The Pine Bough
December 2024
The 2024 issue of the Pine Bough features a variety of photographs and stories, highlighting a diverse selection of collections from The History Center. This issue begins with a photographic tribute to conservationist and friend of The History Center Richard Donovan, showcasing his love of the Neches River. Other features highlight the changes in downtown Lufkin as the streets were paved in 1915 and reimagined in 2024, the correspondence of Josephine Bond Temple, oral histories from Hispanic migrants to East Texas, and the Stubblefield Learning Center Collection. Scrapbook pages feature duck hunting, famed football coach Elmer Redd, the DiStefano family, the Humason Ice Cream Company, ladies from Huntington, and local tomato growers.
Richard M. Donovan (1936-2024): A Personal Photographic Tribute
2
Downtown Lufkin Street Paving, 1915 and 2024
10
Letters from Home: The Alice Temple Harvey Letters
18
Migration to East Texas: New Jobs, New Neighbors, New Cultures
22
A Second Chance at Success: The Beth and Horace Stubblefield Learning Center Collection Donated by Sallye Darmstadter
32
Duck Hunting in Angelina County
36, 37
Dunbar and University of Houston Coach Elmer Redd
38, 39
The DiStefano Family
40, 41
The Humason Ice Cream Company
42, 43
Ladies of Huntington
44
Angelina County Tomato Growers
45
News and Notices
46
