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Baseball Team

Description: Copy negative of a portrait showing the Howard Payne College baseball team. There are ten boys wearing baseball uniforms and posed in two rows with various pieces of equipment. A man in a suit stands with the team, to the right.
Date: unknown

Baseball Team

Description: Copy negative of a group portrait showing the Howard Payne College baseball team. There are eleven boys wearing baseball uniforms and posed in two rows with various pieces of equipment; the boys in the front are sitting in chairs and those in the back row are standing, including a man in a suit at the center of the photograph. They appear to be in front of a backdrop.
Date: unknown

Brown County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Brown County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map, marking an approximate route to Phantom Hill via Crogan [Croghan] Road. Scale ca. 1:213,333 (4000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).
Date: 1910

Brownwood

Description: Topographic quadrangle map of Brownwood, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet) and spot heights. A location diagram is included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Location: None

Building Exteriors

Description: Copy photograph of two images. The first image, a postcard for Brownwood, Texas, is split into three smaller images. The left image is of Daniel Baker College, a three storey stone building. The center image shows a river scene and a child playing in the water. The right image shows Center Avenue, including traffic on the street and several storefronts. The second image shows the Brownwood courthouse, a two-storey stone building surrounded by a wooden fence.
Date: unknown

Exterior Building

Description: Copy negative of two buildings. The barracks are located in Camp Bowie. Camp Bowie, located at Brownwood in Central Texas, was a military training center during World War II. It was established in September 1940 as an infantry and artillery training center. The sign on the front of the first building has the text "Engineer" printed on it and hangs next to the door. The barracks are lifted off of the ground and appear to be made of wood.
Date: unknown

Football Team

Description: Copy photograph of the Howard Payne College 1909 football team. The team is seated on the steps of a building and are posed in three rows. In the first row, two men pose lying down with a football. Six men, including a man in a suit, tie and hat, sit in the second row, and five men sit in the third.
Date: unknown

[Form letter from J. D. Riddle - June 13, 1941]

Description: A form letter written by J. D. Riddle, County and 24th District Secretary, United Drys, dated June 13, 1941. Riddle addresses an urgent matter regarding funds pertaining to the employment of Judge Miller of Brownwood, Texas for legal counsel regarding the challenge to the newly passed liquor bill.
Date: June 13, 1941
Creator: Riddle, J. D.

House Exterior

Description: Copy negative of two pictures of a house in Brownwood, Texas. In the first, four young men and a small boy are standing in the yard in front of the house with two other houses in the background. The second picture shows the front and right side of the house with people on the porch.
Date: 1920~

[Letter from Bert E. Low to T. N. Carswell - April 28, 1941]

Description: Letter written to T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from Bert E. Low, Secretary-Treasurer, Brownwood Farm Loan Association, Brownwood, Texas, dated April 28, 1941. Low requests information from Carswell regarding facts and figures on the sales of liquor in his district which he would like to use in a public appearance. He expresses his dismay at having to decline the invitation to attend the inauguration of Dr. White into the Presidency of HSU.
Date: April 28, 1941
Creator: Low, Bert E.

[Letter from E. J. Miller to T. N. Carswell - July 16, 1941]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from E. J. Miller, Lawyer, Brownwood, Texas, dated July 16, 1941. Miller advises Carswell that he is enclosing a copy of the letter which he is writing to Dr. Jeff Davis. He advises that the letter might be of interest since Carswell phoned yesterday afternoon. The attached letter is written to Dr. Jeff Davis, Executive Secretary, United Texas Drys from E. J. Miller, Judge, 35th Judicial District, Brownwood, Texas dated July 16, 1941. Mill… more
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Miller, E. J.

[Letter from Gordon Griffin to Members of the Texas Service Stations, Associated, April 9, 1955]

Description: Letter from Gordon Griffin to Members of the Texas Service Stations, Associated discussing a bill regarding the taxation of trading stamps. Mr. Griffin attaches a copy of an audit by Walter Leach. The audit was on questionnaires about trading stamps from the Texas Retail Grocers Association and the Texas Service Stations, Associated.
Date: April 9, 1955
Creator: Griffin, Gordon

[Letter from Harry E. Rather to T. N. Carswell - July 13, 1943]

Description: A letter written to Mr. Thos. N. Carswell, c/o Local Board No. 1, Selective Service, Brownwood, Texas, from Harry E. Rather, Department Adjutant, The American Legion, Austin, Texas, dated July 13, 1943. Rather recounts the events of the morning both before and after they received Carswell's letter, describes the new membership as a pleasant surprise and advises that Carswell has saved his Division while reviving a "goose-egg" Post.
Date: July 13, 1943
Creator: Rather, Harry E.

[Letter from J. A. Schneck to T. N. Carswell - March 8, 1941]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from J. A. Schneck, General Delivery, T. J. Tidwell Shows, Brownwood, Texas/Mineral Wells, Texas, dated March 8, 1941. Schneck confirms the plans for a show the week of March 17th, under the auspices of the Post. The reverse sides includes handwritten notes: "First be true to thineself, Thou canst then be false to any man" - "Aint no such thing as a back slide".
Date: March 8, 1941
Creator: Schneck, J. A.
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