One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits an elliptical shape; thin shell; white internal coloring; brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Neches basin. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.

One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a rhomboidal shape; moderately thick shell; white internal coloring; reddish-brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.

One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a rhomboidal shape; moderately thick shell; white internal coloring; brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.

One preserved mussel specimen including the left valve only. The specimen exhibits an oval shape; moderately thick shell; white internal coloring; reddish-brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.

One preserved mussel specimen including the left valve only. The specimen exhibits an oval shape; moderately thick shell; white internal coloring; dark brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.

Photograph of a historic property located at Logansport St in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Leonard Sweat grew up in Nacogdoches and participated in the protests and activism while he was in school. He worked in Lufkin, because economic opportunity in Nacogdoches was limited. He returned to Nacogdoches later in life to work as a minister. Mr. Sweat discussed growing up in segregated Nacogdoches, the integration of the schools, the brutality of Chief Roebuck, protests in the late 1960s and 1970, representation of African-Americans in politics and voter apathy.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Mateo Ahumada, on September 8, 1825, discussing a rebellion begun by the Comanche and Tahuacanos Indians, which resulted in the death of an American named Dickenson.

Copy of transcript for a letter to Rafael Gonzáles, on July 8, 1825, discussing six people who have testified to allow American settlers to set up a colony in Nacogdoches under Mexican colonization law.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Mateo Ahumada.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin, on May 8, 1826, discussing a deal with the Cherokees to ambush other Native American tribes.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Ramon Musquiz to Stephen F. Austin.

Photograph of a historic property located at 112 E Main in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Copy of transcript for a letter from James Bowie to Stephen F. Austin, reporting that Col. Jose de las Piedras has declared to be in favor of the Constitution of Santa Anna. Additionally, Piedras has been taken prisoner and that Bowie has assumed command of the 12th Regiment of the Infantry, formerly of Nacogdoches. He also requests that Austin gather and send 20 horse, cattle, or provisions to facilitate their cause.

Weekly newspaper from Nacogdoches, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Nacogdoches, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Parents Without Partners, a nationwide organization who devoted to strengthening single-parent families, is meeting in Fort Worth.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about some 600 students at Stephen F. Austin university at Nacogdoches who began their Spring break in a streak dance attended by 2 thousand persons.

Photograph of the Old Nacogdoches University (located at Washington Sq) in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Photograph of the Stephen Blount House in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Patent for Mill Stone Dressing- the pattern on a mill stone for the better grinding of grains into flour. The furrows and grooves of the new design allow grain to be "milled... at greater speed (and)even distribution."