A List of Some of the Manuscript Papers to be Found in the Howard House
Museum, Palestine, Texas

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Transcribed by Mary Lou Laird. Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald -
scottfitzgerald@tyler.net East Texas Genealogical Society,
1st Vice-President 17 September 2007

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Originally published in The Tracings, Volume 3, No. 2, Fall 1984, Page 103
by the Anderson County Genealogical Society, copyright assigned to the East
Texas Genealogical Society.


A List of Some of the Manuscript Papers to be Found in the Howard House
Museum, Palestine, Texas


1.	"The Parkers"

2.	"Parker Family and The Old Pilgrim Church"

3.	"The Palestine Salt and Coal Company", 1924, by Alonza Brooks

4.	"Old Churches of Palestine" by Gay Lester

5.	"Place Name Streets", 1948

6.	"Banks of Palestine", 1950, by Howard Kennedy

7.	"The History of the Streets of Palestine", 1948, Ona Knight

8.	"History of DeBard Family (E.J., Dr. Elijah James)", copied by Bonner
Frizzell from Mrs. W.J. Taylor

9.	"Swanson Drive" by Pete Berry

10.	"The History of Howard Avenue" by Margaret Ann Glenn

11.	"Early Newspapers of Texas" by Cathy Miller

12.	"Touring Texas" (A Texas Centennial booklet), 1934 by Helen Smith
Gahagan

13.	"Lt. Col. Godfrey Rees Fowler", 1951, Judy Sutton

14.	"The New Temple Theater" by Hugh Selmon (E. Swift had box office
statement books)

15.	"The History of Football in Palestine High School", 1948, by Jack Davis

16.	"History of the Arc Light" (1910-1948) by Janet Grigsby and Mae Etta
Herrington

17.	"History of Anderson County" by Audrey Hanks

18.	"Texas Oil Industry" (from The Humble Way), 1948, Joe Ellis

19.	"Athletics Folder, 1948"

20.	"Palestine H.S. Chatter, 1947"

21.	Biographies, 1948, "The Story of My Life", by Lucretia Wagnon, Dolly Ann
Smith, Birdie Sue Jones, Ralph Renshaw, Jr., Billy Gragg, Bobbie Simmons,
Catherine Droby

22.	"Why Anderson Co. Should Celebrate Her 100th Anniversary", Catherine
Droby

23.	"(1) How Old is Your Community and (2) When and Under What Conditions
Did It Grow Up"

24.	"Why Texas Should Celebrate Its Centennial", 1944, Don Hodges

25.	"John H. Reagan" by John Martha Selman

26.	"One Hundred Years of Development in Palestine"

27.	"Poems by Mary S. Fitzgerald", 1945, by Mary Alyce Thompson

28.	"Miss Fanny Lou" (Fullinwider) by Dorothy Ann Reitch

29.	"Discovery of Oil in Cayuga" by Margaret Hill

30.	"Civil War" by Jack Selden

31.	"Life of C.C. Rogers"

32.	"One Hundred Years of Statehood"

(These are only some of the articles written by the Junior Historical
Society of Palestine High School that are now in a vertical file in the
Howard House Museum.  This Museum is open by appointment through the
Palestine Chamber of Commerce as well as during special events such as the
Dogwood Trails each year.)

Submitted by Carol Watts