• Articles and reference sources relating to Heinlein, 1973; 1976; 1980; 1984-1986; 1990-1992; Undated
• Articles by Heinlein (photocopies), 1941; 1980; 1986
• Background materials (photocopies) - Book Review Digest, 1947-1986
• Background materials (photocopies) - Curry, Elinor, 1926-1932; 1991-1992
• Background materials (photocopies) - Heinlein, Leslyn, 1932; 1947-1948; 1966; 1971; 1981; 1990-1992
• Background materials - Heinlein, Robert: Census records, 1910; 1991
• Background materials (photocopies) - Heinlein, Robert: Naval Academy records, 1925-1929; 1933; 1967; 1991
• Background materials (originals) - Heinlein, Robert: Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1942-1945
• Background materials (photocopies) - Heinlein, Robert: Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1942-1945
• Background materials - Heinlein, Virginia, 1948; 1991-1992
• Background materials - Interview with Heinlein (transcript), [1986]
• Background materials - Newspaper articles on Heinlein, 1949-1954; 1958-1960
• Background materials - Obituaries, 1988
• Correspondence (photocopies) - Boucher, Anthony, 1942-1944; 1957-1958; 1962
• Correspondence (photocopies) - De Camp, L. Sprague, 1933; 1941
• Correspondence - Heinlein, Robert, 1973-1976; 1988; Undated
• Correspondence (photocopies) - Heinlein, Robert and Leslyn to Jack Williamson, 1942-1953; 1966; 1976
• Correspondence - Reference requests, 1989-1992
• Correspondence - Sanders, Joe, 2002
• Handwritten notes by Clareson, Undated
• The Heritage of Heinlein manuscript, chapters 1-3, 2013

Kala Kinisas German, April Twenty-Second Nineteen Ten; No. 53; Admit Mr. Louis A. Hamilton; Signed ?
Folding card (image of a woman wearing a hat in a crescent moon, with "1910 Kala Kinisas" written in stars with dark blue background)
inside the card are two pieces of folding card (2.5"x4.75"), 6th page lists Committee members as follows:
G. F. H. Bittle, President
Irwin W. Smith
R. E. Adams
Jess B. Crum
W. P. Briscoe

This collection contains fifteen portrait photographs of Texas A&M College students. The photographs were given to A. H. Neighbors by other classmates also graduating in the Class of 1911, and one portrait from a member of the Class of 1913. Only one of the photographs has yet to be identified. Also included is the letter accompanying the photographs when mailed to the Ex-student Association from A. H. Neighbors, Jr. in 1976.

This collection contains materials that were part of the work done by David Woodcock through the Center for Heritage Conservation as well as the Design Review Sub-Council (DRsc), which reports to the Council for Built Environment and is responsible for ensuring all construction and renovation on the Texas A&M Campus. The materials focus on DRsc review, the Campus Houses that A&M faculty lived in, the Riverside Campus, formerly the Bryan Air Base and the Annex, and historic Bryan and College Station.

4/1: Martinez, Mercurio, Jr., Receipt of Laredo Lumber and Supply Company and correspondence. 1960-1961

4/2: Martinez, Proceso, Estate of, including copies of documents related to probating his will, Proceso was Mercurio's father. 1937

4/3: Martinez, Proceso, will. 1924

4/4: Martinez, Proceso, 1934 Will and field notes on tracts for each heir. Also a Warranty Deed transferring the estate of Antonio Martinez to Estefana Z. de Martinez by her children, 1911.

4/5: Martinez, Proceso, Jr., Estate, including correspondence, lists and clippings Proceso, Jr., died September 7, 1961 at the age of 77. Proceso, Jr., was Mercurio's brother. 1959-1963

4/6: Mercy Hospital and Doctor Bills, 1962.

4/7: Minter Clinic, correspondence, bills, receipts and instructions, 1955-1960.

4/8: Palo Blanco Tank, field notes, a copy of the partition of the lands of Jesusa Uribe, and an affidavit concerning Las Cabras Tract. 1911; 1936; 1954

4/9: Puig, V. L. vs. L. E. Norton, copies of documents relating to a dispute over tracts in the Joaquin Galan Grant, 1872-1926.

4/10: Randado Ranch Lands, copy of a petition deed, and letter and sketch map, 1928 1963.

4/11: San Andres Pasture, notes, sketch maps, copies of documents and correspondence relating to the rental of lands, including the Terreno de Los Cerritos, by Mercurio Martinez to Doroteo Ramos, 1946-1952.

4/12: San Andres Tank, papers and a letter, 1953-1958.

4/13: San Andres Tanks, sketch maps and field notes, 1959.

4/14: San Jose Ranch, Zapata County, oil and gas lease agreements, and correspondence with tenant, Eddy Dillard, 1953-195; 1963.

4/15: San Ygnacio, Grullo Creek Land, sketch maps and correspondence concerning erosion problems at Grullo Creek and lots located in San Ygnacio in the Grullo Creek area, 1951.

4/16: San Ygnacio, Water Project, copies of statements requesting a water plant for San Ygnacio to compensate for increased water costs due to the construction of Falcon Dam, 1958.

4/17: Sanchez, Elsa Eugenia del Carmen Fryman, copies of papers concerning her birth and baptismal records, 1962.

4/18: Sciaraffa Property, copies of documents, maps, field notes and correspondence concerning property in Laredo, 1934-1955.

4/19: Tax Returns and Notices, 1945-1962.

4/20: Taxes, Protest of Tax increase in Zapata County, correspondence, notes, and newspaper clippings. 1960

4/21: Telles, Maria, copies of documents, sketch maps, receipts and other materials concerning a lot in Laredo, 1924-1957 on which Mercurio Martinez paid back taxes in 1956.

4/22: Trevino, Domingo, copies of documents and correspondence related to attempting to obtain permanent U. S. residence for Domingo Trevino, brother of Mercurio Martinez's third wife, Domingo was brought to Texas by his father, Tomas Trevino in 1913, during the Carranza Revolution. Also papers related to a request for citizenship made by Luis Trevino, son of Antonio Trevino, 1940-1966. 1961.

4/23: Trevino, Manuel B., Partition of heirs, including a copy of the Partition deed, and a sketch map, including a sketch of a strip of land enclosed in La Selva Pasture sold to Mercurio Martinez by Carmen D. de Sanchez and her husband. 1928

This collection contains biographical data, publications, and data on the Biology Department at Texas A&M in which Sewell was a faculty member, as well as reports and other papers relating to oyster mortality research carried out through the Texas A&M Research Foundation Research Project 9 (February 1, 1947 - May 31, 1950).

The research project 9 was funded by six major oil companies and led by two Texas A & M University Professors, Sewell H. Hopkins (Head) and John G. Mackin (Associate Head).

Prompted by several lawsuits filed by Louisiana oystermen against major oil companies claiming damages to oyster fields as a result of drilling in the Gulf Of Mexico region, Project 9 was conducted under the auspices of the Texas A & M Research Foundation. Project 9 allowed researchers to design and implement field and laboratory studies seeking to determine the effects of oil production activities on oyster production. Eventually, a then as-yet-unknown parasite was discovered which preyed upon the oyster crop after they had begun to reach maturity.

Two other large research groups investigating the same allegations against oil production in the Gulf headed by H. Malcome Owen (Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission) and Albert W. Collier (Gulf Oil Company) compared notes with the Heads of Project 9, coming to the same conclusion. As a result of this collaboration, a description of this newly discovered parasite called Dermocystidium marinum was published in 1950. The lawsuits were subsequently dropped or settled out of court.

More importantly for the history of the Texas A & M University System, however, is the fact that Research Project 9 led ultimately to the creation and expansion of a Marine Sciences program, represented by the newly established (1949) Department of Oceanography at Texas A & M University in College Station. On 1 June 1950, after the termination of Research Project 9, Research Project 23 was begun to continue studies on oyster disease and maintain a Marine Laboratory at Grand Isle, La. The Texas A & M Marine Laboratory was established (1952) at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Tex. In 1968 Texas A & M University was named a Sea Grant College. The Marine Laboratory and the Texas Maritime Academy were merged in 1971, which is now known as Texas A & M University at Galveston.

These papers, therefore, form a picture of the ground-breaking research in oyster mortality conducted by Sewell H. Hopkins as head of Project 9, which led to increased sensitivity of the interplay of industry and the ecosystem, and to the formalized study at the university level of marine biology in the Gulf area.

Other researchers whose work is represented in the papers include Jay Donald Andrews, A. D. Bajkov, Harry J. Bennet, James L. Boswell, Clair Brown, Sidney O. Brown, M.D. Burkenroad, Fred Caulthron, C. Ray Elsey, I. I. Gardescu, Gordon Gunter, C. K. Hancock, Harold W. Harry, Joel W. Hedgpeth, Willis G. Hewatt, A. A. Jakkula, Fred W. Jensen, P. Korringa, Louis Lambert, Hugh B. Lofland, Elmer J. Lund, G. Robert Lunz, Jr., John C. Aull, Alvin F. Dodds, Shirley Alfred Lynch, John G. Mackin, Wiley G. Lastrapes, H. A. Marmer, R. Winston Menzel, Thurlow C. Nelson, Joseph F. Prokop, W. C. Rasmussen, Sammy M. Ray, J. H. Roberts, Fred W. Sieling, John J. Sperry, Victor Sprague, and Claude E. ZoBell.

    * Bibliography

    * Ray, Sammy M. "Historical Perspective on Perkinsus Marinus Disease of Oysters in the Gulf of Mexico." Journal of Shellfish Research. Vol. 15, No. 1:9-11.

    * Ray, Sammy M. "Texas A & M University's Contributions to Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Research." [Viewed 2002-10-10 at: ]

S1-1/01: Bennet, Harry J., letters and reports to Sewell Hopkins, C. C. Doak, Wiley Lastrapes, and A. A. Jakkula relating to incidence and distribution of Nematopsis ostrearum, March 17 - August 6, 1947.

S1-1/02: Bajkov, A. D. and Joel W. Hedgpeth, translation of excerpts from "Contribution to the Knowledge of the Life of the Black Sea," by S. A. Petersburg, 32: 1-299, 1913.

S1-1/03: Boswell, James L., "Report on Experiments to Determine the Effect of a Surface Film of Crude Oil on the Absorption of Atmospheric Oxygen by Water," March 20, 1950.

S1-1/04: Boswell, James L., "The Effect of Crude Oil on Oyster (Gowanlock Method)," July 6, 1950.

S1-1/05: Brown, Clair A., "Observations on the Vegetation in the Vicinity of Barataria Bay and the Texas Oil Field near Lafitte, Louisiana," November 10, 1948.

S1-1/06: Burkenroad, Mr. And Mrs. M. D., translation of "Biology and Chemistry of the Oyster in the Norwegian Ponds," published in the Bergens Museum Arbok, 1941.

S1-1/07: Brown, Sidney O., progress reports on bacteriological investigations and report on a meeting of the Texas Branch of the Society of American Bacteriologists, 1947-1950.

S1-1/08: Brown, Sidney O., Hugh B. Lofland, and Virginia Van Horn, "Seasonal Variation of Glycogen and Related Factors in the Oysters of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana," July 28, 1949.

S1-1/09: Brown, Sidney O., "Microbial Oxidation of Crude Oils and Water Soluble Fraction of Crude Oil as Shown by the B.O.D. Method," May 31, 1950.

S1-1/10: Brown, Sidney O. and Bobby L. Reid, "Report on Experiments to Test the Diffusion of Oxygen through a Surface Layer of Oil," May 31, 1950.

S1-1/11: Brown, Sidney O., Virginia Van Horn, and Bobby L. Reid, "Decomposition of Organic Compounds by Marine Microorganisms," May 31, 1950.

S1-1/12: Brown, Sidney and Virginia Van Horn, "Aerobic and Anaerobic Oxidation of Crude Oils by Microorganisms from Louisiana Bay-Bottom Muds," May 31, 1950.

S1-1/13: Cauthron, Fred F., "Inventory of Photographs at Grand Isle Laboratory," June 19, 1950.

S1-1/14: Cauthron, Fred, John G. Mackin, and Sewell H. Hopkins, "Experiments to Test the Effects of Shell-Drilling and Mud-Injection Upon Oysters, 1948," December 7, 1951.

S1-1/15: Elsey, C. Ray, letters and report to A. A. Jakkula and Sewell H. Hopkins regarding oyster mortality, April 28, 1947 - April 27, 1948.

S1-1/16: Gardescu, I. I., "Outline of Problems to be Considered in the Oyster Mortality Investigation," February 18, 1947.

S1-1/17: Gunter, Gordon, "Report of Fisheries Institute in Miami,” August 9 - 14, 1948.

S1-1/18: Gunter, Gordon, "Fisheries Statistics and the Past Oyster Production of the Gulf Coast of the United States," Science, and typed in manuscript, October 29, 1948.

S1-1/19: Gunter, Gordon, "A Program to Study Oyster Morality in Aransas Bay," June 8, 1949.

S1-1/20: Gunter, Gordon, "Progress Report on Oyster Mortality Project at Port Aransas, Texas," September 23, 1949.

S1-1/21: Gunter, Gordon, "Historical Changes in Marine Environment in the Mississippi Delta Region Effected by Changes in the River System," December 7, 1949.

S1-1/22: Gunter, Gordon, "A Summary of Production Statistics and Facts Related to Development of the Oyster Industry of Louisiana, with a brief Comparison with Other Gulf States," Texas A&M Research Foundation Publication No. 2. 1949.

S1-1/23: Gunter, Gordon, "Field Mortality Study of Oysters in Copano and Aransas Bays, June 1949 to January 1950," March 3, 1950.

S1-1/24: Hancock, C. K., "A Partial Review of the Chemical Literature on the Subject 'The Solubility of Petroleum in Water,' " January 27, 1949.

S1-1/25: Hancock, C. K. "Five Gallons of Water Extract of Lafitte Petroleum to Be Used for Physiological Experiments," February 17, 1949.

S1-1/26: Hancock, C. K., "A Volumetric Method for the Determination of the Solubility of Lafitte 'Clean' Petroleum in Barataria Bay Water," June 15, 1949.

S1-1/27: Hancock, C. K., "A Slowly Rotating Apparatus for the Balik Extraction of Lafitte Petroleum with Barataria Bay Water," June 22, 1949.

S1-1/28: Harry, Harold W., "Nematopsis Mortality Investigation Monthly Report," August 1947.

S1-1/29: Hedgpeth, Joel W., "A Provisional List of Systematic Literature on Marine and Brackish Water Invertebrates of the Western Gulf of Mexico," February 11, 1948.

S1-1/30: Hewatt, Willis G., letters to I. I. Gardescu, Fred Jensen, and Sewell H. Hopkins regarding investigations of oyster mortality, February 5, 1947 - October 17, 1949.

S1-1/31: Hewatt, Willis G., reports of trips to Barataria and Bastian Bay, Louisiana and Washington, D.C. in connection with investigations of oyster mortality, February 14 - November 4, 1947.

S1-1/32: Hewatt, Willis G., "Preliminary Report on Hydrographic Conditions in Barataria Bay," February 14, 1947.

S1-1/33: Hewatt, Willis G., "Report on Oyster Investigation in Barataria Bay," May 1, 1947.

S1-1/34: Hewatt, Willis G., "Report on Relative Abundance of Microorganisms Found on the Shells of 'Oil-Sprayed' and 'Control' Oysters in Bassa Bassa Bay," April 27, 1948.

S1-1/35: Hewatt, Willis G., "Report on the Examination of Stomach Contents of Oysters from the 'Low Temperature Experiment Tank' and Oysters from the 'Control Tank,' " October 26, 1948.

S1-1/36: Hewatt, Willis G., "Report on Salinity and Plankton Samples taken from Water near the Shell Company's Well Off Pass A Loutre," April 1, 1949.

S1-1/37: Hewatt, Willis G., "Reports in Progress or Completed," January 30, 1950.

Reports, letters, and memorandum on the oyster mortality project by Harry J. Bennet, A.D. Bajkov, James L. Boswell, Clair Brown, Sidney O. Brown, M.D. Burkenroad, Fred Caulthron, C. Ray Elsey, I. I. Gardescu, Gordon Gunter, C. K. Hancock, Harold W. Harry, Joel W. Hedgpeth, and Willis G. Hewatt.

Reports, letters and memoranda on the oyster mortality project by A. A. Jakkula, Fred W. Jensen, P. Korringa, Louis Lambert, Hugh B. Lofland, Elmer J. Lund, G. Robert Lunz, Jr., John C. Aull, Alvin F. Dodds, Shirley Alfred Lynch, John G. Mackin, Jay D. Andrews, Wiley G. Lastrapes, H. A. Marmer, R. Winston Menzel, Thurlow C. Nelson, Joseph F. Prokop, W. C. Rasmussen, Sammy M. Ray, J. H. Roberts, Fred W. Sieling, John J. Sperry, Victor Sprague, and Claude E. ZoBell.

S3-11/01: Menzel, R. Winston and Sewell H. Hopkins, "Report on Experiments to Test the Effects of Oil Well Brine or 'Bleedwater' on Oysters at Lake Barre Oil Field," Vol. II, September 11, 1951.

S3-11/02: Menzel, R. Winston and Sewell H. Hopkins, "Report on Commercial Scale Oyster Planting Experiments in Bayou Bas Bleu and in Bay Sainte Oil Field," July 21, 1951.

S3-11/03: Menzel, R. Winston and Sewell H. Hopkins, "Methods for the Study of Oyster Plantings," August 1952.

S3-11/04: Menzel, R. Winston and Sewell H. Hopkins, "Reports on Oyster Experiment at Bay Sainte Elaine Oil Field," August 3, 1953.

S3-11/05: Menzel, R. Winston and Sewell H. Hopkins, "Effects of Two Parasites on the Growth of Oysters," April 25, 1954.

S3-11/06: Menzel, R. Winston and Sewell H. Hopkins, "Studies on Oyster Predators in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana" July 24, 1954.

S3-11/07: Menzel, R. Winston and Sewell H. Hopkins, "The Growth of Oysters Parasitized by the Fungus Dermocystidium Marinum and by the Trematode Bucephalus Cuculus," August 1955.

S3-11/08: Menzel, R. Winston and Sewell H. Hopkins, "Crabs as Predators of Oysters in Louisiana," 1956.

S3-11/09: Nelson, Thurlow C. letters to Sewell H. Hopkins and A. A. Jakkula regarding oyster mortality investigations, March 13, 1947 - May 31, 1949.

S3-11/10: Nelson, Thurlow C., "Report on an investigation in August 1914, of the Causes of Mortality Among Planted Oysters in Portersville Bay and Other Alabama Waters," October 1914.

S3-11/11: Nelson, Thurlow C., "Oyster Mortality: Project 9, General Observations, Jan. 1 - 7, 1948," January 7, 1948.

S3-11/12: Nelson, Thurlow C., "Report on Conclusions Drawn from Inspection of Data and of Experiments at Grand Isle and Port Aransas, October 20 to 28th, 1948, and at Grand Isle, August 1 to 6th, 1949, and from the Reports Which Have Been Issued from Foundation Personnel Particularly during the Past Twelve Months," August 6, 1949.

S3-11/13: Nelson, Thurlow C., "Comments on 'Notes for a Working Hypothesis of the Causes of Oyster Mortality in Louisiana and Texas' by Dr. Sewell H. Hopkins, 11 November 1948," August 20, 1949.

S3-11/14: Nelson, Thurlow C., "Highlights of Science at the National Shellfisheries Convention," 1952.

This collection consists of three diaries written by an officer from the 13th Rajputs regiment during World War I from various locations.

Description from the bookseller:

A trio of diaries written during the Great War in various locations by an officer from the 13th Rajputs regiment. Although the entries do not allow us to go as far as deducing the identity of the author (or his precise rank), they do provide some insight into the conditions and challenges faced as the War spread to remote territories: the first diary is written from Uganda, whilst the second begins dramatically with the fall of Kut-al-Amara and capture by the Ottoman forces with a 2-page, unpublished poem "A Prisoner of War in Yozgad (Asia Minor)", followed by a short, incomplete and entirely bleak piece of prose entitled "Regret" at the rear; the third returns him to Europe, the hand a little less sure and frequent reference to his own poor health, with a broad overview of events both personal and public around the continent - the Paris Peace Conference, the deaths and marriages of his close friends (including his attendance at the wedding of Cynthia Hamilton and Lord Althorp).

The writing is frequently amusing, and there is more complaining about food and living conditions than there is description of fighting; itself an elucidative encapsulation of the day-to-day experience of war.

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Family correspondence, 1915-1917

6/51
Family correspondence, 1918

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Family correspondence, 1919

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Family correspondence, . 1920

6/54
Family correspondence, 1921

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Family correspondence, 1922

6/56
Family correspondence, 1923

6/57
Family correspondence, 1924

6/58
Family correspondence, 1925

6/59
Family correspondence, 1926

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Family correspondence, 1927

6/61
Family correspondence, 1928

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Family correspondence, 1930

6/63
Family correspondence, 1931

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Family correspondence, 1932

6/65
Family correspondence, 1933

6/66
Family correspondence, 1934

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Family correspondence, 1935

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Family correspondence, 1936

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Family correspondence, 1937

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Family correspondence, 1938

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Family correspondence, 1939

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Family correspondence, 1940

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Family correspondence, 1941

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Family correspondence, 1942

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Family correspondence, 1943

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Family correspondence, 1944

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Family correspondence, 1945

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Family correspondence, 1946

6/79
Family correspondence, 1952-1956

6/80
Family correspondence, 1957-1959

6/81
Family correspondence, undated.

This series is located in Box 6. Folders 50-80 contain family correspondence from 1915 to 1959, with folder 81 containing undated correspondence. No family correspondence exists for the years 1947-1951.

Letter to sister, Miss Mabelle Hummel (Holdrege, NE) when Henry was attending University in Lincoln, NE. September 1915 (postmarked January 25, 1916)

General correspondence. UNPROCESSED

8/1: Payments on Mercurio Martinez, Jr.'s old American Insurance Company policy, 1958.

8/2: Notes and correspondence concerning Zapata County property owners whose lands were affected by the proposed U.S. Highway No. 83, 1951-1952.

8/3: Correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings related to the relocation of Zapata and other towns in the Falcon Dam area and Mercurio Martinez's work with the U.S. Boundary Commission, 1951-1958.

8/4: Notes, sketches, and correspondence related to Mercurio Martinez's work with the U.S. Boundary Commission, particularly the cost of constructing dipping vats, 1953-1957.

8/5: Notes concerning land owned by Carmen Dominguez de Sanchez, 1952.

8/6: Correspondence, notes, maps, copies of documents relating to the estate of Ignacia Uribe, inherited by her niece, -, 1947-1951.

8/7: Papers, sketches and correspondence related to the lands inherited by 0., 1946-1952.

8/8: Correspondence, notes, copies of legal papers and a map of Old Zapata concerning property in Old originally belonging to Tomás Maria Trevino, and deeded to Mercurio Martinez in about 1939. Also included are materials concerning the exchange of this property for property in New Zapata after the construction of Falcon Dam, 1938-1956.

8/9: Copies of documents, notes, sketch maps and other materials related to Zapata County lands of the heirs of Trinidad Uribe, 1916-1944.

8/10: Affidavit of Manuela Elizondo concerning the birthplace of her niece, Mary Ann Teran, 1958.

8/11: Check-stub book, Union National Bank checking account, 1956-1958.

8/12: Employers tax returns, Marshall Hicks and Mercurio Martinez, 1941.

• War Department Certificates, Local Board Division 2, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Military Service Registration Certificate card (3-4227). June 5, 1917
  • Notice of Military Classification card (Form 1005-PMGO; C3-5133) January 11, 1918
  • Physical Examination Results Notification card (Form 1011-P.M.G.O, C3-5139). Janurary 25, 1918
  • Military Classification Certificate card (Form 1007-PMGO; 3-5121). February 6, 1918
• "Order of Induction into Military Service of the United States". June 5, 1918
• United States Meal Ticket (No. 1990118,1990121, 1990122), College Station Texas Training Camp. June 8, 1918
• The Pullman Company Passenger's Check tickets (2x), Office 5812, Form 1000-3, #1036; Kansas City, MO to Dallas, TX. June 9, 1918
• Letter from King George V also signed "With Love Henry" (father). April 1918
• 32 Service Company Signal Corps School leave permission slip for "visiting friends in Galveston, Texas". July 13, 1918

-Photographs taken "Along the Brazos River" (TX) and at A&M College of Texas, 1917-1918

-"Red" Martin, Signal Corps School

This collection contains the paper of Stalls regarding his military service in the 359th Infantry during World War I. Included are 71 letters and cards mostly to his parents, 17 photographs, a copy of the speech given by Major Tom G. Woolen to the 2nd battalion 359th Infantry on November 11, 1918, a chronology of the activities of the 359th Infantry, and a copy of A Short History and Photographic Record of the 359th Infantry Texas Brigade by Lieutenant Colonel W. A. Cavenaugh (1918(.

1/1: Abrego, Nelda G. - Correspondence related to the immigration of Miss Abrego to the United States and her later return to Monterrey, Mexico. November 1959 - April 1961

1/2: Altito Pasture - Correspondence relating to the rental by Mercurio Martinez and others a 100 acre tract, José Vasquez Borrego Grant, Zapata County, Texas. October 1959

1/3: Altito Tract - Handwritten drafts (borradores) of deeds relating to the Altito Tract, also known as the Josefa Martinez de Gutierrez tract, Zapata County, Texas, and involving Martinez and the heirs of Maria del Refugio Gutierrez de Martinez, deceased. 1959

1/4: Campo Santo Pasture - Notes, maps and correspondence concerning land in the vicinity of San Ygnacio, Zapata County, Texas, proposed for sale to Henry M. Martinez by Mercurio Martinez, also included is a copy of civil action No. 529, condemning Martinez' property for the Falcon Reservoir. May 1958 - November 1962; June 10, 1958

1/5: Casa Verde Abstract, (File No. 25), including a "Map of the Partition of the Heirs of Manuel Benavides Garcia hands in the José Vazquez Borrego Grant and Certain Sections of Land," Zapata County, and an unsigned Oil and Gas Lease, relating to land owned by Martinez. 1917 - August 1930.

1/6: Casa Verde y La Selva - Copies of documents and correspondence relating to hands formerly owned by Jose S. Benavides and purchased by Martinez. 1928-1958

1/7: Cerritos Tract - Correspondence and notes concerning the proposed sale of land near Volares, Zapata County, owned by Martinez. April - May 1961

1/8: Chalas Property, Lot No. 9, Block 91 Laredo, lists of materials, receipts, permits and sketch maps related to the installation of water in three houses on Calle Hidalgo, Laredo and adding a bathroom to one house. September - November 1960

1/9: District Court Terms of Webb and Zapata Counties, and other materials including a copy of the will of A.M. Bruni, an old photograph of county officials, a copy of a speech made by James V. Allard while running for the U. S. Senate, and memo sheets quoting authorities to be used in legal cases including Bruni vs. Borrego (1941). July 1928; August 1942; Undated

1/10: Eye Operation Expenses, including bills, correspondence, and insurance materials related to Mercurio Martinez's cataract operation, performed by Dr. Joseph A. de Gasperi of San Antonio, in 1954. Copies of later letters from Mercurio Martinez to Dr. Gasperi through 1959 are included. In one, Mercurio Martinez offers to help Dr. Gasperi purchase land near Falcon Dam. dated September 2, 1959

1/11: Farm Maps of Mercurio Martinez, including 6 maps prepared by the U. S. Department of Agriculture,showing tracts of land in Zapata County, referred to by Mercurio Martinez as Casa Verde Farm, Guadalupe Farm, La [UNK] Farm, El Campo Santo, Recuerdo Farm, and La Silva Farm. Correspondence and notes are also included. 1939; January-April 1949

1/12: Federal Land Bank of Houston, correspondence concerning a transfer of interest of stock from Jose S. Benavides to Mercurio Martinez, Also included is a Texas State Historical Survey Committee Program. March 1960; October 1960

1/13: Gutierrez, Felipe Martinez, David Martinez and Francisa Martinez, copies of documents relating to the petition of their lands in Webb and Zapata counties including a copy of a map of the petition. 1925-1937

1/14: Gutierrez, Felipe M., Estate of, including notes, sketch maps and correspondence related to the petition of Jesus M. Gonzales land in the Comunidad de Dolores, Zapata County. 1948-1951

1/15: Gutierrez, Felipe M. vs. Margarita Gutierrez, copy of an injunction granted to the plaintiffs, Felipe M. Gonzales et. al. for their exclusive use of a lane from the Laredo-Zapata State Highway to the San Jose Ranch, Zapata County as described by the metes and bounds of said lane. 1930

1/16: Gutierrez, Herlinda de Martinez, correspondence and copies of documents related to the contest of her will. 1958-1962

1/17: Hidalgo Houses, water meter sketch maps, notes and receipts, concerning the installation of water meters on rental property, Laredo. 1961

1/18: Highway, Laredo-Zapata, copies of documents and maps concerning highway right-to-way, including maps of San Ygnacio, Zapata County, Texas.

1/19: Historical Association, correspondence, clippings, reports and newsletters related to the Texas State Historical Association, including materials on the history of Zapata County. 1956-1960

1/20: History of San Ygnacio, Laredo and Laredo National Bank, Jose Vasquez Borrego, Jesus Trevino, Blas Maria Uribe and other ancestors of Mercurio Martinez, as presented in clippings and notes by Martinez. A picture of the sundial at San Ygnacio is included. Other settlements mentioned are Guerrero, Tamaulipas, originally Revilla, and Zapata. 1957-1961

1/21: Income Tax Reports, including list of houses owned by Mercurio Martinez. 1958-1961

1/22: Insurance of Mercurio Martinez houses against fire, Insurance policies. 1963-1964

1/23: Intervencion, Francesca, newspapers and clippings. 1945; 1958

This series contains many photographs depicting Evans as a businessman, as well as with his family, as well as numerous news clippings detailing aspects of his career.

Letters from Henry to his parents (H. L. and Anna Hummel). July 4, 1918 - July 23, 1918 [6 2-page letters including envelopes]

• Power of Attorney, 1918-07-09
• "Victory Songs" Booklet issued by the Transportation Bureau-National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations (YMCA) [total copies produced 2,150,000]. 1918 (3 1/4 x 5 inches, 16 pages)
  • The pamphlet contains the lyrics and key to thirty-nine songs, most of which are patriotic or religious. Some of the songs include parodies printed beneath. When known, the pamphlet includes the song's lyricist, composer, and date of creation.
• "Soldier Songs" booklet stamped with "Carl Hoffman Established 1869, Leavenworth, Kans.). 1918 (20 pages including covers)
• "Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In the Morning" chorus, Copyright MCMXVIII by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., Strand Theatre Bldg., B'way, N. Y. (single page)
• 32 Service Company Signal Corps Schools leave permission slip, "visiting friends in Galveston, Texas. July 13, 1918
• A&M College of Texas Postcards with commentary from Hummel on back. Undated (no postmark, 3x)
  • Electrical Engineering Building - Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Publ. by Exchange Store A. & M. College of Texas. (B&W picture postcard of building)
  • "This is where all visitations are held, has a large lecture room and Buzzer R arm [?], also all the Laboratories to the right of the door is the Head-quarters office, Captain, etc. And is where I worked throughout two weeks I was here, class rooms on 2nd and 3rd floor, Lab. in basement."
  • *Chemistry Building, A. & M. College, College Station, Texas. (color, artistic realistic rendering)
  • "This building is vacant at present. And I stood in front of the white pillars for my lectures."
  • Regiment in Front of Main Building - Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Publ. by Exchange Store A. & M. College of Texas. (B&W picture postcard)
  • "This is the largest building on the grounds, 1 for,. Merchandise store, Post office, bank, officers. Treasurer, Land & Ground's, etc. And is only 1 ½ blocks from our Dormitory, and this is where I went to have my papers fixed out by the Notary Public. Will send name more later on "This is Agri. Student Cadets"
• War Banquet Menu, "Given by Graduating Class of Radio Electricians of A. & M. College." September 3, 1918

The collection spans the life of James Earl Rudder. The bulk (1944-1970) of the materials roughly correspond to the chronology of James Earl Rudder's life, with additional materials collected mainly by his wife, Margaret Rudder. The collection includes materials from Rudder’s time in the service during WWII, clippings from newspapers, as well as posters, magazine issues, memorabilia, and Rudder’s awards.

1/1: Report card, high school graduation announcement, and certificate of a varsity letter. 10 February 1918 - 13 May 1927

1/2: Military commission, appointment. 15 April 1932 - 28 May 1932

• Hotel Baltimore, Kansas City MO postcard from Henry to Mr. H.L. Hummel (father). September 9, 1918 (postmarked)
  • "Monday 7PM. Just arrived in K.C. leave for camp tonight had a fine trip. Henry"
• Photographs of Henry L. Hummel, Jr. (2x), one of John Schleef, and one of men on train "headed north to Lawrence Kansas". September 17, 1918
• Postcard to H. L. Hummel (father) with forwarding information to Camp Merritt in New Jersey. September 23, 1918
• "Camp Song Sheet - Compliments of Army YMCA - Compiled by Ralph E. Stolz, "Y" Song Leader. Undated (sec From St Louis MO)
• Good Printing Quick published by The Webb-Biddle Company of Cincinnati: "Uncle Who?" (page 15), "Good Day to Loaf" (page 16), and "He Had the Bacon". (single page)
  • The Webb-Biddle Company of Cincinnati publishes a house Organ titled, Good Printing Quick (4.5 x 7 inches, 16 pages with cover). The contents consist of six pages of advertising matter, four pages of poems, two pages of jokes, and one story about direct-mail advertising (Printing Art, Volume 40. University Press, 1923. p491.).

Includes names, joined section, duties with section, and home address.