2/2: Photocopies of the galley proof of Orion Shall Rise. Typed, 676 leaves.

Letters from George Armstrong to Nell Floss Steel, later Nell Steel Armstrong, both during their courtship and after their marriage 27 Aug. 1917.

This series consists of correspondence, production documentation, galleys, typescripts, and photocopies from In Pursuit of VALIS: Selections from the Exegesis (1991).

This series contains 2 folders in box 1.

S6-1-20: Revolutionary People’s Communications Network (RPCN) Materials (1970-1971)

S6-1-21: Miscellaneous: Handwritten Notes, Brochures, etc. (1966)

1/1: Auto-Biography
-Handwritten auto-biography of A. D. Jackson
-Handwritten manuscript "Experience in Agricultural Engineering" [by A. D. Jackson]
-Rough draft and photocopy
-Dates and events and photocopy
-Letter from A. D. Jackson to "Editor", and photocopy; Includes Biographical Notes on Andrew Douglas Jackson, August 29, 1945
-Notes on A. D. Jackson, written by Tad Moses? And copy
-Obituary titled: "Funeral on Thursday for Mrs. Jackson, 60, Lifelong Resident" and "Funeral Service For Mrs. Jackson To Be Thursday"

1/2: Portrait of A. D. Jackson

1/3: "Secretary" [office of A. D. Jackson] to Mr. Richard S. Green, June 24, 1922

1/4: Correspondence, 1926-1930
-[A. D. Jackson] and Jno. M. Lawrence to Board of Engineers for River and Harbors, April 9, 1926
-Judge Escar Floyd to A. D. Jackson, June 3, 1927
-Mr. [Fred] Doellner to Judge Escar Floyd, June 1, 1927
-A. D. Jackson to Judge Escar Floyd, June 6, 1927
-A. D. Jackson and Jno. M. Lawrence to committee on legislation and all members of the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation Association, April 24, 1929
-Leonard Tillotson to A. D. Jackson, February 8, 1930

1/5: Correspondence, 1931-1934
-A. D. Jackson to Mr. Lewis Mims, February 6, 1931
-Chief Clerk [H. L. Heddington] to Mr. Otis Miller, February 5, 1931
-A. D. Jackson to Mr. Otis Miller, February 6, 1931
-County Judge, Jones County [Otis Miller] to Hon. C. M. Caldwell, February 12, 1931
-Temple Board of Development, [Henry Dunlavy and Walter R. Humphry] to Mr. A. D. Jackson; Personal notes on back, December 14, 1934

1/6: Correspondence, 1935
-Walter R. Humphrey to Mr. A. D. Jackson, March 18, 1935
-Walter R. Humphrey to Mr. A. D. Jackson, April 10, 1935
-Walter R. Humphrey to Mr. A. D. Jackson, April 21, 1935
-F. D. Dagget to Mr. A. D. Jackson, July 24, 1935
-Chas. E. Coombes to Mr. A. D. Jackson, September 20, 1935

1/7: Correspondence, 1927-1934
-Leonard Tillotson to Hon. Claude Pollard, September 10, 1927
-Leonard Tillotson to The Board of Directors, Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, May 7, 1930
-J. P. Buchanan to The Members of the Board of Directors, Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, May 16, 1930
-J. P Buchanan to Mr. [Lewis] Mims, December 19, 1934
-Mr. [Lewis] Mims to The Directors of the Brazos River, December 28, 1934
-Mr. [Lewis] Mims to J. P. Buchanan, December 29, 1934

1/8: Correspondence, 1935
-Walter R. Humphrey to Mr. L. Mims: Including a Copy of Financial Report of Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District; Copy of Brazos funds of Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District; Copy of Publicity Bureau of Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, February 28, 1935
-State of Texas to [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] FDR, March 14, 1935
-Walter R. Humphrey to the Directors of the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, March 20, 1935
-L[ewis]. Mims to Honorable Morris Sheppard, April 15, 1935
-L[ewis]. Mims to Honorable Sheppard, Connally, Cross, and Johnson of D. C., April 10, 1935
-Index to Preliminary Brazos Report Volume 1, Undated
-Henry Dunlavy to Walter R. Humphrey and John A. Morris, April 16, 1935

1/9: Expense reports from Brazos River Reclamation Association to A. D. Jackson for expenses incurred in two trips to Austin and for office expenses, [July 13, 1929; July 23, 1929]

1/10: Legislative Bills, Undated
-Copy of Bill creating the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, Undated
-Rewritten Bill for the creation of the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District by the 39th Legislature of Texas H.B. No. 197, Undated
-"A Bill To Be Entitled" by. Barron Tillotson
-"A Bill" and copy 2 pages
-"A Bill" introduced by Mr. Buchanan ["The Buchanan Bill," H. R. 9335, 71st Congress 2nd Session. "A bill to establish in the Department of the interior a National Reclamation Control Service"], January 30, 1930

1/11: Quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors on the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District meeting minutes, February 3, 1930; May 5, 1930

1/12: Copies of the information and planned use of House Bill [of the State of Texas] 1937 (?); "The Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District," [1929?]

1/13: Committee Reports, 1929, Undated
-"Program of Southwest Conference on Soil and Water Conservation," June 20-21, 1929
-"State Soil and Water Conservation Committees for Texas," Undated
-"Report of Program, Committee of Southwestern Soil and Water Conservation Conference," June 20, 1929

1/14: Research Notes, Undated
-"Flood Control and Reclamation," Undated
-"Reclaiming Rich Lands in Populated Areas," Undated
-Other personal notes and research, Undated

1/15: Brazos Project Outline and Notes, Undated
-"Outline [of Brazos River Project]"
-"The amendment to the Texas Constitution voted on August 20, 1917…"
-"The Conservation of Soil and Water in Texas"

1/16: Reports, Undated
-"Suggestions on Mangum Terracing" by E. W. Lehman
-"The Brazos River District"
-Handwritten account of damages done by Brazos floodwaters, Undated
-"What is a Second Foot of Water - What is it Worth? What are Water Saving Terraces?"
-"Conference on Water Conservation and Flood Control"
-"Declaration - From uncontrolled floodwater"
-"If and When Completed" by S. A. Thompson
-"The Now Conception of Flood Control"

1/17: Newspaper Clippings, 1924, 1925, Undated
-"Conservation of Water Urged at Association Meeting in Fort Worth,", October 2, 1924
-"The Home Towner…" by W. R. H., April 20, 1935
-"Enormous Loss of Soil,", Undated
-"The Walled Kingdom That Blocks Texas' New Road," Undated

1/18: Maps, Undated
-Map of Texas Counties and all Texas Agricultural Experiment Substations in 1930, split into 7 regions
-Flood Control Project Sacramento, California River Map, Undated

1/19: Charts, Average Monthly Rainfall at 25 points in Texas: Undated

This series consists of three groups of journal entries, and a memoir handwritten in ink. All are written on loose sheets of white notepaper or stationary which had been machine ruled in blue, except for one sheet of pale blue, unruled paper with a yellowed, rough left margin, which may have been torn from a notebook, but more likely was the remaining half of a larger sheet of paper.

Nearly all the pages bear some lightly penciled annotations, corrections and additions, undoubtedly in Everett's handwritting, and all but the memoir, with one page labeled a copy of 1899, had been folded to approximately 20 x 9 cm., then labeled as if for filing. Unclear in all cases which sets of entries are original or fair hand copies, though it appears that Everett may have been preparing all the entries for publication, probably in a personal memoir.

Journal entries are devoted to Everett's experiences in Texas during the Mexican War (1846-1848) and are dated from shortly after Edward Everett was wounded in the knee (11 Sept. 1846) and confined to the military hospital to 4 April 1847. The memoir extends the record to encompass the rest of 1848, and extend the chronology of Everett's life to well past the Civil War, though the latter events are only touched on briefly.

Everett's narrative of his experiences give a great deal of detail and insight concerning life on the Texas frontier near the Mexican border, as well as the hardships encountered by American soldiers and both American and Mexican civilians during the Mexican War (1846-1848).

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

1/1
June 16, 1919, Bosworth explains how the third U.S.S. Albany anchors along with the British cruiser Kent with a hand-drawn diagram. He draws a map of "Golden Horn," one of the harbors in Vladivostok. He shows a hand-drawn ring initialed with the words "USS DB Albany."

June 18, 1919, Bosworth mentions cruising around in Peter the Great Bay. Describing a Russian bathing beach, he comments that Russians do not wear anything while swimming. He thinks Vladivostok is a good place for hunting.

June 21, 1919, Bosworth records that the British cruiser Kent plans to leave Vladivostok Monday morning, but her relief that Carlisle has not come yet. He asks his folks to send some film for his camera because it is expensive in Vladivostok. He informs them that the Navy Department is preparing a bill for Congress by which crews will get a raise in pay.

1/2
June 22, 1919, Bosworth talks about the concert of the Middlesex Regiment Band at "Y." At the concert, he meets a well-educated Czech. Bosworth explains the Battalion of Death, a group of Russian women forces. He mentions two American merchant ships, the West Helix and the Archer.

June 25, 1919, Bosworth writes that he has gone to Russian Island for a test with the navigator, the chief quartermaster, the first-class general manager, and the third general manager. They swim while they are waiting for the boat after they have finished their test.

1/3
June 28, 1919, Bosworth recalls that about 3 days or so ago 500 Bolsheviks attacked a small number of Americans and they killed sixteen and wounded thirty-six. Since the Bolsheviks warn that they will attack the town by tomorrow, all of the Marines are guarding the American consulate.

1/4
June 30, 1919, Bosworth informs that small arms, ammunition, and equipment are distributed for the landing force. He offers the chief 41 dollars to get him on the list of the forces, which will go ashore tomorrow morning, but he does not make it.

July 1, 1919, Bosworth describes that the Albany puts ashore the one hundred forty landing forces to capture Petrovka, which is about 8 or 9 miles inland from Andreeva Bay. Each man is armed with a rifle and 220 rounds. When they attack the town, they find that the Bolsheviks have already left.

July 2, 1919, Bosworth mentions the arrival of the Carlisle, which relieves the Kent when the Albany gets back to port. The Carlisle is a super-destroyer and is armed with five 6-inch guns and ten torpedo tubes. Her speed is 35 knots.

July 5, 1919, Bosworth writes that his shipmates have games on the ship in the morning. The games include an obstacle race, boon fight, shoe race, bottle royal, three-legged race on the dock, pie-eating contest, and a boat race.

July 6, 1919, Bosworth details that the Albany and the Carlisle accompany the ships loaded with supplies for the Americans at Suchan mines. The troops land at about seven in the morning. Even though there is no opposition to the landing, mounted men scout the land.

July 7, 1919, Bosworth records that nothing much happens today. The Carlisle leaves this morning. The Albany returns from the Suchan River at 10 pm.

This series contains three group of letters, with the first group containing sixteen letters written in the period June 12, 1846 - May 16, 1847, by Edward Everett in San Antonio de Bexar during his service in the Mexican War, to his brother, Samuel W. Everett in Quincy, Ill. A few letters, also from this period, sent to Everett by Captain J. H. Ralston, Colonel R. Jones, Captain James D. Morgan, and Colonel William Weatherford pertain to Everett's disability and eventual discharge from the Army.

The second group has three letters from the period after the Mexican War. The first letter, no more than a note, dated 1852, is from W. H. Bissell concerning a piece of legislation. The other two letters are from 1863, and both discuss the Civil War. One is addressed from Fort Jackson, probably in Louisiana, dated 13 April 1863, opening with "My Dear Father," and closing with "your son Taylar Clark." This writer mentions the Civil War in general terms, and the spelling and grammar are both very poor. The other letter, with much more educated spelling and grammatical style, is addressed "Camp near Warrenton, Va.," dated 6 Sept. 1863, opens with "Dear Parents," and closes "From your affect. son, Henry." This letter discusses army camp life in some detail, including the responsibilities of training U.S. Army Conscripts, various incidents occurring during patrol duty, and an attack that had just been mounted by "Mosebys Gang " at New Baltimore.

1/10: Notes on list of names to use in a novel. Handwritten, 1 leaf.

1/11: Manuscript excerpt from “Ivory, and Apes, and Peacocks”. Typed, 1 leaf, with handwritten corrections.

1/12: Manuscript of “Ivory, and Apes, and Peacocks”. Typed, 101 leaves, with handwritten corrections.

1/13: Manuscript of The Devil's Game. Typed, 340 leaves, with handwritten corrections. Some leaves are carbon copies and photocopies.

1/14: Manuscript of Orion Shall Rise. Pages 1-404, typed with handwritten corrections.

2/1: Manuscript of Orion Shall Rise. Pages 405-658, typed with handwritten corrections.

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 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

Correspondence and communications concerning military engagements and appointments including chains of command, orders, appointments, transfers, reassignments, promotions (or anticipation thereof), resignation, and retirement.

Also present are narratives of field conditions, tactical descriptions, battle plans, and narratives of military maneuvers.

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 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.

Letters from Nell Steel Armstrong to her mother or sister, official correspondence for Nell Steel Armstrong'snursing 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, photographs of George and Nell Steel Armstrong, either separately, together, or in goups, newspaper clippings, a few programs and Christmas cards.

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.