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[News Script: Old homes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 13th annual historical pilgrimage of old homes in Jefferson, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Map of Marion County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Marion County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, lakes, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1920
Creator: Terrell, O. O.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Mrs. Nannye Lea Musgrove]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. Nannye Lea Musgrove in front of a large flower bush, wearing a dark-colored jacket with a lace collar and skirt. Behind the bush is a small building with clapboard siding and rain gutters. A hand written note on the back reads, "Mrs. Nannye Lea Musgrove, October 1920."
Date: October 1920
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Nannye Lea Foster next to Rose Bush]

Description: Photograph of Nannye Lea Foster standing next to a large blooming rose bush. She wears a heavy-looking coat, a thick muffler, and hat. Her right hand is outreached to hold on to a rose from the bush. A hand written note on the back reads, "Miss Nannye Lea Foster, Jefferson, Tex.," and a note on the front reads, "'Roses midwinter.'"
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Three Men in Front of House]

Description: Photograph of three men standing side by side in front of a large house on piers, all wearing dark-colored suits and hats. The man in the middle has his right hand on the shoulder of the man on the left. Visible on the house are four dormers, wraparound porch with railing and columns, and twelve windows. A hand written note on the back reads, "Left to right: Harvey Pruitt, Stewart Foster, Terrell Foster, May - 1918."
Date: May 1918
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 63, July 1959 - April, 1960

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 637.
Date: 1960
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 65, July 1961 - April, 1962

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 619.
Date: 1962
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Car Brake.

Description: Patent for a new and improved brake for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination, with the brake, of an angle-lever on the end part of the car, a draw-head on the car, a lever pivoted on the same, a rod connecting the said lever with the angle-lever, a toothed locking-bar on the standard, and a pin on the lever on the standard" (lines 10-16).
Date: July 21, 1885
Creator: Daudelin, Joseph M.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bill or Paper File.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bill or paper file. This design "relates to hook-files, the object being to so improve their construction as to prevent the bills or papers on the file from working off. The invention consists, essentially, in a file provided with a tongue pivoted near the point of the hook" (lines 7-13).
Date: August 9, 1887
Creator: Gilbert, Frank B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 679.
Date: 1946
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Partner: Texas State Historical Association
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