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Family Portrait
Copy negative of a Boles family portrait with some of the people labeled. Some of the labels are "Boyd's wife," "Ballard's wife," "great Grandmaw Boles," and "her sister." There are five women, three men, and 10 children. Some people are sitting. and some are standing.
Portrait of Woman
Copy negative of a portrait of a woman standing behind a chair. She was one of S. S. Cook's neighbors in Stephens County, Texas.
Couple by House
Copy negative of Mamie Hatchett and John Berry in Stephens County, Texas where he was born. They are standing on the left of the picture with a dog, in front of a stone house with a car partially visible in the foreground.
Exterior of School
Copy negative of a school building in Eolian, Texas. The wooden building is two story with windows.
Portrait of Baby
Copy negative of John Floyd Berry as a baby. He is wearing a white gown and sitting in a wicker chair.
Portrait of Man
Copy negative of Arthur John in a suit and necktie. Written below the photograph is, "Arthur John, 1921, Breckenridge, TX."
Portrait of Lady
Copy negative of a portrait of Mrs. Samuel Simeon Cook. She is wearing a long-sleeved dress with a lace collar.
Two Dove Hunters
Copy negative of two images. The image on the right shows two men holding shotguns and dead doves. One man is wearing a hat. The second image shows three men and one woman gathered around a campfire. Two of the men wear hats and the woman is wearing a dress and bending over. In the foreground is a chair and a car.
Baseball Team
Copy negative the Ivan, Texas baseball team. The group includes Blanton Norton, Len Martin, Sterling Weatherford, Drew Johnson, Slate Walker, Walter Watkins, Pete Delong, Elmer Milam, Walter Milam, Wesley Weatherford and Jim Norton. Six of the men are wearing baseball uniforms and six are wearing button-up shirts, including one man wearing a hat. Eight cowboy hats are on the floor in front of the group.
School Children
Copy negative of a group of school children and their teachers in Ivan, Texas. The group includes the teachers Tommy Clyde Hefner and Mr. Shook. There are eighteen young girls, twelve young men and two grown men. The boys are dressed in shorts and jackets, the girls in dresses and bows, and the men in suits and bow ties. Seven hats are on the ground.
Music School Class
Copy negative of the Ivan Singing School in 1902. The group includes twenty girls and thirty boys. The girls are wearing light-colored lace dresses and the boys wear suits, vests and neckties. In the center of the group is an organ with a young man seated in front of it. Behind the group is a building with a banner that reads, "Ivan Singing SChool Closed Aug thr 15, 1902. J.J. Day Teacher, J.M. Day Organist, G.A. Mangrum".
Music School Class
Copy negative of the Ivan Development Music Normal in 1903. The group includes twenty-five young women in high-collared lacy dresses, fourteen men and boys dressed in suits and neckties, and an infant on a woman's lap. In the center is an organ with a woman seated at its bench. Several people are holding guitars and violins. There is a dog in the foreground. Behind the group hangs a banner that reads, "First Session of Ivan Development Music Normal, Closed Aug 29, 1903. J.J. Day Prin., J.W. Day First Asst., Miss Georgie Robertson, Inst. Teacher". Printed on the mat below the photograph is, "The Ivan Development Music Normal, J.J. Day Principal., J.W. Day, First Assistant., Miss Susie Milam, Secretary, Ivan, Tex."
Women with Horses
Copy negative of Mary Virginia Hefner, Alpha Omega Weatherford and Lela Hefner standing with two horses between them. Each girl is wearing a dress with either a necktie or bow tie.
Women with Horse and Buggy
Copy negative of three girls riding in a buggy pulled by two dark horses. Mary Virginia Hefner is on the far right.
Community Group Picture
Copy negative of a community group photograph in Ivan, Texas. The group includes men in suits and hats, women in long dresses and hats and small children. People are standing in the center of the frame and several horse-drawn buggies with people are on the right and left sides. In the foreground is a dead tree and in the background is a township.
School Group Picture
Copy negative of a school group in Ivan, Texas. The group includes thirty-one girls, thirty-two boys and a man with a mustache. The girls are wearing dresses and the boys are wearing jackets and neckties.
School Group Picture
Copy negative of a school group picture in Ivan, Texas. The group includes Mr. Vaughn, the teacher, in the center of many students. There are twenty-six girls in dresses and bows and thirty-two boys in dark suits and ties. Several boys are holding hats or have them placed in front of their feet.
Portrait of Couple
Copy negative of an unidentified couple seated on chairs atop an animal-hide rug. The man has a dark beard and is wearing a dark suit with a vest and cowboy boots. The woman is wearing a long dark dress with puffed sleeves and a high collar.
Man by Buggy
Copy negative of Dr. Knox in a top hat standing beside a buggy with 1890 printed on it and team of two horses on a street in front of two buildings.
Man and Children with Cattle
Copy negative of Matilda Key Hefner, Mary Agnes Dryden and Francis Hefner walking behind two dark cows. Ms. Hefner is wearing a long dress and Mr. Hefner is wearing suspenders and a cowboy hat. In the background are two wooden buildings.
Graduation Portrait; Portrait of Girl
1 copy negative of 2 images. The first is a portrait of Dan Power, who is dressed in a graduation cap and gown. The second image is a portrait of Eugenia Lee Power. She is wearing a formal dress along with a necklace, earrings, and a corsage.
Stephens County, Texas
Survey map of Stephens County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, cities, towns, and railroads. A diagram of a section is included in the upper-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Abilene
Topographic quadrangle map of Abilene, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:250,000
Map of Stephens County, Texas
Blue line print of survey map of Stephens County, Texas, showing rivers, towns, boundaries, creeks, original land grants or surveys, mountains, roads, and blocks of land. A diagram of a section is included in the upper-right corner. The yellow blocks of land denote Texas and Pacific Railway Company land. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Map of Stephens County
Blue line print of survey map of Stephens County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Map of Asylum and University Lands situated on the waters of Hubbards-Creek
Cadastral map of land grants for universities, blind asylums, and lunatic asylums, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, roads, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures.
Map of Stephens County, Texas
Blue line print of survey map of Stephens County, Texas, showing rivers, towns, boundaries, creeks, original land grants or surveys, mountains, roads, and blocks of land. A diagram of a section is included in the upper-right corner. The yellow blocks of land denote Texas and Pacific Railway Company land. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer Jr. to H. A. Pender, E. F. Pittard, Dan Moody, Claude McAden, and Barney Carter - February 9, 1950]
Letter from J. D. Sandefer Jr. to Mrs. Pender, Mrs. Pittard, Mrs. Moody, Mrs. McAden, and Mr. Carter concerning a photo he found while at his mother’s house in Abilene. He includes a limerick that he describes as “unfair to use.”
[Letter from Philip C. McGahey to Representative Pat Bullock - April 26, 1941]
A letter written to Hon. Pat Bullock, Austin, Texas, from Philip C. McGahey, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Breckenridge, Texas, dated April 26, 1941. McGahey requests that the Committee vote House Bill 373 out without amendments.
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer, Jr. to T. N. Carswell - March 21, 1951]
A letter addressed to Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from "Jake" [J. D. Sandefer, Jr.], Breckenridge, Texas, dated March 21, 1951. Sandefer issues an invitation to attend the annual sunrise service Easter morning including breakfast at the Wooten Hotel. He notes that each year they discuss discontinuing the annual get-together, yet, continue.
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer, Jr. to T. N. Carswell - July 7, 1972]
A letter written to Tommy Carswell from Jake [J. D. Sandefer, Jr.], Breckenridge, Texas, dated July 7, 1972. Sandefer expresses his appreciation to Carswell for his presence during his sad hours. He speaks of his Carrie Lynn as a gallant lady and tells Carswell that he has always felt like he was one of the family.
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer, Jr. to T. N. Carswell and Mr. Harvey Brown - April 19, 1965]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell and Mr. Harvey Brown, Abilene, Texas from "Jake" [J. D. Sandefer, Jr.], Breckenridge, Texas, dated April 19, 1965. Copy to Grace Compere, Gib Sandefer and Bill J. Walker. Sandefer expresses the appreciation from Grace, Gib and himself for the flowers that Carswell and Brown placed on his parent's graves and advises of his "acquired knowledge" that A. J. Morgan had planted the bluebonnets years ago.
[Letter from W. R. White to J. D. Sandefer, Jr. - October 2, 1940]
A letter written to Mr. J. D. Sandefer (Breckenridge, Texas) from W. R. White, President, Hardin-Simmons University dated October 2, 1940. White advises Sandefer that he has thought considerably about the question of their affiliation with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. White outlines the conditions of an organic relationship and defends the benefits of an affiliation without the disadvantages of the old correlation.
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer, Jr. to T. N. Carswell - March 12, 1941]
A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from J. D. Sandefer, Jr., ("Jake"), Breckenridge, Texas dated April 7, 1941. Sandefer advises of a probable plan to have a service at the grave of J. D. Sandefer each Easter morning.
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer, Jr. to T. N. Carswell - April 30, 1941]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell ("Tommy"), Abilene, Texas from J. D. Sandefer, Jr. ("Jake"), Breckenridge, Texas dated April 30, 1941. Sandefer expresses his appreciation to Carswell for a beautiful program.
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer, Jr. to T. N. Carswell - June 1, 1943]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell ("Tommy"), Abilene, Texas, from J. D. Sandefer, Jr. ("Jake"), Breckenridge, Texas dated June 1, 1943. Sandefer expresses his appreciation for the letter from Carswell knowing that some of his efforts as Chairman of the Board have been appreciated. He advises of his recent effort to obtain an armed services setup on the campus, the resignation of Dr. White as president of HSU and touches on a past discussion regarding allowing the Executive Committee to frame the policies stating, again, that his chairmanship was not perfect but that he did his best. Sandefer advises that Carswell was asked after by everyone at the Easter Service and offers his sympathy regarding Truett's death [E. Truett Compere].
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer, Jr. to T. N. Carswell - November 10, 1944]
A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from J. D. Sandefer, Jr., Breckenridge, Texas dated November 10, 1944. Sandefer announces an upcoming meeting of the trustees of Hardin-Simmons University listing the matters to be discussed including the type of building to be erected as the Sandefer Memorial noting that it has been twenty-five years since a major building has been built on campus. Sandefer handwrites a postscript stressing his hope that Carswell will be present.
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer, Jr. to T. N. Carswell - March 22, 1945]
A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from J. D. Sandefer, Jr., Chairman, Board of Trustees of Hardin-Simmons University, Breckenridge, Texas dated March 22, 1945. Sandefer announces a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Hardin-Simmons University to be held on March 29 advising of a report to be made by Raymond Foy regarding the search for a president and a report by O. D. Dillingham regarding a campus plot on the future development of the University. Sandefer advises that due to travel restrictions this meeting might take the place of the annual meeting held each year in June. Sandefer requests that Carswell reply by mail stating that he will be present.
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer, Jr. to T. N. Carswell - July 26, 1948]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from J. D. Sandefer, Jr., Breckenridge, Texas dated July 26, 1948. Sandefer requests a copy of the suggested wording for the Hunter hall plaque which was prepared by Carswell.
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer, Jr. to T. N. Carswell - September 7, 1948]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from J. D. Sandefer, Jr., Breckenridge, Texas dated September 7, 1948. Sandefer replies to a letter from Carswell regarding the envelope type and script approval for the invitations for the Hunter Hall dedication.
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer, Jr. to T. N. Carswell - September 7, 1971]
A letter written to T. N. Carswell from J. D. Sandefer, Jr., Breckenridge, Texas dated September 7, 1971. Sandefer expresses his appreciation to Carswell for the clipping from "days of old". He recalls that he used, in his speech at the inauguration of Dr. White, practically everything Carswell said and would always recall "what a hard time I had with the final words when I passed the torch from one hand to another".
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - August-September, 1943]
Itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell for work in District 9-A performed between August 3, 1943 and September 20, 1943. Approved by L. M. Fellbaum, Major, Q. M. C., Policy Supervisor.
[Letter from Major L. M. Fellbaum to T. N. Carswell - August 6, 1943]
A letter addressed to Mr. Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor, Breckenridge, Texas from L. M. Fellbaum, Major, Q. M. C., Policy Supervisor, State Headquarters for Selective Service, Austin 17, Texas dated August 6, 1943. Fellbaum commands Carswell to instruct Mr. Kenneth L. Walter on the duties of Clerical Audit Supervisor.
[Letter from Sid Bowers to T. N. Carswell]
A letter written to Commander Carswell, from Sid Bowers, Post Comm., The American Legion, Bernice Coles Post No. 191, Breckenridge, Texas. Bowers issues an invitation to Carswell to attend their annual Post and Auxilliary Banquet in Breckenridge advising that Dr. Sadler of TCU will speak. Carswell penciled a notation regarding having answered this letter on 2/16/43.
[Political postcard from Rev. O. L. Howard addressed to Friend - January 1946]
A political postcard from REV. O. L. HOWARD, Pres., The Good Citizenship League, Breckenridge, Texas. "The Good Citizenship League of Stephens county, urges you to PAY YOUR POLL TAX, by Jan. 31, 1946." The reverse side is an unaddressed Jefferson pre stamped postcard.
[Petition of Plaintiff Stephens County to Defendent Mary E. Sayles]
Petition of plaintiff stating that taxes on certain lands within the county of Stephens have gone unpaid by the land owner, Mary E. Sayles.
[Document Transferring a Debt Owed to the Dunigan Tool & Supply Company to J. F. Young]
Document transferring the debt of $88.00 against C. E. Dearolph and the estate of C. E. Dearolph from the Dunigan Tool & Supply Company to J. F. Young.
[Transfer of Land Deed from J. W. Lott to Mary J. Curry]
Certified copy of land deed transfer from J. W. Lott to Mary J. Curry.
[Leasing Contract for Stephens County Property]
Contract between Mary E. Sayles and J. W. Dooley in which Sayles agrees to lease 177 acres of land in Stephens county at certain rates and under certain conditions to Mr. Dooley. Title at the top of the document reads, "(Copy.) This Lease in Duplicate. (This the duplicate.)"
[Cause No. 1131: Subpoena for Mary E. Sayles]
Subpoena issued by the Stephens County sheriff's office requiring Mary E. Sayles to appear in court for a suit related to delinquent taxes. This document is marked a copy.
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