Photostat of a telegram from the United States Secretary of War to Mrs. Rose H. Gilbert, expressing his condolences for the death of her son, Private Harold Gilbert.

Typed letter to the family of Private Harold Gilbert from a fellow soldier named Harry Goldstein, sent from Marseilles. The letter describes the sinking of a troop transport ship, Dec. 25, 1944, in which in which Gilbert was killed.

Photostatic copy of a typed letter from the United States Secretary of War, Henry Stimson, to Max Gilbert. The letter awards Gilbert's son, Harold Gilbert with a Purple Heart for his service, and it expresses Stimson's condolences for the death of Harold Gilbert.

Two photostat copies of a typed letter from William J. Voelker Jr. to Mrs. Max Gilbert, mother of Private Harold Gilbert. The letter describes the attack that killed Harold Gilbert, and discusses the details of Gilbert's burial in Normandy, France on on Dec. 27, 1944.

Letter from B. M. Hendrix to Dr. Chauncey D. Leake discussing the state of the biochemistry department.

A letter written to Mr. R. N. Richardson, President, Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, Texas) from T. N. Carswell dated April 5, 1945. Carswell addresses Richardson as "Governor" and advises of the attached suggested organization/committee plan for the Million Dollar Campaign for Hardin-Simmons University then congratulates Richardson on his election as the university's president. The attachment includes a suggested organization plan, titled "A Million Dollar Enlargement and Improvement Campaign for Hardin-Simmons University; one of several proposed additions to the campus is a Museum and Archives Building."

Letter from William O. Bohman to Dr. Chauncey D. Leake discussing data from the 1944-1945 fiscal year at John Sealy Hospital.