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[Portrait of Ida Frances McSween]

Description: Portrait of Ida Frances McSween leaning on a small column covered with ivy and she is dressed in dark clothing. Text on the back reads: "Ida Frances McSween (Mrs. N. W. Harris)...Ida Frances McSween Harris born Nov. 20, 1851; buried Oakwood Cemetery, Waco."
Date: unknown
Creator: Deane
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Grave Marker of Bessie H. Beck]

Description: Photograph of the grave marker of Elizabeth Howell Beck, located in the Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas. It is a simple stone rectangle, with the words "Bessie H. Beck, 1891-1986" engraved.
Date: 19uu
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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[News Clip: Sculptor]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: November 21, 1964
Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Portrait of Richard C. Smith]

Description: Portrait of Richard C. Smith as a young boy, sitting on the edge of an ornate wicker chair. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Richard C. Smith, 1888-1936, Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas."
Date: 1895~
Creator: Sanders, M. L.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Oakwood Cemetery]

Description: Postcard of Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas. In the group of markers in the left half of the photo are Richard Coke, Dr. David Richard Wallace, and the Edwin A. Sturgis family. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mr. Fritz Schulz in Hamilton County, Texas and is mostly illegible.
Date: 1921
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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[News Clip: Fort Worth Murders]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 16, 1980, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 18 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mausoleums]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: December 29, 1965
Duration: 2 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, 1900]

Description: Photograph of Oakwood Cemetery, looking down a dirt path along several plots. There are white wooden hitching posts on the corners of intersections down the dirt road with other perpendicular paths. Several plots contain tall stone obelisks or are bordered by hedges, while others contain small round bushes or remain bare except for grave markers. Large bare trees are visible across the background.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Thompson
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[News Script: Sculptor]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Louis Bartolome Somoza, who is helping with refurbishment of the sculpture at the Sam Houston Grave, in Oakwood Cemetery, in Huntsville; Argentine sculptor Somoza has volunteered his time and skills, and is replacing the broken off toes of Houston from the granite sculpture on the grave.
Date: November 21, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard of Texas Cotton Palace]

Description: Postcard of the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco, Texas at night, the building outlined with small colored lights. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Fred Setchell in Canaan, Maine, and says "Dear Ross. I am at McGregor visiting Tina. Yesterday we spent all day in Waco. Went out to Oakwood to visit the little grave. Twenty-five years this month. The afternoon at Cotton Palace. Such a crowd. Will return home tonight. With great deal of love to all. From Aunt Effa."
Date: November 10, 1911
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Jester family plots at Oakwood Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of the area around the Jester family plot at Oakwood Cemetery in Corsicana, Texas. There are a few headstones around the area and a section marked off with cement curbs and a large obelisk with the family name on it. Visitors are visible past the area.
Date: April 18, 2018
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Jester family grave-sites at Oakwood Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of the area around the Jester family plot at Oakwood Cemetery in Corsicana, Texas. There are a few headstones around the area and a section marked off with cement curbs and a large obelisk with the family name on it. Visitors are visible past the area.
Date: April 18, 2018
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Family gathered at Jester plot]

Description: Photograph of the family gathered at the Jester family plot in Oakwood Cemetery in Corsicana, TX. Marshall and Jerry Cope are wearing their SAR uniforms and Ted Wilson is carrying George Jester's membership wreath.
Date: August 11, 2018
Creator: Ridenour, Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Jerry and Marshall Cope with family at George Jester's grave]

Description: Photograph of family gathered at George T. Jester's family plot during a joint SAR-DAR event in Corsicana, TX. Jerry Cope and Marshall Cope are in full uniform and are wearing medals. There is a wreath with a ribbon at Jester's headstone as well.
Date: August 11, 2018
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Jester family plots at Oakwood Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of the Jester family plot at Oakwood Cemetery in Corsicana, Texas. There are a few headstones around the area and a section marked off with cement curbs and a large obelisk with the family name on it.
Date: April 18, 2018
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Compatriots gathering under tree]

Description: Photograph of compatriots at a joint SAR-DAR event at Jester Park in Corsicana, TX. Among them are the TXSSAR President, Tom Jackson, and members from the Arlington and Denton chapters, including Jerry Cope, Ted Wilson, and Sonny Replogle. They are all wearing uniforms and are gathering underneath a large tree. Some have rifles and behind them a car and Oakwood Cemetery are visible.
Date: August 11, 2018
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Jester family plot at Oakwood Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of the Jester family plot at Oakwood Cemetery in Corsicana, Texas. The two in frame are George Taylor Jester's and Frances G. Jester's. There is also a cement divider around their graves.
Date: April 18, 2018
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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