Scope and Contents

The Historical Materials series includes written histories about Hixon Forest and Hixon Forest Nature Center. Brief facts and figures are also included here. The Hixon families file (1987-1996) includes a brief handwritten history of the Hixon family and a family tree. Most of the file contains correspondence between members of the Hixon family and the nature center board and staff. Newspaper clippings (1948; 1978-1995) are also part of the historical materials.