Photograph of Nannie Clara Evans as an infant. She is wearing a white-lace dress and is sitting upright in a tapestry-covered chair.

Volume 2 of the Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco. The volume includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.

A book of the Minutes & Record of Congregational Meetings of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco . The volume also includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.

Photograph of Mamie E. Davis. Davis is wearing a white puffed sleeve blouse with a large rounded lace collar. Her dark hair is pulled up into a bun near the crown of her head. She is wearing diamond ear drop earrings. The portrait ends at the waist. Davis is facing the right. The photograph is mounted on a gray cardboard matte. Written on back of photograph in pencil: "Mamie Davis George at Baylor College". Image dimensions are: "14.1 cm x 9.7 cm. Similar to 2000.015.004 with the exception of hair style.

Photograph of Nannie Clara Evans, later Clara Evans Willis, at the age of 4 months. To the right, a hand can be seen.

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative designs, sheep illustration, and business name. Letterhead text reads: "A.S Boynton, Wool Grower and Breeder of Pure Merino Sheep, Canadian Ranch, Hamilton County."

Patent for an improvement in washing-machine by attaching two horizontal "braces" to the supporting legs of the suds-box, and making the supporting legs adjustable both vertically and laterally. This feature would allow the adjustment of the suds-box’s position and to spread the legs for a firmer support of the suds-box. Illustration is included.

Photograph of Mr. Edgar Ragland, wearing a military uniform with a saber, a pair of epaulettes, and two medals sewn into the front of the vest. He holds out a pyramidal white cap with dark-colored feathers hanging from the top. A symbol, possibly Masonic, seems to be sewn onto the cap. Edgar faces forward with combed hair and a curled mustache.

Patent for improvements in convertible mops and brushes by using a “combination of the fountain-handle, the bail/frame secured thereto and provided with a rubber strip at its lower edge, and the mop secured to the bail/frame.” (Lines 3-7, p.2) Illustration is included.

Letterhead from Waco Female College with notes about various expenses including tuition, stamps, and paper. A note at the top of the paper indicates that it is for Miss Ovie Searcy.

Patent for improvement in stalk-choppers particularly adapted for chopping cotton. When the chopper is started the sprocket upon one of the traveling wheels will impart motion to the sprocket through the medium of the sprocket-chain, which will rotate the gear-wheel and in turn the pinion and the crank will impart a reciprocatory motion to the pitman and the horizontal bar, this will give the cutter-blade a reciprocatory motion. The speed of the reciprocatory chopping blade can be regulated. (Lines 45-55) Illustration is included.

Patent for improvements in atomizers or instruments for distributing powders or liquids in which it provided “provision for closing the exit-passage and preserve the strength of the medicated powders or fluid and permit of the carrying of the same within the body of the device without danger of spilling.” (Lines 17-21) The rubber bulb is detachable and is used as a powder-box or as a bottle for fluid. Illustration is included.

Photograph of a man in a long beard sent from J. E. Oldright.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for delinting cotton seed: " Our invention relates to improvements in apparatus for burning off or removing the lint from cotton seed" (lines 14-16).

Patent for improvements in horse-power presses by using a combination of a “frame and a shaft mounted therein, carrying an eccentric provided with a groove, of a packing-rod having a pivoted arm, carrying a roller working in said groove.” (Lines 87-91) This newly designed press is “reversible—that is to say, the eccentric may be rotated to the right or left and the same result produced on the packing-rods and in equally as effective a manner.” (Lines 75-79) Illustration is included.

Patent that improves on existing design of cotton-picking spindles by using an elastic material instead of bristles. Includes instructions and illustrations.

Letter written to Monteith and Hall in Belton, Texas from Jones & Kendall, attorneys in Waco, Texas, concerning an issue of interest to be paid. The letter is written on letterhead for Jones, Kendall & Sleeper, Attorneys-At-Law.