Data complied regarding wells and other water resources, including water quality analysis, measurements, and other relevant information.

Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to Ray I. Mehan discussing about the West Texas farmlands list and agreeing to the points raised by Mr. Wilson on giving up on the mineral interests which Harris L. Kempner trying to hold-on to make sales. Also, talked about Mr. Foy S. Sanders who would provide help in liquidating these farmlands.

Letter from John Ben Shepperd to Harris Leon Kempner mentioning about the request made by Dr. Rupert N. Richardson, president of the Texas Historical Foundation for a contribution in support of the program to preserve Texas' historical heritage. Shepperd explains how this foundation helps tourist revenue and mentions that he's a member of board and that the foundation had potent force in these fields. So he mentions that Dr. Richardson requested him to contribute $100 or more.

A letter written to Major T. N. Carswell, from Arthur B. Knickerbocker, Major, Inf., Commanding 34th Bn.,TGD, Odessa, Texas, dated June 5, 1941. Knickerbocker expresses his appreciation for the manner and attitude shown by Carswell during the Induction Inspection and compliments the talk he made describing it as very effective.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a man and his wife charged in the murder of a barmaid.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a man and his wife charged in the murder of a barmaid.

Photograph of a cowboy riding on a bucking horse. There is another man behind him also on a horse. Written below the photograph is "Hook'im Cowboy - Why don' the darn thing buck? Jack Nolan."

Vickie Gomez was born in Barstow, Texas. Both her father and grandfather tended goats when Gomez was a child. Her family moved to Odessa in 1945, and Gomez attended mixed Anglo and Mexican schools. Gomez first when to Odessa High School and then Ector County High School, where she graduated from in 1959. Gomez then went to Odessa College, after being discouraged from attending university by a high school counselor. At the same time, she became the first Hispanic to work for the city’s First National Bank. After attending Odessa College for six years, Gomez went to the University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated from in 1972. When she returned to Odessa, she began working as an administrator for the University of Texas Premium Basin. In 1976, Gomez ran for Ector County ISD Board of Trustees. She won an at-large election with a black and brown coalition. Gomez helped push integration in Odessa schools.