An authorization for absence from the hospital, from Big Spring State Hospital, dated August 13, 1962. Byrdie Pearl Carswell, patient, in the care of T. N. Carswell, signed by Preston Harrison, M.D., Superintendent. The reverse side includes rules and regulations concerning absence from Texas State mental hospitals.

Photograph of a sign in Big Springs State Park. It says, "Big Springs State Park, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department." A road is visible behind a stone wall.

Card advertising Big Spring State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.

The current study investigated the criterion validity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 2 (MMPI-2) by comparing participants' profiles with other variables, including diagnosis, length of hospitalization, and chronicity. The specific diagnostic groups investigated were depressed (major depressive disorder; dysthymic disorder; and bipolar disorder, depressed), schizophrenic (schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, and schizoaffective disorder), and borderline personality disorder (BPD). Statistical analyses included use of univariate analyses of variance (ANOVAs), multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVAs), regression analyses, and measures of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive power (PPP), and negative predictive power (NPP). MANOVA results indicated significant differences between diagnostic groups on Scales F, 2, 3, 4, 7, ANX. FRS. DEP. BIZ. M f i , LSE, and FAM. There were considerable differences between males and females when separate MANOVAs were performed for gender groups. Cutoff see ires for classification by diagnosis resulted in significant specificity rates and negative predictive power, but sensitivity rates and positive predictive power were not significant.

Patent for improving attachment for a cultivator whereby an ordinary cultivator and wherein the cutting blade is effectively held against displacement after the attachment has been applied to a beam.

Patent for a pump that obtains a supply of fluid from both strokes of the piston and delivers the fluid through a continuous stream. Illustrations included.

Map of Howard County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The center of Howard County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Photograph of the Howard County Courthouse in Big Spring, Texas. Cars are parked in front of the building.

Report submitted by the Howard County Junior College District containing background information on the commission, and summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.

Letter from Mrs. Rosa Belle Curtis to Truett Latimer asking for information about getting a job for John.

Elevation plan for a home commissioned by Mr. & Mrs. Albert McGehee in Big Spring, Texas. It includes drawings of the part side and front elevations.

Elevation plan for a home commissioned by Mr. & Mrs. Albert McGehee in Big Spring, Texas. It includes drawings of the part side elevation and front elevation.

Elevation plan for a home commissioned by Mr. & Mrs. Albert McGehee in Big Spring, Texas. It includes drawings of the part side and front elevations as well as eaves detail and cornice over bay windows.

Floor plan for a home commissioned by Mr. & Mrs. Albert McGehee in Big Spring, Texas. It includes a floor plan with porches, a living room, bedrooms, a kitchen, and a dining room.

Patent for a means for creating continuous pipes or tiles which can be used for the underground pipelines.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the return to Texas from Korea of Marine Lieutenant George H. O'Brien, Jr., at Webb Air Force Base in Big Spring.

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the return to Texas from Korea of Marine Lieutenant George H. O'Brien, Jr., at Webb Air Force Base in Big Spring.

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

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

Photograph of train #256 in front of a water tower. Written below the photo are "Big Spring, Texas Aug 9th 1931" and "William Monypeny."

Photograph of train #256 in front of a water tower. Written below the image are "Big Springs, Texas Aug 9th 1931" and "R. H. Carlson."

"This study has two-fold purpose: (1) to determine how the senior high school girls of Big Spring, Texas spend their leisure time and the relation, if any, of certain home and community facilities and instruction as factors which govern the amount and type of leisure activities, (2) to determine whether the public schools are preparing the students for the wise use of leisure time. "-- leaf 3.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Questions relating to contract between State Board of Control and City of Big Spring for supplying water to Big Spring State Hospital.

Patent for a vehicle wheel. Illustration included.