. The History Center wishes

As of June 1, 2021, The History Center is happy to announce there are no longer any restrictions for visitors to our facilities. COVID-19 restrictions that limited the number of guests have been lifted and