Scope and Contents Collection includes over 350 comic books from the following publishers: Archie, Charlton, DC, Dell, Gold Key/Whitman, Harvey, Marvel, and Sad Sac. Titles include: Action Comics, Archie and Me, Archie and Riverdale High, Attack, Barney and Betty Rubble, The Brave and the Bold, Brothers of the Spear, Captain America and the Falcon, Combat, Dagar the Incincible, DC Special Series, DC Super-Stars, Detective Comics, Fightin' Army, Fightin' Marines, The Flash, GI Combat, Grimm's Ghost Stories,...

Scope and Contents The Adelle Clark collection consists of materials pertaining to Clarks’ career as professor of English and Spanish at East Texas State Teachers College and Texas Christian University, her literary works, and her personal life and interests. The collection is organized into three series: materials related to the Commerce Civic Music Association, Manuscripts, and Biographical Materials, with a subseries containing Certifications.Series I, Commerce Civic Music...

Scope and Contents This collection was donated by the Alumni Association and encompasses history of the university through the lens of students and alumni from 1890 to 2003. Series I: Memorabilia includes promotional items and pride gear for graduates such as license plates, stickers, and post cards. Series II: Objects includes donated items that include a ceramic dish, a hand-painted tankard, a Dr. Gee Presidential Coin, and a silver tray. Series...

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The A.M. Aikin, Jr. Papers consists of six broad series: Press Files, Correspondence, Legislative Files, Bills and Amendments, Resolutions, and Speeches from Mr. Aikin's career as as Texas state senator. His papers are incomplete, only covering his first twenty years in the State Senate, 1939-1959.

Scope and Contents The Ann Phillips Collections includes materials primarily concerning U.S. Ambassador Fletcher Warren’s career in the Foreign Service and Ann Phillips’s work in writing a biography of Ambassador Warren. Also included are documents from other local Wolfe City subjects: a book on Louise Durham, an educator from the area; a book by Betty Hahn Bernbaum on her life with her husband Maurice Bernbaum; and other documents from Ann Phillips’s writings such as research documents and articles for her...

Scope and Contents The Arni Cole Collection consists of photographs, personal papers, and three dimensional objects that pertain to Arni's and his brothers' careers in aeronautics (particularly their careers in the Cole Brothers Air Show) and to general aeronautical history.The collection is organized into three series. The first series is Personal Papers, 1946-1991, undated. It includes printed material, pilot logs, correspondence, and literary productions. The printed materials includes four...

Scope and Contents This collection comprises one letter written by Arthur Robertson in 2005. The letter includes recollections of his memories of East Texas State College (ETSC) from 1957-1961 along with information about his personal life. Regarding his time as a student, Robertson provides information about the various student religious groups on campus, including the Baptist Student Center, the Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, and the Wesley Student Foundation. Robertson discusses racial...

Scope and Contents Series I, Correspondence, is the second largest series in the collection. It contains correspondence between Bill Martin, Jr. and numerous individuals (including friends, acquaintances, and colleagues) as well as organizations (including companies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies). It includes a major sub-series for art-related correspondence. Note that photographs originally filed in this series have been moved to separate photograph-only...

Content Description The Black History Month Collection documents and details Texas A&M University - Commerce history of engaging with and representing its Black students through the Office of Intercultural Services. Series I: Black History Month includes research and mixed materials demonstrating national Black history which were utilized to educate the campus community at cultural events. This series includes a folder of mixed material Black studies curriculum. There is also a folder of calendars and...

Scope and Contents The Bowman Collection is a mixture of oral histories, newspaper clippings, and copies of primary and secondary sources documenting nineteenth century Texas. Almost all of the oral histories are represented in the collection as handwritten, typed and copies – all three are often stapled together. The collection is organized in three series, professional papers including speeches and articles as well as correspondence, research files organized geographically, and research files organized by...

Scope and Contents The Brecheen Collection consists of materials pertaining to multiple members of the Brecheen family including Billy Brecheen, his mother Stella, and relative Roy Young. Billy Brecheen’s adulthood as a student at East Texas Normal College and Spartan Aircraft School, his time as an Airman during World War II, and his personal life and family life. Along with materials pertaining to him, the collection also contains materials from his mother, Stella, as well as a man by the name...

Scope and Contents The Brenda Black White collection is mostly composed of correspondence and poetry. The collection is organized into eleven series: Correspondence, Poetry, Manuscripts, Activity Files, Biographical Files, Medical Files, Photographic Materials, Drawings and Paintings, Audio and Audiovisual Materials, Clothing, and Books. Series I, Correspondence, n.d., 1925, 1944, 1955-2009, professional and personal correspondence received and sent by BBW. She frequently photocopied her outgoing...

Scope and Contents The Bruening Family Materials consists of photographic materials and printed materials related to naval service in the 1940s. The majority of the materials are related to the eldest brother, Private Edward J. Bruening. The collection does not include correspondence from either of the brothers or family members.Series I. Biographical Materials (1940-45) contains materials related to the life of Private Edward J. Bruening during the early 1940s...

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This collection contains a few personal correspondences, personal financial records, one newspaper article on John Sloan, class materials such as notes and tests, faculty news, a faculty directory and general education files (which pertain to East Texas State's General Education Program).

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This collection of graduation lists from Celeste High School includes the following information for each class: class roll, motto, flower, colors, and details regarding graduation ceremonies.

Scope and Contents The Celia Wright Collection contains historical research on Hopkins County, Texas, and Hopkins County families collected during Mrs. Wright's career as a genealogical researcher and historical author. The collection contains newspaper articles authored by Celia Wright, correspondence with researchers, photographs and negatives, and research notes.Series I, Historical Research, is divided into two sub-series, Families and Locations. The Families...

Scope and Contents This collection contains 136 letters written by Charles Francis Wheeler to his mother Florence Wheeler during his service in WWI. The letters are arranged chronologically by year and month. Many of Wheeler's letters describe the French and German countryside along with the towns that his company marches through. He also refers to conversations with French an German citizens and their views and experiences with the war. Wheeler often discusses which letters from family he has recieved and...

Scope and Contents This is an artificial collection created from Clarence Pittard's correspondence and writtings sent to Dr. James Conrad, former University Archivist at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Clarence Pittard corresponded regularly with Dr. Conrad in the late 1990s and sent him multiple versions of his book, The Golden Age of Baseball in Hunt County, Texas for review. This collection consists of several drafts of his book, one unbound final copy, letters from...

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This collection consists of only a single newspaper series (Series I.).

Scope and Contents Two primary themes are found in this collection. First, Lt. Capt. Marsh provides numerous descriptions of his surroundings in Leyte, as well as general accounts of day-to-day activities for American soldiers on the island. Second, he expresses his deepest wishes to return home to his wife, even at the onset of his travels. Marsh’s letters recount the difficulties of waiting for orders to get to work and orders to go home. The collection is divided into two series. The first...

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This collection spans the 30 years from 1956 to 1986, with a bulk of the programs taking place throughout the 1960's in Dallas, Texas. The collection is arranged alphabetically by title for each of the plays performed, with note of what theater held the performance and the year if available. The collection also contains a few other performance or theatre records, such as the Macy's parade, single-act performances, and a folder on Shakespeare's work.

Scope and Contents The David A. Talbot Papers consists primarily of papers related to the business of the Center for Counseling and Student Development Services, colleagues and fellow staff members at the Center, and other administrative and teaching roles Dr. Talbot maintained at East Texas State University. The collection is divided into eight series: Professional Papers, Student Papers, Essays, Administrative Papers, Correspondence and News, Publications and Presentations, Student Papers (Accrual), and...

Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of correspondence from Dr. (Lt.) Lafferty to his wife, Rachel, throughout his service during World War II. A portion of the letters was written after Dr. Lafferty joined the Navy, but prior to his July 1942 marriage to Rachel. His correspondence varies based on the multiple stations at which he was deployed. The stations include Texas A&M College Station Naval Training School, the United States Naval Reserve Midshipman School in Chicago, Illinois, the...

Scope and Contents James A. Grimshaw, Jr. (1940-2018), taught in higher education for thirty-five years and published his first academic work in 1971. The material in this collection documents his teaching through academic records, scholarship, and service. Divided into six series, this material includes correspondence, Grimshaw's writing and oral presentations, materials associated with his teaching, personal items, writing by others, and a series named Exceptions which is explained below in the...

Scope and Contents Series I, Correspondence, is the larger of the two series in the collection. It consists of three sub-series: "Organizational correspondence," "Personal correspondence," and "University correspondence." The "Organizational correspondence" sub-series contains correspondence with the American Association of University Women, the university's International Relations Club, the Texas Academy of Science, and the Texas State...

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Materials donated by Dr. Paul Barrus documenting his teaching career at East Texas State University and his duties as an ordained minister at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Materials include typed sermons and speeches, newspaper clippings, photographs, serials, and correspondence.

Scope and Contents The Dr. William "Bill" Edwards McCarron Collection documents aspects of his military service, his teaching and writing career and his family life.The materials are divided into four series, including his own graduate student college notebooks, his fiction and nonfiction works, documents on his period of service in Vietnam, and material on his teaching career.The first series, McCarron’s college notebooks, is subdivided into three sections, dealing with his...

Scope and Contents The collection is organized into two series.Series I, A Young Man Comes to Texas, 1852-1866 Files; consists of letters from the Tennessee State Archives in Nashville and transcribed by Dr. William E. Sawyer.Alfred wrote regularly to his brother Morton prior to 1856. There are a few letters to his parents and other members of the family as well. The letters are full of interesting descriptions of Texas during...

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This collection consists of the following issues of the East Texan Lite: Volume 1, Issues 1-2, 4; Volume 2, Issues 1-7; Volume 3, Issues 1, 3-5; Volume 4, Issue 1; Volume 5, Issues 1,3.

The following issues of The Least Texan are also included: Volume 1, Issues 1-2; Volume 2, Issues 1-7; and Volume 3, Issue 1.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of six series documenting the history of East Texas Normal College: Series I. Alumni and former students, Series II. College documents (non-published), Series III. Faculty, Series IV. Photographs, Series V. Publications, and Series VI. Student materials. Series I. consists of an alphabetical directory and newspaper. Series II. consists of a charter, exhibition captions, manuscripts, and a telegram. Series III. consists of an alphabetical directory and a file on an...