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The Moonlight Marriage - 8-7-10, August 2010

The_Moonlight_Marriage_2-13-11_revision_for_workshop, February 2011

Author Contract-Victoria McManus 1, June 2015 (for "Found")

Author Contract-Victoria McManus 2, June 2015 (for "Delivery")

BLE 19 Author Contract - Janssen, June 2018 (for "Still Marching")

BLE18 Contract, July 2017 (for "Cinema Fantastique")

Circlet Press contributor agreementencrypted, July 2015 (for "The Aid Station, 1916")

Contributor Agreement Me and My Boi, August 2014 (for "Measure of a Man")

For the Love of a Soldier Contract, May 2014 (for "The Aid Station")

victoria contract lingerie, May 2014 (for "Lingerie")

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This collection consists of one "ATM Dave South Bobblehead Collectible Presented by AARP Texas", unopened and in the original box.

This collection contains 54 handwritten letters and documents addressed to Lawrence Sullivan Ross during his time as Governor of Texas [1887-1891], and from his time of President of Texas A&M College [1891-1898]. Also included are two Texas A&M College memorial service program for Lawrence Sullivan Ross [January 15-16, 1898].

This box contains the following materials:
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Aggie Joke Teller Cards

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Bigger Aggie Joke Teller Cards

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Aggie Joke Teller Plaque, "If you have half a mind to tell Aggie Jokes - Go ahead, that’s all it takes!"

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Aggie Joke Teller Plaque, "WARNING! Telling Aggie Jokes may be hazardous to your health!"

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Two bumper stickers, "It's easier to talk about Aggies - than to try and keep up with them!"

This collection includes 4 packages containing materials from an "Aggie Joke Teller" collection, created by CELCO Company Richardson, TX, in 1980.

This collection contains meeting documents from the A&M Club, Manila 1945-1946.

Partially processed.

155 handwritten pages of personal recollections of his service during the U. S. Civil War. Includes a letter from a fellow solider (name illegible) with recollections of his service. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fjagk

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The Papers consist chiefly of personal correspondence (1913-1920) between George Armstrong and Nell Floss Steel, later Nell Steel Armstrong, over the course of their courtship and marriage, both before and during World War I (1914-1918).

The correspondence is unusual in that both George Armstrong and his sweetheart, later wife, Nell Floss Steel, both served on the front during World War I, either in Europe, or at home in hospitals or camps in the United States. Life as a U. S. Armyinfantry officer in charge of recruits, or a Red Cross nurse is therefore vividly depicted in their letters to each other.

The Armstrong correspondence is also unusual for war-time, since Nell Floss Steel was the first of the two sent overseas in September 1914 to serve in a military hospital in Serbia, while her future husband was serving in army military camps in Texas City, Texas, at El Paso, Texas and Columbus, Ohio. In turnabout, George was later sent to France (September?-November 1918), while, as a result of her recent marriage to George, Nell had to remain in the United States, despite her eagerness to return to active war duty.

During this time George Armstrong served primarily with a U. S. Army General Services Infantry Recruit Depot, training recruits, and was stationed periodically at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana and at Camp Sherman, Ohio, eventually serving with the 83rd Infantry Division in France (September?-November 1918).

Nell Floss Steel served six months as a Red Cross nurse in a military hospital in Serbia (1914-1915) and as part of "The Texas Ten" group of nurses in a military camp at Eagle Pass, Texas (August 1916-March 1917), before marrying George Armstrong 21 August 1917. She spent the rest of the war mainly working in hospitals and sanitariums in the Columbus, Ohio area.

Details of daily life in the military camps, or in Red Cross service are many, and recorded by both the Armstrongs in delightfully intimate and detailed letters. Subjects mentioned in the correspondence include domestic and international politics, housing issues, income, social customs in different cultures, such as Greek nationals encountered both in the United States as well as in their homeland, or Austrian soldiers, both as officers and an hospital orderlies, politics, sports, and the lives of both a professional soldier and a professional nurse.

As a career nurse during wartime, Nell Floss Steel faced typoid and typhus epidemics, patients with unimaginable wounds, along with the difficulty and challenge of learning to understand Greek and German. Mail is forever delayed, obstructed or censored, the nurses never venture outside the hospital area after dark, and the availability of serum to innoculate the nurses before they face sufferers of contagious diseases is not certain. Over the course of the correspondence a very plucky and independent Nell Floss Steel records such moving scenes as a child dying of typhus, a young soldier dying of lockjaw, and a young military wife whom Nell Steel Armstrong aids when she miscarries.

Nell Floss Steel is invigorated by these challenges, however, and keeps a keen eye on the socio-political interactions manifested by relations between, for example, Austrian orderlies who are prisoners-of-war and an Austrian officer, who though a countryman and dying patient, is abused as a result of his former tyranny to underlings. Her letters present a finely detailed and atmospheric portrait of life as a World War IRed Cross nurse in occupied territory far from home. The contrasts inherent in World War I are shown by the delightful sightseeing Nell enjoys in Athens, just a short journey from the horrors of a Serbian hospital.

Nell Steel Armstrong is also approvingly aware of the political struggles of the "suffrage ladies," and extremely disappointed after 1917 that her married status prevents her from returning to war work in Europe, although she rejects the option of "divorcing for the war."

Patriotic and convivial, George Armstrong is both an avid football player and horseback rider, a passion he shares with Nell Steel Armstrong. He recounts incidents of heat-exhuastion after a 16-mile march in Texas heat, resulting in the death of two soldiers, as well as other accidents and wounds. He voices doubts, however, about the advisability of the United States becoming involved in the political upheavals of Europe or Mexico. Much comment about political developments of the day are included. President Woodrow Wilson and former President Teddy Roosevelt are mentioned. George Armstrong also describes the early military training of Pancho Villa, and comments on Texas/Mexico border activities of the Texas Rangers with great admiration. Nell Steel Armstrong describes former President Taft speaking to a group of nurses including herself.

Military camaraderie is evident in George Armstrong's high spirited description of pistol matches, parades, training exercise, mule and horse training, as well as life among soldiers living in often makeshift army training camps. For example, life in tents on the dusty fields at Texas City, Texas is enlivened by socializing with the population of Irish soldiers, most of them "fresh from the old sod."

Also present are letters from Nell Steel Armstrong to her mother, Mrs. James G. Steel, or sisters, Jane Steel, Margaret Steel, and Ethel Withgott; official correspondence regarding Nell Steel Armstrong's nursing service and George Armstrong'smilitary service; family correspondence to the married couple; George Armstrong's diary for 1914; an American Civil War letter (1862) by William Steel to his brother James G. Steel (Nell's father), with two poems (1863) collected by William Steel, newspaper clippings, a few programs and Christmas cards; one box of photographs [some negatives lacking photographic prints] of George Armstrong and Nell Steel Armstrong, either separately, together, or in groups; one flat storage box of oversize diplomas and photographs.

Items separated include five drawings of Platoon Plans of Attack[missing as of 10/2002], and one map of the northeast of France for bicycle and automobile touring.

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The US Passport of John Livezey and wife, signed by Secretary of State James Buchanan.

This collection includes correspondence, publications, and class notes related to or written by Biology Professor Lawrence S. Dillon. The items in the collection span Lawrence S. Dillon's works from 1946 to 1975. The collection includes class syllabi taught by Dillon, publications, AIBS directory, and conference schedules. Other items include journal articles and publications written by Dillon and his colleagues on topics pertaining to zoology, evolution, and geological events.

This collection contains the personal papers from Dresser's time as a student at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (TAMC).

The Texas Kourier (Klan newspaper), scans of pages 1 - 8, vol. 3 no. 51

Item 1:
Certificate issued to F.D. Ferguson, making him a "Knight Kamellia", May 1, 1926

Item 2:
Blank certificate of "klavern" incorporation, undated

Folder 1:
Confederate flag license plate, and patch "Past Grand N. Hawk Calif."

Folder 2:
Article from Dallas Times Herald Magazine (April 24, 1966): "A Klan Leader Quits", by Bob Fenley

Folder 3:
Charter from Women of the Ku Klux Klan chartering a chapter in Amaryllis, Texas, March 11, 1926

Folder 4:
Issues of The Searchlight (Atlanta, Georgia: Junior Order United American Mechanics; Ku Klux Klan), May 5, 1922; October 18, 1924

Folder 5:
Issues of Colonel Mayfield's Weekly (Klan newspaper, Temple and Houston, Texas), January 7, 1922, April 21, 1923

Folder 6:
Issues of The Fiery Cross (Klan newspaper), November 1940, April - July 1941, June - September/October 1942

Folder 7:
Issue of The Gopher (anti-Catholic newspaper, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 1924)

Folder 8:
Issues of Harper's Weekly, September 26, 1868, November 7 - 14, 1868, December 19, 1868

Folder 9:
Issues of The American Forum (Klan newspaper, San Antonio, Texas), January 24 - 31, 1924

Folder 10:
Issue of The American Standard (Klan newspaper, Corpus Christi, Texas), October 26, 1923

Folder 11:
Issues of Enid Daily Eagle (newspaper, Enid, Oklahoma), September 21 - 22, 1923

Folder 12:
Issues of The Fellowship Forum (Klan-Masonic newspaper, Washington, DC), January 12, 1924, January 26, 1924, February 9, 1924, February 23, 1924, September 29, 1928

Folder 13:
Issue of Southwest Klansman (Dallas, Texas), 1958

Folder 14:
Issue of Twin City Reporter (Minneapolis, Minnesota), w/ anti-Klan article, April 27, 1923

Folder 15:
Issue of Voice of the Ku Klux Klan (Minneapolis, Minnesota), April 10, 1923

Wood carving of Klansman, undated

1-2/1: Magazines: The Outlook (January 30, 1924), w/article "When the Klan Rules: The Lure of the White Masks" by Stanley Frost

1-2/2: Magazines: The Outlook (February 6, 1924), w/article "When the Klan Rules: The Power of Invisibility" by Stanley Frost

1-2/3: Magazines: The Outlook (February 13, 1924), w/article "When the Klan Rules: The Specter's Heavy Hand" by Stanley Frost

1-2/4: Magazines: The Outlook (February 20, 1924), w/article "When the Klan Rules: The Giant Begins to Rule Us" by Stanley Frost

1-2/5: Magazines: The Outlook (February 27, 1924), w/article "When the Klan Rules: The Plan to Capture Washington" by Stanley Frost

1-2/6: Magazines: The Outlook (September 3, 1924), w/piece "The Klan as an Issue"

1-2/7: Magazines: The Outlook (October 15, 1924), w/article "The Klan Restates Its Case" by Stanley Frost, and piece "The Rise and Fall of the Ku Klux Klan"

1-2/8: Magazines: Survey Graphic (June 1925), w/article "My Fight with the Ku Klux Klan" by Ben B. Lindsey

1-2/9: Magazines: Survey Graphic (January 1947), special issue on segregation

1-2/10: Magazines: The World's Work (May 1923), w/article "Salesmen of Hate: The Ku Klux Klan" by Robert L. Duffus

1-2/11: Magazines: The World's Work (February 1928) w/article "The Masked Politics of the Klan" by Stanley Frost

1-2/12: Maine, 1025-1929

1-2/13: Membership materials, 1925, undated

1-2/14: Minutes from various "klaverns", 1922, 1924-1926

1-2/15: Musical Score: "Hurrah for the Ku Klux Klan" (Mrs. Harvey Thompson, Waller, TX, 1923)

1-2/16: Musical Score: "Ku Klux Kismet" (Mary Gue, 1924)

1-2/17: Newspaper articles, 1920-1925, 1937, 1946, 1965-1970

1-2/18: Oath of Allegiance, undated

1-2/19: Organizational documents (i.e. incorporation), 1923-1924, 1946, undated

1-2/20: Pamphlets on specific subjects, 1924, undated

1-2/21: Photographs (Texas, Kansas), 1921, 1923, undated

1-2/22: Postcards, 1943, undated

1-2/23: Propaganda, handouts, and pamphlets, 1924, undated

1-2/24: Propaganda materials and announcements, undated

1-2/25: Questionnaire for prospective members, undated

1-2/26: "Rules for Demonstrators Approved by N.A.A.C.P.", 1964?

1-2/27: Stationary, undated

1-2/28: Wisconsin (incorporation and dissolution of Klan chapter), 1924-1926, 1946

Issues of the American and Commercial Newspaper (Baltimore, MD):

1-3/1: Issues between March 28, 1868 - June 11, 1868

1-3/2: Issues between July 10, 1868 - October 10, 1868

1-3/3: Issues between November 3, 1868 - March 17, 1869

1-3/4: Issues between May 10, 1869 - August 13, 1870

1-1/1: Applications for Klan membership, 1928, undated

1-1/2: Assorted ephemera, undated

1-1/3: Ceremonies, description, undated

1-1/4: Constitution and Laws of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan (St. Louis, MO, January 1927)

1-1/5: Correspondence [official], various, 1921-1924, 1941, 1948

1-1/6: The Facts [B'nai B'rith] articles on the Klan, 1951-1956, 1961, 1965

1-1/7: "Fiery Summons", undated

1-1/8: Handbills, programs, and advertisements, 1920, 1924, undated

1-1/9: "Imperial Passport", signed by Imperial Wizard H.W. Evans, undated

1-1/10: Klan band robe, picture and description, 1924

1-1/11: "Klode" (Klan opening and closing hymns), 1925

1-1/12: The Ku Klux Klan (Annie Cooper Burton, auth., 1916), photocopy

1-1/13: The Ku Klux Klan In Prophecy (Bishop Alma White, auth., 1925)

1-1/14: Ku Klux Klan: Secrets Exposed (Johnson Smith and Co., pub., 1922)

1-1/15: Louisiana, 1965, undated

1-1/16: Magazines: Cosmopolitan (March 1924), w/article "When The Klan Tells The Truth" by Louis R. Glavis

1-1/17: Magazines: Forum (January 1926) w/article "The Klan: Defender of Americanism" by Hiram Wesley Evans

1-1/18: Magazines: McClure's Magazine (May 1924), w/article "The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana and in Texas" by Max Bentley

1-1/19: Magazines: The Outlook (November 14, 1923), w/article "Night-Riding Reformers: The Regeneration of Oklahoma" by Stanley Frost

1-1/20: Magazines: The Outlook (November 21, 1923), w/article "Behind the White Hoods: The Regeneration of Oklahoma" by Stanley Frost

1-1/21: Magazines: The Outlook (December 12, 1923), w/advertisement for series of articles on Klan

1-1/22: Magazines: The Outlook (January 2, 1924), w/article "When the Klan Rules: Old Evils in the New Klan" by Stanley Frost

1-1/23: Magazines: The Outlook (January 9, 1924), w/article "When the Klan Rules: The Crusade of the Fiery Cross" by Stanley Frost

1-1/24: Magazines: The Outlook (January 16, 1924), w/article "When the Klan Rules: Invoking the Whirlwind" by Stanley Frost

1-1/25: Magazines: The Outlook (January 23, 1924), w/article "When the Klan Rules: The Business of 'Kluxing'" by Stanley Frost

This collection contains items pertaining to the life of Henry Bates Stoddard. Stoddard served on a committee designed to head the local effort to locate a proposed girls' industrial school at A&M. Stoddard was once considered for the Presidency of A&M College of Texas in 1902.

The collection contains many petitions from various citizens of Texas to the Board of Directors of Texas A&M. The petitions request the consideration of H. B. Stoddard to fill the vacant position of President of the College. (Stoddard did not, ultimately, become President.) Included herein is also Stoddard's handwritten will to his daughter and sister-in-law, a picture of Stoddard, two letters written to him, and several other items.

1-01 Contains the Summary

1-02: Certificate of H. B. Stoddard to Colonel on May 20, 1880.

1-03: General Order announcing the command of H. B. Stoddard at the newly founded Camp Ross on May 14, 1888

1-04: Contains a Petition to the Board of Directors of Texas A&M College Stations from the citizens of Galveston, Texas.

1-05: Contains a Petition to the Board of Directors of Texas A&M College Station from the citizens of Bell Country, Texas.

1-06: Contains a Petition to the Board of Directors of Texas A&M College Station from the citizens of Robertson County, Texas.

1-07: Contains a Petition to the Board of Directors of Texas A&M from various citizens of Texas.

1-08: Letter to General H. B. Stoddard from B. Sbisa written on June 5, 1901

1-09: Letter to H. B. Stoddard from Joseph D. Sayers, written on May 18, 1912

1-10: Photo of H. B. Stoddard

1-11: Will of H. B. Stoddard, written in October 1905

Manuscript of The Stuff of Time. Typed, 30 leaves. Included is a blurb (2 leaves).

This collection consists of the manuscript for Eklund's 1973 story "The Stuff of Time", which was published in the September 1973 issue of Fantastic Stories.

This collection consists of the original manuscript for McCaffrey's novella The Partnered Ship (1969), which was included as the concluding chapter in her famed 1969 novel The Ship Who Sang. The manuscript (typed 70 leaves) is signed by McCaffrey and has multiple handwritten edits.

A collection of materials made to commemorate the opening of the 2013-2014 Cushing Library exhibit on the work of George R. R. Martin, entitled "Deeper Than Swords". The exhibit opened in March 2013.

The collection includes four portraits of characters from A Song of Ice & Fire, in acrylic on canvas, painted by Evangeline Owen for the exhibit.

This collection consists of the first page, handwritten, with title and two lines of dialogue, of Laumer's 1986 novella “The Pan-Galactic Pageant of Pulchritude: A Retief Story”.

This collection contains the typed manuscript (7 leaves with a 2 leaf blurb), with handwritten edits, of Barry Malzberg's 1973 story "Isaiah", which was first published in the issue of Fantastic Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories.

A crossed-out date on the last page gives the date of composition to be December 20, 1972.

This small collection consists of one letter from Dunsany to Min Winwar, May 1, 1953, in which he comments favorably on her new book.

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.

This collection consists of the typescript (9 pages) for the story "Women’s Chorus", by Pinkwater. The date of composition is unknown.

This collection consists of photocopies of the 49 page typed manuscript for the novelette, Shall We Take a Little Walk, published in Destinies, the winter of 1981.