Portrait of John Johnson, posed standing against a low wood fence, visible from the knees up. He wears a dark suit with a patterned bow tie, and pinned to his lapel is a ribbon. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Uncle John Johnson, Union City, Tenn."

Portrait of Mrs. McFerrin and granddaughter visible from the waist up. Mrs. McFerrin wears a dark-colored dress with many small folds pulled close together along the shoulders and puffy sleeves. Her granddaughter, on the left, wears a light-colored shirt with a square neckline. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Mrs. McFerrin and granddaughter. Mrs. M. F. Barcus's maternal uncle's wife. Wife of Rev. Dr. John Berry McFerrin of Tenn."

Portrait of Rev. Dr. McFerrin and grandson visible from the waist up. Dr. McFerrin wears a dark-colored three-piece suit and a bow tie. His grandson, on the left, wears a light-colored suit with a polka dot necktie. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Dr. J. B. McFerrin was the uncle of Mrs. M. F. Barcus. Rev. Dr. John Berry McFerrin. June 15, 1807, Rutherford Co., Tenn. - May 10, 1887, Nashville, Tenn. Noted Methodist pastor."

Photograph of Merchant William Colgin, Sr. with a friend standing in front of a riverboat, the "Henry Harley".

Postcard of the First Presbyterian Church at 812 Austin Avenue in Waco, Texas, sent by Minnie Sleeper to Mr. E. G. Oates updating him on her plants.

Law license from the Law School of Cumberland University acknowledging that Thomas Middlebrook Willis (1859-1937) has fulfilled the requirements for the degree. T. M. Willis practiced law in Abilene, TX for many years.

Photograph of Thomas Benton Starnes at 1204 Dodds Avenue in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He sits cross-legged in the yard in front of a two story house. He wears a suit, tie, and a bowler hat, and there is a potted plant behind him. The house next to 1204 Dodds Avenue can be seen in the background.

Photograph of Joe Starnes and his wife Nan. He sits in a wicker chair, legs crossed, and she stands behind him, resting her arm on his shoulder.

Photograph of the Starnes family and friends. They are, in no order, Jesse -, Eliza Starnes, Lola Starnes, Ike Stubblefield, Kate -, Ross Starnes, Sallie Abbott, and Everitt -. The women wear white shirts and large bow in their hair, and the men wear suits and ties.

Photograph of a law license belonging to Thomas Middlebrook Willis. It reads: "Law School of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee. To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: Know Ye, That we, the Professors of the Law School of Cumberland University, having examined Thos. M. Willis, touching his knowledge of the Law, and being satisfied with his attainments; and further, having before us the proofs required by Statue, that he is a man of good moral character and twenty-one years of age; Now, therefore, we, by the authority in us vested, do grant the said Thos. M. Willis, License to Practise Law in all the Courts of the State of Tennessee. Given under our hands, and the Soul of the University, at Lebanon, this 18th day of January 1883." Thomas Middlebrook Willis returned to Texas and opened his practice of law in Abilene, TX.

Receipt for goods purchased by S.M. Roy & Co. in Hennings, Tennessee from Slayden-Kirksey Woolen Mills in Waco, Texas.

Photograph of five J. Bethel Bell, Jos. D. Atkinson, Will H. Wethers, E. W. Washington, and W.B. Green, officers of the Chi Delta Mu fraternity, with chaplain Walter Scott posing in front of (possibly the fraternity house) a brick building with two white pillars, at the Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. Attached is a typewritten caption listing the men's names and offices and the names of the fraternity and university.

Photograph of five Vanderbilt University medical students working on a cadaver. Listed on the back are the following names: Merchant William Colgin (Waco, Texas), Robert Mann (Brownsville, Tennessee), Prichette Dr. (Tennessee), George Evans (Waco, Texas), and T. J. Morris (Gainesville, Texas).

Photograph of a group of young men in suits and hats standing on the steps of Meharry Dental and Pharmaceutical Hall in Nashville, Tennessee.

Photograph of people standing on the steps of the hospital and clinic building at Vanderbilt University.

Photograph of an unidentified man posing for a portrait. He has thick, dark hair and a large mustache. He wears a suit with a dark bowtie and looks to the right of the photographer.

Photograph of Sigma Chi fraternity at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Dr. M. W. Colgin Sr. of Waco poses in the middle row on the far right.

Portrait of a young African American woman with short hair from the waist and up.

Photograph of Benjamin Franklin Loughridge (1845–1930), a Confederate veteran. He wears a dark coat and sports a wiry beard.

Photograph of Georgia A. Poe Loughridge (1845–1929). She wears a black dress and faces forward.