American Lumberman Photograph Exhibit
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Early State Railroads and Sawmills
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Featured Oral History

 Temple, Ellen

Temple, Ellen

Jun 8, 2018

Interview 287a: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Ellen Temple discusses her late husband Buddy Temple’s vison for the Boggy Slough Conservation Area. She reminisces ...

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 Small, Sheryl

Small, Sheryl

Aug 5, 2021

Interview 298a: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland and Emily Hyatt, Sheryl Small reminisces about spending time in the Boykin Settlement Community in southern Angelina ...

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 Armstead, Charles W.

Armstead, Charles W.

May 28, 2019

Interview 289a: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, conducted by telephone, Diboll native Charles W. Armstead recounts his childhood and adolescence in Diboll and Lufkin ...

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 Temple, Charlotte

Temple, Charlotte

Apr 19, 2022

Interview 301a: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Charlotte Temple discusses growing up in Lufkin as the daughter of Arthur Temple, attending high school in ...

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 Bonner, Guessippina

Bonner, Guessippina

Jun 30, 2020

Interview 294a: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Lufkin City Councilwoman Guessippina Bonner speaks about her life growing up in Fairfield, Texas and spending time ...

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 Welch, Claude

Welch, Claude

Oct 6, 2021

Interview 299b: In this second interview with Jonathan Gerland, Claude Welch reminisces about the founding of the Angelina Photographic Association in 1979, their major project ...

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 Kitchens, Mildred

Kitchens, Mildred

Aug 5, 2020

Interview 297a: In this telephone interview with Patsy Colbert, Diboll native Mildred Griffith Kitchens answers questions about growing up in Diboll and Lufkin, going to ...

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 Benham, Rex

Benham, Rex

Jul 16, 2020

Interview 295a: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Georgia native and forester Rex Benham reminisces about his life growing up in Georgia and his career ...

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 Winston, Virginia

Winston, Virginia

Jul 24, 2020

Interview 296a: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Angelina County native Virginia Winston reminisces about growing up in Keltys in the 1930’s and helping to ...

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 Ivy, Ted

Ivy, Ted

Feb 21, 2020

Interview 293a: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Angelina County native Ted Ivy reminisces about growing up in Huntington as a descendant of early Angelina ...

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Logging Teams in the Woods

A Southern Pine Lumber Company logging team with mules and horses in the woods, 1903. ...

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Lydia McMullen, Texas Forest Festival Parade, Lufkin, 1953

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Enjoying a Cold Coke at Company Picnic

Diboll residents enjoy cold Coca-Colas at a company picnic in front of the Scout House, ca. 1950. ...

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Abstract 177, Delgado 1 Survey, Liberty County

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May 1944

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 The Ku Klux Klan in Angelina County, Lufkin, and Diboll, Texas During the Early 1920’s

The Ku Klux Klan in Angelina County, Lufkin, and Diboll, Texas During the Early 1920’s

When telling local history, it is tempting to focus on the stories that flatter ourselves and those who came before ...

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 The Temples in Texarkana

The Temples in Texarkana

Texarkana, in its heyday, was home to great wealth and powerful families and industries that influenced the economies of at ...

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 Imagining Texas: An Historical Journey With Maps

Imagining Texas: An Historical Journey With Maps

IMAGINING TEXAS: AN HISTORICAL JOURNEY WITH MAPS, opened onsite at The History Center in February. The exhibit features more ...

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 The Diboll Garden Club 1960-2020

The Diboll Garden Club 1960-2020

In April 2020, the Diboll Garden Club celebrates their 60th anniversary and The History Center is happy to help them ...

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 Buddy Temple: An East Texas Life

Buddy Temple: An East Texas Life

The History Center staff was saddened by the death of our friend and supporter Buddy Temple on April 14, 2015 ...

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 Angelina County at War: A World War II Exhibit

Angelina County at War: A World War II Exhibit

"Angelina County at War: A World War II Exhibit" was an on-site exhibit that opened at The History Center on ...

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 In Forest Land: Special Places in the East Texas Pineywoods

In Forest Land: Special Places in the East Texas Pineywoods

This exhibit explores a sense of place in the woods and waters of East Texas. The selection of places is ...

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