Patent for improvements to "that class of bee-hives or bee-houses having a series of compartments..." (lines 15-17) with instructions and illustrations.

Patent for a new and improved post-hole digger. This design "has for its object to provide a simple, durable, inexpensive, and efficient device, the levers of which can be readily separated, so that either of them can be used as a spade or shovel to fill in the earth around the post after it is placed in the hole" (lines 14-19).

Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Copy of transcript for a deed for land sold by Thomas F. McKinney, agent for Quintana, to Jared E. Groce.

Letter from Frank M. Valdez, League of United Latin American Citizens National President, to John J. Herrera, dated November 21, 1961. The letter thanks Herrera for his recent letter, which was included in LULAC NEWS, and offers to help where necessary with the school situation in Columbus, Texas.

Patent for a stapling machine. Illustration included.

Photograph of the Zimmerscheidt School (located at Southwest corner FM 109 and Zimmerscheidt Road) in Colorado County, Texas.

Photograph of the Weimar Depot. (located at Jackson Square) in Weimar, Texas.

Patent for wheeled stretcher used to transport wounded soldiers on the battlefield.

Letter from Thomas L. James to I. H. Kempner discussing oil activity in Colorado County.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the Senate Permanent Investigations sub-committee who opened hearings into allegations that the petroleum industry has clouded the supply picture and stands to profit heavily from the energy crisis.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Sandra Haynie who has won 29 championship in her 13 years as a pro.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dwight Pendleberry. Pendleberry joined the Army with his brother prior to the outbreak of war with Japan. After training as an ordnance man in the artillery, Pendleberry's company was sent to the Philippines in September, 1941. Pendleberry describes the Japanese attack on the Philippines and the subsequent fall of Bataan. He escaped to Corregidor with a few other people only to be captured there one month later. After being taken to Manila, Pendleberry was sent to Cabanatuan. By that time, he had contracted malaria. From there, he was selected to be on a work detail loading and unloading Japanese ships in Manila. Pendleberry also describes executions, genral mistreatment and outright torture at the hands of the Japanese captors. Eventually, Pendleberry and many other POWs were shipped aboard the Noto Maru to Taiwan, then Japan. Pendleberry wound up at Omori prison camp in Tokyo Bay. He describes the low-level fire bombing mission over Tokyo, which took place one night in March, 1945. After that, Pendleberry was moved to northern Japan to work at a coal mine. After the war, Pendleberry was liberated and repatriated back to the US through …