Inventory of the records of Rockwall County housed in the Rockwall County Courthouse as of 1936. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justice of the Peace Courts, Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, and County Surveyor. References laws specifically applicable to Rockwall County. Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes.

Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis. The first part of the letter is dated February 12, 1879, and the second part is dated February 14, 1879. The first part discusses John and Emma being ill. The second part mentions a social John is going to.

Patent for a machine for making tablets. This patent describes improvements in tablet-making machines or molds, which will be simple in construction and which will make tablets of different sizes, there being provided plates which are perforated and of different sizes whereby the thickness which it is desired to mold the tablets may be regulated.

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

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

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

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

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a bank robbery in Royce City.

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

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about two of the three officers who were killed in Dallas had their funeral services at First Methodist Church and First Baptist Church.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the FBI questioning a mother of nine in connection to a robbery of the Citizen's State Bank and stole a car from an auto dealer when she asked to test drive the car.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a mother of nine was captured after a police chase that followed after the Citizen's State Bank was robbed.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the funerals for two of the three sheriff deputies who were killed in a shooting.

This Report presents quantitative and qualitative information concerning ground water of Texas, from observations in wells of 20 county areas in Northeast Texas by Texas Water Development Board and U.S Geological Survey.

Photograph of Rockwall County Courthouse in Rockwall, TX. A paved parking lot sits in front of the courthouse with multiple cars and trucks occupying it, slightly obscuring the small lawn surrounding the building. The courthouse is constructed by off-white bricks and has a short set of stairs leading up to the windowed doors of the building. Across the walls of the courthouse are two rows of tall windows spaced a handful of feet apart from one another. In the center of the flat top of the building is another, short section with a single row of windows across its sides. This part of the courthouse is also made up by off-white bricks and has a flat roof. Two tall, thin metal structures rise from the top of the courthouse along as thin powerlines crisscross the sky around them.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the authorities who will resume their search of Lake Ray Hubbard at dawn for a men presumed drowned when his boat capsized in rough water.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about one man who drowned and his companion swam to safety when their boat capsized in rough water on Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwell County.

Interview with Thurman Hooper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hooper worked at camps in Peaceful Valley, Colorado (Company 894); Bonham, Texas (Company 894); Durango, Colorado; Alamosa, Colorado; Jasper, Texas (Company 1820); and Bowie, Arizona. Includes Appendix.

Panoramic photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Facing the east, the Rockwall water tower, the old worship center, and its white steeple is visible behind the large crowd of people standing together on the location of the worship center. In front of the people are parked cars in front of a row of parking cones.

Panoramic photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Facing the east, the Rockwall water tower, the old worship center, and its white steeple is visible behind the large crowd of people standing together on the location of the worship center. In front of the people are parked cars in front of a row of parking cones. The crowd watches a group of people stand near a pile of upturned soil at right.

Panoramic photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Facing the southeast, a large crowd of people stands together on the location of the worship center, watching a speaker talk into a microphone. The speaker holds a book, and two men in suits stand behind him.

Panoramic photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Facing the east, the Rockwall water tower, the old worship center, and its white steeple is visible behind the large crowd of people standing together on the location of the worship center. In front of the people are parked cars in front of a row of parking cones.

Photograph of a speech being delivered at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The speaker holds a book in his right hand and stands behind a microphone on a stand. Members of the church staff stand behind the speakers, including two men holding shovels driven into the dirt.

Photograph of a speech being delivered at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The speaker holds a book in his right hand and stands behind a microphone on a stand and a loudspeaker set on a large tripod. Members of the church staff stand behind the speakers, including two men holding shovels driven into the dirt.