This series contains 7 folders in box 1.

3-12: Multi-Use Decal Sheet, containing 4 decals:
"Texas A&M: Do, Or Do Not. There Is No Try", depicting Yoda and crossed lightsabers
"Play Like A Jedi: Texas A&M University", depicting the outline of Yoda
"Aggie Empire", depicting Darth Vader
"Come To The Aggies Side", depicting Darth Vader

3-13: Multi-Use Decal: "I Find Your Lack of Maroon & White Disturbing", depicting Darth Vader"

3-14: Transparent Decal: "May The Aggies Be With You"

3-15: Sticker Sheet, with 17 stickers:
C-3PO
R2-D2
"Gig 'Em", depicting TIE Fighter
"Aggies", depicting Yoda
A&M
Chewbacca, image formed out of words
Imperial Stormtrooper helmet, image formed out of words
Chewbacca
Darth Vader
"Do Or Do Not There Is No Try", depicting Yoda
Death Star
Darth Vader
Boba Fett
Imperial Stormtrooper
"I Am", depicting Yoda
"A&M", with various words and phrases as a backdrop
"It Is Useless To Resist", depicting Darth Vader

3-16: Can Cooler: "Aggie Empire", depicting Darth Vader

3-17: Can Cooler: "Aggie of Texas A&M I Am", depicting Yoda with lightsaber drawn/"Do Or Do Not. There Is No Try"

3-18: 2-Pack Magnet:
"A&M: It Is Useless To Resist", with Darth Vader
"Do. Or Do Not. There Is No Try. Texas A&M Jedi Master", with Yoda

3-19: Bottle Opener Keystrap: "Play Like A Jedi", with Yoda/"Aggie Empire", with Darth Vader

3-20: Lanyard: "The Force Is Strong With This One", with Yoda/"It Is Useless To Resist", with Darth Vader

3-21: Hand Towel (white): "The Force Is Strong With The 12th Man", with the head of Darth Vader

This series contains nine lithographed engravings for illustrations of a U.S. Secretary of the Treasury report on Army operations in Texas and Mexico. All the illustrations are drawn by Edward Everett, and engraved by C. B Graham Lithographers of Washington, D.C. All nine engraving in the papers have been hand-tinted with watercolors, with two versions each of two of the illustrations, probably representing different times of day. The engravings are almost all annotated by hand in ink or pencil, or both, and are listed in order as they appear in the published report of 1850. Also included are three maps of the South Texas and San Antonio area as well as portions of Mexico, and three leaves of plans, two for the same illustration drawn by Everett for the report showing the Alamo mission buildings in 1846 before renovation, and one of the San Antonio de Bexar area drawn by Everett some time later from memory.

1/23: Collected Publication: Love the Greatest Gift, Leon Ackerman, New York Times, September 20, 1960

1/24: Haley's Notes on writing Autobiography of Malcolm X

1/25: Notes from Alex Haley on Autobiography of Malcolm X

1/26: Writings: The Malcolm X. I knew - Manuscript

1/27: Scholarly editing:
-Amy Earhart Article, August 15, 2014
-Saga Article, November 1965

This series contains 7 folders in box 2.

S3-2/3: General Thos T. Handy, June 3, 1948
S3-2/4: Rufus R. Peeples, October 21, 1949
S3-2/5: Gen. Omar N. Bradley, June 2, 1950
S3-2/6: David H. Morgan, October 9, 1956
S3-2/7: Major General Willaim S. Biddle, January 18, 1958
S3-2/8: Gen. David C. Jones, May 7, 1977
S3-2/9: H. J. Haynes, December 14, 1979

Item 50 - Editorial section from The Corpus Christi Caller-Times, dated March 2, 1958. The article is titled, “Spohn Hospital’s First 53 Years,” marked with a black pen. The article concerns the fifty-third anniversary of Spohn Hospital, founded by Arthur Edward Spohn, the son-in-law of Mifflin Kenedy (W. H. Mays’ employer).

Item 51 - Education Service Center (ESC) Newsletter, Region II News, dated May 1969. It contains a photograph of Alclair Mays Pleasant.

Item 52 - Newspaper clipping from Corpus Christi Community Life West, dated May 18, 1978. The article is titled, “Sacred Heart Pupils get learnin’ and lots of love,” and features Alclair Mays Pleasant.

4/1
The Creation of the Earl Oxford Hall Collection.

4/2
Maps, Southwest Pacific

4/3
News Reports, Hall Family Collection

4/4
Miscellaneous material, Folder 1

4/5
Miscellaneous material, Folder 2

4/6
World War II Memorial, Washington, DC

4/7
Bibliography: Southwest Pacific Ocean Area of World War II

This series contains 9 folders in box 1 and 27 folders in box 2.

S4-1-109: Junior Ball, March 15, 1969

S4-1-110: Junior Ball, March 14, 1970

S4-1-111: Junior Ball, March 27, 1971

S4-1-112: Junior Ball, February 26, 1977

S4-1-113: Junior Banquet- Class of 1907, February 21, 1906

S4-1-114: Junior Banquet- Class of 1908, February 21, 1907

S4-1-115: Junior Banquet- Class of 1909, February 21, 1908

S4-1-116: Junior Banquet- Class of 1911, February 21, 1910

S4-1-117: Junior Banquet- Class of 1912, February 21, 1911

S4-2-01: Junior Banquet- Class of 1914, February 21, 1913

S4-2-02: Junior Banquet- Class of 1915, March 7, 1914

S4-2-03: Junior Banquet- Class of 1916, March 12, 1915

S4-2-04: Junior Banquet- Class of 1917, March 3, 1916

S4-2-05: Junior Banquet- Class of 1921, March 23, 1920

S4-2-06: Junior Banquet- Class of 1922, March 5, 1921

S4-2-07: Junior Banquet- Class of 1923, April 17, 1922

S4-2-08: Junior Banquet- Class of 1924, April 13, 1923

S4-2-09: Junior Banquet- Class of 1926, May 29, 1925

S4-2-10: Junior Banquet- Class of 1927, May 28, 1926

S4-2-11: Junior Banquet- Class of 1929, June 1, 1928

S4-2-12: Junior Banquet- Class of 1933, June 2, 1932

S4-2-13: Junior Banquet- Class of 1935, May 31, 1934

S4-2-14: Junior Banquet- Class of 1940, June 1, 1939

S4-2-15: Junior Banquet- Class of 1944, January 21, 1943

S4-2-16: Junior Banquet - Class of 1948, May 3, 1946

S4-2-17: Junior Banquet- Class of 1968, March 18, 1967

S4-2-18: Junior Class Dance, November 30, 1912

S4-2-19: Junior Class Dance, March 3, 1917

S4-2-20: Junior Prom, April 15, 1914

S4-2-21: Junior Prom, May 29, 1930

S4-2-22: Junior Prom, June 2, 1932

S4-2-23: Junior Prom, June 1, 1933

S4-2-24: Junior Prom, May 31, 1934

S4-2-25: Junior Prom, June 1, 1939

S4-2-26: Junior Prom, January 21, 1943

S4-2-27: Junior Prom, May 3, 1946

This series contains documents relating to Texas and East Coast real estate transactions, much definitive information on the "Sibley Tent" and the lawsuit resulting from a disagreement concerning patent royalties. Includes two House Bills to force the government to pay Burns as well as the final statement of judgment. Also various other financial correspondence, largely contentious in nature, including documents concerning a bad debt owed to General Burns. Some of the later correspondence was directed to General Burns' sister and concerned selling some real estate.

This series contains 1 folder in box 3.

S4-3/21: Correspondence re: PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography reissue, 1985

This series contains 5 folders in box 3.

S4-3/01: J. F. Edwards, June 27, 1883
S4-3/02: William J. Adkins, 1951
S4-3/03: Jaro G. Netardus, May 30, 1952
S4-3/04: Robert E. Huffman, May 29, 1953
S4-3/05: Ide P. Trotter, Jr., May 21, 1954

This series includes newspaper clippings, including three items thought to be from circa 1906 concerning the Alamo, its survivors, and its history, and a copy of Edward Everett's obituary. Miscellaneous documents include a copy of a House Bill for financial relief due to Everett's disability incurred while serving in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War, and other miscellaneous printed pieces referring to him.

1/28: Three Photos - "Virginia Hannon," "George with Wynelle" and unlabeled photo of George Haley and Bill Clinton
-HANNON, Virginia. Black and white photograph. Measuring 3 1⁄2" x 5". Hannon in a uniform (Red Cross?) with pencil notation on the rear "Virginia Hanon."

-HALEY, George. Color photograph. Measuring 5 1⁄4" x 4". Pencil notation on rear: "George with Wynelle."

-HALEY, George and Bill Clinton. Color photograph. Measuring 7" x 5". George with Bill Clinton.

1/29: Letter with envelope, 4 pages, signed "Palmer," January 18, 1949
-A playful letter that begins with Haley recounting a dinner at Sweetie's restaurant while sitting next to an odd French couple, then it switches to thoughts of Virginia's intention of being a social worker, and his view of his brother George: "He is, of course, a wonderful fellow of sterling character, loyalty and any number of other nice things. But, objectively, I can't quite follow his train of thought and action on a number of things." He also touches on his aspiring writing career: "Yeah, I'm trying pretty hard and have thus far had some minor successes. One thing is for sure; I'm getting some wonderful breaks."

1/30: Letter with envelope, 6 pages signed "Palmer," February 5, 1949
-Haley boasts about writing this letter instead of an article for the Coast Guard Magazine which is already a month late, citing his habit of "never writing anything that I know I have to until it is the very last moment." He offers a few flirtatious rejoinders to Virginia's comment about his daydreaming about sports while in class at Alcorn where she taught French: "I assured myself that they [her breasts] were not as you say, spinsterly. And believe me, love, I was not, when you observed me, thinking about any damned touchdowns." Also some thoughts on writing: "I'm essentially lazy, but I love to write once I get started ... figure to try my hand at a book in maybe another year now and will count on you to buy one copy to at least salvage that much of the publisher's gamble."

1/31: Letter with envelope, 6 pages signed "Alex," October 1949
-Pleasantries about a trip to Chicago, seeing his youngest brother Julius for the first time in several years, "there is a boy for you! Already, he is rugged a-plenty, to the point of forcing this old hulk to observe with what I imagine was ill-concealed admiration," and a night out with his father who lectured him on spending too much money, quoting his father: "Now Palmer, I know you are doing well and all that but, Palmer, let me give you the benefit of Dad's long experience. You don't have to go to places like that to eat. I am sure that there are other places you can get a meal for that much, not that that sandwich wasn't good or that I didn't appreciate it, but money is hard to get, so. Why when Dad was your age, back down in Savannah on the river, he used to have a good time for a whole week on less than that, and furthermore..."

1/32: Letter with envelope, 2 pages, signed "Alex," September 9, 1950
-Haley's apologies about not writing sooner gives updates on his brother George's travels, Julius's deployment in Korea, and his father's recent divorce and renewed bachelorhood, as well as a joke about a Catholic nun.

1/33: Letter with envelope, 4 pages, signed "Alex," November 28, 1953
-A letter was written while stuck in a U. S. Public Health Service Home on Staten Island following an operation for a pilonidal cyst: "I never had so much time on end to write in my life. I have to stand up to type, to be sure, but - boy, am I turning out the words! Things I've wanted to work on for ages." Most of the letters concern George, his past relationships, and his recent engagement. Haley uses the occasion to ruminate on the institution of marriage in general and his own, which was at the time failing: "Mine's up and down. So's damn near everybody's I know. I have told myself at times if I'd stayed single until now, I'd play it real clever - and in the same flash of thought, I know how good would be the chances I'd be [the] essence of misery. Again, who the hell knows? Who's got the answer, the key?"

1/34: Letter with envelope, 4 pages, signed "Palmer," February 1954
-Haley describes his need for absolute quiet to write properly: "I simply cannot write in the company; cannot disassociate myself into the vacuum I need and produce best in"; talks about a fancy party he was invited to and the uncomfortable environment it created: "these people, many of them, weren't out to have fun, Virginia - a lot came to be seen; you could see the strain in their faces, and a lot more on pretty faces in many cases, that wasn't pretty"; and his recent success at selling his first article to Reader's Digest: "The prime accomplishment to date, a milestone in my life, I guess, was the sale two weeks ago, of 'The Harlem that Nobody Knows,' a 4,000-word piece, to Reader's Digest.... As a result, I, last week, got taken in the stable of Ruth Aley, probably one of the top 5 literary agents in the country. I am working like a bastard, to put it bluntly, to justify this break. What I have to be is a reporter, interpret or just tell what I see, magazine-style. What I am trying to do, right now, is making $5,000 a year at part-time writing before I 'retire' - from CG [Coast Gauard] '59 - and with luck and health, I think I will. Then I will elect whatever the future shall be."

1/35: Letter with envelope 1 page, signed "Alex," February 1967
-A secretarial letter asking friends, both white and black, about their first memories from childhood concerning race for an article he is preparing, with a holograph note at the bottom apologizing about the form letter and mentioning a recent trip to Paris: "I sure wish I'd paid more attention to you teaching French." It is accompanied by an article he wrote for the Rome Sentinel about a literary tour of Ireland and Rome, which also has a holograph note of pleasantries and final comment about currently working on a script for a Tony Curtis film.

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.”

This series contains 13 folders in box 2.

S5-2-28: Sophomore Ball, April 8, 1949

S5-2-29: Sophomore Ball, April 19, 1958

S5-2-30: Sophomore Ball, February 18, 1967

S5-2-31: Sophomore Ball, February 17, 1968

S5-2-32: Sophomore Ball, February 15, 1969

S5-2-33: Sophomore Ball, February 14, 1970

S5-2-34: Sophomore Ball, February 6, 1971

S5-2-35: Sophomore Ball, February 10, 1973

S5-2-36: Sophomore Ball, February 1, 1975

S5-2-37: Sophomore Ball, February 10, 1979

S5-2-38: Sophomore Hop, April 21, 1915

S5-2-39: Sweetheart Revue, April 26, 1946

S5-2-40: Sweetheart Revue, May 4, 1948

This series contains typed transcripts of the handwritten manuscripts held in Series 1, 2, and 4. The transcripts were probably made by repository staff, but the date of composition is unknown.

This series contains 5 folders in box 3.

S5-3/06: Muster Research Notes, 1946
S5-3/07: E. King Gill, April 21, 1964
S5-3/08: Major James E. Ray, April 21, 1977
S5-3/09: Dr. Lee H. Smith, April 21, 1979
S5-3/10: Muster Speech, 1997

This set of documents is a widely varied mix. Included is a speech delivered by General William Wallace Burns at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, a poem and a fable it is believed he authored, calling cards, invitations, autobiographical narrative, a prayer, news clippings related to family members, an editorial written by General William Wallace Burns, a single old photo of an unidentified couple, a note from a West Point classmate, Daniel T. Van Buren, and miscellaneous empty envelopes.

Box 2 in Series 6 contains transcripts and brief biographical sketches of some correspondents, as well as a few extensive annotations.

Transcripts are coded to match the Box/Folder container list, which has "doc.[a-z]" item level extensions for each document in the collection. Thus, transcripts of correspondence (1848-1889) are present for all of the following:

• Series 1, Military Correspondence
• Series 2, S2-1/6, Documents A-C
• Series 3, S3-1/7, Documents A-H, and K

This series contains 11 folders in box 2.

S6-2-41: Freshman Bluebonnet Ball, March 29, 1946

S6-2-42: Freshman Ball, February 26, 1966

S6-2-43: Freshman Ball, February 22, 1969

S6-2-44: Freshman Ball, February 28, 1970

S6-2-45: Freshman Ball, February 20, 1971

S6-2-46: Freshman Ball, 1973

S6-2-47: Freshman Ball, February 2, 1974

S6-2-48: Freshman Ball, February 8, 1975

S6-2-49: Freshman Ball, February 12, 1977

S6-2-50: Freshman Ball, February 18, 1978

S6-2-51: Freshman Ball, March 4, 1986

This series contains 6 folders in box 3.

S6-3/11: Memorial Student Center Dedicatory Address, April 30, 1951
S6-3/12: American Association of University Professors Talk: Academic Administration: Its Abuses and Uses, November 4, 1954
S6-3/13: Science and the Future of Man, February 17, 1972
S6-3/14: Senior Induction Banquet, November 19, 1979
S6-3/15: Veteran's Day, November 11, 1984
S6-3/16: Veteran's Day, November 11, 1996

This series contains 48 folders in box 2 and 36 folders in box 3.

S7-2-52: Annual Beaux-Arts Ball, 1930

S7-2-53: Annual Beaux-Arts Ball, February 19, 1932

S7-2-54: Christmas Hop, December 29, 1916

S7-2-55: Christmas Hop, December 29, 1921

S7-2-56: Commencement Ball, Junee 26, 1878

S7-2-57: Commencement Ball, Junee 25, 1879

S7-2-58: Commencement Ball, Junee 22, 1881

S7-2-59: Commencement Ball, June 21, 1882

S7-2-60: Commencement Ball, June 27, 1883

S7-2-61: Commencement Ball, June 24, 1884

S7-2-62: Commencement Ball, [June 2, 1885]

S7-2-63: Commencement Ball, June 1, 1886

S7-2-64: Commencement Ball, June 6, 1888

S7-2-65: Commencement Ball, June 10, 1890

S7-2-66: Commencement Ball, June 13, 1899

S7-2-67: Commencement Ball, June 6-8, 1915

S7-2-68: Battalion: Cotton Pageant and Ball, February 24, 1956

S7-2-69: Battalion: Cotton Style Show and Pageant, April 24, 1953

S7-2-70: Cotton Ball, April 7, 1933

S7-2-71: Cotton Ball, April 6, 1934

S7-2-72: Cotton Ball, April 6, 1934

S7-2-73: Cotton Style Show and Pageant, April 18, 1947

S7-2-74: Cotton Style Show and Pageant, April 28, 1950

S7-2-75: Cotton Style Show and Pageant, May 4, 1951

S7-2-76: Cotton Style Show and Pageant, undated

S7-2-77: Final Ball, undated

S7-2-78: Final Ball, June 9, 1903

S7-2-79: Final Ball, 1905

S7-2-80: Final Ball, 1908

S7-2-81: Final Ball, June 8, 1915

S7-2-82: Final Ball, 1916

S7-2-83: Final Ball, 1917

S7-2-84: Final Ball, May 23, 1921

S7-2-85: Final Ball, June 5, 1922

S7-2-86: Final Ball, June 4, 1923

S7-2-87: Final Ball, 1924

S7-2-88: Final Ball, June 1, 1925

S7-2-89: Final Ball, May 31, 1926

S7-2-90: Final Ball, May 30, 1927

S7-2-91: Final Ball, June 4, 1928

S7-2-92: Final Ball, June 3, 1929

S7-2-93: Graduation Hop, June 6, 1893

S7-2-94: Graduation Hop, June 13, 1916

S7-2-95: Gridiron Dinner, January 28, 1922

S7-2-96: Queen's Ball, The, April 21, 1921

S7-2-97: Queen's Ball, The, April 19, 1923

S7-2-98: Queen's Ball, The, April 14, 1927

S7-2-99: Queen's Ball, The, April 17, 1930

S7-3-01: Ring Dance, May 7, 1937

S7-3-02: Ring Dance, May 10, 1940

S7-3-03: Ring Dance, May 9, 1941

S7-3: Ring Dance, May 14, 1942

S7-3-04: Ring Dance, May 17, 1947

S7-3-05: Ring Dance, May 14, 1949

S7-3-06: Ring Dance, May 21, 1966

S7-3-07: Ring Dance, [May 16, 1970]

S7-3-08: Ring Dance, May 1, 1971

S7-3-09: Ring Dance, April 28, 1973

S7-3-10: Ring Dance, April 13, 1983

S7-3-11: Ring Dance, Jun 24, 1992

S7-3-12: Thanksgiving Hop, 1897

S7-3-13: Thanksgiving Hop, November 25, 1898

S7-3-14: Thanksgiving Hop, December 1, 1899

S7-3-15: Thanksgiving Hop, November 30, 1900

S7-3-16: Thanksgiving Hop, November 29, 1901

S7-3-17: Thanksgiving Hop, November 28, 1902

S7-3-18: Thanksgiving Hop, November 27, 1903

S7-3-19: Thanksgiving Hop, November 25, 1904

S7-3-20: Thanksgiving Hop, December 1, 1905

S7-3-21: Thanksgiving Hop, November 30, 1906

S7-3-22: Thanksgiving Hop, November 29, 1907

S7-3-23: Thanksgiving Hop, November 27, 1908

S7-3-24: Thanksgiving Hop, November 26, 1909

S7-3-25: Thanksgiving Hop, June 14, 1910

S7-3-26: Thanksgiving Hop, November 30, 1911

S7-3-27: Thanksgiving Hop, November 29, 1912

S7-3-28: Thanksgiving Hop, November 25, 1913

S7-3-29: Thanksgiving Hop, November 28, 1913

S7-3-30: Thanksgiving Hop, November 27, 1914

S7-3-31: Thanksgiving Hop, November 26, 1915

S7-3-32: Thanksgiving Hop, 1916

S7-3-33: Thanksgiving Hop, November 30, 1917

S7-3-34: Thanksgiving Hop, November 28, 1919

S7-3-35: Thanksgiving Hop, November 26, 1920

S7-3-36: Thanksgiving Hop, November 26, 1926

This series contains 4 folders in box 3.

S8-3-37: Corps Dance Ticket, March 9, 1946

S8-3-38: Infantry Ball Ticket, March 8, 1946

S8-3-39: Junior Prom Ticket, May 3, 1946

S8-3-40: Sophomore Dance Ticket, May 4, 1945