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- Inventory of county records, Wise County Courthouse, Decatur, Texas
- Inventory of records of Wise County housed in the Wise County Courthouse in Decatur, Texas. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Describes the records of the County Clerk, County Attorney, District Clerk, District Attorney, Justice of the Peace, Tax Assessor-Collector, Sheriff, Treasurer, Auditor, and School Superintendent. Also provides an index.
- [Receipt of Levi Perryman, March 31, 1879]
- Received of Levi Perryman the amount of $232.77 for execution issed from the District Court of Wise County in case No. 619. Collected from D. E. Bramon. Signed by District Clerk of Wise County.
- [Invoice for C. B. Moore]
- Washburn, Brown and Grier send an invoice to C. B. Moore for $323.00. Another invoice to A. S. Moore for the amount of $54.00.
- [Postcard to Linnet White, November 22, 1915]
- Postcard to Linnet White from an unknown author about their return home and the writer's plans to teach the next few nights among other small bits of news. The writer says they intend to write a letter when they have the time.
- [News Script: Weather]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about severe storms and tornadoes in Fort Worth, Boyd, and Eagle Mountain Lake and the damage throughout those areas.
- [News Script: Gas Wells]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about oil drilling near Bridgeport at a location called "Morris-Gill Number One."
- [News Clip: Dallas Weather, Lodge, Weather]
- Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a severe storm in Dallas and the damage sustained in Richardson and South Oak Cliff, severe storms and tornadoes in Fort Worth, Boyd, and Eagle Mountain Lake and the damage throughout those areas. The video also includes a news story about Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., and his address before the American Bar Association in Dallas.
- [News Clip: Gas Wells]
- Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about oil drilling near Bridgeport at a location called "Morris-Gill Number One."
- [News Script: Old Folks]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a few elderly people visiting Decatur for the Wise County Centennial. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Sedgewick visit the festival.
- [News Script: Fort Worth water]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the drought affecting Texas in spite of heavy rains.
- [News Script: College to Expand After Forty Years]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Decatur Baptist College, which holds a ground-breaking ceremony for the new Killian Library.
- [News Script: Tip sends officers to grave--of dog]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two small caskets buried near Newark. Officers believe the caskets may hold the bodies of aborted babies, but they hold the bodies of dead dogs instead.
- [News Script: Drowning]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two people drowning in Lake Bridgeport, near Jacksboro, after their boat capsized in a windstorm.
- [News Script: Pipeline laid in lake]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a gas pipeline being laid across Eagle Mountain Lake.
- [News Script: News briefs 1 (copter)]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a helicopter acting as a crop duster for a watermelon field between Decatur and Bowie.
- [News Script: Curious attend Kelly funeral]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the funeral of George "Machine Gun" Kelly, the ringleader of the 1933 kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel.
- [News Script: Safety parade]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parade in Decatur raising awareness for driving safety.
- [News Script: Guard receives new M-47 tanks]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Eagle Mountain National Guard base receiving 12 new M-47 tanks for use by the 49th Armored Division.
- [News Script: Girl charged in mystery slaying]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young woman charged in Decatur with two mysterious murders of unknown motive.
- [News Script: Angus bull is sold for record figure]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a champion bull at a farm in Decatur selling for a record price of $100,000.
- [News Script: Robber]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about William Burk returning to jail after pleading guilty to charges of bank robbery.
- [News Script: Youth gets light bank robbery sentence]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an 18-year-old airman receiving 6 months in jail for robbing a bank.
- [News Script: Airman charged in Rhome bank robbery]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of young airman William Coy Burk after a bank robbery in the town of Rhome. Burk confesses to committing the crime, saying the stolen money was intended as a gift for a crippled boy.
- [News Script: Freight wreck blocks tracks]
- Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a freight train derailment outside of Bridgeport that blocked the railroad track.
- [News Script: Gas ground breaking]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the ground being drilled for a new gas processing plant in Bridgeport, Wise County.
- [News Script: Crash postmortem]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about investigations into a military plane crash that left 17 dead in Wise County.
- [News Script: Plane collision]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a mid-air collision of two military planes that left 17 dead.
- [News Clip: Storm damage]
- Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about storm damage in Wise County. The story focuses on Betty Robinson whose home sustained significant damage and includes interviews with Robinson and her family who are helping to clean up the wreckage. An unidentified man speaks about damage in the area. This footage was broadcast at 5pm.
- [News Clip: Storm damage]
- Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about storm damage in Wise County. This b-roll footage shows the family of Betty Robinson retrieving items from a storm-damaged home. This footage was broadcast at 6pm.
- [News Clip: Storm Damage]
- Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about storm damage in Wise County. This footage was broadcast at 1pm.
- [News Clip: Cancer Camp]
- Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10:00 P.M.
- [News Clip: Cancer Camp PT 2]
- Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10:00 P.M.
- [News Script: Shooting]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Vernon Doyle Love was taken to the hospital after a rifle accidentally discharged at his direction.
- [News Script: Centennial caravan]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Centennial Caravan arriving through Bridgeport,Texas and continue traveling to San Francisco.
- [News Script: Robbery]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Larry D. Tapp, who was robbed more than 600 dollars along with his clothes as well while he was trying to ignite his truck on the road.
- [News Script: Boyd badmen]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a gun battle in Boyd between police and criminals.
- [News Clip: Mitchell]
- Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story by reporter Joe Munoz about a terrorist bomb threat at Mitchell Energy and nearby area, Bridgeport. This story aired at 10:00 P.M.
- [News Script: Oil well fire]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an oil well fire near Alvord that caused $125,000 worth of damage and destroyed the oil derrick.
- [News Script: Post office robbery]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a robbery the post office in Newark, Texas.
- [News Script: Newark holdup]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the identification of a woman who helped rob a post office in Newark, Texas.
- [News Script: Escapers]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the third jail escape at the Wise County Jail in 5 years.
- [News Script: Oil well fire]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire at a Chico oil well that hospitalized five men.
- [News Script: Dinosaur in Decatur]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the near-complete skeleton of a Camptosaurus being discovered in Decatur.
- [News Script: Fatality]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a man dying in a head-on collision in Rhome.
- [News Clip: Paradice politics]
- Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10 P.M.
- [News Script: Jail escapes (Manhunt)]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the population of the Wise County Jail reduced by two-thirds and the guards have no idea what happened in Decatur, Texas.
- [News Script: Wrecks]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two fatal car accidents in Wise County.
- [News Script: Bank robbery]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a robbery at the Alvord National Bank, with more than 4-thousand dollars taken in the morning.
- [News Clip: Year in review 1958]
- Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news highlights from the year 1958.
- [News Script: Truck crash]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fatal truck accident in Decatur.