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T. B. Willis Collection
4,802
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495
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455
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398
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387
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386
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372
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351
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350
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[Portrait of Margaret McDowell]
Photograph of Margaret Stribling Sleeper, née McDowell. She is an elderly woman clad in austere clothing and is wearing a lace bonnet in her hair. On the back of the photo is a sticker with the text, "Margaret McDowell 1793-1864." The portrait hung in a descendant's home in Waco, Texas for many years.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Willis, John Todd
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Gardner Sleeper]
Photograph of Gardner Southworth Sleeper, a man with a long, bushy beard.
Date:
February 1982
Creator:
Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Isadore Sleeper]
Photograph of Isadore Elizabeth Sleeper, née Causey. She is wearing austere clothing and has her hair pulled back. According to a handwritten note on the back, she was born in 1838 and died in 1914, and was the wife of Gardner S. Sleeper.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Clorinda Sleeper Morgan]
Photograph of Clorinda Torrance Morgan, née Sleeper. She is an elderly, bespectacled woman clad in austere Victorian-era clothing with an oval pendant attached to the collar.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of the Gardner Southworth Sleeper Home near Hewitt, Texas]
Photograph of a house, a mostly wooden structure, that belonged to the Gardner Southworth Sleeper family. Part of the structure is missing. Handwritten notes on the front and back of the photo provide various pieces of information: "my grandfather Sleeper home on Old Hewitt Road. Part of it still standing 1970. Built in 1879."
Date:
July 1972
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of John Sleeper]
Photograph of John Sleeper, a middle-aged man with a bushy mustache, clad in a suit and bowtie. According to handwritten notes on the back, the photo was a gift "for Little Mary Sleeper from Uncle John." Additionally, John Sleeper was the brother of Jeremiah Sleeper, who was the father of the aforementioned Mary Sleeper. Both Jeremiah and John were the sons of Fabius Hoyt Sleeper.
Date:
1904
Creator:
Sanders, M. L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Emma Shaw Broiles]
Photograph of Emma Shaw Broiles, a young woman clad in high-collared clothing with a floral boutonniere pinned to the chest. Her hair is pulled back with a pompadour at the front. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo provide information about the Shaw family and the Sleeper family. One of the notes reveals that the photo was "purchased at Frank M. Quinius' estate sale in Waco, 2007."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Julia Sleeper Stribling]
Photograph of Julia Sleeper Stribling, a young woman wearing a high-collared, button-up ensemble with a floral boutonniere pinned to the chest. Her hair is pulled back with a pompadour at the front.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Young Man and Woman]
Photograph of a young man and young woman, Henry Frank Smith and Monetta Stribling, locking arms and posing for a picture. Behind them an automobile is partially visible. They are dressed in semi-formal attire; the young woman has a corsage attached to her clothing.
Date:
December 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Elizabeth Causey Miles]
Photograph of Elizabeth "Bessie" Causey Miles, wife of Henry Willard Quinius according to handwritten notes on the back of the photo. She is a young woman wearing a light-colored Edwardian-era style gown with long, semi-sheer sleeves.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of Friends on a Seashore]
Postcard featuring a photograph of four people — Henry Willard Quinius, Elizabeth "Bessie" Causey Miles Quinius, Nannie Clara Evans Willis, and John T. Willis, Sr. They are clad in their bathing suits; the women are wearing swimming caps.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Nannie Sleeper Evans]
Photograph of Nannie Caroline Sleeper Evans, a young woman wearing a high-collared ensemble with a lace bib in the style of 19th century American West clothing. Her hair is swept back with a crown set atop her head.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Sleeper Family Women]
Photograph of the women of the Sleeper family, posed for a portrait together on the porch of their family home at 1108 Austin Ave in Waco, Texas. Seated on the front row from left to right is Pattie Markham Sleeper, Isadore Elizabeth Causey Sleeper, and Clorinda Sleeper Morgan. Standing behind them are Mrs. Simpson Ridley Stribling and Mrs. Stribling.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stained Glass Window at a Church]
Copy photograph of a stained glass window at First Presbyterian Church in Waco, Texas. It features an image of Jesus Christ with the text "I am the vine; ye are the branches." The window is a memorial for Fabius Hoyt Sleeper and Pattie Markham Sleeper.
Date:
1984
Creator:
Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stained Glass Window at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Waco]
Copy photograph of a stained glass window at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Waco, Texas. It features the image of Jesus, indicated by a nimbus with a cross, speaking in the Temple. The window is in memorial of Elizabeth Day Sleeper.
Date:
1984
Creator:
Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of William George Evans]
Photograph of William George Evans, an elderly bearded man wearing a suit and tie.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Sarah Baker Evans]
Photograph of Sarah Isabel Baker Evans, a middle-aged woman wearing austere clothing. According to accompanying information, she was also known as Sallie.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Evans Family at Home]
Photograph of the Evans family posed on the porch steps of their house in Waco, Texas. Standing in the top row wearing an apron are Sarah (AKA Sallie) Isabel Baker Evans and her husband William George Evans. Also pictured on the left are Charles Evans, Jr., Sarah Elizabeth Evans, William Warren Evans, Lillian Evans (as an infant), and Rosa Johnson Evans. On the right are two young brothers Harold and John Sleeper and their mother Maria Evans Sleeper.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Maria Evans Sleeper]
Photograph of Maria Evans Sleeper, a woman with short, curly hair, dressed in a high-collared ensemble. She is only visible from the chest up. A handwritten note on the back reveals that she was the mother of Harold and John Sleeper.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Maria Evans Sleeper]
Photograph of Maria Evans Sleeper, a young woman with shoulder-length hair, dressed in a prim but youthful ensemble. Her arms are folded in front of her.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Sarah Elizabeth Evans]
Photograph of Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Evans, a young woman with shoulder-length hair, dressed in a prim dress trimmed in lace. She is seated on a chair and is resting one arm on the chair's arm while her other rests in her lap.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of William Warren Evans]
Photograph of William Warren Evans, a mustached man wearing a three-piece suit. He is only visible from the chest up.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Home of Judge William Evans]
Photograph of a Queen Anne-style two-story house that belonged to William Warren Evans. A man and a small child are visible standing on the porch steps. The man is believed to be William Warren Evans' father, William George Evans.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Charles Evans, Sr.]
Photograph of Charles Evans, Sr., a young man wearing a shirt and a jacket. He is only visible from the chest up. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Charles Evans, Sr., 1851-1926."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History