This collection consists of one letter to Adelia Clifton from Sam Clifton regarding combat in the Philippines dated April 27, 1899 (ALS, 2 leaves).

1/36: Three envelopes, no return addresses are included

Envelope 1 - postmarked on the front, April 27 - La Grange, Georgia, addressed to C. P. Crawford Esq., Flat - Pond, Lee County - GA, with additional writing stating, Ben Hill, April 1859.

Envelope 2 - postmarked on the front, April 12 - Atlanta, Georgia, addressed to Mrs. C.P. Crawford, Milledgeville, GA, with additional writing. On the back, the postmark is Milledgeville, GA. April 18, 1899, with additional writing stating, St. John Potomac "Sam"*.

Envelope 3 - postmarked on the front September 19 - Atlanta, Georgia, addressed to Capt. C. P. Crawford, Milledgeville, GA, with additional writing that states, "My precious Pet Abbis, for study & usefulness - CPL". The back of this envelope is stamped Milledgeville, GA. Sep 20, 1899.

Box 1 contains materials from the following academic years:

• 1/1: 1899-1900
• 1/2: 1975-1976
• 1/3: 1983-1984, conflict, Gay Student Services (GSS) court case for recognition
• 1/4: 1984-1985
• 1/5: 1985-1986
• 1/6: 1986-1987
• 1/7: 1987-1988
• 1/8: 1988-1989

Box 2 contains materials from the following academic years:

• 2/1: 1989-1990
• 2/2: 1990-1991
• 2/3: 1991-1992
• 2/4: 1992-1993
• 2/5: 1993-1994
• 2/6: 1994-1995

Box 3 contains materials from the following academic years:

• 3/1: 1995-1996
• 3/2: Fall 1996
• 3/3: Spring - Summer 1997
• 3/4: Fall 1997
• 3/5: Spring - Summer 1998

Box 4 contains materials from the following academic years:

• 4/1: Fall 1998
• 4/2: Spring - Summer 1999
• 4/3: Fall 1999
• 4/4: Fred Phelps Protest Bonfire, November 1999
• 4/5: Spring - Summer 2000
• 4/6-7: A&M President Ray Bowen Veto 1999-2000

Box 5 contains materials from the following academic years:

• 5/1: 2000-2001
• 5/2: Fall 2001
• 5/3: Spring - Summer 2002

Box 6 contains materials from the following academic years:

• 6/1: 2002-2003
• 6/2: Fall 2003
• 6/3: Spring - Summer 2004
• 6/4: 2004-2005
• 6/5: Photographs from The Clothesline Project, the Gender Issues Education Services (GIES), and the Women's & Gender Equity Resource Center (WGERC) Programs, October 21-25, 2004
• 6/6: Photographs from the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) Protest of Gay Awareness Week, March 30, 2005
• 6/7: Evening of the Arts, Spring 2005[?]
• 6/8: AIDS Memorial Quilt Research, Summer 2005
• 6/9: 2005-2006
• 6/10: Sharlie Apollo Vicks, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, September 2005
• 6/11: Photographs from The Clothesline Project, Fall 2005

Box 7 contains the following materials from the 2006-2007 academic year:

• 7/1: 2006-2007
• 7/2: Gay Awareness Week T-Shirt, 2007

Box 8 contains the following materials from the 2007-2008 academic year:

• 8/1: Fall 2007
• 8/2: AIDS Memorial Quilt, Fall 2007
• 8/3: AIDS Awareness Week, November 26-30, 2007
• 8/4: Promotional Items
• 8/5: Spring 2008
• 8/6: Habitat for Humanity Training and Development Guide, 2008

Box 9 contains the following materials from the 2008-2009 academic years:

• 9/1: 2008-2009
• 9/2: AIDS Memorial Quilt, Fall 2008
• 9/3: First-Year Seminar Paperwork

Box 10 contains the following materials from the 2009-2010 academic year:

• 10/1: Fall 2009
• 10/2: AIDS Memorial Quilt, Fall 2009
• 10/3-4: Spring - Summer 2010
• 10/5: Karla Gonzalez Summer Internship, 2010
• 10/6: Promotional Items

This collection contains the The Fourteenth Ohio National Guard - The Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Sergeant Major Charles E. Creager (1899). Inserted and attached inside the volume are numerous newspaper clippings, obituaries, and memorabilia.

The charcoal images are as follows:
A barefoot African American family, mother, father, and eight children in period rural dress standing in front of a portion of a ramshackle cabin with a split wood shingle roof.
A longer view of the family, a bit scattered in front of a full view of the cabin.
Mother and daughter inside the cabin in front of a wall covered with newspaper.
Mother sitting outside the cabin, shown from the exterior chimney end.
Mother and son by a well in a wooded area.
Father and other male workers bailing cotton.

This box contains notes and correspondence pre and post-1900 pertaining to J. F. Cavitt's quest to trace his roots back to his great-grandfather, Richard Cavitt, and also to find relatives with the Cavitt or Cavett surname.

1/1: Correspondence, Pre-1900

1/2: Correspondence, Post-1900

1/3: Slave Documents

1/4: Miscellaneous Documents

1/5: Family History Notes and Documents

1/6: Genealogy and Family History

1/7: Financial Documents

1/8: Court Documents

1/9: Maps - Wheelock and of Land owned by the Cavitt Family

1/10: News Clippings and Articles

The box contains 7 ledgers, predominantly from the latter half of the 18th Century. Ledgers belong to different members of the Cavitt family.

This collection contains many photographs and other items pertaining to Crane's military service in the Spanish-American War. The collection also contains his personal items and a biography.

This collection contains numerous letters, programs, newspaper articles and other items pertaining to Foy and his service to A&M College.

1/1: Summary of each folder; Mini biography of Crane; Newspaper article of Crane's retirement

1/2: 14 photographs from the Philippines
Lt. Col. Crane in the Philippines
A typical better class of home in the Philippines
A scene in the Philippines
Group of men (names on the back)
Preparing to leave camp
Water buffalo
Army waiting arrival of Americans
Market Manilla
Officers and men of the insurgent army prior to the arrival of Americans
Batangas near the mouth of a river
Department Headquarters
Often seen in Luzon
A typical view
Sen Delgado of Panay

1/3: Photographs from Puerto Rico
Crane in San Juan (August 24, 1905)
Col Crane Military Secretary for Puerto Rico heading a parade

1/4: Photographs from Cuba
Snapshot of Col. Crane in the quarters in Cuba (April 1902)
Spanish hospital
Cook shed
9th USV officers and their positions

1/5: 3 photographs of "Watching Mexican prisoners return to Mexico"

1/6: Photograph of C. J. Crane at West Point

1/7: Letters between R. C. Crane and M.T. Harrington

1/8: Information on W. C. Crane, the son of C. J. Crane, sent by R. C. Crane

1/9: Literature, The Philippines

1/10: Letters from C. J. Crane to his brother, R. C. Crane, and his mother, and letters pertaining to the subject of his letters

1/11: Newspaper, The Manila Freedom (July 24, 1900)

1/12: Magazine, The Manila Critic (December 25, 1901)

1/13: Official Program, George Washington's Birthday Celebration

1/1: Various letters to V. H. Foy.

1/2: "The Naughty- two'er", Newsletter of the Class of 1902.

1/3: A book of student wrongdoings from 1901-1902.

1/4: Western Union messages to V. H. Foy from 1932 and 1942.

1/5: Letter (1943) by V. H. Foy to the Board of Directors of A&M, and their responses.

1/6: Postcards from Joe E. (Abe) Abrahams to V. H. Foy, 1947-1948

1/7: Letters from V. H. Foy to others.

1/8: The Associations of Former Students (AFS)

1/9: Rosters and other lists of names and addresses, most pertaining to the Class of 1902.

1/10: Programs - A&M College:
Final Ball, 1912
Junior Prom, 1943
Victory Homecoming, 1946

1/11: Programs - A&M College:
Presentation of Commissions, 1948
Special Convocation, 1946
Victory Homecoming Visitors, 1946
A&M Ex-students March, 1942
Second Annual Field Day, 1900

1/12: Programs - A&M College:
Commencement, June 4, 1922
Commencement Exercises and Ball, June 8-10, 1902
Commencement, May 21, 1943

1/13: Texas A&M Reviews (pictures only)
November 1, 1944
September 1, 1945
March 20, 1946
September 1, 1945

1/14: Dallas A&M Club papers and programs.

1/15: A&M College Maps, 1936, 1939, 1945

1/16: Class of 1902 Fortieth Reunion, 1942

1/17: "The Cadence", a pocket-sized handbook for Freshmen Cadets, 1942

1/1: Publication

"Památník českých Evangelických Církví ve Spojených Státech". [Memorial to the Czech Evangelical Churches in the United States]. Chicago, Illinois. 1900

Inscribed on the inside of the front cover, "Given to: Mrs. Frank Adlong, From: Mrs. Ludmila Maretka". Inscribed on the title page, "John Pruska"

1/2: Publication FRAGILE

Biblí Svatá, aneb Všecka Svatá Písma Starého i Nového Zákona. Podle posledního vydání kralického z roku 1613. New-Yorská, Americká biblická společnost, Zalozena Leta Pane 1816, New-Yorska. 1918.

[Holy Bible or All Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testament. according to the latest edition of Kralicke, from year 1613. American Bible Society, Founded Summer 1816, New York. 1918].

Loose and/or torn pages: title page, Old Testament index, pages 1-10; New Testament pages 3-4, pages 235 -240
Missing pages: Old Testament 13-16, anything after page 240 in New Testament.
A note and 2 news clippings were found between pages 12 and 17 (pages 13-16 are missing, only the top half of pages 15-16)

1/3: Publication FRAGILE - See curator for handling

"Katechismus Česko-bratrský" Catechism of the Czech Brethren, based on the original from 1608. Rosenberg, Texas. 1922 (pages 8-16 are missing).

1/4: Publication

"Catechism for the Unity of the Brethren, Josef Barton. Translated from the Czech by Josef A. and Elsie Barton." Esther M. Marek is inscribed on the title page. March 19, 1940

1/5: Sheet Music found folded inside the front cover of Pamatnik (Memorial) book 1/1

"Hoj, Verni v Boj!" [Ho, Faithful in Battle!]
Composed by C. E. [Charles Eddy] Leslie. Taught by Mrs. W. J. Baletka, Rosebud, TX. Cervenec [July] 1948

Mrs. W. J. Baletka - Joyce (Siptak) Baletka. Reverend W. J. [William John] Baletka aka Brother John.

1/6
Houston Brethren Church. 1954-1955; 1988; Undated

Includes historical information, the Service of Dedication program (October 31, 1954), and the Dedication Services of the Educational Building program (July 31, 1955).

1/7
Correspondence and other materials related to Jindrich Juren. 1989; 1995-1996; Undated

1/8
"The Life & Times of Reverend Jindrich Juren, 1850-1921". 1991

1/9
Fayetteville Brethren Church. Historical and financial information. 1993-1997; Undated

1/10
Texas Historical Marker application (copy), and other correspondence between Leland Miller and the Texas Historical Commission. October 1994 - March 1995

1/11
Proposed Rev. Jindrich Juren Ministerial Scholarship Fund. May 1995

1/12
Historical marker dedication and celebration newspaper clippings. July 1995 - October 1995

1/13
Historical marker dedication and celebration mailing lists. 1995

1/14
Historical marker dedication and celebration pamphlets, flyers, and related correspondence. 1995

1/15
Letter, photograph, and news clipping from Fayetteville Brethren Church regarding the event when they received Rev. Juren's Bible and Seminary Book. 2002

1/16
Correspondence and information pertaining to the donation and contents of this collection. 2014

1/17: Booklet
"Christmas Carols", Bruce Patterson, General Agent Houston, TX (John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston, Massachusetts. Printed in USA, Issue No. 115). Undated

1/18
The Unity of the Brethren history (copy). Undated

This collection consists of a photo scrapbook with six small charcoal images that depict African-American life in the rural south with an unrelated pictorial on-lay on the upper cover, all tied together with string.

The James C. Nagle Photographic Album is a Kodak album containing photographs of Texas A&M College campus, circa 1900.

This collection contains three scrapbooks, one of which belonged to Irene Claghorn, filled with photographs and mementos dating from the early 1900s through the 1940s.

This collection contains materials collected in relation to the dedication and celebration of the Historical Marker for Rev. Jindrich Juren, though the materials range in date from 1900 to 2014, the bulk of the materials are from 1995.

Materials include correspondence, historical and biographical data regarding both Fayetteville Brethren Church and Houston Brethren Church, publications in English and Czech, a copy of the Texas Historical Marker application to the Texas Historical Commission, and multiple news clippings about the dedication celebration that took place on October 1, 1995.

The Cherokee Freedmen Collection housed at Cushing Memorial Library and Archive is composed of written interviews of African Americans and Native Americans conducted by the United States Department of the Interior’s Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. The Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes also became known as the Dawes Commission, after its chairman Senator Henry Dawes of Massachusetts. The interviews, testimonies, and affidavits relate to the applications of African Americans that were denied enrollment as Cherokee Freedmen during the Dawes Commission. The collection encompasses over 500 documents from 30 different applications affecting over 100 people. Most of the documents are filed with their original envelopes. The documents in the Cherokee Freedmen Collection are dated from 1900 to 1907. Most of the hearings were conducted at Fort Gibson or Muskogee, Oklahoma. There is a high degree of intertextuality between the files regarding people and places mentioned.

In addition to the interviews, there are also interdepartmental letters between various commissioners and the Secretary of the Interior, and notices to applicants and their lawyers. The collection offers a primary source on the arbitration involved in the decision of who did and did not count as Cherokee Freedmen, as well as frontier life in general both before and after the war. The language used vividly reveals the prevailing racial attitudes of the day, chiefly toward African Americans and Native Americans; casual use is made of pejorative terms, and open prejudice is occasionally voiced. All of the applications that are contained within the Cherokee Freedmen Collection housed at Cushing Library were rejected, denying the applicants citizenship to the Cherokee Nation.

In 1866, each of the Five Tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles) that had sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War entered treaties with the United States to abolish slavery in the Native American Territory and established provisions that addressed the status and rights of the freed slaves and people of African descent that lived among the Five Tribes. Since the Cherokee Nation sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War, the United States’ punishment for the Cherokee Nation was to give “all the rights of a native Cherokee” to all freed slaves who still lived within the Cherokee Nation.

In 1877, the Dawes Act (also called the General Allotment Act) was passed under President Grover Cleveland, allowing the federal government to break up tribal land to try to force Native Americans to assimilate. The federal government took the 150 million acres of land that was already controlled by the tribes. The commission's mission was to divide tribal land into 160-acre plots which were then divided among the members of the tribe. As part of this process, the Commission either accepted or rejected applicants for tribal membership based on whether the tribal government had previously recognized the applicant as a member of the tribe and other legal requirements. Applicants were categorized as Citizens by Blood, Citizens by Marriage, Minor Citizens by Blood, New Born Citizens by Blood, Freedmen (African Americans formerly enslaved by tribal members), New Born Freedmen, and Minor Freedmen. Once the land was divided amongst the citizens of the Native American Nations, the United States government sold the surplus tribal lands to non-Native Americans for a profit.

Many of the testimonies include personal histories, sometimes dating as far back as the 1830s, and great detail is given on the moving of slaves to and from the Cherokee Nation during the Civil War. Notable pieces include accounts of runaway slaves returning to their separated families, individual reactions to Emancipation, and a letter directly to the Secretary of the Interior personally written by an applicant, requesting that her case be re-opened. The letter, polite and heartfelt but clearly frustrated, is spelled phonetically. Many of the applicants in the collection are related to one another. For example, Henry Albert is the son of Martha Albert, who was a freed slave of the Cherokee Nation. Henry Albert was over the age of 21, he had to apply to be enrolled as a Cherokee Freedmen for himself and his children. Since Henry was born free, most of the information contained within the file is based on his mother, Martha Albert’s testimony, and other witnesses who testified on her behalf or on behalf of the Cherokee Nation. The investigation on whether Martha Albert was truly a freed slave of the Cherokee Nation or not determined whether or not her children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews would also be eligible to be enrolled as Cherokee Freedmen. The files of Henry Albert, Barnes Family, and Lula Knalls all contain copies of Martha Albert’s testimonies. Another interesting letter that allowed for the subject listing to include "Leonid Meteor Showers" refers to one elderly woman's age which was determined by the fact that she was 16 "the year the stars fell". The commissioner noted that that was in 1832, and he was there himself. The following year, '33, was the year that the Leonid shower was officially "discovered” and caused something of a panic in the eastern US; no one knew what meteors were, yet!

Several of the locations mentioned were Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Fort Smith, Arkansas. As well as Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the capitol of the Cherokee Nation, and Goingsnake District, now Adair County, Oklahoma, which was the location of the Goingsnake Massacre. Occasionally the communities cited in the interviews have since become ghost towns, been absorbed into larger cities, or changed names. Many of the testimonies also included interviews with both Confederate and Union soldiers.

A few historical figures were involved in the Cherokee Freedmen trials. Namely, Ethan Allen Hitchcock served as the United States Secretary of the Interior under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt from 1899 to 1907. Also, the attorneys for the Cherokee Nation, James Davenport and W.W. Hastings (in all likelihood, William Wirt. referenced as "W. W. Hastings" in transcripts, but a William Wirt Hastings, of Cherokee heritage and from Oklahoma, was an attorney who worked in private practice, as the attorney general for the Cherokee Nation, and then as the national attorney for the Nation from 1907. The dates do match up, and there is a W. W. Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah, given by William Wirt when he was in Congress, as a gift) both of whom later served as U.S. Representatives for Oklahoma.

The affidavits, correspondence, and any support materials are arranged in alphabetical order by the surname of the applicant. Note: File 22 is in critical need of preservation.

The collection contains a letter written by J. B. Rayner announcing a forthcoming visit to Edna, Texas, dated October 19, 1900 (envelope included), and a handbill announcing Rayner's talk on October 27, 1900.

1/1: "Deutsch-Koloniale Baumwoll-Unternehmungen Bericht v Frühjahr" [German-Colonial Cotton v- Spring Report…] (6 pages). 1905

1/2: Mechanical Drawing paperback mechanical engineering plates, Maysville R. R. Bridge for Junior Class written/drawn by G. H. Pape (27 pages). 1902-1903

1/3: Mechanical Drawing paperback third Class 1901 C. E. 1902 drawn by G. H. Pape (18 pages). 1901

1/4: Shreveport, Louisiana map from Hodges Auto Storage. Undated

1/5: Ernst and Ernst Audits and Tax Systems Tax Service certificate, addressed to "gentleman from Ernst? [illegible signature]" (3 pages). November 4, 1925

1/6: Photographs (11x). Undated
1x, Skier on a mountainside
1x, European-style building
1x, European-style manor
1x, Unknown persons and a lithograph
2x, Group of eight immigrants on a boat named "The George Washington"
1x, A couple on a boat [immigrants?]
1x, Portrait of a man taken in Bryan, TX
2x, Portrait of a man in uniform
1x, Portrait of a man taken by Hegemann Co. San Antonio, TX

1/7: Genealogy/biography document of Gustav Hermann Pape (1 page typed).

1/8: Newspaper clipping of Obituary of Gustav Pape who passed away at age 75. Undated

1/9: Document typed in German titled "Vertrag" (4 pages).

1/10: Correspondence typed in German, addressed to Reichs: Kolonialamts from Herrn [Mr.] G. H. Pape (4 pages). December 8, 1910

1/11: Correspondence. 1910
Addressed to Herrn [Mr.] G. H. Pape from Carl Hagenbeck, (1 page, typed in German). December 23, 1910
Addressed to [illegible name] from G. H. Pape, (1 page, written in German). January 13, 1911
Addressed to [illegible name] from [illegible name], (written in German). September 20, 1910
Addressed to [unknown] from Governor I. V. von Doering, (2 pages, written in German). August 7, 1910
Addressed "Wuf die Eingaben pom 9. Und 123. Ds. Mts." from Gustav Pape, (2 pages, written in German). April 30, 1910
Addressed to "Auf die Schriben von 12. Und 28 Mai d. Js.", from G. H. Pape, (2 pages, written in German). May 31, 1910
Document addressed "Ohne Vorgang!" [without operation], (4 pages, typed in German). Undated
From "Richs-Kolonialamt, Berlin" [rich colonial office], (in German, no address). December 10, 1910
Document titled "Vertrag" [agreement], signed by Gustav Pape and an unknown signature above typed "Kolonial Wirtschaftliches Komitee" [Colonial Economic Committee], (2 pages, typed in German). June 18, 1906
From [Gustav] Pape, (2 pages, no address, written in German). December 11, 1910
Addressed "Auf das Schreiben vom 11. V. Mts." from G. H. Pape, (1 page, written in German). September 6, 1910
Addressed "Sehr geehrter Herr Pape" from Henry Pape, (1 page, written in German). November 7, 1910

1/12: Telegram to E. H. Pape from Berlin, from The "Colonial Office" on Texas issued U. S. Postal Service telegram paper in Waco, TX. November 2 [no year]

Photograph of Richard J. Dunn Bandmaster of the 11th infantry [undated]

Photograph of AMC Band spelling out the letters A. M. C. Thanksgiving Day 1933 lead by Tommy Terrell, Drum Major (in white)

Photograph of AMC Band spelling out the letters A. M. C. Thanksgiving Day 1933

Aggie Band AMC Thanksgiving Day 1933 lead by Tommy Terrell, Drum Major (in white)

Aggie Band AMC [undated]

Aggie Band AMC spelling out the letters U. S. [undated] [2 copies]

Aggie Band horns with Jack King [far left] from Abilene, Joe Maples [second left] from Haskell (trumpets); Jack McGregor, Ballinger; Pat Ledbetter, Waco (trombones) will appear as soloists with the Texas A&M College Concert Band which will be directed by Lt. Colonel R. J. Dun at Galveston [2 copies]

Aggie Band Horns with Fred Moser (Waco), Joe Bledso (Waco) and Good Wier (Alice) baritone soloists with the Texas A&M College Concert band which will be directed by Lt. Colonel at its Galveston appearance [2 copies]

Aggie Band horns [unknown persons] [undated]

Photograph of man [unknown date]

Photograph of man standing [unknown date]

Photograph of Richard J. Dunn bandmaster 11th infantry in uniform [unknown date]

Photograph of Richard J. Dunn in uniform [unknown date]

This collection contains documents pertaining to Gustav H. Pape's life including photographs, correspondence, biography, and other personal items.

8/1: Warranty Deed, April 1912

8/2: Warranty Deed, December 1912

8/3: Warranty Deed, July 1919

8/4: Warranty Deed, November 1919

8/5: Thomas Bowman Abstract Notes, Undated

8/6: J. W. Batts - Household Furniture Insurance, January 1901

8/7: J. W. Batts - Barn Insurance, March 1901

2/1: Dallas Aggies Muster, 1944 and 1945

2/2: School of Military Science and Tactics at A&M College.

2/3: Stock information about AT&T Co. and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Stock.

2/4: Notecards with names and addresses.

2/5: Old songs and yells of A&M College

2/6: Incomplete newspaper articles

2/7: Newspaper articles

2/8: Newspaper articles

2/9: Newspaper articles

2/10: Old A&M pennants

2/11: Sul Ross Reunion, June 3-5, 1948

2/12: Classes of 1901 and 1906 newsletters

2/13: Old issues of the Battalion, The Texas Aggie, and related items.

This series contains 19 folders in box 1.

S1-1-001: B.B.D.C Club, September 14, 1917

S1-1- Bell County A&M Ex-Student Club Reception and Banquet, December 27, 1923

S1-1-002: Boy's Dance, July 22, 1914

S1-1-003: Cattleman's Ball, May 5, 1933

S1-1-004: Foster Guards Annual Hop, April 20, 1901

S1-1-005: Foster Guards Annual Hop, April 18, 1902

S1-1-006: Galveston Club, December 27, 1921

S1-1-007: Hillel Club Annual Fall Ball, November 21 [?]

S1-1-008: Houston Rifles Annual Hop, April 24, 1903

S1-1-009: Houston Rifles Annual Hop, April 8, 1904

S1-1-010: Houston Rifles Annual Hop, April 28, 1905

S1-1-011: Mechanical Engineering Society, [1920's]

S1-1-012: Order of the Elks- New Year's Dance, January 1, 1917

S1-1-013: Order of the Elks- Flag Dance, June 14, 1917

S1-1-014: Red Cross- New Year's Dance, January 1, 1918

S1-1-015: Red Cross- Victory Ball, January 1, 1919

S1-1-016: "T" Club, undated

S1-1-017: "T" Club, 1923

S1-1-018: "T" Club, March 4, 1927

S1-1-019: "T" Club, March 8, 1929

2/1

• Page of calculations. Undated
• Receipt. November 30, 1901
• Receipt. November 30, 1901
• Check. March 23, 1902
• Bill. April 24, 1902
• Bill. May 3, 1902
• Bill. May 11, 1903
• Check. June 1, 1903
• Receipt. February 28, 1905
• Bill. May 26, 1905
• Bill. May 31, 1905
• Bill. June 9, 1905
• Bill. July 14, 1905
• Junk Mail. October 16, 1905
• Bill. February 19, 1906
• Receipt. April 8, 1906
• Receipt. November 5, 1906
• Receipt. January 17, 1907
• Receipt. November 1, 1907
• Calculations and costs. Undated
• Bill. May 2, 1908
• Bill. May 11, 1907
• Receipt. May 11, 1908
• Bill Statement. May 11, 1908
• Receipt. May 11, 1908
• Receipt. May 12, 1908
• Receipt. May 15, 1908
• Bill. May 29, 1908
• Receipt. June 29, 1908
• Receipt. July 2, 1908
• Receipt. September 26, 1908
• Bill. October 16, 1908
• Receipt. November 16, 1908
• Bond Letter. August 11, 1910

2/2

• Receipt. April 16, 1912
• Payment. March 17, 1915
• Utility bill. May 1, 1916
• Utility bill. June 1, 1916
• Utility bill. August 1, 1916
• Receipt. December 1, 1916
• Withdrawal. September 4, 1917
• Bill. September 17, 1917
• Receipt. November 14, 1917
• Receipt. February 1, 1918
• Monthly Statement. May 1918
• Bill. Undated
• Court expenses. April 20, 1920
• Pharmacy Bill. December 29, 1920
• Utility bill. December 31, 1920

2/3

• Bill. January 10, 1921
• Bill Statement. January 10, 1921
• Rio Grande City Ice, Water and Light Co. Balance Sheet (5 pages). December 31, 1921
• Bill. March 27, 1922
• Rio Grande City Ice, Water and Light Co. Balance Sheet. December 31, 1922
• Receipt. December 31, 1922
• Receipt. October 3, 1923
• Receipt. October 22, 1923
• Bank Statement (5 pages). Undated
• Receipt. April 27, 1924
• Rio Grande City Ice, Water and Light Company Bill. November 30, 1924
• Bill. March 25, 1925
• Reimbursement. April 25, 1925
• Rio Grande City Ice, Water and Light Company Bill. April 30, 1925
• Bill Statement. March 31, 1926
• Bill September 14, 1926
• Bill. September 21, 1927
• Bill. January 25, 1928
• Bill. October 22, 1928
• Check for a loan. Undated
• Bill of Lading. May 21, 1930
• Inventory of property. 1930

2/4

• Doctor's bill (5x). May 9, 1931
• Bank Check. June 30, 1931
• Bank Check. July 2, 1931
• Bank Check. July 3, 1931
• Bank Check. July 6, 1931
• Bank Check. July 9, 1931
• Bank Check. July 11, 1931
• Bank Check. July 18, 1931
• Bank Check. July 21, 1931
• Bank Check. July 24, 1931
• Bank Statement. July 31, 1931
• First National Bank statement. March 31, 1932
• Electricity/water bill April 10, 1932
• Banknote. September 10, 1932
• Southland Lumber Company bill. November 30, 1932
• Doctor's bill Doctor's bill. March 31, 1933
• Electricity/water bill. June 10, 1933
• Bill. November 24, 1933
• Banknote. December 12, 1933
• Quarterly expenses. January 10, 1934
• Bill. January 20, 1934
• Receipt. April 25, 1935
• Banknote. May 20, 1935
• Bill. December 2, 1935
• Doctor's bill. May 22, 1936
• Receipt. September 7, 1936
• Calculations. November 2, 1936
• Receipt. October 15, 1937
• Receipt. June 1, 1938
• Receipt. June 4, 1938
• Receipt. June 7, 1938

5/1: Uribe, Aureliano, Heirs, a letter, notes and sketch maps related to lots and tracts in the vicinity of San Ygnacio, 1960.

5/2: Uribe, Ignacia and Jovita, documents and correspondence, 1954-1955.

5/3: Uribe, Jose Angel, Estate, copies of documents, notes and sketch maps, 1915-1954.

5/4: Uribe, Replat, maps and notes, Lots of the heirs of Trinidad Uribe, San Ygnacio, 1933

5/5: Uribe, Serafin and Miss Refugio Uribe, List of Real Estate and correspondence, 1963.

5/6: U. S. vs. The Heirs of Cosme Martinez, copies of documents, sketch maps, correspondence and other materials related to condemnation of property in Zapata for Falcon Reservior, 1958-1963.

5/7: U. S. Boundary Commission, list of owners who have lands bordering on the Rio Grande in the San Ygnacio Subdivision of the Jose Vasques Borrego Grant, Zapata County, Texas, 1963.

5/8: U. S. Government, List of Parcels Taken, copies of documents, notes, sketch maps and a clipping related to land taken for Falcon Reservior, 1958-1960.

5/9: U. S. Reports, Cantera Roch Matter, correspondence, sketch maps and receipts, including a photograph of Mercurio Martinez, 1959.

5/10: Vasquez, Juan and Armando, Reeve land matter, correspondence, 1958-1960.

5/11: Villarreal, Adelfa Fernandez, Laredo City Properties, copies of documents and
correspondence, 1953-1956.

5/12: Webb County, History, including life of A. M. Bruni, 1902; Undated

5/13: "Zapata," Ballad, words and music of a corrido written by Mercurio Martinez, 1952.

5/14: Zapata, Bank, clippings, correspondence and notices concerning the failure of the Bank of
Zapata, 1961-1962.

5/15: Zapata, History, including notes, clippings and correspondence, mostly 1945-1953.

5/16: Zapata County, History No. 3, old newspapers, including copies of the Zapata County News, 1945-1946.

The collection contains various publications about Mebane's cotton, including pamphlets, and newspaper and magazine articles. There are many correspondences to A. D. Mebane complimenting and ordering his cottonseed. Because of the involvement with the Texas Cotton Breeders Association, the collection includes speeches given at the Association meetings.

68/52: Map showing land ownership in Zavala County, Texas, whiteprint.

68/53: Amended Plat showing subdivision of survey 267, ABST 1134, C.C.S.D. and R.G.N.G.Ry. Webb County, 1922.

68/54: Map of blocks in Laredo belonging to Hicks, Hicks and Bobbitt, blueprint.

68/55: Map showing partition of lands in Porción 52,Webb County, between David, Felipe and Francisca Martinez, blueprint, 1938.

68/56: Copy of the J.J. Cox map of the José Vasquez Borrego Grant, blueprint, 1902.

1-1: Four-And-Twenty-Blackbirds Original Holograph Manuscript, circa 1965

• A holograph working draft by Helen Thomas (headed, possibly in her hand, at the top "Foreword to 'Four and Twenty Blackbirds' by Helen Thomas" in blue ink), of the foreword to a new edition of her late husband's children's work, beginning: "These stories were written during one of the happiest periods of our lives at Elses Farm on the weald of Kent. Though practically the whole of our married years were spent in rural parts of England, the surroundings and [illegible words] of Else Farm were the most congenial we were to know, and here we were not only in a… lovely part of England… but we lived at the heart of a fairly large, prosperous and well conducted farm…"
• Edward Thomas' children's book (expansions of proverb tales), Four-And-Twenty-Blackbirds, was originally published by Duckworth & Co., in 1915. In 1965, another edition of the book, with the tales rearranged, was published by The Bodley Head. This new edition featured illustrations by Margery Gill and a foreword by Helen Thomas.

  1-2: Letter from Clifford Bax to Eleanor Farjeon., April 14, 1917

• Written within days of Edward Thomas' death at the Front: "… Your note has shocked me very profoundly. I had always a powerful impression that Edward would fall in France, but it is very hard to realize that his companionship is gone out of our lives… I am more concerned about Helen than about you, for her I do not know. Perhaps, like Edward, she has no sense of the soul's independence of space and what we call time: and I am afraid lest she may suffer from tormenting regrets that their life was not more harmonious. There is nothing that I can do for her spirit, nor try to do without unwarranted intrusion: but is there anything that I could do for her and for the children of a man whom I held dear? If their financial position adds worry to the great grief of her heart, could we not find a few people with whom I could get together an annual fund? … I hope from my heart that you are able to soar out of the natural sorrow that these mysterious changes bring… I must write a tiny note to Helen. If you do not get it while you are with her, destroy it." In a postscript, Bax writes: "Ah no, we are not froth of a few brief years: and we shall one day know again the sweetness of finding an old friend loved so long ago."

  1-3: Four Letters to Frederick Evans No. 79 (Photographer), July 26, 1904

  These letters were published in a pamphlet, privately printed for Alan Clodd at the Tragara Press, which was issued upon the centenary of Thomas' birth. Reading in part

• "[July 26, 1904] Very many thanks for the interesting photographs of me and particularly for the one of Nevinson… My own do surprise me - naturally. My wife says they are all good in different ways… though she agrees with me that too much coat accompanies the smallest of the four heads… [E]vidently if I am at all tired, it becomes very obvious indeed in 20 seconds! …"
• "[July 28, 1904] I admire your picture of Ely very much and thank you heartily for it … I do hope you will not quite see all of the faults in the little book…"
• "[December 26, 1907] Many thanks for the beautiful photograph of Beaucaire. I hope I shall see the book when it comes… Do you know the Memoirs? They are full of the warm south, happy, high spirited, genuinely rustic, dignified. I am just off to Minsmere to try to write a book about Jefferies…"
• "[December 30, 1912] The photograph is excellent as before and I look forward to seeing the series which Hooton told me you were doing, or am I imagining that you might well have been doing? …"

Together with a copy of the pamphlet Four Letters to Frederick Evans, which was limited to 150 copies, and in which the following information on Evans is given: "Frederick H. Evans was born in 1852; he was well-known as a bookseller in the City of London and as the discoverer of the work of Aubrey Beardsley; later he achieved fame as a photographer and was made Honorary Member of the Royal Photographic Society. He died in 1943. The frontispiece is one of the portraits made by Evans in 1904 referred to in the first letter."

1-4: Two letters between Edward Thomas to W. B. Parker, March 7, 1902; Undated

• To the publishing house of Houghton Mifflin's representative, W.B. Parker, concerning his rejection of the submission by Thomas: "Many thanks for the gentle muffling blow you have delivered. But you do not say whether the 'Atlantic' would care for 'Isoud with the White Hands' which I suggested might be submitted to the Editor. If Mr. Duckworth has not called… you may safely return my M.S. You would greatly oblige me if you would submit 'Isoud' to the Editor of the Atlantic…" Annotated by Thomas (cross-written diagonally) across the text "in answer to Parker's letter regarding my Horae Solitaire".
• Together with the typed "rejection letter" to which Thomas is replying, which reads in part: "It is with quite unwonted reluctance and regret that I am writing you a letter in what I must admit is the customary key for us - of declination… I cannot do it yet with all the sang froid that would seem appropriate… I had read the papers with so much interest, and some of them with such positive pleasure that I had a strong preference for seeing them made into a book. The collective judgment, however, is against me, and I am obliged to confess that it seems to be sound…"

"Isoud with the White Hands", a previously unpublished essay, first appeared in Thomas' Horae Solitaire, which was issued by Duckworth & Co., of London in 1902. The American edition of this book, issued by E.P. Dutton & Co. of New York, was to become Thomas' first work to be released in America.

The E. J. Kyle (1894-1957) Papers contains reports, correspondence, speeches, articles, applications, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, programs, pictures, memorandums, lists, and resolutions. Materials include correspondence, reports, speeches, and articles on E. J. Kyle's attempts to acquire more land and construct new buildings for the School of Agriculture at Texas A & M College. Other speeches and articles written by E. J. Kyle are concerned with subjects as cotton, soil conservation, and the cultivation of vegetables, fruits and nuts, particularly pecans.

Also present are reports Kyle wrote pertaining to Texas A & M College's enrollment plans and teaching techniques in Agricultural classes. Since Kyle was the head of many different programs at Texas A & M College, his papers contain applications and other information regarding the Land Prize, Anderson-Clayton Company Scholarship, and programs on Short Courses taught from 1913 to 1936. In addition to his academic duties, Kyle was also deeply involved with various types of research and the papers contain a few of the booklets, articles, and resolutions pertaining to the Soil Erosion Project, Frozen Food Research, and Texas Wildlife Research.

Correspondence in the papers deals with not only E. J. Kyle's work, but also contains letters from former students, commendations sent to Kyle, and letters concerning the naming of Kyle Field sports arena on the Texas A & M College campus.

Photographs contained in the collection are pertain to agricultural topics, such as cattle and pecan trees, the NYA program, Texas A & M College buildings, Texas A & M College football teams and sports events, and Kyle Field.Several football team rosters, programs from football games, newspaper clippings about sports events, and correspondence dealing with Kyle's position on the Athletic Council represent Kyle's close connection with many of the Texas A & M College athletics program.

Also present is a certificate of Kyle's appointment to the Farm Credit Association.

This collection consists of letters written by or about Edward Thomas, an English author, and one manuscript of a foreword written by his wife, Helen Thomas. The subject of each one varies from Edward Thomas' death, a rejection letter for a short story he later published elsewhere, to general correspondence with a photographer friend, Frederick Evans, and Mrs. Thomas' foreword which was added to a new edition of her then-late husband's children's book, Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds.

The collection came with detailed notes on each item, as well as a transcription of what is written on the original pieces of paper. Thus, it was copied to this finding guide, as a helpful aid to deciphering the handwriting.

Infantry Drill Regulations United States Army 1911 Corrections to April 15, 1917 published by Washington Printing Office 1917; 254 pages

Trumpeter's Hand-book and Instructor by William S. Littleton dated May 9, 1901 published by Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co Kansas City, MO; 70 pages

The Trumpet and Drum by John Philip Sousa W.F. L. Drum Company dated 1954; 123 pages (Inside book with correspondence to Colonel Richard J. Dunn from Wm. F. Ludwig dated May 7, 1954)

• Pleading and Assignments of Error. From F. Groos and Company. Apparently F. Groos and Company had taken a lien on rents from Fant's Santa Rosa pasture which were already pledged to D. Sullivan and Company. Chittim & Parr were lessees and have apparently defaulted on rents to D. R. Fant. (typed) February 24, 1904.
• Foreclosure Document. Legal document of foreclosure from D. Sullivan and Company on all D. R. Fant's properties to satisfy the $260,000. debt owed. Foreclosure sale of $00.50 per acre with deficiency being prayed for. (typed) Undated.
• Warranty Deed. From William R. Elliott to C. A. Goeth for 640 acres on the Rio Grande river. land having been "fully described in Judgment rendered in #1752 styled W. R. Elliott et al vs. J. N. Groesbeck et al . . . about Feb. 22 1896…" (typed) March 23, 1903.
• Chattel Mortgage. From D. R. Fant to D. Sullivan and Company for approximately 4600 head of cattle located on the Santa Rosa Ranch, approximately 55,000 acres as collateral for a $48,000. loan. (handwritten) May 13, 1903.
• Ledger Sheet. "D. R. Fant account with F. Groos & Co." bankers in San Antonio, Texas. (handwritten) May - June 1903.
• Partial Satisfaction of Judgment. From a judgment (formerly Chris Kiel vs. G. G. Clifford) rendered by Mary F. Drake against G.G. Clifford, Eleanor E. Clifford, and Dan Lewis, October 30, 1897. Includes release of lien by C. A. Goeth and settled by I. B. Henyan, attorney of record for Mary R. Drake. (typed) November 2, 1903.
• Permission to Relocate Chattel. Permission for D. Sullivan and Company to J. M. Chittim to move 401 head of cattle from the Santa Rosa Ranch in Hidalgo county to the Gray Ranch in Duval county (Parr's ranch). (handwritten) November 28, 1903.
• Letter (copy). From the law firm of Webb & Goeth to County Clerk, Hidalgo county. Requests certified copies of unreleased chattel mortgages given by J. M Chittim from D. Sullivan since as well as any other unreleased chattel mortgages by Chittim on any cattle in "the Santa Rosa Pasture owned by D. R. Fant." (typed) certified copies May 18, 1899, letter May 4, 1904.
• Telegram. From A. Chavez, County Clerk Hidalgo county to the law firm of Webb & Goeth. Expresses work in progress on requested papers and date to be sent. (typed) May 17, 1904.
• Telegram. From the law firm of Webb & Goeth to the County Clerk of Hidalgo county. Requests rush service on papers requested. (handwritten) May 17, 1904.
• Letter. From A.E. Chavez, County Clerk, Hidalgo county to Messrs. Webb & Goeth. Apparently accompanied documents requested and informs of the trust sale of Santa Rosa lands, etc. to D. Sullivan and Company. (typed) May 18, 1904.
• Invoice. From A. E. Chavez to Webb & Goeth for $14.65 for certified copies of four chattel notes from J. M. Chittim. (handwritten) May 19, 1904.
• Telegram. To Webb & Goeth from A. E. Chavez advising of documents having been sent on the 19th. (typed) Undated. Telegram. From Webb & Goeth to A. E. Chavez inquiring of papers' whereabouts. (handwritten) May 24, 1904.
• Notice to Creditors of Receivership. F. A. McGown appointed as receiver for the estate of J. M. Chittim, files, and an inventory of assets and liabilities apparently pursuant to bankruptcy. (typed) July 25, 1904.

Box 1

• S2-1/1: Small photographic Sbisa family scrapbook. Undated (5.5 x 8 inches)
• S2-1/2: Medium photographic Sbisa family scrapbook. Undated (7 x 11.5 inches)

Box 2

• S2-2/1: Longhorn (A&M College Yearbook), 1903
• S2-2/2: Scrapbook. Undated (11.5 x 7 inches)
• S2-2/3: Scrapbook. Undated (11.5 x 7 inches)

This series of documents is sparse but lends a general idea of the running of the ranch as well as additional land acquisition. There is only one document representing each of the years of 1905 and 1906

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Memorandum from Julius Runge to Messers, Webb, and Goeth. A handwritten list of indebtedness by owners with a letter of submission attached. January 16, 1903

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Receipt acknowledging the commission of payment made by C. A. Goeth to Lange Doose who apparently acted as agent in a land sale. March 20, 1903 [handwritten]

Letter from Walter Tips to Max Martin giving formal notification of management change and verification of livestock inventory. May 4, 1903

Lease contract. May 6, 1903

Lease contract. May 23, 1903

Letter from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth informing of payment for surveying. June 21, 1903

Letter from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth concerning sales of animals from the ranch. July 17, 1903

Letter from Henry J. Runge to Walter Tips concerning some title issues. July 24, 1903

Letter from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth reporting sales of cattle and prices received. July 25, 1903

Letter from L. W. Ainsworth to Walter Tips referencing some land titles. July 27, 1903

Letter from W. F. Brandes to C. A. Goeth discussing the need to move some fences that are encroaching on property lines. August 18, 1903

Letter from H. Runge & Co. to C. A. Goeth discussing lots in Victoria, Texas. August 26, 1903

Letter from Henry J. Runge to Walter Tips that accompanied enclosures of letters that supported a claim. September 2, 1903

Letter from W. F. Brandes to C. A. Goeth discussing trade for 640 acres. September 2, 1903

Letters largely between Walter Tips and C. A. Goeth indicating the accompanying attachments, questions of title, and in one instance, squatters' rights to ranch lands.

Letter and list of lands from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth. The list of lands total over 24,000 acres of lands not owned or leased by the family; asks comparison to a list sent previously to complete the total list. December 23, 1903

Tax Assessments in Concho and Tom Green counties. December 1903

Cattle accounting including a tally of cattle on hand and that expected. 1903; Undated [handwritten]

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Letter from Walter Tips to Max Martin thanking him for a venison ham; apparently a contraband item. January 19, 1904

Vendor's Lien note from Meta Eyl and Anna Strohmeyer of Hannover, Germany using C. A. Goeth's power of attorney for 160 acres of land. February 29, 1904

Letter from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth advising of a citation served upon him for an undisclosed lawsuit. March 23, 1904

Letter from Henry J. Runge to C. A. Goeth discussing delinquent taxes and purchase of land in a tax sale. April 1, 1904

Letter from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth expressing confidence in the outcome of a lawsuit for 5,000 acres. April 6, 1904

Letter from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth giving a statement of condition for Las Moras Ranch for the year, ending on May 1, 1904. May 5, 1904

Letters from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth that accompanied enclosures of various sorts to do with operations and land sales and acquisitions. May-June 1904

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Inventory of Lands. September 4, 1905

Letter from F. M. Newman to Walter Tips giving a lengthy opinion on a lawsuit concerning a land title. April 28, 1906