Blue line print of survey map of Brown County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map, marking an approximate route to Phantom Hill via Crogan [Croghan] Road. Scale ca. 1:213,333 (4000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).

Photograph of young Brooke Doswell Smith (1911-1988) on Christmas, 1917. A Christmas tree and a little dog are also seen in the photograph.

Framed photograph of Fannie L. Smith in an outdoor setting.

Map shows land tracts, acreage, landowners, tract dimensions, survey numbers, roads, school, Byrd post office, and course of Pecan Bayou. Scale [ca. 1:66,667] and [ca. 23,580].

Map shows land grants or surveys, landowners, cities, towns, railroads, rivers and creeks; petroleum well locations. Includes table of "developed wells." Scale not given.

Map shows land parcels with tract numbers, landowners names, and patents; towns and portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Includes hand annotations depicting petroleum prospecting. Scale not given.

Map shows land tracts, acreage, landowners, tract dimensions, survey numbers, roads, school, Byrd post office, and course of Pecan Bayou. Scale [1:66,667] and [ca. 23,580].

Map shows early twentieth century Brown County, Texas property boundaries, landowners, land grants, and towns; dashed line representing existing road or proposed railroad line. Includes manuscript annotations showing petroleum prospecting activity. Scale [ca. 1:66,667].

Glass lantern slide plate of Thomas H. Taylor, Dean of Liberal Arts at Howard Payne College.

A B/W negative of an administrator's desk. An adding machine sits on the desk, and a typewriter is on the left side, bills are on the spindle waiting to be paid and filed. The calendar on the wall is for June, 1918.

Glass lantern slide plate of the Brownwood National Bank building at the corner of Center and Baker in Brownwood, TX. The upper floors were used for offices including a dentist's and a doctor's.

Patent for improvements to a hame-fastener, specifically related to an easily made, inexpensively produced locking mechanism, including illustration.

Patent for a standing bathing machine that will wash and scrub the person standing inside it. Illustrations are provided but these are guidelines that should not be restricting but something for the builder to build upon.

Glass lantern slide plate of a portrait of O. E. Winebrenner.

Glass lantern slide plate of an office in the administration building of Howard Payne College. There is an adding machine on the desk and a typewriter to the left.

Glass lantern slide plate of a plaque in memory of The Rev. John David Robnett and his wife, Dollie Powell, founders of Howard Payne College. The plaque was given by their sons, and members of the Brownwood, TX community.

Indorsement correspondence between H. H. Stayer, Wesley W. Kuntz, F. J. Halsey, acknowledging receipts of records.

Photograph of fourteen young men in baseball uniforms, athletic wear, and hats arranged in two rows against a photographer's backdrop depicting ornate columns and windows. Five of the young men are sitting down on chairs in the front row, the middle one holding a trophy, while the nine other young men stand in the back row, one of whom is wearing a dark suit. Several of the young men hold baseball gloves, and a pile of gloves, balls, and bats are piled at the feet of the young men on the front row. Handwritten text at the top and bottom of the photo indicate the young men belong to the 1910 Daniel Baker College baseball team, and were champions of the West Texas College League.

Photograph of the R.F. Hardin High School in Brownwood, Texas.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.

Catalogue describes the history, governance, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas.

Catalogue describes the history, governance, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas.

Catalogue describes the history, governance, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas.

Catalogue describes the history, governance, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas.