urn:taro:ttu.swcpc.00336 Anderson County, Texas: An Inventory of Photographs, 1905-1918, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Texas Tech University MS 41041 Lubbock, Texas 79409 Phone: (806)-742-3749 Fax: (806)-742-0496 Webpage: http://swco.ttu.edu/ Contact Person: Reference Archivist

Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, April 16, 2002. Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 14:55:36 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.swcpc.00336 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Anderson County, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1905-1918 A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, 2002 Descriptive Summary Thomas, Erna Mae Anderson County, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1905-1918 The Anderson County, Texas, Photograph collection, dated 1905-1918, was loaned by Erna Mae Thomas for duplication. SWCPC 336 E1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 5 b/w copy prints English. Biographical Sketch

Anderson County is located in East Texas between the Trinity and Neches rivers. Palestine is the county's largest town and county seat. Anderson County' economy is based on cattle raising, agricultural production, timber, and oil and gas production.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains images of carts, wagons, agriculture, grocery stores, water works, utility companies, women judges, and street scenes in Anderson County, Texas. Bulks with street scenes and people.

Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Persons) Childress, Jim Hughes, George Hughes, Sarah T. Johnson, Clyde Thomas, Erna Mae Places Palestine (Tex.) Anderson County (Tex.) Subjects Agriculture--Texas--Photographs Grocery trade--Photographs Public utilities--Texas--Photographs Wagons--Photographs Water--Texas--Photographs Acquisition

Loan, 1978

Access Restrictions

Open for research

Processed by

A. Ramirez

Preferred Citation

Anderson County, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1905-1918, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas