Letter from T. F. Loughran to C. C. Cox discussing recent events in Montgomery County, TX and his own locale. The envelope is included.

Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to Dr. Felix P. Miller discussing the establishment of a nursing school at Texas Western College.

Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to several friends, discussing the events of a road trip and visits to people and places in the southwestern US.

Postcard of Snyder's Sanitarium in Glen Rose, Texas. The building has balconies on the second floor above the patio, and there is a large tree on the left side of the image. "Geo P. Snyder Sanitarium Glen Rose, Texas" is printed across the bottom of the image. Correspondence on the back is address to "Mrs. N. B. Bishop" from a patient at the sanitarium.

Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to several friends discussing recent correspondence.

Newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.

Newspaper clippings of the article, "King holiday gets initial House OK," in the Dallas Morning News, discussing the Texas House of Representatives passing of two bills, the first to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a paid holiday for state employees, and the second to lower the state tax on horse race wagering.

Flyer for the Free Angela Davis Rally & Dance on May 23, 1971 in the La Villita Assembly Building in San Antonio, Texas. There is a photo of Angela Davis in the center of the flyer and the speakers and admission information is listed below the photo.

Transcript of an interview with Lois Lorraine Green Shaw and Evelyn Mills Shields who have been friends for 49 years and live on the same street. Lois Shaw moved to Kerrville with her husband. She attended nursing school and worked in the operating room at Sid Peterson Hospital for many years, and later as a geriatrics administrator at a care facility. She is active in her church, St. Paul Methodist, and has served on many community boards. She and her husband Charles (deceased) had seven children. Evelyn Shields graduated from Doyle High School, she worked as therapist at Kerrville State Hospital for 33 years. She enjoys cooking and is active in her church, Mount Olive Baptist. She and her husband Vernon (deceased) had four children. Both women are members of the Red Hatters. Photographs relating to the interview follow the transcript text.

Newspaper clipping of the article, "King holiday wins initial House vote," in San Antonio Express-News discussing the Texas Senate bill to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an official paid holiday for state employees.

Letter from Bob Dean to Mario Marcel Salas thanking Salas from his letter Mayor Kathryn J. Witmire urging support of a state holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. and stating that Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a paid holiday for the City of Houston.

Letter from Julia Kooken to John and Jo Stanford discussing a plan to flood the office of Ross Barnett with checks made out to a memorial fund for the family of Medgar Evers. The fund will support the Evers family while allowing Americans to express their position regarding Medgar Evers' death. There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the typed letter asking John and Jo to forgive the carbon copy and a list of other people Kooken sent the letter to.

Letter from John W. Stanford to Melvin L. Wulf expressing his thanks for the American Civil Liberties Union's involvement in his case and sharing the court's decision.

Letter from J. P. Ross to C. C. Cox offering $330 for a tract of timber. The envelope is included.

Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox introducing an invoice for schoolbooks.

Invoice for items sold to C. C. Cox by grocer T. A. Presswood, including bacon, sugar, coffee, and baking powder. The envelope is included.

Invoice for free textbooks provided to C. C. Cox by Ginn and Company as part of Texas' free textbook law.

Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Loretta Parham discussing several enclosed documents related to efforts to get Texas to pass a King Bill.

Newspaper clipping of the article, "ANC battle for liberty is for all, official says," in the San Antonio Light discussing Lyndall Shope-Mafole's address to the benefit organized by the San Antonio Mandela Project.

Newspaper clipping of the second page of an article titled, "ANC: Freedom struggle" in the San Antonio Light discussing the struggles with securing permission to visit South Africa and Nelson Mandela's recent visit to the United States.

Newspaper clipping of the article, "King Day receives tentative House OK," in the San Antonio Light discussing an informal vote on the bill to recognized Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid holiday for state employees.

Newspaper clipping of the article, "S. African blacks must fight oppression, ANC member says," in the San Antonio Express-News discussing Lyndall Shope-Mafole's speech at a Sunday evening service celebrating Nelson Mandela's release from prison. The cited attendance number, "over 200" is underlined in blue ink and has an arrow from it to a handwritten note reading, "700."

Letter from John W. Stanford to Maury Maverick, Jr. discussing the verdict in Stanford's court case and thanking Maverick for his work on the case. Stanford also discusses the possible implications of the decision and his hope that the "climate of repression" in Texas will lessen.

Letter from W. H. Kirchman to C. C. Cox discussing a recent letter, land leases, and drilling in Montgomery County, Texas. Envelope is included.