Identity elements
Reference code
TxAM-CRS 221
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Dave Mellor Texas County Courthouse Research
Date(s)
- 1963-2003 (Creation)
Extent
1 box
Name of creator
Biographical history
David B. Mellor attended Texas A&M University and graduated in 1957. He was an employee of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service after that, before he retired in February of 1990. He married in 1962 and divorced in 1979, and has one son. He joined the Texas Folklore Society in 1968, started The Brazos Corral of The Westerners in 1981, and joined the Western History Association in 1981. He joined the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation in 1986 after receiving information on the organization during a WHA meeting in Billings, Montana. He has also been a member of the Friends of the Sterling C. Evans Library.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This collection includes newspaper clippings, articles, magazines, and brochures about Texas courthouses; pictures and slides of Texas courthouses; calendars; and a video cassette.
System of arrangement
This collection is divided up into 23 folders:
Newspapers undated, 1960s, 1970s
Newspapers 1980s; Newspapers 1990s, 2000s
Magazines, Articles, Brochures, Directory, Map
Articles and Papers on Courthouses
Correspondence and Letters
Handwritten Notes
Texas Counties
Miscellaneous Papers
Pictures
Slides Abilene – El Paso
Slides El Paso – McKinney
Slides McKinney – Zapata
Notes pertaining to slides
Texas County Progress April 1984 – December 1986
Texas County Progress January 1987 – December 1989
Texas County Progress January 1990 – December 1992
Texas County Progress January 1993 – December 1995
Texas County Progress January 1996 – December 1997
Texas County Progress January 1998 – December 1999
Texas County Progress January 2000 – December 2001
Texas County Progress 2002
Texas County Progress 2003
Search Terms
Names
Mellor, David B.
Coursey, Pat
Organizations
Bryan/College Station Eagle
The Battalion
The Victoria Advocate
Austin American-Statesman
Texas County Progress
The Wall Street Journal
Subjects
Courthouses
Texas counties
Places
Abilene, TX
Albany, TX
Alice, TX
Alpine, TX
Amarillo, TX
Anahuac, TX
Anderson, TX
Andrews, TX
Angleton, TX
Anson, TX
Archer City, TX
Aspermont, TX
Athens, TX
Austin, TX
Baird, TX
Ballinger, TX
Bandera, TX
Barstow, TX
Bastrop, TX
Bay City, TX
Beaumont, TX
Beeville, TX
Bell Co., TX
Benjamin, TX
Big Lake, TX
Big Spring, TX
Billings, TX
Blanco, TX
Boerne, TX
Bonham, TX
Boston, TX
Brackettville, TX
Brady, TX
Breckenridge, TX
Brenham, TX
Brown, TX
Brownfield, TX
Brownsville, TX
Brownwood, TX
Bryan, TX
Burnett, TX
Caldwell, TX
Cameron, TX
Camp, TX
Canadian, TX
Canton, TX
Canyon, TX
Carthage, TX
Cass Co., TX
Center, TX
Centerville, TX
Channing, TX
Carrizo Springs, TX
Childress, TX
Clairmont, TX
Clarendon, TX
Clarksville, TX
Claude, TX
Cleburne, TX
Coldspring, TX
Coleman, TX
Colorado City, TX
Columbus, TX
Comanche, TX
Conroe, TX
Cooper, TX
Corpus Christi, TX
Corsicana, TX
Cotulla, TX
Crane, TX
Crockett, TX
Crosbyton, TX
Crowell, TX
Crystal City, TX
Cuero, TX
Dalhart, TX
Dallas, TX
Dangerfield, TX
Decatur, TX
Del Rio, TX
Denton, TX
Dickens, TX
Dickenson, TX
Dimmit, TX
Donley, TX
Dumas, TX
Eagle Pass, TX
Eastland, TX
Edinburg, TX
Edna, TX
El Dorado, TX
El Paso, TX
Ellis Co., TX
Emory, TX
Fairfield, TX
Falfurrias, TX
Farwell, TX
Florence, TX
Floresville, TX
Floydada, TX
Franklin, TX
Fredericksburg, TX
Ft. Davis, TX
Ft. Stockton, TX
Gail, TX
Gainesville, TX
Galveston, TX
Garden City, TX
Gatesville, TX
George West, TX
Georgetown, TX
Giddings, TX
Gilmer, TX
Glen Rose, TX
Goliad, TX
Gonzales, TX
Graham, TX
Granbury, TX
Gray, TX
Greenville, TX
Groesbeck, TX
Groveton, TX
Guthrie, TX
Hallettsville, TX
Hamilton, TX
Harris Co., TX
Haskell, TX
Hebbronville, TX
Helena, TX
Hemphill, TX
Hempstead, TX
Henderson, TX
Henrietta, TX
Hereford, TX
Hillsboro, TX
Hondo, TX
Hood Co., TX
Huntsville, TX
Jack, TX
Jacksboro, TX
Jasper, TX
Jayton, TX
Jefferson, TX
Jim Wells, TX
Johnson City, TX
Jourdanton, TX
Junction, TX
Karnes City, TX
Kauffman, TX
Kent Co., TX
Kermit, TX
Kerrville, TX
Kingsville, TX
Kountze, TX
La Grange, TX
Lamesa, TX
Lampasas, TX
Laredo, TX
Leaky, TX
Levelland, TX
Liberty, TX
Linden, TX
Lipscomb, TX
Littlefield, TX
Live Oak, TX
Livingston, TX
Llano, TX
Lockhart, TX
Longview, TX
Lubbock, TX
Lufkin, TX
Madisonville, TX
Marfa, TX
Marlin, TX
Marshall, TX
Mason, TX
Matador, TX
McKinney, TX
Memphis, TX
Menard, TX
Mentone, TX
Meridian, TX
Mertzon, TX
Miami, TX
Midland, TX
Milam Co., TX
Mills Co., TX
Mobeetie, TX
Monahans, TX
Montague, TX
Monterrey Co., TX
Morton, TX
Motley, TX
Mt. Pleasant, TX
Mt. Vernon, TX
Muleshoe, TX
Nacogdoches, TX
New Braunfels, TX
Newton, TX
Nolan, TX
Odessa, TX
Orange, TX
Ozona, TX
Palo Pinto, TX
Paducah, TX
Paint Rock, TX
Palestine, TX
Panhandle, TX
Paris, TX
Pearsall, TX
Pecos, TX
Perryton, TX
Pittsburgh, TX
Plains, TX
Plainview, TX
Port Lavaca, TX
Post, TX
Quanah, TX
Quitman, TX
Rankin, TX
Raymondville, TX
Rayner, TX
Reagan, TX
Red Lodge, TX
Refugio, TX
Richmond, TX
Rio Grande City, TX
Robert Lee, TX
Robstown, TX
Roby, TX
Rockport, TX
Rocksprings, TX
Rockwall, TX
Rusk, TX
Salinas, TX
San Angelo, TX
San Antonio, TX
San Augustine, TX
San Diego, TX
San Marcos, TX
San Patrico, TX
San Saba, TX
Sanderson, TX
Santa Barbara, TX
Sarita, TX
Sealy, TX
Seguin, TX
Seminole, TX
Seymour, TX
Sheridan, TX
Sherman, TX
Sherwood, TX
Sierra Blanca, TX
Silverton, TX
Sinton, TX
Smith Co., TX
Snyder, TX
Sonora, TX
Spearman, TX
Stanton, TX
Stephenville, TX
Sterling City, TX
Stinnett, TX
Stonewall, TX
Stratford, TX
Sweetwater, TX
Sulpher Springs, TX
Tahoka, TX
Tascosa, TX
Texas City, TX
Throckmorton, TX
Tilden, TX
Titus, TX
Tulia, TX
Upshur, TX
Uvalde, TX
Van Horn, TX
Vega, TX
Vernon, TX
Victoria, TX
Waco, TX
Waxahachie, TX
Weatherford, TX
Wellington, TX
Wharton, TX
Wheeler, TX
Wichita Falls, TX
Woodville, TX
Zapata, TX
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
No restrictions.
Physical access
These materials are stored offsite and require additional time for retrieval.
Technical access
A large portion of the collection is slides; equipment to view them properly is needed.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Languages of the material
- English
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Archivist's note
Finding Aid Authors: Jenni Bradley.
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