Map shows existing and proposed railroads, major cities and towns, and major rivers through the midwestern states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, and parts of Ohio, Tennessee, Kansas, Minnesota, and Nebraska. Scale not given.

Letter from Walter D. Moore to M. O. Laisure discussing the constitutional rules of consolidation of two seniority districts and where the information is found. Also discussed is the individual to contact (Brother Carter) if the recipient needs more definite information.

Letter from W. S. Carter to M. O. Laisure discussing that Laisure's inquiry as to the authority to enable the 11th and 12th seniority districts to consolidate. Carter reiterates that Laisure does not have the permissions to authorize the consolidation, and to do so would call for objections from the company.

Postcard from E. Lucas to Lucy Dodge, discussing the safety of a boxy Lucy sent her, her own illness, and the city of Boerne, Texas. The postcard features a photograph, colored in with ink, of a driveway along the side of a tall sloping hill and the surrounding area. Further down the winding dirt drive, there is a suspension bridge across the road. The environment has lots of scrub brush and small, bushy trees.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Map shows ward boundaries, street names, lot and house numbers, landowners, additions, subdivisions, railroads, steamboat landings and fairgrounds; structures and some businesses annotated in pencil. Includes note, street index, and key to named additions and subdivisions. Scale not given.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a shooting in Peoria, Illinois. Three men seized a school after robbing a nearby store of a number of guns.

Special issue of a weekly newsletter for employees of R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. documenting the dedication of a new plant addition in Peoria, Illinois.

Letter from Samuel Rothberg to Mr. I. H. Kempner requesting for early contribution of monetary funds to stand as an example of inestimable value.

Special issue of a weekly newsletter for employees of R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. announcing events related to the plant addition dedication in Peoria, Illinois, including a feature presentation by radio evangelist Dr. R. R. Brown.

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Deanna, Debra, and Denise Oddewalt, a set of triplets from Illinois, visiting their aunt and uncle in Fort Worth, who threw them an early birthday party.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a school hostage situation in Peoria, Illinois. Three gunmen feeling from the police took refuge in St. Cecilia Roman Catholic school and held 23 students and two teachers hostage. None of the students were injured but one of the gunmen was shot to death.

Letter from Samuel Rothberg to Daniel W. Kempner with attached excerpts from the United Nations Economic Survey Mission as promised.

Interview with J. L. Ashmore, a United States Navy veteran from Peoria, Illinois, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia.

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. A. Chittick, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. Thomas Shithick' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee William Chittick, recorded in the letter as 'William Alfred Shithick'. Letter contains transcribed message to mother from internee broadcast on Radio Tokyo. Letter also contains note dated July 8, 1943 to Mrs. Larsen from Cecelia McKie that asks Mrs. Larsen to forward the message to the P.O.W.'s family, as the letter was returned in the mail. She asks Mrs. Larsen for Canadian maps, as she is now hearing messages broadcast from Canadian prisoners.

Patent for a cotton and corn planter that does not put as much pressure on the tongue of the machine as previous models and that allows the plow attachment to be lifted higher off the ground to avoid obstacles.