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The Old Settler's Association of Grayson County, Volume 2. (open access)

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

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.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Old Settler's Association of Grayson County, Volume 3. (open access)

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

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.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Old Settler's Association of Grayson County, Volume 4. (open access)

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

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.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Old Settler's Association of Grayson County, Vol. 1. (open access)

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

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.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remembering School Days (open access)

Remembering School Days

A collection of reminiscences, each preceded by a brief biographical sketch of the author.
Date: 2005
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan & Redshaw, Peggy A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Grayson County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Grayson County, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Grayson County, Texas.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Bennett, Frank; Lounsbury, Clarence; Burke, R. T. (Richard Thomas Avon); Sweet, A. T. & Wood, Percy O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
More Texas Family Secrets (open access)

More Texas Family Secrets

A collection of reminiscences, each preceded by a brief biographical sketch of the author.
Date: 2003
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan & Redshaw, Peggy A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grayson County Reminiscences: The First 150 Years, 1846-1996 (open access)

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

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Family Secrets (open access)

Texas Family Secrets

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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Millennium Book: The Way Things Used to Be (open access)

Texas Millennium Book: The Way Things Used to Be

A collection of reminiscences, each preceded by a brief biographical sketch of the author.
Date: 1999
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan, 1942- & Redshaw, Peggy A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Grayson County, Texas (open access)

A History of Grayson County, Texas

This book covers the early history of Grayson County, including early pioneers, industry, and development.
Date: 1936
Creator: Lucas, Mattie Davis & Hall, Mita Holsapple
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grayson County; an illustrated history of Grayson County, Texas. (open access)

Grayson County; an illustrated history of Grayson County, Texas.

An illustrated history of Grayson County, Texas with numerous photographs and a pioneer name index (p. 120).
Date: 1960
Creator: Landrum, Graham
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters of Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham] (open access)

[Letters of Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham]

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of county records, Grayson County courthouse, Sherman, Texas (open access)

Inventory of county records, Grayson County courthouse, Sherman, Texas

Inventory of the the records of Grayson County. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Describes the records of the County Clerk as Secretary for Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, County Clerk as Reporter for County Court, District Clerk, Tax Assessor-Collector, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, County Judge, County Treasurer, and County Auditor. Also provides an index and a list of records accessioned by the Texas State Library.
Date: 1980~
Creator: Texas County Records Inventory Project
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Worley's Sherman City Directory, 1950 (open access)

Worley's Sherman City Directory, 1950

The directory for Sherman, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a Buyers' Guide and a Complete Classified Business Directory." General index is on page 7; index to advertisers starts on page 8.
Date: 1950
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clock and the Storyteller: Memoirs of Shirley Clark (open access)

The Clock and the Storyteller: Memoirs of Shirley Clark

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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
R. L. Polk & Co.'s Sherman City Directory, 1912-1913 (open access)

R. L. Polk & Co.'s Sherman City Directory, 1912-1913

The directory for Sherman, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a miscellaneous directory of city and county officials, churches, public and private schools, banks, asylums, hospitals and homes, commercial bodies, secret societies, street and avenue guide, etc., etc., etc. Also a Complete Classified Business Directory and Numerical Street Directory." Indexes to content and advertisers are on the page following the title page.
Date: 1912
Creator: R.L. Polk & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
R. L. Polk & Co.'s Sherman City Directory, 1918 (open access)

R. L. Polk & Co.'s Sherman City Directory, 1918

The directory for Sherman, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a miscellaneous directory of city and county officials, churches, public and private schools, banks, asylums, hospitals, commercial bodies, secret societies, street and avenue guide, etc., etc., etc. Also a Complete Classified Business Directory (The Buyers' Guide) and Numerical Street Directory." Indexes to content and advertisers are on the pages following page 6.
Date: 1918
Creator: R.L. Polk & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polk's Sherman City Directory, 1923 (open access)

Polk's Sherman City Directory, 1923

The directory for Sherman, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a miscellaneous directory of city and county officials, churches, public and private schools, banks, asylums, hospitals, commercial bodies, secret societies, street and avenue guide, and a complete Classified Business Directory, The Buyers' Guide." Index to content is on page 13; index to advertisers starts on page 14.
Date: 1923
Creator: R.L. Polk & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
R. L. Polk & Co's. Sherman City Directory, 1925 (open access)

R. L. Polk & Co's. Sherman City Directory, 1925

The directory for Sherman, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "a Complete Alphabetical List of Business Firms and Private Citizens; A Miscellaneous Directory of City and County Officials, Churches, Public and Private Schools, Banks. Asylums, Hospitals and Homes, Commercial Bodies, Secret Societies, Street and Avenue Guide, and Numerical Street Directory. Also a complete Classified Business Directory and a Buyers' Guide." Index to content is on page 8; index to advertisers starts on page 9.
Date: 1925
Creator: R.L. Polk & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Worley's Sherman City Directory, 1935 (open access)

Worley's Sherman City Directory, 1935

The directory for Sherman, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a Buyers' Guide and a Complete Classified Business Directory." General index is on page 7; index to advertisers is on page 8.
Date: 1935
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Worley's Sherman City Directory, 1947-8 (open access)

Worley's Sherman City Directory, 1947-8

The directory for Sherman, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a Buyers' Guide and a Complete Classified Business Directory." General index is on page 7; index to advertisers starts on page 8.
Date: 1948
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
History and Business Guide of Sherman and Grayson County, Texas (open access)

History and Business Guide of Sherman and Grayson County, Texas

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.
System: The Portal to Texas History