Letter to Mr. Appelt from Haskell Monroe thanking him for reviewing the transcription and an acknowledgement that the edited copy was received by the Heritage Preservation Program. Finally the letter asks Mr. Appelt to consider the following questions and give answers and send them to A&M so they can be added to the final edition of the transcription: "What did it mean to you to be an Aggie?" "What feelings do you have in your heart for A&M today?"

This transcription is missing the last page of the interview stops at page 101 instead of 102

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Item 6 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated October 15, 1872

Item 7 - Receipt for taxes paid by Moses Sinclair, dated October 19, 1872

Item 8 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated March 6, 1874

Item 9 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated [?], 1874

Item 10 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated May 29, 1877

Item 11 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated February 14, 1879

Item 12 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated February 14, 1879

Item 13 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated February 19, 1880

Item 14 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated December 20, 1889

Item 15 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarisa [name misspelled on document] Sinclair, dated February 21, 1895

Item 16 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated [?], 1876

Item 17 - Receipt for taxes paid by Clarissa Sinclair, dated March 30, 1877

Item 18 - Envelope, handwritten “Deed of Conveyance - William Harrison Mays - April 29, 1872” on front

Item 19 - Deed, handwritten, made out to Harrison Mays for Lot No. 1, Block No. 43, Corpus Christi, TX, dated April 29, 1872 (1 sheet connected along the top, 4 pages)

Item 28 - Receipt from Eli Peoples to James Mifflin Mays for payment towards a building loan. Written on The Palace Bar letterhead, with the inscription “Green River - The Whiskey Without a Headache” printed underneath. Dated June 9, 1911

Item 31 - Copy of the March 9, 1921, Promissory Note from Roy Bohman to Ethel Sinclair Crawford, Thomas Sinclair, Maud Sinclair Davis, and Ollie Sinclair, notarized by the State of California, San Francisco County and the State of Texas, Bexar County. Dated March 15, 1921. (2 pages, connected to backing by two metal grommets)

The folder contains tax receipts for Property Lot No. 1, Block No. 43, Corpus Christi, Texas owned by the Estate of W. H. Mays.

Item 33 - Corpus Christi Independent School District Tax Receipt, dated December 30, 1921

Item 34 - Tax receipt, dated December 30, 1921

Item 35 - Tax receipt, dated December 30, 1921

Item 36 - Promissory note from Rose Hill Park Cemetery to Mrs. W. H. Mays by Gertrude Mays, regarding the purchase of a cemetery plot, dated October 23, 1926

Item 37 - Deed from Rose Hill Park Cemetery to Mrs. W. H. Mays, dated October 23, 1926

Item 38 - Letter from Rose Hill Park Cemetery to Mrs. W. H. Mays, dated October 23, 1928

Item 53 - Photograph of house, handwritten inscription on the back reads - “The Bohman’s home, they had built on 911 N. Tan Cahua. 'Nita Mama' - my grandmother - can be seen walking in the rear of the drive-way, carrying Tommy (about the 30s).”

Item 54 - Photograph of house, handwritten inscription on the back reads - “The Old Mays home before remodeling. 1301 N. Mesquite St., Corpus Christi, Texas.”

Item 55 - Photograph of house, handwritten inscription on the back reads - “The Rent house at the old Mays home 1301 N. Mesquite St. Corpus Christi, Texas. Sharing vacant spot on the corner of the lot where the old original homestead before moving to Shamrock Corvy [?]. All old trees and shrubs cut down.”

Item 56 - Postcard photograph of an unidentified African American woman in a broad-rimed hat. The handwritten inscription reads - “What do you think of this? The Loving Kid.”

Item 57 - Postcard photograph of a group of unidentified African Americans (3 men standing, 2 women seated).

Item 58 - Photograph of 2 men (one identified as Annie Garcia Bohman’s brother, the other unidentified), a handwritten inscription on the back reads - “Left - Uncle Willie Cox on left. Just after a win in a cock’s fight. Bag contains $1,000 in gold. San Luis Portis, Mexico. Brother to Annie Garcia Bohman.”

Item 59 - Photograph of Alice Sinclair Mays and son, Walter Mays. The handwritten inscription reads - “Mrs. Alice Sinclair Mays and son Walter Mays (grandmother and uncle of Mrs. Alclair Pleasant. Mrs. Sinclair was brought to Corpus by a Ms. Cora Hennens. She married W. H. Mays and is the half-sister of Rev. Moses Sinclair.”

Item 60 - Photograph of Ms. Mildred Gertrude Mays and Mrs. Alclair Mays Pleasant. The handwritten inscription reads - “Ms. Mildred Gertrude Mays (R) with her half-sister, Mrs. Alclair M. Pleasant. Mildred was born to James M. Mayys and his second wife, Mrs. Millie West Blacksheare. Mrs. Blacksheare is from an early settler family, the Sam West family.”

Item 61 - Photograph of house, handwritten inscription on the back reads - “Home of Mr. & Mrs. Roy Bohman - 911 N. Tancahua. They had it built in 1924. It has since been sold and moved to 1906 Van Loan Avenue.”

2-1: Typescripts Letters - 1879-1895
2-2: Phostatic copies - 1879, 1889-1890
2-3: Various fiscal and financial records (census, some salaries, etc.) - 1880-1886
2-4: A&M Invitations and programs - 1876, 1878-1885, 1887-1890, 1892, 1894
2-5: Prairie View programs, invitations, and Annual Report - 1887, 1884, 1889
2-6: Newspaper clippings - 1887-1890
2-7: Newspaper clippings - 1891-1896
2-8: Newspaper clippings - Feb-May 1908
2-9: Newspaper clippings - June 1-15, 1908
2-10: Newspaper clippings - June 16-30, 1908
2-11: Newspaper clippings - July 1908-1909
2-12: Miscellaneous publications - 1887-1908
2-13: Calculus IV exercise book - Undated
2-14: Arithmetic III notebook - Undated

3-1: August 26, [18]72
3-2: September 23, [18]72
3-3: September 27, 1875
3-4: July 13, 1875
3-5: August 23, 1875
3-6: July 22, [18]76
3-7: January 4, 1877
3-8: January 15, 1877
3-9: March 1, 1877
3-10: April 23, [18]77
3-11: July 4, 1877
3-12: September 29, 1877
3-13: December 21, 1877
3-14: January 5, 1878
3-15: January 25, 1878
3-16: February 12, 1878
3-17: May 30, 1878
3-18: November 9, 1878
3-19: February 4, 1879
3-20: March [?] 1879
3-21: March 22, [18]79
3-22: June 2, 1879
3-23: July 14, 1879
3-24: October 13, 1879
3-25: November 10, 1879
3-26: November 9, [18]79
3-27: November 19, 1879
3-28: December 12, [18]79
3-29: February 24, 1880
3-30: March 1, 1880
3-31: April 2, 1880
3-32: May 3, 1880
3-33: June 5, 1880
3-34: August 5, [18]80
3-35: December 12, 1880
3-36: January 20, 1881
3-37: February 24, 1881
3-38: April 4, 1881
3-39: June 1, 1881
3-40: March 22, 1883
3-41: August 21, 1884
3-42: October 28, 1884
3-43: May 14, 1885
3-44: July 10, [18]85
3-45: July 15, 1885
3-46: January 1, 1886
3-47: March 7, [18]87
3-48: May 30, 1887
3-49: Funeral Notice of L. J. Alexander January 29, 1888
3-50: September 13, 1888
3-51: November 14, 1890
3-52: June 18, 1891

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