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Cattle Guard

Description: Patent for a cattle guard that will turn horses, cattle, mules, etc.
Date: December 3, 1901
Creator: Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Map of Wise Subdivision in Abilene, Texas]

Description: Map of Wise Subdivision in the city of Abilene, Texas bordered by South Third, and Vine streets and divided by Winnie Street. The block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. A legal not above the map certifies the authenticity of the map and is signed by Louis C. Wise.
Date: unknown
Creator: Beard, Truman
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

Cotton-Compress.

Description: Patent for a cotton-compress in which the "cotton is fed to the compress direct from the gin, and is wound into a dense cylindrical bale, and the said invention consists in certain novel means for adding additional pressure to the bale as it is being rolled up, in readily detaching the finished bale from the machine, in providing a reservoir for the surplus cotton, when the gin is running and the machine has stopped" (lines 14-22).
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Bessonette, Charles L. & Bessonette, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Email from Eleanor Brown to Lucile Wise, June 16, 2006]

Description: Printout of an email from Eleanor Brown to Lucile Wise containing Brown's report for WASP Region 2. Attached to the printout is a yellow sticky note with a handwritten message stating, "Mickey - F.Y.I. attached is the first report you sent. We added your correct phone #. Lucile."
Date: June 16, 2006
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Document, Photograph #16]

Description: Evidence photograph of a letter found in Oswald's home. The letter, which was written by American Consul Samuel G. Wise, is a response to a letter written by Oswald while he was in Russia.
Date: November 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributor

Description: Patent for "a machine of this class which may be used interchangeably for planting different kinds of seeds-such as corn, peas, cotton, or other seeds-or fertilizing material, and which shall be simple in construction, durable, and easily manipulated" (lines 10-15).
Date: December 31, 1889
Creator: Gallaway, John Tyler
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Map of Abilene

Description: Cadastral map of Abilene, Texas, showing the parcels of land within the city labeled by lot and block numbers. The map shows street names, land ownership, a Texas & Pacific Railroad line, buildings, and cemeteries. An index to subdivisions is included in the upper-left corner. Scale [ca. 1:10,000] (300 varas to the inch).
Date: 1885
Creator: Kirby, A. H.
Location: None
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Spring-Hub.

Description: Patent for spring hubs in automobiles and other vehicles. This prevents jarring and jolting between the spindle and the wheel.
Date: February 10, 1914
Creator: Lasswell, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Reel for Measuring Bagging, &c.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cloth-measuring machine. This design "consists in the peculiar arrangement of a spool or roller from which the stock is taken, a wheel upon which it is wound from the roller, a cutting board or table, and a measuring-wheel, whereby . . . handling, measuring, and cutting bagging, matting, carpets, and other goods . . . may be effected in a simple and convenient method" (lines 11-19).
Date: December 7, 1880
Creator: Le Roy, Charles Jerome
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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