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[Lake Nacogdoches Area, Texas Volunteer Fire Department Patch]

Description: Patch from the Lake Nacogdoches Area, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a white outer section with red edging. "Lake Nacogdoches Area Volunteer Fire Department Est. 1979" is written along this outside edge. The interior contains another shield shape that is split into three sections with yellow borders. The top left portion contains a cross, a "fire scramble," and the word "Fire." The top right contains a Star of Life and the word "EMS." The bottom section contains a simplified… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

Battery

Description: Patent for an improvement on batteries. Meant to increase insulation and plate stability inside the battery.
Date: May 15, 1918
Creator: Pipkin, Maurice E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brush.

Description: Patent for a brush that provides adjustable handle for variety of uses and great saving of time and labor. The brush is durable and not excessively heavy.
Date: June 4, 1918
Creator: Lay, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Crosscut Band-Saw.

Description: Patent for improvements in crosscut band-saws, in particular, a portable, power-driven crosscut band-saw used for lumbering wood. Designed with motor seated in light metal framework and intended to be operated by two persons. Meant for increased productivity through reduction in sawing time and ability to cut the tree within inches of the ground.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Howland, Harry W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Antiskidding Device

Description: Patent for an anti-skidding device to be used in tires and other traction wheels.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Weatherly, W. G. & Weatherly, E. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boll-Weevil Catcher.

Description: Patent for agricultural devices and more particularly to a device to be attached to a cultivator for catching boll weevil or the like, during the cultivation of cotton.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Stanalan, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Charlotte Stokes, June 24, 2016

Description: Mrs. Stokes was born and raised in Nacogdoches. She is the daughter of Arthur Weaver, the founder of the NAACP in Nacogdoches. She then became a teacher in Washington DC and St. Louis. She returned to Nacogdoches in the late 1970s, where she worked at Head Start. Retired now, she is active in civic organizations, particularly the annual Juneteenth celebration. In her interview, Mrs. Stokes describes her childhood in Nacogdoches, the difficulties of segregation, her father's activism, and the co… more
Date: June 24, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Howard, Jasmine; May, Meredith & Stokes, Charlotte
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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