Handwritten minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Congregation in Fort Worth, Texas. The minutes are written in Yiddish, the native tongue of the members. The document discusses the Sabbath morning services for the congregation.

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.

Photograph of Grissom Landfill on Lookout Drive near the Sherrill Park Golf Course. There are piles of dirt and a puddle of water.

Photograph of the entrance road leading to Grissom Landfill on Lookout Drive, near Sherrill Park Golf Course. A sign on a gate says "Entrance Sanitary Landfill City of Richardson[,] Open 8:00 to 5:00 Sat. 8:00 to 12:00."

Photograph of Grissom Landfill on Lookout Drive, near Sherrill Park Golf Course. Two trucks are in a dirt pit. One man is standing beside the truck on the right, and one man is standing on a pile of dirt above the truck.

Handwritten minutes for the Ladies Cemetery Society commenting on the death of Private Harold Gilbert, the son of the society's recording secretary, Rose Gilbert. The text notes: “The absence of the secretary ...who had the misfortune of losing her son, Harold, Dec. 25, 1944, in the European Theater of the war, made the meeting a sad one; each and every one of the members present were in tears.” On the second page of the minutes, the group’s long-time president Mrs. Becky Goldstein recalls how she and Mrs. Gilbert used to “go out to collect dues at 25 cents each. Mrs. Gilbert furnished the horse and buggy.”

Photograph of the Lavaca River Bridge after the wreck of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass "Don Milo" freight train. There are pieces of the wreck still in the water, and there are men on what is left of the bridge, on the bank, and in the water. A train engine is on the tracks just before the bridge. There are cows in the background. According to the accompanying article, the wreck happened on Saturday, January 5, 1890 at 5:30 P.M. after heavy rainfall, and three people were killed. On the back is written "Property of Lillie Ahrens Hallettsville, Texas" and there is an explanation of the photograph.

Photograph of women from St. Philip's College being honored during the 1996 Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women, led by Mayor William Thorton. There is handwritten text on the back of the photograph; at the top: "Ltor: Terri Hoffman, Director of Public Safety, ACCD; Alicia Reyes, Research Specialist, Public Funding and Contract Administration, ACCD; Dr. Ruth Burgos-Sasscer, President of San Antonio College; Mayme Bailey Williams, Coordinator of Public Funding and Contract Administration, ACCD; unknown; Dr. Patricia 'Patti' Candia, Director of Student Activities; Catherine Colvin, Laboratory Technician, SPC; Rose Thomas, Vice-President of Academic Affairs, SPC" and at the bottom: "1996 Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women, Mayor William Thornton, was established 1970. Spectrum, Feb, 1998 & Campus News, Jan, 1996."

Photograph of the Light Crust Dough Boys, a country-music band, performing at Perk's Steak House. The six band members are arranged in front of a restaurant counter and holding instruments that include a guitar, violin, keyboard, banjo, and string bass. R. B. Boyett, proprietor, is visible behind the bar, along with coffee pots, and various other objects; there are unoccupied dining tables in front of the band members.

Photograph of several trees covered in ice under the support beams of a metal structure in Cleveland, Texas. Buildings and other trees are visible in the background. A big freeze in January 1962 caused the Cleveland water tower to leak. This is a view from below the tower supports showing everything coated in ice.

Photograph of a water tower in Cleveland, Texas. A big freeze in January 1962 caused a leak in the water tower. The trees at the base of the tower are completely covered in ice, as is the road in the foreground.

Photograph of graduating nurses trained at Leggett Memorial Hospital. There are three graduates and their instructor (Pat Oneal, R.N., far right); all of the women are wearing nursing uniforms and standing in a line behind a table covered in a tablecloth with a single lit candle. A calendar is partially visible on the wall behind them.