Special Collections and Lamar University Archives

Selected Special Collections Holdings

Babe Didrikson Zaharias Collection Newspaper clippings, photographs and correspondence of the woman athlete and professional golfer. Elizabeth Enright Letter Letter written to three Lamar students in response to a letter and phone call from the students to the author concerning her short story “The Signature”. Sir Isaac Newton Manuscript A medical manuscript with remedies on five of the pages and also two formulas for preparing medicines. Herman Iles Papers Newspaper clippings concerning activities of the Lamar Board of Trustees while Iles was a member. St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church Papers Consists of a booklet written by Fay Etta Donovan entitled “A Historical Synopsis of the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church.” Sievert Papers Newspaper clippings regarding various early Beaumont, Texas landmarks and also photographs of the city’s sites and citizens some whom were Sievert family members. Rufus King Letter Civil War letter written in 1862 by Union General King to his father in which he relates the poor conditions which he and his troops had to endure. Other Collections Browse the remaining collections currently undergoing digitization.