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On September 16, 2017, East Texas residents participated in the Angelina County History Harvest at the Museum of East Texas in Lufkin.

Community members brought items from their family collections, including historic photographs, letters, and other documents. The objective of the History Harvest is to create a community collection from the area's families documenting local, regional, and national history.

Eight scanning stations were set up around the museum’s main gallery, staffed by sponsoring organizations and volunteers from the community who digitized hundreds of unique items and collected detailed documentation for each. The collection owners were able to take their original materials home, along with free digital copies. The sponsoring organizations created and retained a digital copy in accordance with the owner's approval.

The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) also participated in the History Harvest, collecting Texas-based film and video for free digitization as part of their Texas Film Round-Up program. These materials are digitized in Austin and returned by mail to the owners, along with a digital copy.

Sponsoring local organizations included the Museum of East Texas, The History Center, Kurth Memorial Library, Angelina College, T. L. L. Temple Memorial Library, Texas Forestry Museum, Angelina County Historical Commission, and Angelina County Genealogical Society.

View photos from the event, as well as some of the photographs and documents brought in by community members, in the slideshow below.

The Angelina County History Harvest was made possible in part by a Common Heritage grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Angelina County History Harvest : Slideshow
  1. An Angelina County resident reviews her items with Jonathan Gerland, director of The History Center in Diboll, at the History Harvest intake table.
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  1. Thumbnail of: An Angelina County resident reviews her items with Jonathan Gerland, director of The History Center in Diboll, at the History Harvest intake table.
  2. Thumbnail of: Texas State Representative Trent Ashby (center) with Lufkin Mayor Bob Brown (left) and Humanities Texas Executive Director Michael L. Gillette (right). At the beginning of the History Harvest, Gillette presented Representative Ashby with the Humanities Texas Leader in Education Award.
  3. Thumbnail of: Angelina County resident and civic leader Loretta Mark collects metadata at one of the eight scanning stations.
  4. Thumbnail of: Humanities Texas staff member Allison Dillon scans documents at one of eight scanning stations.
  5. Thumbnail of: Representatives from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image speak with a participant at the History Harvest.
  6. Thumbnail of: Humanities Texas staff members Eric Lupfer (far left) and Marco Buentello (center) take metadata and scan letters brought by Angelina County resident Shannon Ramsey (right).
An Angelina County resident reviews her items with Jonathan Gerland, director of The History Center in Diboll, at the History Harvest intake table.
Angelina County History Harvest : Thumbnails
  1. Thumbnail of: An Angelina County resident reviews her items with Jonathan Gerland, director of The History Center in Diboll, at the History Harvest intake table.
  2. Thumbnail of: Texas State Representative Trent Ashby (center) with Lufkin Mayor Bob Brown (left) and Humanities Texas Executive Director Michael L. Gillette (right). At the beginning of the History Harvest, Gillette presented Representative Ashby with the Humanities Texas Leader in Education Award.
  3. Thumbnail of: Angelina County resident and civic leader Loretta Mark collects metadata at one of the eight scanning stations.
  4. Thumbnail of: Humanities Texas staff member Allison Dillon scans documents at one of eight scanning stations.
  5. Thumbnail of: Representatives from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image speak with a participant at the History Harvest.
  6. Thumbnail of: Humanities Texas staff members Eric Lupfer (far left) and Marco Buentello (center) take metadata and scan letters brought by Angelina County resident Shannon Ramsey (right).
  7. Thumbnail of: Angelina County resident Beth Folsom provides information to History Harvest volunteers as they digitize her family history items.
  8. Thumbnail of: Redland Boy Scout Troop, 1942. Courtesy of David Bowers Collection. Angelina County Community Collection, The History Center, Diboll.
  9. Thumbnail of: School teacher Ollie Scott's sixth grade classroom at Hurty Elementary School in Lufkin, 1961. Photo courtesy of Martha Doggett Collection. Angelina County Community Collection, The History Center, Diboll.
  10. Thumbnail of: East Texas settlers Ed and Martha Ann Loving on their horse-drawn buggy in Polk County, Texas, 1904. Photo courtesy of Martha Doggett Collection. Angelina County Community Collection, The History Center, Diboll.
  11. Thumbnail of: Photos from Douglas Wise Partain's tour in Europe during WWII, ca. 1943–1945. Courtesy of Roxi Crews Collection. Angelina County Community Collection, The History Center, Diboll.
  12. Thumbnail of: (From l to r:) Jeptha Brown and Clonie J. sugar donuts in the National Youth Administration project kitchen in Appleby, Texas, ca. 1920s. Courtesy of Beth Folsom Collection. Angelina County Community Collection, The History Center, Diboll.
  13. Thumbnail of: Samuel Harris Fuller inside a drug store in Colmesneil, Texas, ca. 1920s. Courtesy of Beth Folsom Collection. Angelina County Community Collection, The History Center, Diboll.
  14. Thumbnail of: Flood in Port Arthur, Texas, ca. 1930s. Courtesy of Beth Folsom Collection. Angelina County Community Collection, The History Center, Diboll.
  15. Thumbnail of: Lufkin High School, c. 1920s. Courtesy of Beth Folsom Collection. Angelina County Community Collection, The History Center, Diboll.
  16. Thumbnail of: Letter written by Arthur Howard Malone aboard <i>U. S. S. Boxer </i>to his parents Thomas Jefferson Malone and Lorene Holton Malone, August 7, 1952. Courtesy of Caitlin Lee Collection. Angelina County Community Collection, The History Center, Diboll.
  17. Thumbnail of: J. S. Moore (in black suit) and Harmon Moore (reading newspaper) at a railroad job campsite in Conroe, Texas, 1920. Courtesy of Thomas Moore Collection. Angelina County Community Collection, The History Center, Diboll.
  18. Thumbnail of: Photograph of the first air flight from Berry Field from Lufkin to Nacogdoches, Texas, April 27, 1929. Courtesy of Meredith Smith Collection. Angelina County Community Collection, The History Center, Diboll.
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