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Old Settler's Association of Grayson County, Vol. 1.

Description: The minutes of the Old Settler's Association of Grayson County, Vol. 1, comprising minutes of the Association, by-laws, newspaper clippings, and a register of members. The membership roster indicates nativity and the date the member came to Grayson County.
Date: [1879..1899]
Creator: Old Settlers Association (Grayson County, Tex.)
Partner: Old Settler's Association of Grayson County

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

Description: This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Old Settler's Association of Grayson County, Volume 2.

Description: Volume 2 of the Old Settler's Association of Grayson County comprises receipts and disbursements from 1898 to 1944 (pgs. 2 - 125), as well as minutes from 1901-1911 (numbered pgs. 1 - 199, but these begin in the middle of this volume). It appears that two ledgers were bound together in this volume. Included in this volume are member donations and minutes from the annual reunion.
Date: 1898/1944
Creator: Old Settlers Association (Grayson County, Tex.)
Partner: Old Settler's Association of Grayson County

Old Settler's Association of Grayson County, Volume 3.

Description: Volume 3 of the Old Settler's Association comprises resolutions passed in 1901, with the bulk of the material consisting of minutes from 1911-1925. Included in this volume are minutes, programs of annual reunions, annual treasury reports, and newspaper clippings.
Date: 1901/1925
Creator: Old Settlers Association (Grayson County, Tex.)
Partner: Old Settler's Association of Grayson County

[Letters of Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham]

Description: The Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham (March 22, 1887 - March 3, 1979) wrote these letters to family members from April 14, 1918 to November 28, 1927. The letters detail his life as a minister in Texas and other locations. The letters are written from Stamford, Spur, Eliasville, Sherman, Gainesville, Orange, Boston (Mass.), Richmond (Va.), and Knoxville (Tn.). The letters detail church news, family life, and travel on the S.S. Leviaton in 1927 to visit London, Paris, and Jerusalem.
Date: 1918
Creator: Cunningham, Thomas McHutchin
Partner: Other

Old Settler's Association of Grayson County, Volume 4.

Description: Volume 4 of the Old Settlers Association includes minutes and newspaper clippings from 1926-1960. Highlights of the early history of the association can be found on pgs. 109-116. Biographies of the members of the Board of Trustees of the association start on page 117. .
Date: 1926/1960
Creator: Old Settlers Association (Grayson County, Tex.)
Partner: Old Settler's Association of Grayson County

History and Business Guide of Sherman and Grayson County, Texas

Description: This text gives an overview of the histories of Grayson County, Texas and of the county seat, Sherman touching on government, business, religion, organizations, and other aspects of life. The book also contains advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1940
Creator: Anderson, Ed. H.
Partner: Austin College

History and Business Guide of Sherman, Denison, and Grayson County, Texas

Description: This text gives an overview of the histories of Grayson County, Texas and the cities Sherman and Denison, touching on government, business, religion, organizations, and other aspects of life. The book also contains advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1948
Creator: Anderson, Ed. H.
Partner: Austin College

The Loving Family in Texas (1843 - 1953)

Description: Biographical sketches and accounts related to the history of the Loving family, as well as genealogical lists. It is separated into three parts: James and Margaret Morgan Loving, Dallas County; Oliver and Susan Morgan Loving, Parker and Palo Pinto Counties; Abraham and Susannah Pipkin Loving, Grayson County.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cullar, W. Clytes Anderson (Willie Clytes Anderson), 1920-
Partner: UNT Libraries

Grayson County Reminiscences: The First 150 Years, 1846-1996

Description: Collection of stories by forty-two local writers describing family histories and anecdotes in the Grayson County, Texas area. Each story is preceded by a brief biographical sketch of the author.
Date: 1996
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan
Partner: Austin College

Texas Family Secrets

Description: Collection of stories by forty local writers describing family histories and anecdotes in the Grayson County, Texas area. Each story is preceded by a brief biographical sketch of the author.
Date: 1997
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Partner: Austin College

More Texas Family Secrets

Description: A collection of reminiscences, each preceded by a brief biographical sketch of the author.
Date: 2003
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Partner: Austin College

Remembering School Days

Description: A collection of reminiscences, each preceded by a brief biographical sketch of the author.
Date: 2005
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Partner: Austin College

First-Born, Middle Child, Caboose: Stories about birth order and family relationships

Description: Compilation of personal anecdotes and reminiscences about topics related to family relationships, collected from people living in or around Grayson, Texas. It includes biographical information for each person. A cumulative index (volumes 1-6) starts on page 135.
Date: 2007
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan, 1942- & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Partner: Austin College

Contemplating Cancer: Stories of Life, Love, Laughter and Loss

Description: Compilation of personal anecdotes and reminiscences collected from people living in or around Grayson, Texas with biographical information for each person. This volume contains stories from people whose lives have been affected in some way by cancer.
Date: 2008
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan, 1942- & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Partner: Austin College

The Clock and the Storyteller: Memoirs of Shirley Clark

Description: Book of collected autobiographical anecdotes of Shirley Clark about her family and life in Texas as part of a humanities project at Austin College.
Date: 2009
Creator: Clark, Shirley; Lincecum, Jerry Bryan & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Partner: Austin College

Memories of the 20th Century: Stories by Eleanor Monroe

Description: Collection of stand-alone autobiographical anecdotes written by Eleanor Monroe about her family and life in Sherman, Texas.
Date: 2009
Creator: Monroe, Eleanor; Lincecum, Jerry Bryan & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Partner: Austin College

Twenty Years of Telling Our Stories

Description: Compilation of personal anecdotes and reminiscences collected from people living in or around Grayson, Texas with biographical information for each person. A cumulative index (volumes 1-6, 10) starts on page 131.
Date: 2010
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan, 1942- & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Partner: Austin College

Family Food Tales and Recipes

Description: Compilation of personal anecdotes and reminiscences about topics related in some way to food, collected from people living in or around Grayson, Texas. It includes biographical information for each person and some of the stories include recipes. A cumulative index (volumes 1-6, 9, and 12) starts on page 103.
Date: 2012
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan, 1942- & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Partner: Austin College

Memories of Wartime Wanderings: What I Did in World War II

Description: Personal memoirs of Ann van Wynen Tomas about her time in the U.S. Foreign Service during World War II, serving in South Africa and later at the Dutch Government in Exile, in London.
Date: 2013
Creator: Thomas, Ann van Wynen & Lincecum, Jerry Bryan, 1942-
Partner: Austin College

How to Write Your Life Story

Description: Guide to writing autobiographical stories or family memoirs providing a series of themed prompts and exercises, with a brief example of each type of anecdote.
Date: 2014
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan, 1942- & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Partner: Austin College
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