Descriptions of Special Collections, page 2
Charles R. Hale Collection 1750-1865 (Connecticut)
Lovit Hines Collection 1737-1914 (North Carolina)
Hollingsworth Genealogical Card File (Georgia)
Laredo Archives (Texas)
Lee Family Papers 1742-1795 (Virginia)
Manning Collection (South Carolina)
McCubbin Collection (North Carolina)
Nacogdoches Archives Collection (Texas)
Panton, Leslie & Co. Papers, 1738-1937 (British and Spanish West Florida, Southeast US)
Shane Manuscript Collection 1780-1850 (Kentucky and Ohio)
Sprague Collection, 1640-1850 (Massachusetts)
Charles R. Hale Collection 1750-1865 (Connecticut)
The Charles R. Hale Collection contains marriage and death notices abstracted from 90 of the earliest Connecticut newspapers, along with tombstone inscriptions from over 2000 Connecticut cemeteries. The transcriptions were recorded in several W.P.A. projects directed by Charles R. Hale in the 1930s and 1940s. The collection is on 242 rolls of microfilm and is filed in the Connecticut section of Clayton's Microprint department.
For further information on this collection, see:
Connecticut State Library. "An Introduction to the Charles R. Hale Collection." Prepared by the History and Genealogy Unit, Connecticut State Library, 1996.
Lovit Hines Collection 1737-1914 (North Carolina)
The Lovit Hines Collection contains records for Lenoir County, North Carolina. The papers included in this collection were gathered by Lovit Hines of Kinston. Filed in date order, the documents date from 1737 to 1914, and include some that are undated. They consist of land grants from both George II and George III, deeds, bonds, letters, plats, bills of sale, and similar documents associated with land transactions. The majority of the collection consists of deeds, including grants or deeds from the State as well as from individuals, along with a few quitclaim deeds. The collection is on one roll of microfilm located in the Special Collections section of Clayton's Microprint department.
Hollingsworth Genealogical Card File (Georgia)
Leon S. Hollingsworth was a Georgia genealogist who researched families in the Southeast United States. His collection consists of 45,000 index cards which are now available on 12 rolls of microfilm divided into two parts. Part 1 is an alphabetical listing of surnames on rolls 1-11 and part of roll 12. Part 2 on roll 12 is a small section alphabetical by place and topic. There is an Introduction and Index at the beginning of the first roll and in a booklet (975.8 H741) on the Finding Aids shelf. The numbers in the Index are NOT page numbers but tell how many cards there are on a surname. There is no sub-alphabetization by first name under the surname so one must look through all the cards for that surname. Most of the cards give the sources for the information. There are no dates given for the collection, but a quick look shows dates from the 1700's to the 1900's.
A guide to this collection is available at Clayton:
Leon S. Hollingsworth Genealogical Card File: an introduction and inventory. [975.8 H741 GA]
For further information on this collection, see:
Barnette, Mic. "The Leon S. Hollingsworth Card File." The CLF Newsletter, vol. 9, no. 1, February 1995.
Laredo Archives (Texas)
The Indexes to the Laredo Archives cover the Spanish period 1749-1821, the Mexican period 1821-1836, the Republic of the Rio Grande period 1840- (Jan-Nov), the Republic of Texas period 1836-1846, and the United States period 1846-1872. Spanish documents deal with matters such as wars with England and France, military, and other government dealings. Mexican rule documents contain various insurrections, civil and criminal litigation, problems with Indians, church history, and education. Most of the Mexican rule documents are dealings of day to day problems in Laredo. The majority of the documents are written in Spanish, but there are documents written in English. The collection is on 16 rolls of microfilm and is filed in the Special Collections section of Clayton's Microprint department.
For further information on this collection, see:
Wood, Robert "Death and Taxes"
Wood, Robert "Documents for the History of Laredo"
Wood, Robert "Documents para la Genealogia"
Wood, Robert"Documentos Referentes a Los Indios"
Wood, Robert"Index to the Municipal Correspondence 1825-1845 and Verbal Arbitrations and Decisions 1832-1842".
Lee Family Papers 1742-1795 (Virginia)
This collection contains the papers of Arthur Lee (1740-1792), Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), and William Lee (1783-1795) of Virginia. It includes the collections housed at the University of Virginia Library, the Houghton Library at Harvard University and the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. The collection includes bills, receipts, bills of lading, and personal, political, diplomatic and commercial correspondence. There are a number of manuscript items and pamphlets written by the Lees. Among the subjects covered are the French and Indian War, and the Revolutionary War. The papers include The Proceedings of the Secret Committee of the Continental Congress, from September 18, 1775 on, and papers of John Ross, William Brigham and Robert Morris. It is an excellent source for the study of the American Revolution.
Manning Collection 1717-1965 (South Carolina)
The Manning Collection of Barnwell County, South Carolina was compiled by William Harris and Edna Manning, who researched and abstracted records of Barnwell County. The collection contains 15 volumes and includes abstracts of wills, marriages, and cemetery records; a record of Barnwell County officials, 1880-1962; and service records of South Carolina veterans in the War of 1812. Eleven of the volumes are devoted to histories of approximately 150 families. The collection is on 6 rolls of microfilm located in the Barnwell County, South Carolina section of Clayton's Microprint department.
McCubbin Collection (North Carolina)
McCubbin's Collection consists of source material, genealogies, local histories, and vital records for mainly Rowan County, North Carolina. However, many other North Carolina counties are mentioned as well as some other states. The collection consists of 76 rolls of microfilm; rolls 1-3 contain indexes.
For further information on this collection, see:
Seger, Constance. "The McCubbins Collection of North Carolina." The CLF Newsletter, vol. 14, no. 3, May 2000.
Nacogdoches Archives (Texas)
The Nacogdoches Archives Collection consists of original documents created by Spanish Mexican officials in Texas. The documents date from 1733, which is when the "ayuntamiento" or Town Council of Nacogdoches was formed, to the early months of the Texas Revolution. The documents show correspondence of various Spanish and Mexican officials, military muster rolls (1773-1836), tax lists for Coahuila and Texas from as early as 1783 to as recent as 1835, citizenship of foreigners who settled in Nacogdoches (1824-1827), Citizenship Certificates (1827-1835), Citizenship-Oaths of Admission (1835-1836), census and election records. Records of several subordinate archives include: Ayish Bayou, Liberty, Neches, Sabine, Anahuac and Department of the Brazos. This collection contains three "sets" of records on microfilm: Calendar (1 roll 1729-1819), Transcript (20 rolls 1733-1836) and Original Documents (27 rolls 1733-1836). The documents are mostly in Spanish with some documents written in English. The collection is on 48 rolls of microfilm and is filed in the Special Collections section of Clayton's Microprint department.
Panton, Leslie & Co. Papers, 1738-1937 (British and Spanish West Florida, Southeast US)
The papers of Panton, Leslie & Co. (known as the John Forbes Company after 1805) have been described as the most complete ethnographic collection available for the study of the American Indians of the southeast. More than 8,000 legal, political and diplomatic documents recording the company's operations for over half a century have been selected and organized for this collection. The unique collection documents the trading activities with the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Creek Nations, and is a key source of information for the study of the origins and development of the Seminole Indians.
Shane Manuscript Collection 1780-1850 (Kentucky and Ohio)
The Shane Manuscript Collection was compiled by Rev. John Dabney Shane (1812-1864) on the history of Presbyterianism in the American frontier. Rev. Shane interviewed old pioneers and gathered other materials including many old records. Most of the interviews are now part of the Draper Manuscripts (Series CC, Vols. 11-19). The remaining materials in the Shane Manuscript Collection include additional interviews along with many old letters and records of early families and congregations in Kentucky and Ohio. There are 32 reels of microfilm in this collection and it is located in the Special Collections section of Clayton's Microprint department.
The following guide to the Shane Manuscript Collection is available at Clayton Library:
Hall, William K. The Shane Manuscript Collection: a genealogical guide to the Kentucky and Ohio papers. Frontier Press, 1990. [977 H181 USA]
For further information on this collection, see:
Wooster, Trevia Beverly. "We Dined on 'Steak and Whiskey': An Overview of the Shane Manuscripts." The CLF Newsletter, vol. 11, no. 3, August 1979.
Sprague Collection, 1640-1850 (Massachusetts)
"Genealogies of the families of Braintree, Massachusetts, 1650-1850, including the modern towns of Randolph and Hobrook and the city of Quincy" is a nearly definitive account, on over 6000 handwritten index cards, of almost all pre-1850 residents of "Old" Braintree, plus many families of Milton. Compiled between 1947 and 1960 by Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, this collection is based on data collected by researchers and town clerks from the early 1800s through the mid-20th century. The index cards are arranged alphabetically by family name. The Sprague Collection is on microfilm and is located in the Special Collections section of Clayton's Microprint department.
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