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Corn and Cotton Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved corn and cotton planter. This design "is an improvement in the class of rolling-hopper planters; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the devices whereby the hopper is attached to the beams or frame of the machine" (lines 8-12).
Date: September 21, 1880
Creator: Howard, Joseph
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Corn and Cotton Seed Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design is "to simplify the means employed for providing at will recesses of different depths in the wheel, and also to provide means whereby a recess of both greater width and depth can be provided for cotton-seed than for corn, whereby the cotton-seed can be fed from the hopper in a more certain, free, and efficient manner than heretofore" (lines 23-31).
Date: March 20, 1883
Creator: Holland, Joseph J.
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Combination-Tool.

Description: Patent for a tool that is comprised of a hammer, wrench, staple puller, wire cutter, and a claw. Includes illustrations.
Date: October 19, 1897
Creator: Burkhalter, William P.
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Aerial Torpedo.

Description: Patent for an aerial torpedo. This device is well suited for automatic targeting without help from man.
Date: August 31, 1915
Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Leroy Sterling, July 6, 2015

Description: Interview with Leroy Sterling, an Army veteran and educator from Bryan, Texas. In his interview, Sterling discusses his family background, living under Jim Crow segregation, segregated neighborhoods and housing, agricultural work, military service and his experience being one of the first African-American students to attend Texas A&M University.
Date: July 6, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Sterling, Leroy & Bynum, Katherine
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jesse Marvin Walker, July 8, 2015

Description: Interview with Jesse Marvin Walker, a bail bondsman from Bryan, Texas. In the interview, Walker discusses his early life, attending segregated schools, the civil rights movement, college activism, and working at NASA.
Date: July 8, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 07 seconds
Creator: Walker, Jesse Marvin; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Barbara Cooper, July 17, 2015

Description: Interview with Barbara Cooper, retired business owner from Bryan, Texas. Cooper discusses her family history, childhood, education, work and family life, and experiences with Jim Crow segregation in Bryan
Date: July 17, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Cooper, Barbara & Bynum, Katherine
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Ann Boney, July 20, 2015

Description: Interview with Ann Boney, retired staff of Texas A&M University and president of the Brazos County NAACP from Bryan, Texas. Boney describes her early life and education, her employment around the state, including working at the Benz School of Floral Design at Texas A&M. Ms. Boney also discusses her experiences as president of her local chapter of the NAACP and current community issues addressed by the organization.
Date: July 20, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Boney, Ann; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Effie Perry, July 12, 2015

Description: Interview with Effie Perry, an educator from Bryan, Texas. In the interview, Perry discusses her family history, experiences with racial discrimination and segregation, education, access to healthcare, civil rights activism, integration, her teaching career, union activity, and community service.
Date: July 15, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 01 second
Creator: Perry, Effie & Bynum, Katherine
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Mildred Davis, July 6, 2015

Description: Interview with Mildred Davis, teacher from Bryan, Texas. Davis discusses her childhood, education, career, and community involvement. She also discusses the Brazos Valley African American Museum.
Date: July 6, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Davis, Mildred & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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[News Clip: Hunger]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 5, 1986, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Carriage Top.

Description: Patent for an adjustable carriage top for protection from the weather. Accompanied by illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Gramm reaction]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 5, 1983, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 38 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Old Fritz Merchandise Token]

Description: One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." This coin has the shape of an eight-petal flower and says, "At the Bar of Old Fritz, Bryan, Texas." The text on the reverse is only partially visible and appears to entitle the holder to "One Drink."
Date: unknown
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Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Will McClellan]

Description: Photograph of Will McClellan wearing a military dress uniform and peaked cap. Handwriting on the back of the frame reads, "Leila from Will (Big Sis)."
Date: unknown
Creator: Carter
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Partner: Coleman Public Library

[Postcard of Street Scene in Byran]

Description: Postcard of a two story house with fenced front porch and sparse yard, described as "Street Scene, Bryan, Tex." The letter on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin McFaddin Ave. Beaumont, Texas."
Date: August 13, 1911
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Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

Brazos County

Description: Map of Brazos County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: Pressler, Herman
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Partner: Texas General Land Office

Brazos County

Description: Map of Brazos County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. The map shows Brazos County when it was called Navasota County and when Booneville was its county seat. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: Catlett, Hanson G.
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Partner: Texas General Land Office

Airship-Destroyer.

Description: Patent for a new airship-destroyer with the new ability to fire pellets and bombs in various directions and differing altitudes (lines 8-12), to ignite fuses to prime the device for firing at a predetermined altitude (lines 13-19), to incorporate a bomb to explode upon contact with the airship (lines 20-24), and to provide the projectile with a rocket to propel it to a greater altitude (lines 25-28).
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.
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[Note From J. B. Gray]

Description: Note from J. B. Gray addressed to "Blue Eyes." The note reads, "Blue Eyes, Do you mind if I come up there to keep you company for a little while. J. B. Gray." The note is folded in quarters and the back has the text, "Lieutenant J. B. Gray Allen A. C. N. Bryan, Tex."
Date: unknown
Creator: Gray, J. B.
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Partner: Tarleton State University

Cotton-Pest-Destroying Machine

Description: Patent for a machine that destroys boll weevils and other agricultural pests. It distributes moisture and poisonous powder that adheres to plants.
Date: June 21, 1921
Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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