Postcard sent to Watt Matthews by photographer Richard Avedon and writer/photographer Laura Wilson. Image on the postcard is of Wilson and Avedon in a hay field. Wilson is lying on top of a bale of hay. To her left, Avedon is jumping with a cowboy hat in his hand. Message on the back reads: "Still on the road. Still grateful." Signed: "Laura and 'Old' Dick."

Photograph of Carol Channing, Watt Matthews, and Cactus Pryor in a Butterfield stagecoach. "The Butterfield Stage Line" is written across the top of the coach, and "St. Louis, Ft. Griffin, Albany, San Francisco" is written on the door.

Photograph of Lady Bird Johnson and Carol Channing in front of bales of hay. Johnson is to the left and wearing a yellow dress, sun hat, a pendant, and a sticker with ribbons. Channing, right, is wearing a bright yellow hat, shirt, purse, and a gun belt. Johnson autographed the photo to the upper left.

Photograph of President Lyndon Baines Johnson posing with Lady Bird Johnson and another man and woman during his visit to Lambshead Ranch, June 7, 1969. The visit coincided with the annual production of the Fort Griffin Fandangle, an outdoor musical about the history of Fort Griffin written by Robert Nail, in Albany, Texas. Johnson has linked arms with the woman to his left and is smiling at Lady Bird Johnson and the man, standing on his right. Johnson and the man are wearing scarves fastened by pins in the shape of Texas. Behind Johnson, onlookers are seated and standing among trees.

Photograph taken in a field at the Matthews Ranch located north of Albany, Texas. Watt Matthews stands in front of a telephone pole holding the receiver to his ear. Weaver Bush and an unidentified cowboy with a bandanna over his face are sitting on horses behind Matthews. A "Bronco" truck is parked on the left in the foreground. In the background, cowboys and a horse are standing behind a horse trailer attached to a truck.

Photograph of men outside at night with a stage coach and two horses. The coach is to the left, with three men (Bob Nail, Matt Blanton, and Bill Blanton) standing outside of it and three men (Bobby Owen, Reilly Nail, and Joe Blanton) inside. To the right, Tom Blanton and Watt Matthews sit atop horses, with Blanton holding a Texas flag and Matthews holding a different flag.

Photograph of Richard Ballard and another cowboy sitting at the head and foot of a twin bed playing checkers on an oversized board inside the Matthews Ranch bunkhouse. There is another twin bed next to them. A fireplace on the far wall of the room is positioned between two windows. There are several wooden rocking chairs in front of the fireplace.

Photograph of Watt Matthews sitting and writing at a desk inside the Matthews Ranch cookshack. To his left on the desk is a pancake on a tin plate. Next to the plate, a cowboy hat rests on top of a radio. Behind Matthews, a ranch hand stands holding a coffee cup. John White, the ranch cook, stands turned away at the stove wearing an apron. To his left is the back of Carrol Martin.

Photograph of Watt Matthews sitting and writing at a desk inside the Matthews Ranch cookshack. To his right are two telephones, one red and one black. A cowboy hat rests on top of a radio to his left. In the background, a ranch hand in a cowboy hat leans against the kitchen counter holding a coffee cup. John White (the ranch cook), another ranch hand (possibly Richard Ballard), and Carrol Martin are also standing in the kitchen behind Matthews.

Photograph of two cowboys (Duncan Leech and Lanham Martin) holding a calf down on a tilt table while another man to the right (Watt Matthews) brands the animal.

Photograph of Duncan Leech and Watt Matthews holding onto a tilt table that is restraining a calf. They are standing in a ranch yard with other cattle near a fence behind them.

Photograph of a ranch house dining room. The center of the photo is dominated by a wooden table with candles, candle holders, and flowers arranged in the center. Four wooden chairs are present at each edge of the table. The wall behind the table contains a china cabinet to the left, a fireplace in the center, and a window to the right. A small chandelier with five candles hangs above the table. The floor is made of hardwood slats and is partially covered by a rug in the bottom right.

Photograph of Richard Avedon inside the Reynolds Bend schoolhouse. He stands to the right of a wooden desk with one hand resting on the desk. On the wall behind him are two chalkboards positioned between wooden shelves. There are chalk drawings of buffalo skulls and animals by Bill Cauble on the left chalkboard. "Bryant" is written next to a heart on the right chalkboard. In the foreground is a pipe stove. The room has wood floors and wood benches on either side.

Photograph of a ranch house room containing a small checkers table and chairs that are positioned on a large rug. A loaded bookcase stands to the upper of left of the photo, with a door, wall clock, and end table along the same wall. the upper right quadrant features a fireplace with small figures and pictures on and above the mantle. To the bottom left sits a sofa that is largely obscured by a lamp on an end table.

Page from a worn leather scrapbook containing eight photos of ranch life and family properties. The first photo shows the "Washington House," a two story stone building covered with snow. To its right, people observe a man on horseback in a photo labeled "Reynolds Ranch." On the third, there are three boys in bathing suits standing on a tree trunk that hovers over a creek. Next is a view of a snow covered hillside. The first photo on the third row shows a wooden building, a woodpile, and a cattle chute on the side of a hill. Next, cowboys with a car work near bare trees. The last two photos show a cowboy named Ray Rodriguez in a pen with a calf.

Photograph of Glenn Reynolds taken as a portrait. He is wearing a tie that is stuffed into his coat. The photograph is ovular and contains his his head, shoulders, and chest. A handwritten note on the mat under the photo reads "Glenn Reynolds," with "W. D." scribbled out to the left.

Photograph of a man identified as Barber Watkins Reynolds. He is bearded, has greying hair, and wears a coat, shirt, and a bow tie. Labeled "Grandpa Matthews."

Photograph of a group of people sitting and standing on the steps of a building's porch. The group is made up of multiple generations of people and members of both sexes. The photo is labeled "Forum."

Photographs of the chimney and ruins of Stone Ranch with Buzzard Peak in the distance. The strip of three photos features the fallen stones of a structure lying on a scrub plain.

A page from a worn cowhide album displaying five black and white photos. On the left side of the page, three 6 x 4 in. prints are positioned horizontally. Each shows a view of the river on Matthews Ranch. On the top right of the page is a 3 x 5 in. print of Watt Matthews with friends and family taken in Albany or Stamford, Texas. Below this photo in the bottom right is a 4 1/2 x 3 in. photo rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise. In this photo, the children of Watt "Palo" Casey and Dosia Casey are sitting in a row on a couch in front of a curtained window. The older boys are wearing suits and ties; the girl is wearing a collared dress and bobby socks.

A page from a worn cowhide album displaying newspaper clippings and a page printed with with the poem "O Spirit of the Living God." The material relates to the memorial of Sallie Reynolds and the construction of a baptismal font in her honor.

Photograph of Elizabeth Green wearing a cowboy hat, neck tie, shirt and jeans. She is sitting atop a tacked horse. They are in front of a large group of people, horses, and vehicles gathered among two buildings with semicircular shapes. The building on the left has the word "Cattle" over its doorway, and the building on the right has the words "Cattle Judging."