A commencement program for McKinney College from the C. B. Moore Collection. This program details the graduates from the tenth annual commencement held at McKinney College on May 26, 1897. Additional services honoring the graduates were held prior to the commencement and they included: a baccalaureate sermon held on May 23, 1897 at Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs, Texas; an art reception held on May 24, 1897 at McKinney College; and an annual education concert held on May 25, 1897 at Heard's Opera House. The commencement schedule is included on the last page of the program.

Photograph of Gary Lovell (left) and another member of the TXSSAR Color Guard (right) at The Hopkins County Veterans Memorial in Sulphur Springs, Texas. They are standing side by side in uniform, looking off to the left of the camera. They are both holding muskets. Two large stone memorial structures can be seen in the background. From left to right, they read: "Respect" and "Honor."

Photograph of a group of people gathered in their driveway and watching a parade in Como, TX. A group of teenagers and young adults are seated on the hood of a vehicle. Two older adults are seated on foldout chairs in front of the cars.

Photograph of a headstone at The Hopkins County Veterans Memorial in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The headstone reads: "Known only to God -- July 1954."

Photograph of a headstone at The Hopkins County Veterans Memorial in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The headstone reads: "John E. Phinney -- Pvt US Army -- World War II -- Sep. 12, 1926 - Aug. 10, 1954." There is a small cross on the top portion of the headstone, above Phinney's name.

Photograph of Hopkins County Courthouse in Sulphur Springs, TX. The courthouse sits in the middle of brick roads, with cars driving past it in the left side of the foreground. One car drives in front of the courthouse towards the left, next to a sidewalk that sits around the base of the building. The courthouse is made of orange and red stone and is constructed as two intersecting rectangular sections with curving walls connecting the sections' edges. One rectangular section sits with its widest side facing the camera and while the other one, intersecting it, faces the camera with its thinner side. Both sections have four main rows of windows, the bottommost one consisting of small windows just above the ground. The wider section has a roof that slopes up to an edge, creating a triangular shape at its ends, while the thinner section has a triangular roof that slopes up to a point, with a small structure projecting out of the front side of the roof. The structure has three small windows on it and has a roof that slopes up to an edge like the roof of the wider section of the building. Small towers with cone-shaped roofs …

Photograph of a sculpture at The Hopkins County Veterans Memorial in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The sculpture consists of four panels of stone inlaid in a large granite wall. On the right side of the sculpture is a train. To the left of the train, two soldiers are preparing to board. Another soldier is embracing a woman in the center of the scene. Other people can be seen walking. On the left side of the sculpture, a man is sitting in front of a station building with a sign above the windows that says, "Sulphur Springs." Above the sculpture on the granite wall are the words, "Hopkins County Veterans Memorial." The word "memorial" is being covered up by a tree in the photograph. Text has been engraved into the granite on either side of the sculpture.

Photograph of a memorial structure at The Hopkins County Veterans Memorial in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The structure consists of a granite wall with a panel of stone inlaid in its center. Above the stone are the words, "Hopkins County Veterans Memorial." Text has been engraved into the granite on either side of the stone. Trees are lining the middle of a walkway on the left side of the photograph.

Letter from Charleston Payne to Charles B. Moore giving news of his family and discussing religious matters and philosophizing about the future as a "dark and forbidding" place. Includes original envelope that is from the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway.

Photograph of a section of a list of names at The Hopkins County Veterans Memorial in Sulphur Springs, Texas. A small ribbon has been placed next to John Everett Phinney's name.

Photograph of an older man seated in a chair on a porch. The older man is holding a cane in his left hand and a soda can in his right. The man is wearing thick glasses, a polo shirt, and checkered pants. Written on the back of the photographs identifies the man watching a parade in Como, Texas.

Photograph of a man sitting in the passenger seat of a car, slightly leaning out the windo. Taken in Como, TX.

Research for an article about the towns surrounding New York and Paris, Texas that was published in the May 2003 issue of Texas Highways magazine.

Itinerary for a daytrip from New York to Paris, Texas taken as personal experience research for an article that was published in the May 2003 issue of Texas Highways magazine.

Resource list for an article about the towns surrounding New York and Paris, Texas that was published in the May 2003 issue of Texas Highways magazine.

Draft of an article about the towns surrounding New York and Paris, Texas that was published in the May 2003 issue of Texas Highways magazine.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10 P.M.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany news stories. This story aired at 6 P.M.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the 1955 Miss Texas contest winner, Vera June Prichard, leaving Dallas for Atlantic City to compete in the Miss America beauty pageant.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.