The Texana Collection
Like most Texas libraries, the Cushing Memorial Library maintains a Texana collection, which
highlights the pride and unique heritage of the state of Texas. Comprised of nearly 15,000 volumes,
Cushing's Texas Collection covers all of Texas history and life and contains many maps and various
papers and photographs. It extensively covers county and community histories, as well as all aspects
of rural and agricultural development in Texas.
The sets of papers exhibited here serve to illustrate the wide diversity of this collection: the
papers of Mercurio Martinez, South Texas rancher and schoolteacher, and the papers of
W. J. Estelle,
Director of the Texas Department of Corrections. However, the collection far exceeds this limited
picture.
Local history historians, architecture students, genealogists, and term-paper writers are among the
primary users of this collection, but anyone interested in any aspect of Texas history or culture will
find something of interest in this extensive collection.
W. J. Estelle Papers
Images of Rural Past
Mercurio Martinez Papers
Ava Johnson Cox Collection
The Affleck Collection
American Association of University Women, Bryan-College Station Branch Records: 1947-1988
Tom Anderson Papers: 1953-1972
Samuel Erson Asbury Papers: 1872-1960
Eugene Butler Papers: 1924-1987
Dr. Lionel G. Garcia Papers: 1913-[bulk 1980-2004]-2005
Thomas William House Papers: 1864-1872
Las Moras Ranch Papers: 1869-1913(bulk: 1900-1913)
Clyde McQueen Papers: 1944-1999 (bulk: 1988-1993)
Mildred Watkins Mears Papers: 1946-1963
Powers Papers: Texas Art and Artists Collection: 1910-1999