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[Three Soldiers on Motorcycles]

Description: Photograph of three soldiers riding motorbikes on a dirt path that cuts through a small rock formation. The soldier closest to the camera has a motorbike with a side car. All three men are wearing collared shirts and wide-brimmed hats.
Date: 1917/1918
Partner: Fort Davis Overland Trail

[Lt. David S. Stanley and Alice Grierson Posing]

Description: Photograph of retired Navy Lieutenant David S. Stanley (left) and Alice Kirk Grierson (right) posing outside of an adobe brick building. Stanley is wearing a light-colored button-down shirt with dark-colored pants and he is holding an object in his left hand. Grierson is wearing a patterned suit with a skirt that falls just below the knee, cat-eye glasses, and a pearl necklace. Their bodies are turned toward each other, but both are looking at the camera.
Date: May 7, 1972
Creator: Scobee, Barry
Partner: Fort Davis Overland Trail

Plow-Horse Cavalry

Description: Book discussing the Civil War as experienced by the Thirty-Fourth Texas Cavalry, in particular the soldiers from Caney Creek, Texas.
Date: 1974
Creator: Weddle, Robert S.
Partner: Fannin County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Charles Seale, October 2, 2018

Description: Interview with Charles (Charly) Seale, who served with the Department of Public Safety, Highway Patrol Service during the flood of July 17, 1987 near Comfort, Texas. The flood took the lives of ten children. Charles was in the the first responding helicopter involved in the rescue operation and recounts the events, the search that followed, and changes made afterwards. Photos of Charles follow the transcript.
Date: October 2, 2018
Duration: 26 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Seale, Charles
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Personal History Statement for Alex Bradford]

Description: Personal History Statement of Alex Bradford featuring a myriad of personal information such as his current address, place of birth, date of birth, etc. In addition to the personal information touched upon, Mr. Bradford’s military service and places of employment are listed over the next several pages.
Date: June 23, 1933
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Postcard of "A Company Street"]

Description: Postcard of a street within Camp MacArthur. Tents line up on either side of the street with soldiers walking around. The postcard is address to Mrs. Belle Huggins from Sabula, Mo.
Date: September 29, 1918
Creator: Mann, Fred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

List of African A. P. O. Numbers

Description: A list of A.P.O. numbers overseas from Gura, Asmara, Cairo, Heliopolis, Tripoli, Algiers, and Casablanca. Five (5) of these A.P.O. numbers have red check marks towards the right of the page. On the back of this page a purple stamp in the top left corner reads, “Ambassador Hotel, 14th & K Streets, N.W. Washington D.C.”. At the bottom of the page reads, “Radio in Every Room / 500 Room Completely Air Conditioned / Swimming Pool Free to Guests”.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Christmas at Fort Brown]

Description: Photograph of a large group of soldiers standing in a courtyard at Fort Brown. In the foreground several tables are covered with food, boxes, and miniature American flags and on the left a pile of lumber is visible. Two children can be seen in the front row in the middle and right and on the far right a man wearing a light-colored chef's uniform is standing with his arms crossed. Behind the men a large building is visible with several archways on the left and an awning on the right.
Date: 1913
Partner: Brownsville Historical Association

The Fenner Forebears of Samuel Fenner Leslie

Description: A book complied by Ruth Leslie Barrett detailing the history of immigrant Richard Fenner and his son Robert Fenner and one line of his descendants: Robert Fenner, Jr., Joseph F. Fenner, and Lucy Fenner Leslie, the mother of Samuel Fenner Leslie. The texts includes information about Fenner family children, kin, and the family of their spouses as well as family military service spanning from the American Revolutionary War to the Spanish American War. Each chapter has a narrative, notes, sources… more
Date: 1987
Creator: Barrett, Ruth Leslie
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[Photos of Tarleton College]

Description: Eighteen scrapbook pages containing photos and newspaper clippings. The photos are of the Tarleton College campus, sports teams, and various individuals. The clippings are photos of the football team and basketball team. Some of the photos are labelled with names of the people or buildings pictured, and short descriptions of the circumstances of the photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: De Bennett, Leonard
Partner: Tarleton State University

Sgt. Gary Schutza

Description: Autobiographical paper of Sgt. Gary Schutza's military service. He briefly describes his family and childhood, his decision to join the United States Marine Corps, and his experiences serving during the Korean War.
Date: ~2011
Creator: Schutza, Gary
Partner: History of West Museum

Oral History Interview with Charles Seale, October 2, 2018

Description: Transcript of an interview with Charles (Charly) Seale, who served with the Department of Public Safety, Highway Patrol Service during the flood of July 17, 1987 near Comfort, Texas. The flood took the lives of ten children. Charles was in the the first responding helicopter involved in the rescue operation and recounts the events and search that followed. Photos of Charles follow the transcript.
Date: October 2, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Seale, Charles
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Photograph of Two WWI Soldiers]

Description: Photograph of two WWI soldiers with one arm around the other. Both are wearing dark color pants, shirts and hats. On the back of the photo of the soldiers is a image of a woman at the beach in a knee length swimsuit and heels.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[WWI Soldier Otto Hodel]

Description: Photograph of Otto Hodel, a WWI soldier born 1896 in Coryell Co., Texas. He died 1967 in Hale Co., Texas. Mr. Hodel is posing in soldier's uniform in front of a dark colored background. The photograph was taken by Nagel, San Antonio.
Date: unknown
Creator: Nagel
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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