Letters and note about Mrs. Clements involvement in the press conference to kick off the Program

Correspondence about awarding scholarships to high school seniors for community service, program for the awards ceremony, memo and note about a governor’s proclamation signing ceremony, list of people to be present at the ceremony, press release about the awards ceremony, press release and clipping about President Ronald Reagan awarding a certificate to Beneficial Corporation for Outstanding Community Involvement, Beneficial Corporation newsletter and information packet about the scholarship program

Letters, notes, invoices, and copies of check issued to pay for furniture

This collection consists of a large and varied amount of memorabilia, artifacts, and ephemera depicting or concerning the famous character Tarzan, first introduced by Edgar Rice Burroughs in the 1912 serialTarzan of the Apes. All items in the collection depict Tarzan, unless otherwise noted.

Materials include objects such as candy and gum, pocket knives, statues, action figures, mugs, metal signs, and other pieces of ephemera. Tarzan, an intensely popular character, was the first fictional character to be heavily merchandised. Because of this, and because Tarzan appeared in so many different forms of media, including films, television, comic books, and works of animation, it is no surprise that his image and name can be found on a dizzying variety of materials.

Tarzan is often regarded as one of the best-known literary characters in history. He was first introduced by creator Edgar Rice Burroughs in the serialized story "Tarzan of the Apes" (in the pulp All-Story in 1912, book form in 1914), and went on to star in 23 additional novels from Burroughs and published by A.C. McClurg between 1912-1966. Tarzan is a feral white child named John Clayton, marooned somewhere on the African coast with his parents, British aristocrats Lord and Lady Greystoke. The two die soon after their arrival in Africa, leaving young Clayton to be found and raised by a tribe of great apes (who give him the ape-name 'Tarzan').

Tarzan's upbringing brings him heightened strength, agility, speed, climbing ability, and stamina, all of which he uses to defend his loved ones and his beloved jungle from various threats. These include wild animals, rival tribes of apes, lost races that dwell in hidden cities, German troops, strange monsters, and other hazards. In addition to Burroughs' novels, Tarzan has also been featured in numerous unauthorized literary works, multiple films (most notably the franchise starring Johnny Weissmuller between 1932-1948), radio shows, comic books and comic strips, and television programs (particularly the 1966-1968 NBC series starring Ron Ely).

These six letters, dated December 12, 1862 - August 6, 1863, are from Benjamin M. Linsley to his friend Mrs. Lucy G. Palmer in Suffield, Conn. Each letter is written in ink on both sides of a single folded sheet, except for the first one, which is on two folded sheets, sewn together in the center with cloth thread at some point after they were composed. All are addressed by Linsley from the camp near Falmouth, Va., where his regiment, the 14th Infantry of the Army of the Potomac was based, except the last one, which is addressed from McKinnis Hospital in Baltimore, Md., where Linsley was sent to recover from typhoid fever.

In the letters, Linsley comments on the failure of the Union army to obtain substantial victories ever since the Union defeat at Fredericksburg; inflated prices for postage stamps and sutler's goods; the despair he feels at the poor treatment in general of the sick in military hospitals, not only by medical personnel but by fellow soldiers; strategies for obtaining better food and bedding for his brother while nursing him through a severe fever, probably typhoid; the need for statesmen of moral standing more like George Washington than the much clamoured for "little man" George MacClellan; the trials of long marches in either rain and mud to cross the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers, only to retreat back over them after the battle of Chancellorsville, or the intense heat of marches toward Warrenton Junction, Va., from which Linsley was transported with the sick and wounded to recover from typhoid himself in McKinnis Hospital at Baltimore; the desperation of deserters being taken to their punishment; the immoral behaviour of men in camp; the need for more good chaplains like Clay Trumbull of Hartford, Conn., who served with his brother's regiment of Volunteers; and perhaps, more poignantly, the eerie sound of drums during funerals for the many soldiers who died in camp from sickness in their poor living conditions.

The letters are now each encased in a clear plastic sleeve. A one-page report from the National Archives and Records Administration is included with the first letter. This NARA report (2 July 2001) replies to a request made by Professor Dale Baum of Texas A & M University in April 2001 to locate and make a copy of Benjamin M. Linsley's pension documents packet, stating NARA staff could not locate the materials. Baum had listed Linsley as an enlistee of the U.S. Army in Company A, 1st Battalion, 14th U.S. Infantry.

Campaign letter, clippings 1970-1975, campaign brochure, articles titled What Makes Bentsen Run? from April 5, 1970 Dallas Morning News and The Unveiling of Lloyd Bentsen from an unidentified issue of Texas Monthly, and a political vitae

14/1: Ber-Bez. 1961-1980

14/2: Bi-Bla. 1942-1986

14/3: Ble-Bod. 1938-1986

14/4: Binder. 1938-1976

14/5: Boggs, Redd. 67 letters. 1948-1983

14/6: Boc-Box. 1954-1987

14/7: Bowne, Jr., Sam. 24 letters. 1949-1957

14/8: Boy-Bru. 1937-1994

14/9: Brown. 1947-1994

14/10: Bu-By. 1938-1994

14/11: Burge, Jerry. 43 letters. 1953-1960

14/12: Ca-Carr. 1939-1995

14/13: Carrol-Central. 1939-1993

14/14: Carnell, E.J.. 79 letters. 1939-1972

14/15: Ch-Ci. 1947-1994

14/16: Chapdelaine, Perry. 1986-1994

14/17: Chapman, G. Ken. 158 letters. 1949-1973

14/18: Claggett, W.M.. 1961-1965

14/19: Cla-Clo. 1944-1994

14/20: Coc-Con. 1938-1993

14/21: Colby, Mel. 11 letters. 1941-1944

14/22: Cole-Columbia. 43 letters. 1954-1993

14/23: Collier's. 22 letters

14/24: Conover, Jr., Willis. 8 letters. 1931-1981

14/25: Cor-Cox. 1945-1994

14/26: Cr-Cy. 1938-1974

This collection includes an exchange of letters between Berenice Napper and an official of Connecticut's Commission on Civil Rights, six items concerning Napper's membership in the National Council of Negro Women, eight printed ephemeral items including a photograph of Berenice Napper with three other individuals looking over a copy of Walter White's book How Far the Promised Land?, and a small group of newspaper clippings concerning her work as a field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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This interview describes the experiences of Dr. Berg in Geology as a professor at A&M and the history of the Geology Department.

This collection consists of a domestic version of the export script dated January 17, 1963, for the British science fiction movie The Day of the Triffids (1962), written by Gordon and based on the famous 1951 novel by John Wyndham.

The Bernard Sbisa Family Collection consists of photographic scrapbooks, personal correspondence, photographs of the Sbisa Family, and early Texas A&M College photographs along with other early college photographs of the campus of Perdue. The items included either have no date or are dated from between 1877 to 1919.

Bernard Sbisa was one of the first Texas A&M College professors who lived and taught the early Texas A&M College.

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This collection includes correspondence between Williams and Wall, as well as photographs, original drawings, etchings (some showing cancelled plates), newspaper clippings, postcards, books, exhibition notices, and other Walliana. The letters concern Wall's printmaking and publishing activities and provide a unique glimpse into his personal and professional concerns.

The collection contains numerous self-portrait etchings of Wall and etchings of his friends, correspondents, and subjects of his writings. Wall's personal stationery contains a variety of etchings, drawings, and self-portraits. Much of this material has been captured in oversized scrapbooks that were reconditioned, re-boxed, and professionally conserved by Carrabba Conservation, Inc. Additional information on conservation treatment of the collection can be found in the Bernhardt Wall control folder.

This collection contains manuscript material from author Beth Cato, including materials from her first novel, the steampunk fantasy The Clockwork Dagger, which was published in 2014.

Manuscript for chapters 8 - 9

Manuscript for part of chapter 12, chapter 14, and part of chapter 15

Typescript for chapter 4, with handwritten edits

Typescript for chapter 5, with handwritten edits

Typescript for chapter 12, with handwritten edits

Partial draft with handwritten notes

Manuscript notes

Typescript with handwritten edits, chapter 11 - 13

Typescript for part of chapter 14, with handwritten edits

Cut-down version for audio [not used], typescript with handwritten edits, chapter 7 - 10, December 1993

Cut-down version for audio [not used], typescript with handwritten edits, chapter 11 - Epilogue, December 1993

Typescript for part of chapter 6

Typescript for chapter 11, with handwritten edits

Partial draft with handwritten notes, and additional notes

Typescript for chapter 4 - 6, with handwritten edits (single draft)

Manuscript for chapter 10 and part of chapter 11