Mrs. J.B. Aimer Collection

The Aimer collection of 157 letters written, and Xerox copies of original held in Nacogdoches, Texas. This series of letters begins with Louisa Timberlake’s school days in Tennessee, continues with her correspondence with her husband, S. M. Orton as he traveled from Tennessee to Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. The letters are arranged chronologically except for undated material marked miscellaneous. Many letters are from friends and family members who lived in Tennessee and North Carolina, written to the Ortons after they moved to Texas. The Orton children attended school at Mt. Enterprise, Texas, and in Tennessee. School letters are groped together. Civil War letters are arranged in two folders. (1833-1880’s)