A Guide to the Robert P. Pierce Papers, 1969-1987
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Creator: |
Pierce, Robert Peter. |
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Title: |
Pierce, Robert P., Papers |
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Dates: |
1969-1987 |
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Abstract: |
Research files created and collected
by Robert P. Pierce for his dissertation on the Big Thicket contain correspondence,
clippings, printed material, maps, photographs, manuscripts, oral history interviews
(transcribed and on tape), and sound recordings. Oral histories of Bill Brett and
Archer Randolph Fillingim are also included, as is music and folklore of East Texas
and materials on Texas folklorists. |
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Accession No.: |
86-087; 98-158; 98-244; 2007-270; 2010 |
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OCLC No.: |
41424909 |
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Extent: |
3 ft. |
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Language: |
Materials are written in English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin |
Robert Peter (Bob) Pierce received his Ph.D. in Folklore from the University of
Nebraska, where he wrote his dissertation on the Big Thicket in Texas. He worked for
the Windham School System of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, for which he
helped develop an arts-in-education program for the GED, vocational, and college
programs. He taught in Huntsville and was also a member the Huntsville Arts
Council.
Research files created and collected by Robert P. Pierce for his dissertation on the
Big Thicket contain correspondence, clippings, printed material, maps, photographs,
manuscripts, oral history interviews (transcribed and on tape), and sound
recordings. Oral histories of Bill Brett and Archer Randolph Fillingim are also
included, as is music and folklore of East Texas and materials on Texas
folklorists.
N.B. There are materials related to Archer Randolph
Fillingim and to Archer Jesse Fullingim – note the difference in their middle and
last names.
Access Restrictions
Use of audio material by appointment only; please contact sound archivist.
Use Restrictions
Unrestricted use.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Brett, Bill. |
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Fillingim, A. Randolph. |
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Fullingim, Archer. |
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Pierce, Robert Peter -- Archives. |
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Subjects |
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Folklore--Texas, East. |
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Folk music--Texas, East. |
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Places |
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Big Thicket
(Tex.)--History--Sources. |
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Texas,
East--History--Sources. |
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Some material has been separated to the Newspaper Collection, to the Money
Collection, and to the Library.. |
Robert P. Pierce Papers, 1969-1987, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Revised by Laurel Rozema, May 2010.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
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Inventory: |
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| 3E37 |
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Personal: |
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Letters received: |
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Archer Randolph Fillingim and Arthur Fullinghim, 1971-1973 |
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1971-1973 |
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1973-1979 |
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Big Thicket Association, 1977 |
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Dissertation: |
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Typescript drafts to chapter 1, the introduction |
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Typescript draft chapter on crime, with notes and printed material |
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| 3F331 |
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Typescript draft of section of razorback hogs, with incorporated published story |
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Typescript draft chapters, 1-4 |
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Manuscript chapters with incorporated stories and typing instructions, 1-4 |
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Manuscript chapters 1-4 |
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Master bibliographic reference sheets |
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Notes and printed materials |
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Copyright permission from A. R. Fillingim for “Buzzard Eggs” story, 1972 |
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Copyright forms, blank |
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Big Thicket Association, printed materials, 1971-1973 |
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| 3F331 |
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Big Thicket Association, printed materials, handbook, and speech about Senator Yarborough, 1971-1974 |
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Texas Folklore Society, printed materials and notes, 1970-1971 |
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The Wilderness Society, Big Thicket information, 1970 |
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Financial material on reprint issue of Bill Brett, 1973 |
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Research Materials: |
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Interviewees: |
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Dr. Don Baird, interview transcript and clippings, 1971 |
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Dr. John Bevil, interview transcript and clipping |
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Bill Brett, short stories, typescript |
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Willie Carouthers, interview transcript |
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John Collier, interview transcript |
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P. O. Eason, handwritten interview transcript |
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P. O. Eason, notes and clippings |
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Archer Randoph Fillingim: |
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Interview transcript and clippings |
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Drafts of tales |
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Draft manuscripts |
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Wild animal stories |
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Animal stories, new manuscripts |
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Manuscripts and clippings |
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Buzzard Eggs and Other Big Thicket Recollections, typescripts and notes |
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Goldie Golden, interview transcript |
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Carter Hart, interview transcript and clippings |
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Jude Hart, interview transcript, Batson, Texas, August 6, 1972 |
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Tom McCreight, interview transcript |
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J. D. Starke, interview transcript |
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Subject files: |
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Mrs. Ayers |
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Balladry |
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Bear hunting |
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Dr. J.W. Beecher |
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Birds |
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Blues |
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Bobcats |
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Bragg Light |
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Centennial Pageant, 1958 |
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Courting days |
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Crime |
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Deer hunts and folklore |
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Ecology fight |
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Folk speech |
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Fox hunts, dogs, folklore |
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General news stories |
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Ghost light on Old Bragg Road |
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Ghost road |
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Ghost stories |
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Red Goldman |
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Ocey Haynes |
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History, location, and description |
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Hogs |
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Home remedies |
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Hunting |
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Hunting and animal tales |
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Ivory-billed woodpecker |
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Keyser burnout |
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Little Rock |
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Lost in the Thicket |
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Major Dark |
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H. Mewhinney |
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Mudcat chimney |
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Nicknames |
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Nude man in the Thicket |
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Panther Stories |
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Racing/panther story |
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Ruins |
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Sapp brothers |
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Slavery and negroes |
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Snakes |
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Snake Woman |
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Song meetings |
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Squirrel dogs and hunts |
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Trees |
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Williams family |
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Wolf hunts and folklore |
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| 3E111b |
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Resource files, photocopies, and photostats |
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Frances Abernathy, "The Golden Log: An East Texas Paradise Lost" |
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Gustav Dresel, excerpts from "Gustav Dresel’s Houston Journal, 1837-1841" |
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William O. Douglas, chapter 1 of Farewell to Texas |
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Larry Jene Fisher, assorted |
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Connie House, "Hardin County," 1963 |
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Mrs. Carl James, "The Big Thicket" |
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Mrs. F. C. Jordan, clipping |
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Mary Laswell, "Work and Play in the Piney Woods", from John Henry Kirby: Prince of the Pines |
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Gordon Lincecum, excerpt from Trip to Texas, 1935 |
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Frances Norvell, The Big Thicket, 1964 |
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Frederick Law Olmsted, Sour Lake and Liberty County, excerpts from A Journey Through Texas, 1857 |
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William Owens, Fever in the Earth |
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Dr. George Parker, "Oil Field Medico" |
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H. B. Parks, "The Big Thicket", Texas Geographic Magazine, 1938 |
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Mary Lou Proctor, "A History of Hardin County," thesis, 1950 |
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Houston Thompson, excerpts from "Sandy Creek: An Isolated Community," masters thesis, 1942 |
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Soloman Wright, "The Big Thicket in 1887," excerpts from My Rambles |
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"A Brief History of Moscow, Texas," excerpt |
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East Texas folklore, excerpts from assorted books |
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Assorted: |
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"The Big Thicket of East Texas" excerpt; 6th grade teaching unit on the Big Thicket |
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Notes on the Sam Slick book |
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Magazines with articles on the Big Thicket, 1974-1975 |
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Photocopies of separated magazines |
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Life in the Big Thicket, typescript article from 1878 Galveston Daily News |
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Kountze News, clippings, 1969, undated |
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| 2.325/U503 |
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Local newspapers: |
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The Big Thicket Bulletin, 1977, 1980 |
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The Kountze News, 1973, 1975 |
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The Liberty Gazette, August 1972 |
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Texas and national newspapers and clippings: |
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Clear Creek, 1971 |
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Beaumont Enterprise-Journal, 1975 |
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Dallas Times Herald, October 21, 1987 |
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Houston Chronicle, 1987, 1992 |
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The Houston Post |
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Texas Magazine, 1973 |
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Texas Illustrated, October 1986 - March 1987 |
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| 3E111b |
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Assorted clippings, 1975-1977 |
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Jack and the Beanstalk, photocopies |
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Advertisements for books on the Big Thicket |
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Assorted pamphlets and brochures |
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Maps |
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| 2.325/U503 |
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Maps |
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| 3S358 |
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Photographs: |
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Batson, Texas, 1906 |
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Longhorns and hogs, 1972 |
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Big Thicket flora, 1972 |
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Big Thicket flora from Kountze News, undated |
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Archer Fillingim (color 4) |
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Bill Brett |
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Unidentified individuals |
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| 2x68f |
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Oral history cassette tapes: |
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Alabama-Coushatta Indian Pow-wow, drums and dances, June 5, 1971, 9:10 PM |
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Judge Leke Bevil, miscellaneous, Kountze, Texas, August 9, 1972; Cordelia Love Sydnes, Big Thicket miscellaneous, Port Arthur, Texas, undated |
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Dr. John R. Bevil, bear hunting, ghosts, murderers, Beaumont, Texas, June 10, 1971 |
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Bill Brett, undated |
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Bill Brett, April 21, 1984 (2 copies) |
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Bill Brett and Bower Taylor, hogs and hunting, August 1972 |
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Willie Carouthers and his wife, June 9, 1971, 8:30 PM |
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Willie Carouthers, Big Thicket folklore; Singing Texas, undated |
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John Collier, miscellaneous and life in Saratoga, 1910-1914, undated |
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Chris Crutcher, Woodlands, Texas, March 5, 1989 |
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Vernon Dalhart, titles on tape, undated; old record cylinders, undated |
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P. O. Easen, hunting and crime, Votaw, Texas, part 1, undated: Elizabeth Redding Jordan, Batson, Texas, August 4, 1972 |
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P. O. Easen and Amber Easen, Votaw, Texas, parts 2 and 3, undated |
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Randolph Fillingim, bear story, robbery of doctor, and Red Goldman, Batson, Texas, June 7, 1971 |
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A. R. Fillingim, Big Thicket - why it’s thick, Batson, Texas; Jude Hart, general miscellaneous, Batson, Texas, August 4, 1972; August 6, 1972 |
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Archer Fullingim, Kountze, Texas, June 1, 1971 |
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Archer Fullingim, "All This Green Thicket" and miscellaneous, Kountze, Texas; Don O. Baird, Huntsville, Texas, (2 copies) ; June 1, 1971, June 2, 1971 |
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Goldie Golden, undated |
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Carter Hart Jr., June 11, 1971 |
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Carter Hart, Jr., bear stories, miscellaneous, Kountze, Texas, June 11, 1971 |
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J. D. Starke and Tom McCreight, Batson, Texas, undated |
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Brown Taylor, hogs and hunting, with Bill Brett, Daisetta, Texas, August, 1972 |
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| 3E111b |
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The Cotton Patch Rag, special issue honoring John A. Lomax, Jr., Vol. 10, no. 2, February 1975 |
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| 3F331 |
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J. Mason Brewer, ca. 1970s |
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Papers, correspondence, clippings, etc. |
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| 3S26 |
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Photographs: |
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J. Mason Brewer |
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Texas lethal injection death chamber, Huntsville |
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| Sound Archives |
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45 sound recordings |
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