Inventory of county records, Nacogdoches County Courthouse, Nacogdoches, Texas Page: VII
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PREFACE
This survey of the records of Nacogdoches County was
undertaken as part of a statewide project being conducted
by the University Center for Community Services of North Texas
State University in conjunction with the Regional Historical
Resource Depository program of the Texas State Library. The
goal is to provide a comprehensive accounting for all the
records of all the counties in the state that have escaped
the depreciation of time, weather, fire, neglect, or inadequate
housing. In this case the focus is on one of Texas' senior
counties where records have accumulated for a century and a
half. The majority are retained within the courthouse or in
recognized office depositories, some are located in the Special
Collections area of the Stephen F. Austin State University
Library, and a few are kept in the University of Texas Archives
and the Archives of the State of Texas. Others are undoubtedly
in private hands. Thus this inventory will never be complete,
but it has been the aim of the surveying team to make it as
comprehensive as possible.
It is hoped that this labor will have several positive
consequences. First, when a nearly-complete inventory is
available, the persons responsible for the records will know
more exactly what they have in their charge. Second, the
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McDonald, Archie P. Inventory of county records, Nacogdoches County Courthouse, Nacogdoches, Texas, book, 1975; Denton, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25240/m1/4/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.