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- [Mayor Dot Scrapbook: Volume 6]
- Scrapbook containing materials documenting the career of Dorothy McBride from 1974 to 1975. This volume includes newspaper clippings, photographs, and various correspondence from other political figures, W. E. Lockhart, and others. Most of the newspaper clippings deal with policy matters, or city council dealings.
- [Mayor Dot Scrapbook: Volume 7]
- Scrapbook containing materials documenting the career of Dorothy McBride from 1975 to 1976 and from 1979 to 2006. This volume includes newspaper clippings detailing political developments and the passing of resolutions. Also included are correspondence from various individuals, including other political figures, and pieces of legislation; there are a few photographs at the end of the book showing the George W. Baines Memorial Park dedication, along with a program from the event. There is a long note created by Dorothy detailing events that she will remember from her time as council member and mayor.
- Military pack train in Pinto Canyon, Texas. Picture
- Illustrated description of composition and use of pack trains by the military in the Big Bend area of Texas, c. 1916.
- Nomenclature of harness, ambulance, or escort wagon. Picture
- Drawing of the "off" (right) side of a four-mule army wagon team detailing and naming the harness parts. The drawing was published in Chronicles of the Big Bend, W. D. Smithers, Madrona Press, Austin, Texas, 1976, p. 14.
- Overland troop movements, 1916-1935. Map
- Photographic reproduction of a hand-drawn map of the Texas/Mexico border showing line of forts from El Paso to Brownsville. Includes chart of mileages between Texas forts, listing of old forts in Texas still active in 1935, information about cavalry speeds and auxiliary units, and inset of U.S./Mexico border showing line of forts from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
- Pershing expedition into Mexico 1916-1917. Map
- Shows area of Mexico covered by the Expedition, lists places used as U. S. headquarters, gives details of battles fought with Villistas and Carrancistas by cavalry units commanded by Colonel Dodd and Major Robert L. Howze, lists bases of the First Aero Squadron commanded by Captain B. D. Foulois.
- Raid on Columbus, New Mexico and the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916-1917. Map
- Photographic reproduction of a hand-drawn map showing details of raid on Columbus, New Mexico on 9 March 1916 with inset plat of the town, list of "Raider's Objectives," and short summary of the U. S. Army Punitive Expedition into Mexico that followed.
- Routes of the historical cavalry overland marches of 1916. Map
- Charts routes of the units of the U. S. Army that entered Mexico in 1916 and gives details about the units and miles traveled.
- Supply routes to troops in the Big Bend District of Texas 1916-1920. Map
- In addition to Army supply routes, shows locations of mines, ranches, and farms in the Big Bend between 1916 and 1920.
- Texas National Guard units on duty on the U. S. - Mexico border 1916-1917. Picture
- Illustrated descriptions of the National Guardsmen in tent camps on the U.S. - Mexico border, 1916-1917 and in service in France in 1918. Theses troops are variously identified by W. D. Smithers as the Fourth Texas Infantry, Militia (National Guard) of Texas, and the 36th Division (U.S.).
- Types of cavalrymen, their mounts and equipment 1916-1921. Picture
- Depicts equipment and describes activities of U. S. Cavalry in defense of the U. S. - Mexico border, 1916-1921.
- U. S. Cavalry detachments and bases of army pilots on or near the U.S.-Mexico border, 1918-1919. Map
- Photographic reproduction of a hand-drawn map that identifies towns where Cavalry units were stationed on the border from El Paso to Del Rio in 1918 and 1919. An inset shows locations of the three U. S. Military District headquarters (Rockwell Field, California; Fort Bliss, Texas; and Kelly Field, Texas) for the pilots patrolling the border from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico.
- U. S. Cavalry Medical Corps 1916-1921. Picture
- Illustrations and captions depicting activities of the Medical Corps of the Cavalry serving on the U. S. - Mexico border between 1916 and 1921. Includes prescription for treatment of colic in horses.
- The U. S. Cavalry troops on the U. S. - Mexico border in 1916. Picture
- Illustrated descriptions of activities of Cavalry patrols on the U.S. - Mexico border, 1916-1918. Includes map of boundary line from California to the Gulf of Mexico.
- Uses of horses and mules in the U.S. Cavalry. Picture
- Illustrated explanation of the qualifications and duties of the men, horses, and mules of the Remount Service of the U. S. Cavalry.