Letter from Bob Baker to Senator W. J. Bryan thanking him for the clipping he sent and sharing his reaction after reading it.

A letter written to Mr. George Barber, Mineral Wells, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, Fifth Division Commander, dated December 9, 1942. Carswell advises of his receipt on December 4th of the invitation for the program to be held on December 2nd and explains that he, otherwise, would have been happy to participate in the program.

A letter written to Major General William S. Key, Commanding Officer 45th Division, Camp Barkeley, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, dated February 9, 1942. Carswell outlines the Memorial and Patriotic Service planned by the Parramore Post to honor John B. Morrison, the first man from Taylor County killed in action during the present war and requests the presence of General Key.

A letter addressed to all officers and members of the Sixteenth District, from Fred T. Haddock, Commander, 16th District, The American Legion, Texon, Texas, dated September 9, 1942. Announcement calling for the 16th District to meet at the Fall Convention in Odessa, Texas in order to outline the program for 1943.

Letter from John A. Lomax to Senator W. J. Bryan thanking him for the letter he sent about his first automobile and asking Mr. Bryan to contribute some information toward his next book.

A document stating a general order abolishing the Officer's Inactive List for the Texas Defense Guard. Sent from the State of Texas, Adjutant General's Department, Austin, Texas, effective June 30, 1942. By order of the governor, J. Watt Page, Brigadier General, The Adjutant General and Neill H. Banister, Lieut. Col., A.G.D., Asst. to the Adjutant General, dated June 9, 1942 to T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas.

A memo written to American Legion post officials, from Ed Riedel, Act. Dept. Adjutant, The American Legion, Austin, Texas, dated September 9, 1942. The memo reports, "Attention - Scrap Iron Needed." Riedel advises of Legion Posts "giving their cannons, guns etc. to put them back on the firing line against the enemy", offers advice for turning in materials that are needed and emphasizes the serious need of materials. "We must hunt out the hoarders of scrap metal, whether they be the individual house owner or tenant, the farmer, the dealer, the auto grave yard or the scrap yard and report those persons to the authorities who can and will commandeer the metal".

A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman 24th Senatorial District Drys, from Paul J. Schwab, Dean, Trinity University, Waxahachie, Texas, dated June 9, 1942. Schwab confirms the University has a course on alcoholic problems.

A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Thomas J. Treadaway, S. M., Dean-Registrar, St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas, dated March 9, 1942. Treadaway advises of no course on the effects of alcohol but that temperance, as one of the four cardinal virtues, is taught in all of their Religion classes.

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from W. R. White, President, Hardin-Simmons University dated January 9, 1942. White extends felicitations to Carswell and his family and expresses his appreciation and that of the University for his part in the "Greater Hardin-Simmons University".

Weekly student newspaper from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.