Report of investigations issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the deposit of zinc-lead in the Melrose tract of Cherokee County. Churn drilling and sampling of the ore are presented in the report. Tables, maps, and illustrations re included.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Another "first" in the history of Oklahoma Methodism was marked up this week with the naming of Dr. H. Bascom Watts, Tulsa district superintendent, as bishop for Nebraska."

Photograph of a train engine and attached car, viewed from the side. The number "2319" is visible on the cab. Part of a building is visible in the left background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Herington Kansas Aug 18th 1951 (ex T&P #560)."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines investigating the well patterns and spacing of the Paola shoestring reservoir in Kansas. Several methods of field tests are presented. The report includes illustrations and tables.

Report documenting the suitability of Kansas for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.

From abstract: Radium-bearing precipitates derived from 'oil-well fluids have been found in more than 60 oil and gas fields in Cowley, Butler, Marion, Sedgwick, and Greenwood Counties of southeastern Kansas. The abnormal radioactivity of these precipitates has been studied through the use of gamma-ray and sample logs; by radiometric, chemical petrographic, and spectrographic analyses of the precipitates and drill samples; and through the use of chemical analyses of brines collected from oil wells in the areas of high radioactivity.

Report discussing an experiment in which the abnormal radioactivity of radium-bearing precipitates derived from oil-well fluids taken from more than 60 oil and gas fields in Cowley, Butler, Marion, Sedgwick, and Greenwood Counties of southeastern Kansas were studied.

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to A. F. Klopfstein discussing a bag he checked and a bill that was sent to him.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Right, the Santa Fe's streamliners on the Chicago-California mainline go through Halstead without even slowing down."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Halstead Kan. less than 150 miles north of Oklahoma City, is a typical city of 1,300 persons along American's Main Street."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "With the American flag flying from the schoolhouse staff, Bill Shaffer, 11, a Halstead fifth grader, stop his bicycle on the 38th paralled to gaze at the peaceful scene."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Pres. of Southwest Bowling Assn."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "No argument about this - as "illa Adams Dusch, class of '99 autographs a copy of "The Sigma Literacy Society, 1893-1897" for Dr. Harry E. Thompson, a member of the '93 faculty at Oklahoma A&M's annual alumni reunion Sunday."

Letter from Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company to I. H. Kempner agreeing to Kempner's request for travel to Lake Placid.

Newspaper clipping of Houston Chronicle discussing modern 'buffalo bills', buffalo farmers trying to keep up with high demand of bison.

Photograph of a train engine and attached car, viewed from the side. The number "2319" is visible on the cab. Part of a building is visible in the left background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Herrington [sic], Kansas Aug. 1951 (ex T&P #560)."

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories of the past week.

Letter from Williams Meat Co., Inc. to I. H. Kempner enclosing a copy of their new price list and guaranteeing that Kempner's order will be given Williams' personal attention.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Center, downtown Halstead is typical of Midwestern cities."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "There is neither cannon nor bloodshed along the 38th parallel - that is along the of the farmed geographical line that runs closest to Oklahoma."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dr. E. C. Elfert, Hutchinson, Kan., Bowler"