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Cane-Topper

Description: Patent for "a device which may be readily secured to a wagon or any other suitable vehicle and which may be quickly adjusted so as to cut the tops of cane of different sizes" (lines 11-14).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Palm, Oliver
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Back and Shoulder Brace.

Description: Patent for a new and useful back-support and shoulder-brace. This invention "relates to means for strengthening and supporting the back and shoulders of persons engaged in occupations which require stooping" (line 8-11).
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Bassett, James Andrews
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Family on Hillside; Men by Car in Country

Description: Copy negative of two pictures. The top picture is of William Morris and the Morris family posing in a large field in Grayson County, Texas. The bottom picture is of Gazzie and Art Morris standing by the back of a car in front of a mountain near Albany, Texas.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Portrait of Man and Woman

Description: Copy negative of Jim Berry, seated and Pearl Berry standing with her left hand on his shoulder. He is wearing a dark suit and white bow tie. She is wearing a white dress with large sleeves and a high collar. Written below the photograph is, "Jim & Pearl Berry" and printed is, "George, Photographer, Albany, Texas".
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Abilene

Description: 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
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Location: None
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Shackelford County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Shackelford County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil tentatively identifying a point on Phantom Hill - Belknap Road from an 1854 map. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1920
Creator: Giles, J. Bascom; Blucher & McDonald
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Shackleford County, Texas

Description: Blueline format of survey map of Shackelford County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, railroads and blocks of land. A diagram of a section is included in the upper-right corner. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil to label specific tracts of land. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1870
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Map of Haskell County, Young Land District

Description: Cadastral map of Haskell County and the Young surveying district, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: July 20, 1859
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Map of Shackelford County

Description: Blueline format of survey map of Shackelford County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, railroads, and blocks of land. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1879
Creator: Gast, August
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Scrapbook: Watt Matthews Remembered]

Description: Scrapbook documenting the life of rancher Watt Matthews, including newspaper clippings, photographs, invitations, articles, and various other documents. Matthews managed Lambshead Ranch -- established by his parents --for many years and introduced various innovations during his lifetime.
Date: unknown
Partner: The Old Jail Art Center
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