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Bucket Excavator.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvement in Bucket Excavators, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to excavators of that kind in which a bucked is arranged to travel back and forth upon a runway which is lowered into the ground and which is adapted to determine the cross sectional outline of the ditch or excavation" (lines 5-13).
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Bettis, William I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[News Script: Sports]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas rangers who concluded a two-game series with the Oakland A' s with a 6 to 2 loss.
Date: June 26, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Client Card: Mr. Melvin Buch]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Melvin Buch, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Portrait Bust" (24" x 17" at shoulder), "Portrait Head" (15.5"), and "Figure" (2 copies; 1 bronze cast, 1 aluminum cast).
Date: 1950-03/1952-06
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Partner: Amon Carter Museum

[Client Card: Mr. John David Brcin]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. John David Brcin, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Portrait Bust", "Stephen Decatur", "Bust of Mark Twain" (28", base), "Female Portrait Bust" (14.5"; base 6.25" x 6.75"), "Portrait Bust" (20"; base).
Date: 1936-02/1974-08
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Partner: Amon Carter Museum

[Client Card: Bronze Incorporated]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Bronze Incorporated (Leonard Grosse), including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces include: plaque (2 copies; 56" x 16"), plaque (2 copies; 24" x 12"), "Lily Pads and Frogs," "Aviator" (2 copies), "Dutch Group" (24" x 13", 28" x 18" at the pails; base 35"), fountain, "Boystown Figs" (3 copies), "Bible" (66" x 44"), "Last Supper," "Boystown Figures" (2 copies), … more
Date: May 1948
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Partner: Amon Carter Museum

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to The A. N. Marquis Company, Chicago - November 4, 1952]

Description: A letter addressed to The A. N. Marquis Company, Chicago 11, Illinois, from T. N. Carswell, dated November 4, 1952. Carswell suggests the name of Mr. Folks Huxford of Homerville, Georgia for inclusion in the next "Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Date: November 4, 1952
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[World's Columbian Exposition Calendar]

Description: Calendar covering from April 1893 to March 1894, illustrated with views of buildings at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, with information on the New York Life Insurance Company. Bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers.
Date: 1892
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letters Between A. W. Carsten and Tex Bradford - January, 1945]

Description: The first letter from A.W. Carsten to Tex Bradford addressing the Mr. Bradford's original letter sent on January 14 and the reasoning behind Mr. Richard Mowrer's departure from Greece to Rome. The second letter is from Tex Bradford to the managing editor of the Chicago Daily News voicing his concerns of Mr. Richard Mower's treatment by British General Scobie.
Date: 1945-01-14/1945-01-22
Creator: Carsten, A. W.
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

Writing-Machine.

Description: Patent for writing-machine mechanism which prolongs the life of the ribbon and provides "means to rotate the platen step by step at each actuation of one or more of the keys" (line 20).
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Keyboard for Writing Machines.

Description: Patent for improved keyboards for writing machines "having its keys so arranged that the fingers of the operator may rest upon the keyboard in an easy and natural manner, the keys being so disposed with relation to each other that the fingers of the operator may reach all of them with the least possible strain or exertion" (lines 16-22). This improvement allows the operator to work at maximum speed and efficiency.
Date: April 17, 1917
Creator: Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Moistening and Sprinkling Attachment for Brooms.

Description: Patent for attachment to brooms which enables the moistening of the broom during use to prevent the spreading of dust. One part regulates the flow of liquid to the broom and another provides a container for the liquid. In effect the attachment to the broom makes it into a convertible mop.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Taylor, James P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trombone.

Description: Patent, including illustration, for "a musical instrument slide and is more particularly designated as a bearing or stocking for a trombone or other similar instruments in which it is desirable to provide a smooth bearing for the slidable part of the instrument" (page 1, lines 9-13).
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Ackley, William D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Burner

Description: Patent for a oil burner. "This invention relates to improvements in that class of burners used for burning hydrocarbon oils or liquid fuel, and while it is more especially intended to be used for heating steam generators or boiler" (8-12) illustrations included.
Date: June 16, 1903
Creator: Wafer, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electromagnetic Ore-Separator.

Description: Patent for an electromagnetic ore separator, which reduces the risk of any valuable particles falling with the waste mineral material below the magnetic surface.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Charlton, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nozzle.

Description: Patent for a hose nozzle with increased capacity and efficiency. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1897
Creator: Adams, Don B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from F. G. Gurley to I. H. Kempner and Others, June 21, 1955]

Description: Letter from F. G. Gurley to I. H. Kempner and others discussing the creation of a new role by the request of the Board of Directors. Gurley explains that Kelley Fogg will be appointed to the new Executive Representative role and goes into detail on Fogg's previous accomplishments as well as his work within the Santa Fe Railway System.
Date: June 21, 1955
Creator: Gurley, F. G.
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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