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- Abilene Military History: Ft. Phantom, Camp Barkeley, and Dyess Air Force Base
- This video recording of the military story of Abilene was presented in three parts. The first part of the story was presented by Jerri Alexander, who talked about Fort Phantom Hill, the 1850s army fort now owned by the Alexander family. Mike Myers, a graduate student in history at Hardin-Simmons University spoke about the World War II installation known as Camp Barkeley. Lt. Pam Fenner introduced and spoke of the history of Dyess Air Force Base, the SAC installation and home of the C-130s and B-1 bombers located in Abilene after the close of Camp Barkeley.
- The Abilene Village in my Heart
- Greene presented a lecture for the Abilene Centennial Series on his memories of growing up in Abilene. His talk included stories about Abilene's Carnegie Library, when his grandmother was the librarian; selling newspapers on the Sunshine Special train; and encountering connections to Abilene as far away as New York City.
- Architecture and Development of Abilene
- A videorecording of a speech entitled "Architecture and Development of Abilene," by Richard Dillard, regarding the history of architecture in Abilene, Texas.
- Catclaw Country
- Speech entitled "Catclaw Country" given by Katharyn Duff, regarding the history of the area around Abilene.
- Did the Jazz Age come to Abilene?
- A lecture for the Abilene Centennial Series with Paul Lack and Gerald McDaniel discussed the coming of jazz to Abilene. The program was a part of a research project conducted by Dr. Lack and Dr. McDaniel.
- Farming and Ranching in West Texas
- This video is a recording of a lecture presented by Harry Holt on the history of West Texas agriculture as part of the Abilene Public Library Centennial Series.
- Pioneers of Abilene
- This is a video recording of a Jack North lecture for the Abilene Public Library Centennial Series
- The Real Abilene Trinity: Bootleggers, Baptists, and Books
- In this lecture for the Abilene Centennial Series, Mr. Pendergrast describes three areas that have formed the character of the town of Abilene – fundamental religion, vice (or the losing fight against it), and education.
- A Century of Fashion
- Recording of a fashion show presented by the Abilene Chapter of the American Association of University Women at the public library as part of the Abilene Public Library Centennial Series.
- First Financial Bankshares, Inc.
- A videorecording of a program on the history of Abilene, Texas, produced by First Financial Bank.