Louise Hogg Roach Collection
Title
Louise Hogg Roach Collection
Description
The Collection
The Collection consists of photographs and other materials collected by or given to Louise Hogg Roach. Ms. Roach was listed as church historian for the First United Methodist Church in an article which appeared in the Port Arthur News on September 2001, pg. 1. The information and scrapbook from the Nechland Study Club was in her possession because she was the President of the organization when it dissolved.
Biography
Louise is a most independent, intelligent and determined woman. She was born in Ellerson, Arkansas in an oilfield patch and raised in El Dorado, Arkansas. She attended Arkansas State Teacher's College in 1944-1946 then transferred to Texas State College for Women (now TWU) in Denton, Texas. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Institution Management in 1948. She worked for the Nederland Independent School District as their dietician from 1948-1952. In Nederland, she met Dr. Fred Roach, Jr., a dentist and they married in 1950.
Louise has been involved in many activities but most cherished are the Nederland Historical Society and First United Methodist Church. She was a member and served as President in the Sabine Dental Auxiliary and Nechland Study Club. She was involved in United Mrthodist Women, Boy and Girl Scout groups that her children were in. She and Fred sponsored a couple who fled to the United States from Vietnam. She was very interested in the history of the Nederland First United Methodist Church and organized their Centennial Celebration in 2003. She is also very interested in her gamily genealogy.
The Collection consists of photographs and other materials collected by or given to Louise Hogg Roach. Ms. Roach was listed as church historian for the First United Methodist Church in an article which appeared in the Port Arthur News on September 2001, pg. 1. The information and scrapbook from the Nechland Study Club was in her possession because she was the President of the organization when it dissolved.
Biography
Louise is a most independent, intelligent and determined woman. She was born in Ellerson, Arkansas in an oilfield patch and raised in El Dorado, Arkansas. She attended Arkansas State Teacher's College in 1944-1946 then transferred to Texas State College for Women (now TWU) in Denton, Texas. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Institution Management in 1948. She worked for the Nederland Independent School District as their dietician from 1948-1952. In Nederland, she met Dr. Fred Roach, Jr., a dentist and they married in 1950.
Louise has been involved in many activities but most cherished are the Nederland Historical Society and First United Methodist Church. She was a member and served as President in the Sabine Dental Auxiliary and Nechland Study Club. She was involved in United Mrthodist Women, Boy and Girl Scout groups that her children were in. She and Fred sponsored a couple who fled to the United States from Vietnam. She was very interested in the history of the Nederland First United Methodist Church and organized their Centennial Celebration in 2003. She is also very interested in her gamily genealogy.
Collection Items
1934 Class Photo
Photograph shows the students standing in from of the entryway to the school. Students names are listed on the back, but there is no indication of where each person appears in the photo.
Gibson Family
On back: "Front left to right: Nancy Jane "Welker" Gibson, William Sanford Gibson. Rear L to R: Verna May Gibson, Grant Welker & wife. Take in Grant Welker's home."
Verna May Gibson & others?
Photograph is of three young women with a postcard backing. We believe the young woman on the left in the back is Verna May Gibson
W. S. Gibson Family members
Photograph 9a is the original. Photograph 9b is a slightly enlarged copy. The family is standing before the front porch of a house. Location is not given so not sure if it is in Nederland, TX or not.
J. C. Kelly, Verna May and children
They are sitting on the front porch of the house. This photo was taken at the same time as photo 7.
First Methodist Church, 1939
There are two copies of this photograph with different captions on the back.A tree blocks the front entrance to the builging.
First Methodist Church
Photograph of the First Methodist Church, Nederland, TX. It shows the front entrance and the stained glass window. Date not known, but probably about 1939.
First Methodist Church
Photograph of the First Methodist Church, Nederland, TX. It shows the side and the stained glass window at the front. Date not known, but probably about 1939.
First church constructed by the Methodists in Nederland was a frame building.
Photograph of the original First Methodist Church built about 1908. This photograph was probably taken about the time the church was c0mpleted since there is no development of the area shown. According to an article in the Midcounty Chronicle, 31 Jul…
First Methodist Church
Photograph of the third building for the First United Methodist Church, Nederland, Tex. It shows the front entrance and the top of the bell tower.
Stained Glass Windows
Photograph of the five stained glass windows above the front doors of the First United Methodist Church, Nederland, Tex. The windows depicts the transfiguration of Jesus with Moses and Elias.
Stained Glass Windows
Photograph of the three stained glass windows above the altar area of the First United Methodist Church, Nederland, Tex. The windows depict Christ with hands outstretched in welcome.
Methodist Parsonage, 1910-1928
According to an article in the Midcounty Chronicle, 31 Jul 2002, pg. 8A, it was built in 1910 and sold in 1928.
Lakeview Methodist Assembly Cabins
Postcard sent to Celeste Kitchen by her mother in 1953. The photograph shows several of the cabins. Still in existence, Lakeview is located in the Piney Woods of East Texas. According to their site it was established in 1947 as the site for a camping…
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kelly, Jr.
Studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. John Claude Kelly. Based on the information on the back, the photograph was taken at the time of their marriage. Mr. Kelly is in formal wear and Mrs. Kelly is in her wedding gown. The photograph is mounted.
Mr. & Mrs. Newlywed
Photo of Mr. and Mrs. John Claude Kelly. It was an informal shot of them standing outside on an unpaved road. She's wearing a hat and carrying an umbrella.