Special Collections in the Library
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Hill Collection (Texana)
- The John L. Hill Texana Collection was established in 1984. It consists
of 1,027 volumes of Texana, Texas History, Texas Government, and Texas
Fiction. Also, included in the collection are John Hill's Texas Attorney
General's files, as well as pamphlets of Texas history.
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The Hill Collection was donated to Kilgore College by former Texas Supreme Court Justice John L. Hill, Jr. in honor of his parents Jessie Hooverttill and John L. Hill, Sr. In addition there are rare, semi-rare, and first editions of Texana volumes.
Habenicht Collection (Texana)
- The Habenicht Collection was established in April 1968. It consists of
Texana, Texas History, Texas Government, and Texas Fiction books. Also
included are volumes about the American West. A 128 volume set of the
Official Record of the War of the Rebellion, with index, is also
a part of the Habenicht Collection. This set is the most comprehensive
collection of Civil War information ever published, and is now out of
print. The Habenicht Collection also includes issues of the East Texas
Historical Journal.
Texas Heritage Resource Center
- In January 1982, the Randolph C. Watson Library was designated as a Texas
Heritage Resource Center by the Texas Historical Foundation. It is one
of several across the state established to provide Texas history teachers
with easy access to books and materials about the state. The library met
the requirements for a resource center and is considered a charter member.
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