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[Letter to an Editor of a Newspaper]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing several letters to the editor published in a Waco newspaper, starting with a poem from " Portfolio of a Deceased Confederate Soldier " and commentary providing insight on the soldier's life, family, property, and death. Other letters and articles discuss horse thieves that were shot, the Election Law that had recently been passed on the front, with text on the back describing recent events and anecdotes and bounties, with advertisements.
Date: August 1872
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Newspaper Article: A Grand Social Function]

Description: Newspaper article about the coronation of J. Lee Davis as King Cotton III and Miss Pauline McLendon as Queen at the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Small Ad for Smith & Barnes Pianos]

Description: A small ad for Smith & Barnes Pianos. On the front is a colored image of Beethoven surrounded by lilac flowers. On the back is information about the Smith & Barnes pianos.
Date: unknown
Creator: W. A. Leyhe Piano Co.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Clipping: Obituary for Joseph Lynn Clark]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article about the recent death of a historian, Dr. Joseph Lynn Clark, who was a member of faculty at Sam Houston State University.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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