This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.

Interview with Estelle Adams discussing her life growing up in Wheelock, Texas as well as her grandparents who left Georgia and other extended family members. She also talks about her experiences teaching in various Texas towns, including a segregated school in Bryan, Texas and being transferred to a school in Dallas, Texas during integration.

Living in the Woods in a Tree is an intimate glimpse into the turbulent life of Texas music legend Blaze Foley (1949--1989), seen through the eyes of Sybil Rosen, the woman for whom he wrote his most widely known song, “If I Could Only Fly." It captures the exuberance of their fleeting idyll in a tree house in the Georgia woods during the countercultural 1970s. Rosen offers a firsthand witnessing of Foley’s transformation from a reticent hippie musician to the enigmatic singer/songwriter who would live and die outside society's rules. While Foley's own performances are only recently being released, his songs have been covered by Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett, and John Prine. When he first encountered “If I Could Only Fly," Merle Haggard called it “the best country song I've heard in fifteen years." In a work that is part-memoir, part-biography, Rosen struggles to finally come to terms with Foley's myth and her role in its creation. Her tracing of his impact on her life navigates a lovers' roadmap along the permeable boundary between life and death. A must-read for all Blaze Foley and Texas music fans, as well as romantics of all ages, Living in the Woods in a …

Interview with Seth Bailey, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Bailey's personal experiences of childhood and education in Athens, Texas, enlisting in the U.S. Army, basic training at Ft. Benning, Georgia, including experiences in Ranger Indoctrination Program and injuries sustained in "jump school," as well as his combat experiences in Karbala, Ramadi, and Al Asad. Bailey also talks about his family's tradition of military service, his assignment to a unit in Darmstadt, Germany, his deployment to Iraq and performance of long-range surveillance missions, continuing struggles with injury from basic training, with the Army health care system, and with substance abuse. Additionally, Bailey discusses his treatment at the Walter Reed Army Hospital, being discharged from the Army, returning to Arlington, Texas, and gives his opinions regarding the benefits of military service and regarding women in the military.

Interview with Angela Bynum, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Bynum's personal experiences of childhood and education in California and Texas, enlisting in the U.S. Army, basic and advanced training as a motor transport operator, training in avoidance of improvised explosive devices, and transport missions between Iraq and Kuwait. Bynum also discusses her inability to withstand Airborne training, the decision to leave active duty in 2002, her use of the GI Bill benefits to attend Tarrant Community College, the 2004 call-up from reserve duty and deployment to Iraq, her family's concerns regarding deployment, and aspects of daily life for American soldiers stationed in Iraq.

Interview with Arthur Hofstein, a Army WWII veteran from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hofstein discusses the lead up to war, being drafted, training to be a radio operator, departure for the European Theater, landing in France and first action at Mars-la-Tour, the Battle of the Bulge, German prisoners and civilians, advancing into Germany, the liberation of Dachau, letters, and life after the war. In appendix are various materials and photographs related to Hofstein and his service.

Transcript of an interview with Reverend Michael Piazza, pastor of the Dallas Cathedral of Hope. Reverend Piazza discusses conversion from Catholicism to the Methodist Church, decision to enter ministry, the process of coming out, volunteer work, and development of outreach and social justice ministries, and decision to leave and affiliate with United Church of Christ denomination.

Base Visit Book Moody Air Force Base Initial Pilot Training Realignment Recommendation June 2005

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Memorandum: Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Fort Benning, Georgia (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.026), Audit Report: A-2004-0420-IMT - DTD 23 July 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Memorandum: Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Fort Stewart, Georgia (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.059), Audit Report: A-2004-0537-IMT - DTD 29 September 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Fort Gordon, Georgia (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.029), Audit Report: A-2004-0392-IMT - dtd 12 July 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Fort Stewart, Georgia (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.027), Audit Report: A-2004-0399-IMT - dtd 13 July 04

The findings of the commission staff during their visit to Moody AFB, GA

Base Visit Trip Report - Moody Air Force Base - GA

Base Visit Report - Visit Report for Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, conducted by Timothy MacGregor, Senior Air Force Analyst.

Commissioner's Base Visit Book - Fort Gillem's Closure Recommendations dated 10 June 2005

Commissioner's Base Visit Book - Fort McPherson, GA dated 8 June 2005

Base Visit Trip - Trip report for Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay visit conducted by Hal Tickle on 17 June 2005.

Base Visit Trip - Visit Report for Navy Supply Corps School (NSCS) conducted by Commissioner Harold W. Gehman Jr, and commission staff member David Epstein.

Base Visit Report from BRAC Commission Visit to NAS Atlanta, GA dtd 25 May 2005.

Base Visit Report for Fort McPherson, GA, June 8 2005. Lead Commissioner: Honorable James T. Hill; Commission Staff: Donald Manuel & Aaron Butler.

Base Visit Report to Fort Gillem, GA, 10 June 2005. Lead Commissioner: Honorable James H. Bilbray; Commission Staff: Donald Manuel & Aaron Butler.

103-06A-A7 Base Visit Report of BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Benning, GA dtd 4 June 2005.

Commission Base Visit Book - NAS Atlanta 25 May 2005