Mrs. Tolbert was born in 1943 in Cleveland. Tolbert grew up in Houston until she moved to Conroe in the 4th grade. Tolbert attended school in Bordersville while living in Houston. In Bordersville the neighborhood was integrated with a Mexican American and African American population. Tolbert graduated from Booker T. Washington in Conroe. She began working for law enforcement in 1984 after a few years of attempting. Tolbert experienced and witnessed explicit discrimination, racism, and sexism while working as a Deputy Sheriff in Montgomery County. Tolbert currently mentors young girls.

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.

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

Invoice for Boston butts sold to C. C. Cox by the Houston Packing Company. Envelope is included.

An envelope from the Glenn Nichols Land Company addressed to C. C. Cox.

An envelope containing a letter regarding Miss Gertrude Pruitt. On it in Montgomery County Superintendent P. R. Clarke's handwriting is a date and note.

Letter from W. H. Kirchman of the Saunders County National Bank to C. C. Cox asking about a map of Montgomery County, TX, and the status of the Black Hawk Company's drilling. Envelope is included.

Letter from T. F. Loughran to C. C. Cox discussing oil drilling in Montgomery County, TX. Envelope is included.

Letter from J. H. Cox to his brother C. C. Cox responding to a previous letter and discussing money. The envelope is included.

Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox discussing state aid for Montgomery County schools and recommending how to spend it. The envelope is included.

Letter from J. T. Lupton of Thatcher Medicine to C. C. Cox discussing a recent payment.

Letter from Henry Henke to C. C. Cox discussing a recent payment. A portion of the text is illegible due to water damage.

Postcard from A. H. Traylor to C. C. Cox asking that he submit his taxes owed for 1896.

Letter from W. W. Hedges to C. C. Cox discussing their work at Cox's school and proposing better pay. The envelope is included.

A pamphlet and introductory letter advertising Mifflins Alkohol Massage, an ethyl alcohol-based tonic for treating various skin ailments. A return order postcard and the sending envelope are included.

Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox regarding an upcoming school district election. The envelope is included.

Letter from Bettie Mitchell to C. C. Cox, following up a previous letter indicating her interest in teaching for another year at his school in Splendora, Texas. Included is the envelope, postmarked 6 PM April 22, 1922 in Huntsville, TX.

Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox discussing controversy over state aid for Cox's school. The envelope is included, on the back of which is some handwritten accounting.

Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox discussing school district financing. A postscript note is written on a slip of paper torn from a book. The envelope is included.

Invoice for free textbooks provided to the Splendora school in Montgomery County by the Texas State Dept. of Education.

A pamphlet from the War Savings Division of the Federal Reserve to American public schools with instructions for the celebration of Victory Savings Week, a national celebration and pledge drive for the first anniversary of World One One's end. Included are letters addressed to principals, teachers, and parents, specific instructions for schools on how to organize events and collect money pledges during the week, and lyrics for "thrift songs" to be sung. A return envelope and the sending envelope are included.

Patent for a new and improved plow mold board. This design "consists of a circular roll arranged in the mold-board near the point and covered with belting, which, in the forward movement of the plow, is revolved and carries the earth backward on an endless belt passing around rollers journaled in the end of transverse slots made in the mold-board, whereby, in the forward movement of the plow, the belt is revolved and the friction of the earth on the mold-board decreased and the plow scoured" (lines 17-28).

Patent for improvements in insect-destroying machines to remove and destroy the boll-weevil of cotton plants by “gathering the branches of the plant into position to be effectively operated upon by a revolving brush which sweeps the weevils from the plant into a box carried by the machine without injury to the cotton plants.” (Lines 25 -30)