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Branding-Iron

Description: Patent for a branding iron that expends less fuel than similar brands due to its combustion chamber that is able to better concentrate its heat towards the applied surface.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Thurman, Lee Onadus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Cattle-Guard and Halter.

Description: Patent for a combined cattle guard and halter, which prevents cattle from breaking through a fence while allowing them freedom of movement.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Owens, Delona D. & Steele, Joseph J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for a churn that is easy to use and efficient.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Huggins, Thompson A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

People on Wagon in Front of House; Four People in Garden

Description: Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of R. E. DeRusha and his "hoodlum wagon" and crew returning to the threshing machine after a rain in Santa Anna in 1919. There are four people on the wagon being pulled by a dark colored horse in front of a house and fence. The second picture is of, from left to right, Daniel Ray (D. R.) DeRusha, Romara Ray DeRusha, Julia Etta Ely Cook, and an unknown girl together in a garden with a fence and trees in the background taken near Truby in 1942.
Date: {1919,1942}
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letters of Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham]

Description: The Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham (March 22, 1887 - March 3, 1979) wrote these letters to family members from April 14, 1918 to November 28, 1927. The letters detail his life as a minister in Texas and other locations. The letters are written from Stamford, Spur, Eliasville, Sherman, Gainesville, Orange, Boston (Mass.), Richmond (Va.), and Knoxville (Tn.). The letters detail church news, family life, and travel on the S.S. Leviaton in 1927 to visit London, Paris, and Jerusalem.
Date: 1918
Creator: Cunningham, Thomas McHutchin
Partner: Other

Coverlet Holder

Description: Patent for "new and useful coverlet holder, and its object is to provide a device that will...support a coverlet or quilt at a slight elevation above a bed," (lines 8-11).
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: Persson, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Fire-Escape.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Automatic Fire-Escapes" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 26, 1913
Creator: Thompson, Herman E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adjustable Window-Shade Support.

Description: Patent for an adjustable window shade support that can readily attach a shade to a window frame and the roller can be adjusted to any desired location or elevation.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Simmons, Oscar C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pittard Residence, Anson, Texas: Elevations and Details

Description: Elevation plan for a home commissioned by Mr. C. L. Abercrombie in Anson, Texas. It includes the side elevations, elevation of cabinet beneath sink and drain board also section thru cupboard, elevation of cupboard and section thru cabinet beneath sink and drain board, and detail of beams for living and dining room.
Date: April 15, 1916
Creator: Castle, David S.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

[Probated Will of Henry Sayles]

Description: Will of Henry Sayles with a court decree declaring it the official last will, and a sworn oath from Hattie Sayles stating the same. The document was notarized by John Sayles and includes multiple certificates of being filed for record in multiple counties.
Date: 1911-03-23/1916-10-20
Creator: Sayles, Henry & Sayles, Harriet McAlpine (Hattie)
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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