The three pages of this invitation and program are tied into a folded cover of linen paper. The front cover has intertwined raised initials, S, H, N, I (for Sam Houston Normal Institute), and above them is printed an image in red and blue ink of a Texas flag with the initials S.H.N.I. flying from the top of the flag pole. The first page within the cover is the printed invitation to the Joint Session of the Literary Societies of the Sam Houston Normal Institute, held in Memorial Hall, Huntsville, Texas, May 26, 1900. In the top left corner of the invitation page is a lithographic image by C. A. Wright, Philadelphia, that depicts a variety of scholarly and literary objects arranged on a cloth-covered table. The second page consists of the program for the event. The third page lists the names of nine literary societies: Lone Star, Athena, Baldwin, Houstonian, Philomathean, Eclectic, House, Ross, and Senate. Handwritten in ink on the back of the cover are the words "Mom's graduation program Mary McAlister McCutchan," probably written at a later date by her daughter-in-law Johnnie McCutchan.

Menu for the Gables Café in Marshall, Texas. It consists of one sheet of textured gray paper folded in half. The type is printed in green ink. The cover includes the name, its location, "Highways 43 and 59, South," that it was adjacent to the Burnett, Henderson, and Bel-Air Motels, that it provided room service to those motels at no additional cost, and that it was open from 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight. On the interior, in addition to providing food items and prices, it identifies "your hosts" as Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Elsberry. It also promises "organ melodies on the Hammond organ, 6:00 to 8:00 P.M." Prices range from 15 cents for a piece of pie to $4.00 for K. C. Sirloin for two. The menu is worn, with some bends, tears, and staining.

Program for the performance of the play "Ye Village Skewl of Long Ago," presented by the Parent-teachers' Association of South Marshall School, April 30, 1920 at 8:15 P.M. Advertisements for local business above and below the cast listings.

Program for a concert by Michael Rabin, violinist, with Raymond Lambert, piano, presented by the Community Concert Association. The performance in Marshall, Texas, was November 23, 1953.

One-page program for the dedication of the new Marshall, Texas, post office building, which was held on April 2, 1962. The front lists the program and the speakers. The back lists all the post office personnel and also gives a short history of Marshall's post office beginning in 1841.

Handmade booklet tied with string on the left side. The cover is of dark green, heavy, textured paper with the title and an image of a flower printed on the front. Written in ink at the top of the cover is the name Mrs. Sims McCutchan. The sixteen pages within the cover are typewritten and list the club's officers, members, and dates and subjects of the year's meetings.

Booklet includes many statistics and halftone photographic images of Marshall, Texas, in the 1940s. An aerial view of the city is included near the beginning of the booklet. Contents include lists, descriptions, and illustrations of manufacturing, industrial, and commercial companies and facilities, as well as schools, churches, and homes. Agricultural activities and opportunities in Harrison County are also included, as well as recreational assets, particularly Caddo Lake State Park. A drawing of the airport building, under construction at the time, is also included.

This pamphlet provides basic information about Sam Houston School, an elementary school in Marshall, Texas, for the 1959-60 school year. It includes the names of the teachers and the grades they taught, a history of the school, and a list of the school's principals and the years they served. It was intended for distribution to the parents of the pupils. The paper cover has a photograph of the school building provided by the Marshall New Messenger. On the back is a photo of the principal, W. H. Segraves. The text was reproduced by a spirit duplicator, and the purple ink has faded over time.

Menu for the Elsberry Café, Marshall, Texas. It consists of a cover, glossy black on one side, with gray letters printed on it. The list of offerings of the menu was printed with black ink on cream paper that was glued onto the back of the cover. On the cover, under the title of the menu, is the phrase "Just Good Food" and "Open 24 Hours." The location is given as 407 Pinecrest Drive East, Marshall, Texas. Inside the menu the hosts are identified as Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Elsberry. Categories listed include Mexican Foods, Sandwiches, Desserts, Omelettes, Steaks-Chops, Chicken, Sea Foods, Cold Plates, Cocktails [non-alcoholic ], Salads, and Specialty Italian Foods. Prices range from a slice of pie for 15 cents to an "extra cut sirloin-for two" for $5.00. Frog legs were priced at $2.00.