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Sections 7-8

In Eight Sections

Section 1 - Books and Pamphlets 
Section 2 - Articles
Section 3 - Dissertations and Theses
Section 4 - Privately Circulated Manuscripts Held in Public Collections 
Section 5 - Business History Books and Pamphlets 
Section 6 - Church History Books and Pamphlets 
Section 7 - Speeches, Poetry, and Fiction 
Section 8 - Genealogy Books and Articles

 

Section 7 - Speeches, Poetry, and Fiction

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Baker, Rollin Harold. Alleyton Acts. Eagle Lake: The Wogggly Press, 2003. 170 pages. One of four volumes, printed in extremely limited numbers in January 2003, which contains three of the author's novellas set in and/or concerning fictional characters from Alleyton. This title contains: Alleyton South (set in 1910, copyrighted January 17, 2002), Alleyton Deer (set in 1913, copyrighted December 14, 1998), and Alleyton Rejects (set in 1920, copyrighted January 22, 2001).  Call # TR BAK

Baker, Rollin Harold. Alleyton Adventures. Eagle Lake: The Wogggly Press, 2003. 160 pages. One of four volumes, printed in extremely limited numbers in January 2003, which contains three of the author's novellas set in and/or concerning fictional characters from Alleyton. This title contains: Alleyton Larceny (set in 1874, copyrighted May 1, 2001), Alleyton Prodders (set in 1876, copyrighted August 13, 1998), and Alleyton Feuds (set in 1900, copyrighted May 29, 2001).  Call # TF BAK

Baker, Rollin Harold. Alleyton Intrigues. Eagle Lake: The Wogggly Press, 2003. 168 pages. One of four volumes, printed in extremely limited numbers in January 2003, which contains three of the author's novellas set in and/or concerning fictional characters from Alleyton. This title contains: Alleyton Scalawags (set in 1904, copyrighted September 18, 2001), Alleyton Action (set in 1906, copyrighted May 11, 2002), and Alleyton Cares (set in 1909, copyrighted June 24, 2002). Call # TF BAK

Baker, Rollin Harold. Alleyton Settlers. Eagle Lake: The Wogggly Press, 2003. 209 pages. One of four volumes, printed in extremely limited numbers in January 2003, which contains three of the author's novellas set in and/or concerning fictional characters from Alleyton. This title contains: Alleyton Cotton (set in 1863, copyrighted February 6, 1996), Alleyton Cattle (set in 1866, copyrighted August 16, 1996), and Alleyton Trail (set in 1868, copyrighted May 5, 1997). Alleyton Cotton (under the title Alleyton) was serialized in the Eagle Lake Headlight in 1996.  Call # TR BAK


Baker, Rollin Harold. Lavaca Home. Hallettsville: Old Homestead Publishing Company, 2004. 255 pages. The author turns his attention to Lavaca County, at the request of his publisher.  *

Baker, Rollin Harold. Lavaca West. Hallettsville: Old Homestead Publishing Company, 2004. 202 pages. *

Baker, Rollin Harold. Lavaca Tales. Hallettsville: Old Homestead Publishing Company, 2004. 194 pages.  *

Baker, Rollin Harold. Lavaca Roots. Hallettsville: Old Homestead Publishing Company, 2004. 203 pages. *

Baker, Rollin Harold. Lavaca Reunion. Hallettsville: Old Homestead Publishing Company, 2005. 96 pages.  *

Baker, Rollin Harold. Coastal Prairie Adventure. Hallettsville: Old Homestead Publishing Company, 2005. 146 pages.  *

Baker, Rollin Harold. Long Trail to Texas. Hallettsville: Old Homestead Publishing Company, 2005. 197 pages.  *

Baker, Rollin Harold. Prairie Challenge. Hallettsville: Old Homestead Publishing Company, 2005. 205 pages.  *

Baker, Rollin Harold. Lavaca Goal. Hallettsville: Old Homestead Publishing Company, 2005. 207 pages.  *

Bradford, T. Virginia. Sallie Scull On the Texas Frontier Phantoms on Rio Turbio. San Antonio: The Naylor Company, 1952. 182 pages. Perfectly dreadful, highly fictionalized account of a famous early Colorado County character. Happily, there is nothing about the county in it.*

Columbus Civic Club. Treasured Thoughts of My Friends. Columbus: Colorado Citizen, [1909]. [54] pages. A booklet of quotations from literature and other sources provided by local citizens. GA T-2 File 132

Cook, Richard V. An Address on the Education and Influence of Woman; Delivered Before the Sabbath School Union, in the Lutheran Church, January 11, 1858. Columbus: Colorado Citizen, 1858. 20 pages. Speech by a Columbus attorney and future Confederate army captain.

Darden, Fannie Amelia Dickson. "The Writings of Fannie Amelia Dickson Darden." Compiled by Bill Stein and Jayne Easterling. Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, volume 9, number 3, September 1999, pp. 131-194. A catalog of all the known prose and poetry produced by the Columbus writer Fannie Darden, with reprints of much of the work.

Dunovant, Adelia A. A Paper. Houston: Gulf Messenger Print, c. 1905. 7 pages. Speech by an active Colorado County woman’s club member, of value for what it reveals about her character.  *

Dunovant, William. In Memory of R. E. Lee. An Address Delivered by Capt. William Dunovant Before the R. E. Lee Chapter, U. D. C., and the Dick Dowling Camp, U. C. V., in Houston, Texas, January 19th, 1898. 1898. 14 pages. Speech by a prominent Eagle Lake plantation owner, who was also a Civil War veteran.*

Simpson, Friench. A Study of Nature and Other Poems. 1900. 65 pages. Poetry by a Columbus banker.  Call # VLT

Simpson, Friench, translator. Quatrains of Omar Khayyam. Houston: J. V. Dealy Company, 1909. 187 pages. Second literary effort by the Columbus banker, who had moved to Hallettsville by the time the book was published.  *

Small, David. Ruby Mae Has Something To Say. New York: Crown Publishers, 1992. [32] pages. Children's book about a woman from Nada, written by a man from Michigan who may not have known that such a place existed.  Call # E SMA

Tendick, Robert Peter. Speech of Hon. R. P. Tendick on Immigration, Delivered in the Senate of the State of Texas, April 19, 1871. [1871]. Remarks by a Colorado County Republican State Senator opposing immigration from Africa.*

Vaughan, Vivian. Texas Dawn. New York: Zebra Books, 1990. 384 pages. Lurid romance novel set in Alleyton and along the cotton trail during the Civil War.  *

Wall, Judith Henry. My Mother’s Daughter. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. 431 pages. Reasonably impressive novel concerning a fictional Columbus family and their numerous trials and tribulations over a few decades.*

 

Section 8 - Genealogy Books and Articles

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Adamcik, Aline Wienken. The Schriefer and Wienken Families. 1979. 75 pages. *

Albright, Doris Beken. The Beken Family Story. Schulenburg: Schulenburg Printing and Office Supplies, 1989. 105 pages. *

Bianchi, Ann Herod. A Working Report on Robert Henry Harrison and His Descendants. 2000. 40 pages.

Bianchi, Ann Herod. A Working Report on the Descendants of William and Anne Smith McDaniel. 1999. 117 pages.*

Blaha, Albert, compiler. Colorado County, Texas Czech Extractions of Marriages and Declarations 1850-1900. 59 pages.  Call # TR S1 976.44

Clowe, Grace Campbell. Colorado County, Texas Czech Census Extracts, 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900. [c. 1982]. 100+ pages. Call  # TR S1 976.44

Colorado County Cemeteries, volume 1. Columbus: Archives of the Nesbitt Memorial Library, 1992. 90 pages. *

Colorado County Cemeteries, volume 2. Columbus: Archives of the Nesbitt Memorial Library, 1994. 115 pages.  *

Cox, Dorothy Elkins. "Montgomery-Thatcher Cemetery." Stirpes, volume 27, number 2, June 1987, pp. 11-15. Contains much family history.

Cox, Dorothy Elkins, compiler and editor. Pioneer Texans Montgomery and Thatcher Families and Their Descendants. [1992]. 248 pages. Call # TR S1 976.45

Gold, Theresa Gros and Donald T. Hoelscher. The Hoelscher Family of Texas: 1824-2003 -History and Genealogy of Anton and Mary Katherine Hoelscher. [1979]. 598 pages. Call # TR S1 976.45 

Harrison, William Henry and William Mark Stein. "Index to Early Colorado County Probate Files." Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, volume 1, number 7, November 1990, pp. 220-233. A name index to the first 800 probate files in the Colorado County Clerk's office. 
 

Howard, Hortense, comp. Descendants of Johann Joseph Miller with Related Genealogy. 1966. 84 pages. Call # TR S1 976.45

Janak, Dinah, Darlene Hayek, and William Mark Stein, compilers. "Digest of the Book of Land Certificates." Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, volume 3, number 3, September 1993, pp. 123-167.

Kahlich, Geneva Eggemeyer. Family Branches Ocker Kasberg Beimer Schneider. 100 pages. Call # TR S1 976.45

Kulhanek, Leonard M. The Kulhanek Family History. La Grange, Texas: Hengst Printing, 1983. 109 pages.  Call # TR S1 976.45

Loftiss, Betty Arnold. The Elder Daniel Burford His Ancestors & Descendants of America (1684-1996). Greenville, Mississippi: Burford Brothers Printing, 1997. 787 pages.  Call # TR S1 976.45

Loftiss, Betty Arnold. Burford Updates for the Elder Daniel Burford His Ancestors & Descendants of America (1684-1996). 1998. Call # TR S1 976.45

Loftiss, Betty Arnold. Burford Updates 1999 for the Elder Daniel Burford His Ancestors & Descendants of America (1684-1996). 1999. 99+ pages.  Call # TR S1 976.45

McColloch, Willie Ann Frels. The Frels Family from Germany to Texas. Rosenburg: Lamar High Business Office Service, 1991.  Call # TR S1 976.45

Moore, Edward H., comp. A Pieper Family History. 2000. 166 pages.  Call # TR S1 976.45

Mullins, Marion Day. "Colorado County, Texas, Tax List, 1837." Stirpes, volume 7, number 1, March 1967, p. 13. 

Myrtle Cemetery Association. Myrtle Cemetery Rock Island, Texas 1902-2004. 2006, 64 pages.*

Obenhaus, Anne Krenek. Krzenka 1806 Krenek 1978 Descendants of Josepha Krzenka (Joseph Krenek). 1978. 312 pages. Call # TR S1 976.45

Potter, Kay Schobel. Fourteen Generations Hester Potter Schumacher from the Thomas Jefferson Era. Columbus, Texas, 2000. 133 pages. Call # TR S1 976.45

Prince, Martha H. and John L. Prince III. The Chollett Family: Descendants of Johann Friedrich Chollett and Related Families. Tucson, Arizona, 2000. 158 pages. Call # TR

Rau, Billie Hintz, Raymond Frank Rau, and LaVerne Eixman Mikus. Rau Family Tree. 1991. 234 pages. Call #TR S1 976.45

Routh, John and Nancy Wendel Routh. The Family Tree of Peter Jacob Wendel. 200+ pages. 1988. Call # TR S1 976,45

Ruhmann, Dorothy Beasley. Ruhmann and Beasley Family Roots. 1994. 200+ pages. *

Schoellmann, Elizabeth Leopold, and Mary Vesely Kirby, ed. Christian Leopold "Der Swithe Boob." San Antonio: Thomas Reprographics, [1999]. 216 pages. Call # TR S1 976.45

Stein, William Mark, Wolfram M. Von-Maszewski, Marie Rose Remmel, Jim Kearney, et. al. "Excerpts from the Kirchenbuch of Louis Cachand Ervendberg." Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, volume 2, number 1, January 1992, pp. 41-64. Transcription of Texas pages of an 1840s minister's church register.

Stein, William Mark, and Bobbie Elliott. "Index to District Court Criminal Cause Files, 1837-1875." Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, volume 4, number 2, May 1994, pp. 74-114.

Stein, William Mark and Bobbie Elliott, comp. "Index to District Court Criminal Cause Files, 1876-1900." Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, volume 8, number 2, May 1998, pp. 79-112.

Struss, Sidney Elmer. Struss Family Heritage. 1988. 335+ pages. Call # TR S1 976.45

Towell, Roy Harrison, Jr. "The Towell Genealogy." Yellowed Pages, Quarterly of the Southeast Texas Genealogical & Historical Society, volume 19, number 4, winter 1989, pp. 197-208. Excerpts from the the author's Isaac Towell and His Family.  Call # TR 016 SOU

Towell, Roy Harrison, Jr. Isaac Towell and His Family. 1990. 274 pages.  Call # TR 920 TOW

Treybig, Arliss Annette. Branching Out In Texas: Descendants of Jacob Hennecke and Mary Braden. 1977. Revised 1981. 127 pages. Primarily genealogical, but with some material about the early history of Bernardo and Mentz.  Call # TR S1 976.45

Treybig, Arliss Annette. Branching Out In Texas: A Historical Record of the Lucas Burtschell and Maria Elizabath Laux Family of Büdesheim, Germany. 1998. 158 pages.  *

Treybig, Arliss Annette. Glück Glueck 1853-1993 A Record of the Frank Glueck and Ludwina Koy Family. 1992. 82 pages.  Call # TR S1 976.45

Treybig, Arliss Annette. Hardship and Promise: Historical Record of the Joseph Henneke and Anna Maria Middeke Family of Entrup, Westphalia, Prussia and Colorado County, Texas. 1992. 87+ pages. Revised version of the following.  Call # TR S1 976.44 and in the Hopkins Collection Ctn 21 File 1

Treybig, Arliss Annette. Hardship and Promise: Statistical History of the Joseph Henneke, Sr. and Anna Maria Middeke Family. 1992. 82 pages. Supplement to the author's 1977 Branching Out In Texas, with much new information, but merely an early release version of the above. *

Warschak, Carroll E. and Dale E. Wilde. Wilde Family History 1683-1995. 1995. 323 pages.  Call # TR S1 976.45

Wassermann, Lillie Beck. The Anton and Rosina Koenig Beck Family and their Descendants 1844-1979. 305 pages. *

Wassermann, Lillie Beck. The Changing Times and Story of the Franz Polk Family. 1977 210 pages.*

Wyatt, Tula Townsend. The Seven Townsend Brothers of Texas 1826-1838. Austin: Aus-Tex Duplicators, Inc., 1974. 322 pages.  Call # TR 976.45

Young, Patricia Gilleland and L. Richard Scroggins. The Tree and the Vine. Caldwell: The Gilleland Endowment, 1993. 160 pages. History of the Gilleland family, which includes articles by Margaret Holmes Johnson and Marshal E. Kuykendall, and illustrations by Robert L. Williams.  Call # TR S1 976.45

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