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[Seven Men on Deer Hunt]

Description: Photograph of Frank B. Stevens, K. Stewart Tabb, J. H. Hejtmancik, Mert W. Colgin, Harry Gorman, Harlan Lester, and Henry Seale posing in front of a car at the Seale ranch with a house in the background.
Date: November 16, 1960
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Annual Deer Hunt with Men from Taft]

Description: Photograph of several hunters posing together with a dog and several deer carcasses. The hunters wear hats, jackets, and long pants, with some along the front of the group kneeling. Three in the group, near the front at center, pose with a dog with a light-colored coat and dark spots. Behind the hunters are several deer carcasses mounted on a long board, their heads raised upward. The hunters stand in a field of grass, behind a car.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Hotel Washington]

Description: Postcard image of Hotel Washington in Greenville, Texas. Text on back reads "Population 14,224, has largest inland cotton compress in the world - largest flour mill in East Texas. County seat of Hunt County. Average 60,000 bales of cotton - a million bushels of corn - six hundred thousand bushels of oats annually. Has twelve thousand milking cows. Home of U.S Cotton Field Station.". Addition text on back reads "Blackest" Land, "Whitest" People".
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Group Poses in Celeste Texas]

Description: Postcard of a group of unidentified individuals posing in front of a brick building in Celeste, Texas. The subjects are arranged in three rows, with the four individuals in front kneeling and the rest standing.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[East Texas Normal College Graduates, 1907]

Description: Photograph of graduates of "Scientific's" [sic] from East Texas Normal College, sitting on the grass in four rows. The men are dressed in coats and neckties, alongside three women in the second from bottom row, who wear white dresses and long banners. A partial note on the back indicates R. M. Parker and E. J. Bate.
Date: 1907~
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Unknown Family With Four Children]

Description: Photograph of an unknown family with one adult man, one adult woman and four children. The children are all visible wearing light color clothing with one parent holding one of the youngest children. The father is visible wearing pinstripe dark color pants with a dark color jacket and bow tie. The mother is also wearing a dark color bow tie in the collar of her light color shirt with a dark color skirt.
Date: unknown
Creator: LeFan, J. J.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Students Posing with Teacher]

Description: Postcard of several female students posing with Mamie Easton, their teacher. The back of the card lists the subjects as Maxine Harris, Ayleene McGuire, Ruth Norris, Rachel Kerr, Colean Thompson, Allegra Byers, Nell Norris, Netlie Hudson, Netlie Bell Pinkston, Grace Brenier, Cassie Ellard, and Geraldine Kerr. The girls hold a ball with "CGS '15" written on it.
Date: 1915?
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard to Dorris Mullens from Her Father]

Description: Postcard from a father to her daughter, Dorris Mullens, in Greenville, Texas. He writes of Dorris' improved handwriting, and expects he'll be home Thursday night. The front of the postcard depicts the Piedmont Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas, with roses and trees planted across the street.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Funeral Notice for Andrew Wall]

Description: Decorated remembrance card for Andrew Wall, including an oval, head-shot portrait in the center. There are decorative designs around the image including doves holding a banner at the top, flowers, and feathers along either side; printed text lists his name, birth/death dates and age at the top and a poem at the bottom labeled "Gone But Not Forgotten."
Date: 1912
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Austin Avenue Methodist Church Chancel]

Description: Photograph of the chancel and the altar of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church in Waco, Texas. Most of the chancel is raised on a platform. At the very back is the raised choir loft and the Kilgen organ console (mostly obscured). The back wall contains wooden paneling, tracery and facade organ pipes. A short upper wooden screen separates the choir from the main part of the chancel, on which are clergy seats, the pulpit, decorated with a parament, and the altar. This portion is accessible by stai… more
Date: December 22, 1953
Creator: Willis Studio
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

The Medicine Man in Texas

Description: Book outlining the early history of medicine and of medical societies in Texas, along with brief biographical sketches of prominent physicians by county. It includes excerpts of newspaper articles, association meeting minutes, and other sources documenting practices over time.
Date: 1930
Creator: Red, Mrs. George Plunkett
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Scrapbook: The Girl Graduate]

Description: Scrapbook template entitled "The Girl Graduate," filled with photos, invitations, and other memorabilia documenting the graduation of Mildred Bruyere from Waco High School.
Date: March 12, 1923
Creator: Bruyere, Mildred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 21, 1943]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 21, 1943. He discusses swimming at the beach, and what he wants to do and eat when the war is over. He also asks his father to send him a load of cigarettes and specifies what clothes he wants them to send him.
Date: July 21, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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