A bond note worth $229.20 issued to C. C. Cox by the First National Bank of Cleveland, Texas.

Invoice for items sold to C. C. Cox by Dumble, Armistead and Cronan, including a stove, nails, and a mechanical bolt. Included as well is a shipping invoice for the same products, sent via the Houston East & West Texas Railway, and an envelope.

A copy of a teacher's contract for Bettie Mitchell with Montgomery County, Texas, Common School District 15.

A registered envelope from the US Post Office Department, Postage Stamp Agency, addressed to the Splendora, Texas postmaster.

Letter from Texas state superintendent S. M. N. Marrs to C. C. Cox informing him about a supplemental payment to the state's school districts. Envelope is included.

Letter from T. F. Loughran to C. C. Cox discussing negotiations over the purchase of some land. Envelope is included.

Letter from L. Rosenwald to C. C. Cox discussing the quality and price of some clothing. Envelope is included.

Letter from James Appely of the Houston East & West Texas Railway to C. C. Cox discussing a check owed to Cox and how to get it to him.

Letter from the Southern School-Book Depository discussing a sale of hairnets and maps. Envelope is included.

Letter from M. A. Thomas to C. C. Cox discussing business involving timber and oil. The envelope is included.

Postcard from Henry Castle, auditor of the US Postal Service, to M. S. King, postmaster of Splendora, Texas, informing him of the results of a September 30, 1900 audit.

Letter from C. Grunewald to C. C. Cox discussing the price of a parlor organ. Envelope is included.

Letter from M. A. Thomas to the Foster Lumber Company, which had attempted to gain right of way over land entrusted by Thomas to C. C. Cox.

Letter from J. L. Myers of the Houston Show Case and Manufacturing Company to C. C. Cox asking about measurements for a window shade. Included is the envelope, postmarked 9 PM, February 7, 1922 in Houston, TX.

Letter from Stella Rice to C. C. Cox applying for a position at his school in Splendora, Texas. Two envelopes are included.

Letter from R. E. Gray to C. C. Cox discussing the potential sale of some land and a description of the plot. The envelope is included.

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

Mr. Calyen was born and raised in Conroe, Texas. He lived in a segregated neighborhood and attended Booker T. Washington schools until 1966, when he participated in "freedom of choice" and attended Conroe High School. While in high school, he participated in three marches in 1964 and 1965 to protest continued discrimination. He graduated in 1968 and enrolled in the military. He spent a year in Vietnam and then moved to New York City, where he married and spent almost thirty years as a postal carrier. He then returned to Conroe where he has remained active in his community. Mr. Calyen described race relations in Conroe in the 50s and 60s, segregation and integration, the black community, the impact of the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, his experiences in New York as compared to Conroe, and community activism in Conroe since the 1990s.

Photograph of the Kirbee Kiln in Texas.

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

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

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

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a broadcast news story.

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