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- Lake Dallas, Denton County, Texas
- Postcard of simple map of Lake Dallas in Denton County, Texas. The map includes some roads around the lake.
- [Letter to Colonel John Singleton from L. W. Kemp]
- L. W. Kemp wrote Colonel John V. Singleton in response to a complaint about an inscription on a historical marker in John Simpson Chisum's honor. The discrepancy concerns the actual date of Chisum's death.
- [Letter to Lota M. Spell]
- Mrs. William Williams wrote Lota M. Spell of Austin, Texas concerning the installation of a historical marker at the site of John Simpson Chisum's home. John Chisum was a cattle king in Denton County in the mid-1800s.
- [Letter to Mrs. Chambers from Texas State Library]
- Letter from Edwin Sue Goree, field worker of Texas State Library, to Mrs. W. B. Chambers, Chair of Library Club, Denton County Council, P.T.A., regarding the procurement of school books. Goree replied that the Texas State Library was not able to loan books or further assistance at present but suggested establishing a Denton county library.
- [Letter to Mrs. William Williams concerning John Chisum]
- Lota M. Spell of the Advisory Board of Texas Historians wrote Mrs. Will Williams concerning the installation of a historical marker at John Simpson Chisum's home in Denton County.
- [Letter to Record-Chronicle from Mrs. W. B. Chambers]
- Letter to the Record-Chronicle newspaper in Denton, Texas from the Library Extension Committee of the Denton County Council of Parents and Teachers. The letter contains information about a traveling library that was created to provide books to rural schools.
- [Letter to Will Williams regarding the Chisum Trail]
- J. B. Cranfill writes Will Williams, President of the Denton Historical Society, in response to Mr. Williams's letter about whether the Texas cattle trail should be known as the Chisholm or Chisum Trail.
- [Letters to Mrs. W. B. Chambers from Denton County Public Schools]
- Letters to Mrs. W. B. Chambers from R. L. Proffer, Superintendent of Denton County Public Schools, and Pyrene Wilson, County-School Librarian, regarding the Denton County-School Library.
- Natives of the Confederate States of America
- Photograph of an organization known as "Natives of the Confederate States of America" of Denton, Texas in 1936. The men and women are posing outside and wearing suits and dresses. A caption identifying the members and organization is included.
- [Postcard to W. B. Chambers from U. W. Edwards]
- Postcard to Mrs. W. B. Chambers from Mr. and Mrs. Edwards regarding the procurement of a case for the traveling library.
- Revised Charter of the City of Denton, Texas
- Revised Charter of the City of Denton, Texas as adopted April 4, 1914 with amendments to August, 1934. The front cover contains an illustration of Denton city hall.
- Six pages from journal of Julia Williams, 1933
- Entries from Julie Williams's journal date from June 4, 1933, to July 30, 1933. Some of the entries are written on stationary from the Williams Store in Denton, Texas.
- [Unidentified choir poses on stairs]
- Members of the North Texas State University's A Capella Choir pose on the stairs of an unidentified building. The women are wearing dark dresses with white blouses. The men are standing behind the women on the stairs and are wearing dark-colored clothing. This same photograph appears on p.296 of the 1939 Yucca. Some of these same members appears in photos C-148 and C-172. People identified are: Cecelia Cunningham of Denton (1st row, 1st on right); Harry Wilson Black (5th row, 1st from left); Glynn Hall of Hallsville (2nd row, 2nd from right); Ellen H. Richards (2nd row, 3rd from left); Irma Ione McNaron (1st row, 4th from left); and Glenn Williamson of Dublin (3d row, 1st from right).