A photograph print showing the Missouri Pacific (MoPac) 5309, 4-8-2, Van Buren, AR.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ora Smith of the Crawford County Historical Society, stands outside the Bob Burns Home Historical Museum."

A photograph print showing the Missouri Pacific (MoPac) 441, 2-8-0, Van Buren, AR.

A photograph print showing the Missouri Pacific (MoPac) 9773, 0-8-0, Van Buren, AR.

Handwritten letter from the rector of Trinity Church in Van Buren, Arkensas to the reverend at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Dallas, regarding a parishioner (Mrs. Holmes) who travels to Dallas on business, and asking that she be received at the church there when she is in town.

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

Letter from W. W. Hedges to C. C. Cox.

Wanted poster for the Barrow Gang: Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, Blanch Caldwell, Marvin Barrow (Clyde's brother) and an unknown person. The poster includes the physical descriptions of each person, and Sheriff Albert Maxey provides details for the monetary prize awarded upon their arrest.

Letter from Henry Moore to Charles Moore, discussing Henry Moore's experience as a cavalryman in a Confederate regiment during the Battle of Pea Ridge. He describes terrible weather, engaging the Union soldiers, and eventually retreating.

Transcript of a letter from Henry Moore to Charles Moore, discussing Henry Moore's experience as a cavalryman in a Confederate regiment during the Battle of Pea Ridge. He describes terrible weather, engaging the Union soldiers, and eventually retreating.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "BURNS KEPT BUSY READING FAN MAIL - The sage of Van Buren, Ark., the bazooka playing Bob Burns, seen above at his dining room table, is kept busy reading fan mail because he likes to attend to it himself, and if anyone happens to think the days of fan mail are over he has only to look at the sacks of it received daily by the Arkansas wit."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "JUST A PIPE DREAM - Bob Burns, the sage of Van Buren, Arkansas, takes the edge off of radio's intensive activity with a short nap in his specially-built "lounger's model" done up in white leather. Burns, funny enough to warrant the front page of his home town paper, is heard with Bing Crosby on the Kraft Music Hall every Thursday at 10:00 p.m., E.D.S.T., over the NBC-Red Network."

Letter from Brent Taylor, a high school student, to Rigdon Edwards requesting photographs, articles, and any information the he can offer to help him on his project on women who served in World War 2.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bob "Basooka" Burns when he was 11-years old, and his family smokehouse."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Robin "Bob" Burns Radio Comedian, (House he remembers as the home of his boyhood,)"

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cruising the Gulf Coast aboard he yacht Miss Oklahoma City II, are left to right, Mardi and George Cornmon, Oklahoma City, and Ray and Warren D. Segraves, Fayetteville, AR., top row, Mary and Monty Wells, Oklahoma City."

Postcard of 10 young adults swimming in a body of water. The bottom edge of the postcard adds, "Favorite Swimming Hole for Winslow Park Club Folks Chester, Ark."

Typed copy of letter from Henry Moore to Charles Moore, discussing Henry Moore's experience as a cavalryman in a Confederate regiment during the Battle of Pea Ridge. He describes terrible weather, engaging the Union Soldiers, and eventually retreating. It is typed on yellow paper, and some words or phrases are missing.