This box contains the original contract agreement between David McKeller and Peter Learmonth for the sale of land to be known as Mariposa.

This collection consists of letters between Robert H. Kokernot and his first wife, Edith May Babcock (Edith Kokernot Grinnell) during and after World War II from 1943-1946.

The majority of letters collected by Edith are from Robert with the exception of one folder of correspondence from Edith to Robert in March and April 1944, one folder of letters written to Edith's parents from Robert, and two folders of letters written by friends addressed to Robert and Edith.

The corresponding postmarked envelopes were not with their accompanying letter when the collection was processed. These are held in separate folders at the end of the collection.

1/1: Big League Card, "The Reveille Club - Houston, TX" featuring Reveille VI. 2000

1/2: Miscellaneous Reveille Club materials. 1993-1998

1/3: "How to get a job with or without the Placement Center", by J. R. Atkins. 1995

1/4: Correspondence concerning the "Move-up" program. 1996-1998

1/5: Third-party information given to "Move-up" candidates. 1997

1/6: Third-party information given to "Move-up" candidates. undated

1/7: Aggie "Move-up" Program forms. 1999

1/8: Houston A&M Club, book 1. 2001

1/9: Houston A&M Club, book 2. 2002-2004

This collection includes copies of administrative orders, field orders, and weekly reports compiled by the staff of the Sixth Army and sent to General Krueger, as well as copies of operation reports sent from General Krueger to the Adjutant General in Washington, D. C. Also included are after-action operation reports concerning the 6th Army.

The administrative orders primarily contain data or amendments to accompany Field Orders and are concerned with supply, evacuation, traffic, service troops, personnel, prisoners of war, and miscellaneous items. Also included are instructions and annexes dealing with captured enemy equipment, individual clothing and equipment, supply, burials and cemeteries, native labor, sanitation, prisoners of war and enemy dead, captured material trophies, air supply circulars, and plans of operation. Maps and sketches are also found among the administrative orders.

The field orders contain data and instructions relating to hostile dispositions and support of operations, task forces, command posts, supplies, and communications. Also included are annexes concerned with staging, loading and embarkation plans, intelligence, artillery and antiaircraft artillery, communications, and engineering. Maps, sketches, and code names are also included in the field orders.

The weekly reports contain intelligence information on enemy activities, terrain, counterintelligence, material and equipment, captured documents and POW interrogations, reclassification of documents, enemy tactics, psychological warfare, and code names and numbers. Also included are photographic coverage reports, sketches, and maps.

The operation reports provide the history of the operation, including organization and operating instructions, plans and preparations, background and terrain, reconnaissance, communication, operations, enemy reaction, engineer activities, captured materials, relations with natives, the recapitulation of casualties, commendations, awards, and decorations, conclusions, credit for success, and lessons learned.

The field orders contain data and instructions relating to hostile dispositions and support of operation, task forces, command posts, supplies, and communications. Also included are annexes concerned with staging, loading and embarkation plans, intelligence, artillery and antiaircraft artillery, communications, and engineering. Maps, sketches, and code names are also included in the field orders. June 2, 1943 - September 6, 1945

The weekly reports contain intelligence information on enemy activities, terrain, counterintelligence, material and equipment, captured documents and POW interrogations, reclassification of documents, enemy tactics, psychological warfare, and code names and numbers. Also included are photographic coverage reports, sketches, and maps. November 1, 1944 - July 1, 1945

This collection contains financial and legal documents related to the Johnson County War, also known as the War on Powder Creek, which was a range war between large cattle ranchers and small ranchers in Johnson County, Wyoming, in April 1892. The financial documents include a bill of sale written in compliance with the Maverick Law of 1884 and a promissory note. The legal documents were produced in connection with the criminal proceedings against the participants of the range war.

Box 1

• 1/1: Bank of Texas; Houston, Texas

"Alterations & Additions to the South Unit Drive-In Banking Facility" specifications including instructions to bidders, bidders proposal sheet, and scope of work; photographs; architectural services billing; correspondence; notes, sketches, miscellaneous

• 1/2: Commercial State Bank; San Augustine, Texas

"Proposed Alterations to Commercial State Bldg" cost estimate, miscellaneous

• 1/3a: Commercial State Bank; San Augustine, Texas

"A New Bank Building" J.E. Kingham Construction Company (contractor): Owner-Contractor Agreement; bidders' proposals and bid bonds; applications for payment; Certificate of Guarantee; Certificate of Completion; architectural services billing; partial specifications; notes

• 1/3b: Commercial State Bank; San Augustine, Texas

"A New Bank Building" photograph; correspondence; sketches; miscellaneous; notes; newspaper articles

• 1/3c: Commercial State Bank; San Augustine, Texas

"A New Bank Building" product and material specifications and details; brochures

• 1/3d: Commercial State Bank; San Augustine, Texas

"A New Bank Building" product and material specifications and details; loose paper and drawings

• 1/3e: Commercial State Bank; San Augustine, Texas

"A New Bank Building" sundial sketches; sundial product information

• 1/4a: Commercial State Bank; San Augustine, Texas

"Drive-In Bank Bldg" Louis Runnels (contractor): Owner-Architect Agreement; specifications including instructions to bidders, bidders proposal sheet, and scope of work; bidders' proposals and bid bonds; contractor's cost breakdown; applications for payment; authorization of Extra Work; application for extension of time; architectural services billing

• 1/4b: Commercial State Bank; San Augustine, Texas

"Drive-In Bank Bldg" product details and specifications; brochures; photographs

• 1/5: First Federal Savings & Loan; Marshall, Texas

"New Savings & Loan Building" photograph; architectural services billing; sketches; miscellaneous

• 1/6: First National Bank; San Augustine, Texas

"Alterations and Additions to The First National Bank Bldg." preliminary cost estimate; bid proposals; certificates for payment; correspondence; newspaper clipping, products and material invoices/information; product brochures

• 1/7: First National Bank; San Augustine, Texas

"Alterations and Additions to First National Bank" cost estimate; architectural services billing; correspondence; invoice; specifications; invitation to re-opening; newspaper clipping

• 1/8: First Savings Association of East Texas; San Augustine, Texas

"Remodeling of Office Building" Architectural service billing; photographs; sketches

Box 3

• 3/1a: Atacosito Regional Library Center; Liberty, Texas

Mr. & Mrs. Price Daniel, Sr. (owner): Specifications; correspondence; sketches and drawings; architectural services billing

• 3/1b: Atacosito Regional Library Center; Liberty, Texas

Mr. & Mrs. Price Daniel, Sr. (owner): product and material brochures and information<br>

• 3/1c: Atacosito Regional Library Center; Liberty, Texas

Mr. & Mrs. Price Daniel, Sr. (owner); Natchez, Mississippi tourist pamphlets; photographs; postcards; newspaper article

• 3/2: Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library; Center, Texas

Thurman Livingston Construction (contractor): Owner-Contractor Agreement; specifications; bidder proposals; change order; contractor's applications for payment; cost breakdowns; architectural services billing; invoices; product brochures; photographs; sketches; newspaper clippings

• 3/3: Goliad County Courthouse; Goliad, Texas

correspondence; committee notes; miscellaneous notes; photographs

• 3/4: Sabine County Office Building; Hemphill, Texas

specifications

• 3/5: San Augustine Public Library; San Augustine, Texas

Photographs; sketches; product information

• 3/6: San Augustine Community Multi-Use Building; San Augustine, Texas

Architectural services billing; special information for bidders; newspaper articles; contractor quote; product brochure and sample

• 3/7: Shelby County Courthouse; Center, Texas

Owner-Architect Agreement; architectural services billing; correspondence; product brochures; sketches; newspaper articles; photographs

Box 4

• 4/1: Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Kirbyville, Texas

"Deep East Texas Electric Co-op., Inc. Headquarters Building"; Correspondence; certificate of engineer

• 4/2: Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; San Augustine, Texas

"Alterations and Additions to Existing Headquarters Building" correspondence; government paperwork; REA Bulletins; specifications; drawing

• 4/3: Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; San Augustine, Texas

"Meter and Transformer Shop, Warehouse, and Alterations and Additions to the Headquarters Building" specifications

• 4/4: Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; San Augustine, Texas

"New Parking Area"

• 4/5: Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; San Augustine, Texas

Louis Runnels (contractor): Owner-Contractor Agreement; architectural services billing; contractor applications for payment; subcontractor proposal

• 4/6: Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; San Augustine, Texas

"Alterations and Additions to Headquarters Facilities" J. E. Kingham (contractor): Contract to construct buildings; REA Bulletin; specifications; change order; architectural services billing; contractor certificates for payment; subcontractor invoice; correspondence

• 4/7: Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; San Augustine, Texas

"A New Parking Area" Trotti and Thompson, Inc. (contractor): Owner-Contractor Agreement; specifications; bidders proposal sheet

• 4/8: Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; San Augustine, Texas

"Alterations and Additions to Headquarters Building" Contract to construct buildings; architectural services contract; change order No. 1; tabulation of bids; specifications; correspondence; sketches; newspaper clipping; photographs

• 4/9: Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; San Augustine, Texas

"An Addition to the Transformer and Meter Shop" specifications; tabulation of bids; architectural services billing

• 4/10: Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; San Augustine, Texas

"Alterations and Additions to Main Office Building" Architectural services billing

• 4/11: Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; San Augustine, Texas

lighting brochures and materials

• 4/12: Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; San Augustine, Texas

REA Forms

• 4/13: Jasper Newton Electric Co-Op, Inc.; Kirbyville, Texas

Specifications; correspondence; architectural services billing; photograph

Box 8

• 8/1: Dewitt County Historical Museum; Cuero, Texas

Grunewald Log Cabin: Correspondence; sketches; slides

• 8/2: McGarity's Saloon Museum; Jefferson, Texas

"No. 61 Dallas Street" Jefferson Junior Historical Society: Restoration plan; progress report; proposed improvements; cost estimate; correspondence; brochure; newspaper article; drawing; photographs

• 8/3a: Old San Jacinto County Jail Museum; Coldspring, Texas

"Restoration and Preservation of the Old San Jacinto County Jail Building" Craig and Sheffield, Inc. (contractor): Owner-Architect Agreement; Owner-Contractor Agreement; Contractor's Qualification Statement; various contract documents; Addendum No. 1; architectural services billing; contractor's applications for payment; prioritized list of necessities

• 8/3b: Old San Jacinto County Jail Museum; Coldspring, Texas

"Restoration and Preservation of the Old San Jacinto County Jail Building" Craig and Sheffield, Inc. (contractor): specifications; restoration plan; invitation to bid; bid tabulation

• 8/3c: Old San Jacinto County Jail Museum; Coldspring, Texas

"Restoration and Preservation of the Old San Jacinto County Jail Building" Craig and Sheffield, Inc. (contractor): correspondence

• 8/3d: Old San Jacinto County Jail Museum; Coldspring, Texas

"Restoration and Preservation of the Old San Jacinto County Jail Building" Craig and Sheffield, Inc. (contractor): meeting minutes; newsletter; Texas Historical Commission Grant Application; American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Texas paperwork; US Department of Commerce; Economic Development Administration paperwork; Historical Marker write-up

• 8/3e: Old San Jacinto County Jail Museum; Coldspring, Texas

"Restoration and Preservation of the Old San Jacinto County Jail Building" Craig and Sheffield, Inc. (contractor): photographs; newspaper articles; historical information; sketches; product and material brochures and information; invoices; original paint samples

• 8/4: Spring Street Museum; Shreveport, Louisiana

Fort Knox Restoration Consultation: correspondence; newspaper articles; brochures; photograph; drawings

• 8/5: Texas Forestry Museum; Lufkin, Texas

Tatum House: correspondence; notes; sketches; historical information; photographs

• 8/6: Wise County Heritage Museum; Decatur, Texas

photographs; historical information

49-1
Ashton Villa
Photographs and negatives from the historic Ashton Villa in Galveston. Contains 39 photographs and negatives of both the interior and exterior of the house.

49-2
Earle-Harrison House
11 photographs of the exterior of the Earle-Harrison House in Waco.

49-3
Earle-Napier Kinnard House
16 photographs and negatives of the Earle-Napier Kinnard House in Waco. Contains mostly pictures of the house’s exterior, with focus shots on the porch lattice and ionic columns. The folder also includes a photograph of sketches made of the house.

49-4
East Terrace
45 photographs and negatives of the East Terrace estate in Waco. Includes close-ups of the building’s details on the porch railings.

49-5
Ezekiel Cullen House
21 photographs and negatives of the Ezekiel Cullen House in San Augustine, Texas. Most of the pictures are of the house’s exterior, including close-ups of windows. Two of the photos also have Raiford Stripling in them.

49-6
Fort House
29 photographs and negatives of the Fort House in Waco, Texas. Pictures focus on the building’s exterior, particularly the ionic columns.

49-7
French Trading Post
7 photographs and negatives of the French Trading Post in Beaumont, Texas. All focus on the exterior and contain a portion of the grounds in the pictures.

49-8
Independence Hall
20 photographs and negatives of Texas’ Independence Hall at Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas. All pictures are exterior shots and are done at different angles.

49-9
Legation de France
8 photographs of the Legation de France in Austin, also known as the French Legation House. Pictures include closeups of the house’s chimney and of another freestanding building on the property, likely a guest house or other useful structure.

49-10
Matthew Cartwright House
15 photographs and negatives of the Matthew Cartwright House in San Augustine, Texas. Pictures contain a multitude of angles.

49-11
Milton-Garrett House
15 photographs and negatives of the Milton Garrett House in San Augustine, Texas. Pictures include multiple angles of the house and a few detail shots on the building’s dovetail joints.

49-12
Presidio Chapel and La Bahia
79 photographs, photocopies, and negatives of the Presidio Chapel, Espiritu Santo Mission, and La Bahia in Goliad, Texas. Pictures include the interior and exterior of buildings, detail shots of the stonework, pictures of the grounds as a whole, and photographs of the stained-glass work, statues, and bell towers.

49-13
Sabine County Hospital
6 photographs and negatives of the front entrance of the Sabine County Hospital.

49-14
Stephen W. Blount House
25 photographs and negatives of the Stephen W. Blount House in San Augustine, Texas. Pictures concern mainly the exterior of the house, with focus shots on the latticework.

49-15
Photographs – Miscellaneous
62 photographs and negatives of various historic buildings not identified by Stripling, pictures of Stripling, and galleries showcasing his artwork.

49-16
Wallpaper – Corsicana Synagogue
A wallpaper sample from the Corsicana Synagogue. Too faded to determine the pattern or color.

49-17
Mike Davidson Log House
Log sample from the Mike Davidson Log House.

49-18
Sketches and drawings by Stripling on notebook paper, as well as measurement notes. Mostly decorative items for houses.

49-19
100 photographs and negatives of Stripling, friends and family, and of his office.

49-20
Correspondence from 1993 to 2008, between David Chapman, Charles Schultz, Hal Cherry, David Woodcock, Ray Stripling, John R. Payne, the Center for Heritage Conservation, and the Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association, concerning the acquisition of the Stripling collection, its cataloging and preservation in the Texas A&M University Archives.

This collection consists of cost reports, blueprints, financial statements, and correspondence.

1/3
-10th Annual Regional Conference of the National Council of Negro Women…. Hartford, Connecticut, May 2-4, 1958 [cover title]. Washington, DC: The council, 1958. 8vo. (8) pp. Program listing sessions, speakers, etc. Printed wrappers, stapled.

1/4
-Organization Handbook for Local Councils

1/5
-Revised Constitution of the New England Regional Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [cover and caption title]. (Greenwich, CT: The Conference, 1956). Narrow 12 mo. 11 pp. Printed wrappers, stapled. Napper's ownership name on the front wrapper.

-Ovington, Mary. How the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Began. NY: N.A.A.C.P., 1914 (i.e., circa 1950 reprint). 8vo. (8) pp. Printed wrappers

-Walter White, Executive Secretary, NAACP [caption title]. NY. N.A.A.C.P., 1950. 4to. (3) pp. [printed rectos only]. Biographical sketch.

-[HANDBILL] Hear! / Attorney Juanita J. Mitchell / … / Mrs. Berenice Napper / N.A.A.C.P. Field Secretary N.Y., Dir. Of Membership Campaign / [followed by 22 lines, giving information concerning a membership meeting of the Baltimore NAACP chapter]. [Baltimore, MD]: The chapter, 1951. Printed broadside, 9 x 6 inches, employing several styles and sizes of type.

1/6
-News article write-ups on Berenice Napper concerning her work as a field secretary for the NAACP (photocopies and originals), 1951-1957.

1/7
-Negro History and a New Birth of Freedom [cover title]. Washington, DC: Assn. For the Study of Negro Life and History, Undated [circa 1950]. 4to. 8pp. Printed essays by Benjamin Quarles, Lillian A. Parker, and E. Pauline Myers.

-Napper's ownership signature on the front wrapper and her markings through the text. Printed wrappers, stapled. (Not recorded on OCLC)

-Five Years of Progress, 1953-1958: A Report to President Eisenhower by the President's Committee on Government Contracts. Washington DC: The Committee, 1958. 4to. 38 pp. Illustrated. Report on the Equal Job Opportunity Program. Illustrated wrappers, stapled.

This collection consists of a number of proof pages for the Buck Rogers comic strip, December 14, 1959 - April 3, 1960. The proofs contain both the comic pages themselves and typewritten scripts for each strip.

The comic strips are illustrated by George Truska, who drew the strip from 1959 until the end of its original run in 1967.

These papers consist of newspaper clippings containing information on income tax reform bills, vocational agriculture, and the Grass Roots Tax Revolt, reprints of the "Straight Talk" editorials from Farm and Ranch magazine, the author's copy of the 1958 third edition of the book Straight Talk, pamphlets, and newspaper articles relating to Tom Anderson.

-Anhydrous Ammonia Association

-The Chamber of Commerce of Little Rock, Arkansas Annual Meeting

-10th Alabama Farm Bureau Training School. 1960

-Dinner Honoring Edwin Anderson Walker. July 4, 1967

-"Why Not Be Independent?", by Evetts Haley, Jr.

-"Tom Anderson, A Thoroughly American Candidate". October 1972

-"The Billie Sol Estes Case", transcript of a speech delivered by Dr. John Dunn before a group of conservative Democrats in Baton Rouge, LA. July 14, 1962

-"The Constitutionalist and Traditional American". Spring-Winter 1960

-"I-See-A-Cat: A Provocative Session with Tom Anderson"

Writings-course taught-GSB 104-Man and His World, 1972-73