Main Version | Raw XML File (86k)
Robert E. Nail, Jr. Historical Archives at Old Jail Art Center

Guide to the Old Timer and Junior Historian Collection:

A subject guide to Shackelford County history


Overview of the Collection

Creator: Old Timer Staff
Title: Old Timer and Junior Historian Collection
Dates: 1975-1997
Abstract: Drafts, electronic documents oral history audiocassettes, photographs, negatives, slides, printed material, publicity, publications, operational documents, and scrapbooks document the tenure of the Junior Historians of Albany High School, Albany, Texas and the production of the publication Old Timer.
Identification: AR.2006.001
Quantity: 20 containers. 8.4 cubic feet
Language: The records are in English.
Repository: Robert E. Nail, Jr. Archives  Old Jail Art Center,  201 S. 2nd St.,  Albany, TX 76430

Biographical Note

The Old Timer Magazine started in 1975 as an extracurricular Bicentennial activity for Albany High School students. The magazine, named for a character in the Fort Griffin Fandangle, documented local Shackelford County history. Created and sponsored by Barney Nelson, an extraordinary young woman, the Old Timer was an immediate success. The students researched, interviewed, wrote text, did their own layouts, photography, and much of the publishing work at the local newspaper publishing plant under the direction of the editor of the Albany News. All financing was done by the students with loans from the First National Bank of Albany. The Old Timer operated on a shoestring budget; it owned absolutely nothing except the enthusiasm and cooperation of the Albany community. Later that year Mrs. Nelson moved and Mrs. Winifred Waller took over as sponsor. In 1977, Old Timer staff gained the support of Albany I.S.D. and the Old Timer became an Albany High School project. The following year, 1978, the Old Timer staff affiliated itself with the Texas Junior Historian organization. The students began submitting articles to the Junior Historian Writing Contest where the top six articles are published in Texas Historian, a state wide publication. That same year a regional history publication called Big Country, Places, Events, and People was started by the Texas Bureau of Economic Understanding as part of the West Texas Schools American Heritage Project. Between 1975-1981, eight Old Timer's were published with many articles going on to be published both in Texas Historian and Big Country, Places, Events, and People. After 1981, local history articles continued to appear in Big Country, but by 1986, the enthusiasm sparked by the 1976 bicentennial had all but dissipated.

Scope and Contents

Drafts, electronic documents, oral history audiocassettes, photographs, negatives, slides, printed material, publicity, publications, operational documents, and scrapbooks document the tenure of the Junior Historians of Albany High School, Albany, Texas and the production of the publication Old Timer. The bulk of the material consists of drafts of articles that appeared in Old Timer and/or Big Country.

The collection is split into four series. Series 1 contains material relating to the production of the Old Timer and Big Country such as drafts, electronic documents, galley proofs, research, photographs, negatives, slides and oral history audiocassettes.

Series 2 contains supporting production material such as photographs, negatives, and research material.

Series 3 contains administrative material relating to the management of the Junior Historians student group such as correspondence, publicity, printed material, operational documents and scrapbooks.

Series 4 contains the publications Old Timer, Big Country, Texas Historian, and others. *Note: The complete series of Old Timer and Big Country can be also be found on the Archives bookcase.

 

Arrangement

Series 1 contains drafts arranged first by subject in alphabetical order: Assorted, Businesses, Churches, Events, Folklore, Frontier Life, Landmarks, Organizations, Persons, and Ranching and Farming. Within subjects, the material is arranged by article title in alphabetical order. Photographs, negatives, slides, oral history audiocassettes, research materials, and electronic documents associated with individual articles are noted if they exist. Series 1 also contains photographs, negatives, and slides used in the production of Old Timer as well as those created at various Junior Historian events.
Series 2 contains supporting production material that may or may not be directly related to a particular article. Much of this secondary production material is unidentified photographs, negatives, and research material.
Series 3 is arranged by document type; operational documents, printed material, publicity, and scrapbooks.
Series 4 is arranged by title then chronologically. *Note: The complete series of Old Timer and Big Country can be also be found on the Archives bookcase.

Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Open to the Public

Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Organizations:
Junior Historians
West Texas Schools American Heritage Project
Texas Bureau of Economic Understanding
Places:
Albany, Texas
Subjects:
Local History
Business
Church
Events
Folklore
Frontier Life
Landmarks
Organizations
Persons
Ranching and Farming
Titles:
Big Country
Old Timer
Texas Historian

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Acquisitions within this collection: AR.2006.001

Alternative Form Available

Webb Family Papers Finding Aid - Raw XML

Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Series 1: Drafts, 1975-1997



 

Assorted Drafts and Projects

Box Folder
8 2 Gangsters and Moonshine - Those "Good 'Ole" Depression Days, Sandy Stovall-Breeden, 1980
2 Photographs
2 Galley Proofs
3 Wildlife in Shackelford County, Jamey Collinsworth, 1977
4 From Seneca Falls to Suffragettes: Equality or Enfranchisement?, Lisa Adams, 1986
Box Folder
11 5 Texas History Day: Shackelford County Courthouse Project, by Chad Duggan 1985
9 Research: Shackelford County Courthouse, undated
Box Folder
Map Case Shelf Scrapbook, by Chad Duggan, 1983
Shelf The Gathering Place: Research, Recipes, Remedies, Debbie Wilfong, Lori Williams, 1984
Box Folder
9 5 Assorted English Papers, undated, 1981


 

Business

Box Folder
1 1 Albany Abstract Company, Kay Williams, 1980
1 Photographs
1 Galley proofs
2 Albany News speaks for the frontier, Marcie Duggan, 1988
2 Photographs
2 Research
Box Folder
1 3 E.J. Freeman Manufacturing Company, Genee Wagley, 1981
3 Photographs
3 Galley proofs
3 Research
4 First National Bank, Jay Adams, 1981
4 Photographs
4 Research
5 Fort Griffin General Merchandise Store, Cathy Teinert and Johnny Jones, 1977
5 Photographs
Box Folder
10 Hand of Pitch: Oil in Shackelford County, K.C. Jones, 1975
Box Folder
1 6 Ledbetter Salt Works, Samantha Hawkins, 1986
Box Folder
16 19 Oral History Audiocassette, 1986
Box Folder
1 6 Photographs
Box Folder
10 2 Photographs
2 Research
7 Ledbetter Salt Works, Eddie Bailey, 1977
Box Folder
1 7 Lone Star Head Company, Larry Boone, 1981
7 Photographs
7 Galley proofs
8 Lueders Rock Quarry, Margaret Peacock, 1979
8 Photographs
8 Galley proofs
Box Folder
16 4 Oral History Audiocassette
Box Folder
9 4 Number Please? - The telephone companies of Albany, Texas, Kendra Shirley, 1982
Box Folder
6 8 Oil Booming with the Goff Brothers, John Ayers, 1978
8 Photographs
Box Folder
1 9 Pioneer Store, Jeri Cameron, 1978
9 Research
10 Pioneer Store, Jeri Cameron, 1978
10 Photographs
11 Sure enough phone system, A, Lori Henderson, 1986
Box Folder
2 1 Texas Central Railroad, Jim Norman, undated
1 Research
2 That Modern Hotel - McLemore Hotel, Marshall C. Mitchell, 1977
2 Photographs
3 That's Entertainment - Aztec Theatre, Marshall Mitchell, 1978
3 Photographs


 

Churches

Box Folder
2 4 Catholic Church in Albany, Enedelia Martinez, 1986
Box Folder
16 22 Ruben Castañeda Oral History Audiocassette
Box Folder
2 5 First Baptist Church of Albany, Texas, Beverly Lamb, 1977
6 History of the First Christian Church of Albany, Texas, Lori Williams, 1986
Box Folder
16 9-11 Oral History Audiocassette (3)
Box Folder
2 6 Research
Box Folder
19 "Our Heritage," First Christian Church, of Albany, Texas, 1961
Box Folder
10 7 Living in history: the first presbyterian church of Albany, Tammy McMordie, 1975
Box Folder
2 7 Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church, Jerry Don Vandivere, 1977
Box Folder
9 3 Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church 1880-1989, Melissa Compton, 1989
Box Folder
2 8 Trinity Lutheran Church, Ray Seedig, 1983
8 Photographs
8 Research


 

Events

Box Folder
2 9 Biggest Thing that ever happened in Albany: Albany Flood 1978, Tommy Campbell, 1979
9 Photographs
9 Galley proofs
Box Folder
9 2 Fort Griffin Fandangle, undated
Box Folder
2 10 Fort Griffin Fandangle: Four Important Shows, Carrie Prince, 1978
10 Photographs
Box Folder
9 3 Natural Disasters in Shackelford County: Flood and Fire, Chad Bartee, undated
Box Folder
2 11 Santa Claus Bank Robbery, Lisa Henry, 1980
Box Folder
9 1 The Bank has been robbed, Darla Holder, undated
Box Folder
10 7 Tragedy of too much water, Cathy Teinert, 1975


 

Folklore

Box Folder
3 1 Ancient Divining Practices in a Modern World, Paul Quesenberry, 1981
1 Photographs
1 Galley proofs
1 Research
Box Folder
10 7 Early Household Remedies, Rodney Wade, 1975
Box Folder
3 2 Jump Back! He's fixin to get you again!, Darla Holder, 1977
Box Folder
9 4 Water rides the wind, Lisa Gillespie, undated
Box Folder
7 4 Watt Matthews: Folklore of his lifetime, Sunday Belcher, 1989


 

Frontier life

Box Folder
3 3 Buffalo Hunters, Jimmy Walsworth, 1984
4 Cooking and Curing in the 1800s, Kristy Spurgin, 1984
4 Research
5 Indian Attacks in and around Shackelford County, Devita Boyd, 1984
6 Shackelford County Trees, John and Ray Caldwell, 1975
6 Photographs


 

Landmarks

Box Folder
9 1 75 years in history, Ray Seedig, undated
Box Folder
3 7 Albany's first cemetery: the beginning and the end, Jan Matthews, 1977
Box Folder
10 7 Country Side Graveyard, Sharon Hash, 1975
Box Folder
9 2 Fort Davis, Jim Tom Lenoir, undated
Box Folder
3 8 Fort Griffin Cemetery, Greg Parker, 1978
8 Photographs
9 Georgia Battalion Monument, Darla Holder, 1978
9 Photographs
Box Folder
9 2 House upon the land, Gina Chapman, 1989
Box Folder
10 7 Ibex, Texas, Jim Law, 1975
Box Folder
9 3 Memory of an Old Rock House, Jamey Collinsworth, undated
Box Folder
10 7 Moran: Past! Present! Future, Michelle Harris, 1975
Box Folder
9 4 Old Cauble House, Cynthia Cauble, undated
Box Folder
3 10 Reynolds Bend Cemetery: A Final Resting Place, Deedra Martin, 1979
11 Reynolds Bend: A Place of Heritage, Letha Powell Key, 1979
11 Rock Hill School, Gary Gossett, 1979
11 Photographs
13 Suspension Bridges-Engineering Marvels of the Frontier: Old Bridges in Shackelford County, Brentley Irwin, Gary Estep, 1978
13 Photographs
14 That Superintendent will have to go.., Becky Parker, 1976


 

Organizations

Box Folder
3 15 Albany Lions Football, Gerry Middlebrook, 1979
16 Albany Volunteer Fire Department, Liz Sazama, 1980
16 Photographs
17 Galley Proofs, 1980
Box Folder
16 20 Walter Crow Oral History Audiocassette
Box Folder
4 1 Beginning and early history of Harding-Simmons University, Ricia Petree, 1986
2 Bluebonnet Study Club, Tami Nixon, 1979
2 Photographs
3 Eastern Star and Masons, Jill Holson, 1979
3 Photographs
3 Research
4 Hendrick Home for Children, Lillian Wheeler, 1981
Box Folder
16 13 Claude Bruce Oral History Audiocassette
Box Folder
9 3 Look into the past: The Reynolds Presbyterian Orphanage, Jennifer R. Heirman, 1993
3 Masonic fraternity, Bobby McCoy, undated
3 Masonic Lodge #482, Jay Walsworth, 1981
4 Reynolds Presbyterian Academy, Renee McCoy, undated
Box Folder
4 5 Rockwell Foundation, Laura Simonson, undated
Box Folder
9 4 Schools of Shackelford County, Loree Skiles, 1997


 

Persons

Box Folder
4 6 Adams Family moves West, Melissa Shankles, 1977
Box Folder
10 7 Albany's first native capitalist, Tricia Pringle, 1975
Box Folder
4 7 Ann King's Monkey Bread, 1980
7 Photographs
8 Arthur Adams: Businessman, Father, Friend, Jamey Collinsworth , 1978
8 Photographs
8 Research
Box Folder
10 7 As told by Miss Nell Sammons and Mrs. Margaret Earhart Matthews, Betty Key, 1975
Box Folder
4 9 Big Boss Tent Man: George Sazama, Donna Sazama, 1978
9 Photographs
9 Research
10 Black Pioneers of Shackelford County, Tammy Wiloth and Karen Macgregor, 1978
11 Bob Lilly: Real Cowboy, Ken Lawrence, 1977
11 Photographs
12 Clarence Albert Bales, Lori Wafer, 1978
12 Galley Proofs
Box Folder
16 1 Oral History Audiocassette
Box Folder
4 13 Dance with Margie, Donna Stilwell, 1978
13 Photographs
14 Dentures, anyone?: Doc McCord, Darla Holder, 1976
14 Research
Box Folder
9 2 Diller Family, Tom Belcher, 1986
Box Folder
4 15 Doc Holliday at Fort Griffin, Brian Gillit, 1995
15 Research
Box Folder
10 7 Early residents of Shackelford County, Nancy Durham, 1975
Box Folder
9 2 Elsa McFarland Turner, Michelle Morgan, 1984
Box Folder
5 1 Family Heritage: Gentry-Halbert, Mike Halbert, 1979
Box Folder
10 7 Feudin' Editors, Carol Webb, 1975
Box Folder
5 2 From Horse and buggy age to space age: A McComb History, Jeaninne Lowe, 1981
2 Photographs (xerox copies)
3 Frontier Life of John Chadbourne Irwin, undated
Box Folder
10 7 G.P. Crutchfield, Carol Webb, 1975
Box Folder
9 2 Gerlinde Damith Lowe, Joanie Holson, undated
Box Folder
5 4 Girls of Yester-Year, Holly Green, 1984
Box Folder
10 7 Greer Gold Story, Tempe Wiloth and Becky Pilcher, 1975
Box Folder
5 5 His quest is done: Robert E. , Sunday Belcher, 1983
Box Folder
16 5-7 Oral History Audiocassette (3), 1983
Box Folder
10 7 History of the black people of Shackelford County, John Willett, 1975
Box Folder
5 6 Hobbs and Allison Ancestry, Sandy Stovall, 1980
6 Photographs
6 Research
7 I'm doing better than I deserve: Procter Clarke, Jennifer Halbert, 1983
7 Photographs
7 Research
Box Folder
16 12 Virginia Clarke Oral History Audiocassette, 1983
Box Folder
5 8 Ike Chism: The Greeter, Tracie Edgar, 1981
8 Photographs
8 Galley Proofs
Box Folder
16 18 Oral History Audiocassette, 1980
Box Folder
5 9 Indian Heritage, Sandy Stovall-Breeden, 1980
9 Galley Proofs
Box Folder
9 3 J.C. Lynch, Jeff Balliew, undated
Box Folder
5 10 J.L. Castleberry, Beverly Shelton, 1981
10 Photographs
11 Jack Pate - Cowboy, 1976
Box Folder
10 6 I wish I could give my son a wild raccoon, Jack Pate article, 1977
6 Photographs
6 Galley Proofs
7 Janie Johnson, Phillip Cogan, 1975
Box Folder
9 3 John C. Lynch Story, Ace Reames, 1995
Box Folder
6 1 Joseph Beck Matthews II: Prominent Rancher and Cowboy, Letha Key, 1979
1 Photographs
2 Life at Old Fort Griffin, Deidra Newcomb, 1980
2 Galley Proofs
2 Research
Box Folder
9 3 Life of John Larn, Eddie Edington, 1981
Box Folder
6 3 Lifetime Challenge: The Life of John McGaughey, Joel Viertel, 1979
3 Transcribed Oral History
4 Lloyd Mays, 1976
Box Folder
10 6 I wish I could give my son a wild raccoon, Lloyd Mays article, 1977
6 Photographs
6 Galley Proofs
Box Folder
9 3 Luther Hollowell, John Teinert, 1981
Box Folder
10 4 A man to remember: J.M. Morgan, Alan Jones, 1980
4 Photographs
4 Galley Proofs
Box Folder
6 5 Mellie: The Life of a Happy Woman, Vanessa Boling, 1981
Box Folder
6 6 Miss Annie of Albany, Melissa Teinert, 1979
6 Research
7 Miss Nell, Kwin Qusenberry, 1979
7 Transcribed Oral History
Box Folder
9 1 Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Cauble, Lance Cauble, 1995
Box Folder
10 Munk and Vera, Johnny Jones, 1975
Box Folder
6 8 Oil Booming with the Goff Brothers, John Ayers, 1978
8 Photographs
9 An Oil well as a Hobby: Morris Tidmore, Karen Schkade, 1981
9 Photographs
9 Galley Proofs
9 Research
Box Folder
16 16 Oral History Audiocassette, 1980
Box Folder
9 4 Pender Brush, Dianna Cook, 1981
4 Residents of Bluebonnet Village, Della Lee and Kim Scott, undated
Box Folder
10 7 Robert Alexander Jeffress, Wade Caldwell, 1975
Box Folder
6 10 Robert E. Nail, Jr., Robert Williams, 1984
11 Sallie Reynolds Matthews: A Pioneer Rose, Lisa Adams, 1985
11 Research
Box Folder
9 4 Sargent (sic) Hugh A. Brothers, Linda Stokes, undated
Box Folder
10 7 School Marm (Willie Green), Mary Anna Green, 1975
7 Sidesaddle, Tina Rodriguez, 1975
Box Folder
6 12 Sixty-two year musical experience: Velma Reese., John Willett, 1977
12 Photographs
13 That special Garvin Touch, Sharon MacGregor, 1979
13 Photographs
Box Folder
7 1 Tonkawas, Richard Wade, undated
2 Tonkawa Indians, Steve Spore, undated
2 Research
3 Two Shackelford County Families: Bernstein-Noack, Mark Bernstein, 1979
3 Photographs
3 Research
4 Watt Matthews: Folklore of his lifetime, Sunday Belcher, 1989


 

Persons: World War II

Box Folder
7 5 Adventures of Darrell Hudman, Brian Holson, 1997
Box Folder
9 1 Bob Green: His Wartime Experience, Jessica Esfandiary, 1994
Box Folder
7 6 An Experience of War (Morris Ledbetter), Charles Rodriguez, 1982
7 Photographs, 1940s
Box Folder
10 3 General Robert B. Williams (research), undated
Box Folder
9 2 Glenn Leech in World War II, Kim Leech, 1997
2 Harold Law is sent to Germany and lives to tell, Jeff Merrell, Electronic Documents How to Use 1997
Box Folder
9 3 L.B. Gibson, American Hero, Zach Kincaid, Electronic Documents How to Use 1997
Box Folder
16 23 L.B. Gibson Oral History Audiocassette
Box Folder
10 1 Lieutenant Colonel William Edwin Dyess, Kay Williams, 1978
Box Folder
7 8 Max Williams serves in the Philippines during WWII, Josh McComas, Electronic Documents How to Use 1997
Box Folder
7 9 Sam R. Webb, Blessing Schkade, Electronic Documents How to Use 1997
Box Folder
9 4 William Edwin Dyess "A Hero of Bataan", Dora Mae Peables, undated
Box Folder
17 Scrapbook: William Edwin Dyess, Albany Chamber of Commerce, undated
Box Folder
7 11 WWII: Not just a man's war: Ellen Webb and Opal Neff, Lara Woods, 1997
11 Photographs
Box Folder
16 17 Ellen Webb Oral History Micro Cassette


 

Persons: Korean War and Vietnam

Box Folder
9 3 Korean War: the experiences of Arthur Lee Viertel, Zelda Padilla, 1997
Box Folder
7 10 Vietnam War: Don Koch, Michelle Picquet, Electronic Documents How to Use 1997
10 Photographs


 

Persons: Ranching and Farming

Box Folder
9 2 Green Family ranching history, William Henry Green IV, 1993
4 Ranching in Shackelford County...one family's heritage, Amy Montgomery, undated
4 Reeves Burchard-Rancher, Jody Brown, 1995
4 Settling in Shackelford County on the Merrick Davis Ranch, Nancy Klein, 1981


 

Ranching and Farming

Box Folder
9 1 Anxiety 4th herefords, Jana Hill, undated
1 Blach Ranch, Robert Shawn Askew, 1993
Box Folder
7 12 Butterfield Overland Main in Texas, Danny Peacock, undated
Box Folder
9 2 Cowboys and their songs, Shelby Edgar, undated
Box Folder
7 13 Driving Cattle on the Western Trail, Tim Riggle, 1980
Box Folder
10 5 Fencing the West with Barbed Wire, Yvonne Garcia, 1982
5 Research
Box Folder
7 14 Fifty Cent Wheat and Ten Dollar Cattle, Mark Harris, 1979
14 Photographs
Box Folder
10 7 Nail Ranch: Two Sets of Memories, Paul Stribling, 1975
Box Folder
16 24 Oral History Audiocassette
Box Folder
7 15 Seven Triangle Ranch, Anabeth Van Zant, 1979
15 Xeroxed Photographs
Box Folder
9 4 Texas Cowboy, Shelby Edgar, undated


 

Series 2: Supporting Production Material, 1975-1997

Box Folder
8 1 1977 Old Timer TOC, 1977
Box Folder
10 7 Bio on 1975 Old Timer authors, 1975
Box Folder
8 5 Unidentified Photographs and Negatives, undated
6 Unidentified Production Negatives, undated
7 Unidentified Production Negatives, undated
Box Folder
17 1-2 Unidentified Oversized Production Negatives, 1980, 1981
Box Folder
14 Photographs, Negatives, Proof Sheets, 1980s
Box Folder
15 Photographs, Negatives, Proof Sheets, 1980s
Box Folder
11 4 Galley Proofs, 1981
Box Folder
18 Galley Proofs, 1975-1980s
Box Folder
11 6 General Research, undated
7 Research: City of Albany, undated
8 Research: Reynolds College, 1915, undated
Box Folder
17 3 Research: Lottie Deno, 1956-1957, undated
Box Folder
10 9 Research: Examples of Historical Writing, mostly undated
Box Folder
16 Unidentified Oral History Audiocassettes (7), undated
3.5 floppy disks (5) (back ups of the electronic records entries), 1997
Box Folder
8 8 Subject Files: Fort Griffin Fandangle, undated, 1981
9 Scrapbook Material, undated


 

Series 3: Administrative Documents, 1975-1997

Box Folder
11 1 History of the Old Timer and Big Country, undated
2 Operational Documents, 1978-1983
2 Correspondence, 1978-1983
Box Folder
10 8 Publicity, 1970s-1980s
Box Folder
11 3 Old Timer, Release Forms, 1978-1980
Box Folder
18 Artifact: 2nd Prize Ribbon, 1982


 

Scrapbooks, 1980-1982

Box Folder
Map Case Shelf Junior Historians, Chapter 14, 1980-1981
Shelf Junior Historians, Chapter 14, 1981-1982
Shelf On Albany, Junior Historians, Chapter 14, 1980-1981
Box Folder
17 William Edwin Dyess, Albany Chamber of Commerce, undated


 

Series 4: Publications, 1977-1986

Box Folder
19 Old Timer, 4 issues, (*Note: The complete series (1975-1981) of Old Timer can be also be found on the Archives bookcase.), 1977-1981
Box Folder
20 Big Country, 5 issues, (*Note: The complete series (1977-1986) of Big Country can be also be found on the Archives bookcase.), 1977-1986
Texas Historian, 12 issues, 1979-1984
Box Folder
19 The 1986 Sesquicentennial, pamphlet, 1986
Foxfire, 1982
An Economic Survey of Shackelford County, Bureau of Business Research College of Business Administration, The University of Texas, 12/1948
"Our Heritage," First Christian Church, of Albany, Texas, 1961