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Animal-Poke

Description: Patent for an animal poke which is worn around the belly of the cow or other animal, and pokes the animal when it pushes against a fence and has a hook attached to the back of the poke which will catch onto the fence if they try to go underneath or over the fence.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Bush, Caswell C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn or Grain Knife.

Description: Patent for an improved corn or grain knife that is simpler in construction and inexpensive to produce. This corn or grain knife is "adapted for use in the hand of the user for clipping the tops of standing grain such as corn, by the simple act of opening and closing the hand" (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Holliday, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from J. Walter Hammond to T. N. Carswell - March 23, 1944]

Description: A letter written to T. N. Carswell from J. Walter Hammond, Tye, Texas, dated March 23, 1944. Hammond expresses his appreciation for the letter from Carswell and comments on Carswell's honesty and sincerity, his always doing for someone else. He agrees with "the need for a lot of thought" before selecting congressmen and the need for "leaders who have learned from the experience of the last war along with the disasters that followed and with the courage to avoid the mistakes of the past in fac… more
Date: March 23, 1944
Creator: Hammond, J. Walter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Polk Directory of the City of Abilene, 2000

Description: Directory for Abilene, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. The directory includes an alphabetical list of names of residents and businesses, a classified business section, a numerical telephone directory, a directory of street addresses, a map section, and a demographic summary section.
Date: 2000
Creator: Equifax
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
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