Interview with Renee Shelton, a resident of Eastland County, regarding her experiences as a member of the African American community there. Shelton discusses starting school during the period of integration, discrimination she experienced, interracial dating, local community organizations, work at E. L. Graham Hospital and Russell-Newman, and prejudice experienced by her children in smaller Texas towns.

Photo of Eastland County Courthouse in Eastland, TX. The courthouse is made of small, pale-yellow bricks and large stone blocks. The entrance of the building faces the right side of the photo and is made entirely of the stone blocks, which form three arches at the top of the stairs with the words "Eastland County Courthouse" carved above. Two stone plinths sit on either side of the stairs. The first floor of the building, at the same level as the arches, is also built out of stone and has a row of windows extending across the width of the building, along with another row of window below it at ground level. Above these rows and the roof of the arched entryway are more windows, creating two more rows. Between each row are lines of stone circles or shield shapes that serve as ornamentation for the building. The sections of building on either side of the entryway into the courthouse have flat roofs whose height stops a few feet short of the building sections behind them. In the center of the courthouse, behind the arches at the front, rises the tallest part of the building which has four visible rows of …

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, covering a news story about Nathan Curry, who has murder charges filed against him for killing a fifty-three year old Cisco Church secretary.

Letter from Wanda Woody Black to Truett Latimer thanking him for his stance against the parimutuel betting bill.

Letter from Henry F. Long to Truett Latimer discussing a bill that concerns jury service. He also talks about a petition in support of the removal of the Court of Civil Appeals from Eastland from Abilene.

Letter from Davis Scarborough to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer discussing a proposal to move the Eastland Court of Civil Appeals to Abilene, and the support of area lawyers for such a move.

Letter from Texas State Representative Truett Latimer to Joe M. Nuessle affirming his support for HB 345 and expressing his regret that they could not visit each other longer when Nuessle was in Austin.

Letter from Truett Latimer to Mrs. Avis Altman declining an invitation to discuss water legislation at a convention in Eastland on the grounds that the Legislature will still be in session at the time.

Letter from Jack S. Herndon to Truett Latimer opposing legislation that would remove state aid from a branch of the Ranger Junior College that offers night classes. Mr. Henrdon summarizes his current living situation and why the night classes are important to him.

Letter from Omar Burkett to Truett Latimer discussing his the people's appreciation of Latimer opposition to a 5 day week for bank service.

Letter from Forrest Stout to D. W. Kempner discussing how they are planning on having Kempner's order put on a truck to Galveston within the end of the week.

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to N. D. Gallagher asking if he has made a shipment.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Under the given facts should Earl Conner Jr. of Eastland County be Commissioned as "County Attorney", "District Attorney", "County and District Attorney," or a "Criminal District Attorney"?

Photograph of W.A. Maples farm land. Contour cultivation and wind strips for erosion control on peanut land. The four rows of sorghum planted alternately with 8 rows of peanuts were severely grazed and a slight amount of wind erosion is evident although it is not serious. Wind erosion control strips on peanut fields should not be grazed and tall growing vegetation should be left to afford the fullest possible protection to the sandy soils. TX-40-893-B.

A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from R. N. Grisham, Grisham & Grisham, Attorneys At Law, Eastland, Texas, dated February 24, 1941. Grisham acknowledges his receipt of the letter from Carswell requesting the names of other county officers. Grisham informs Carswell that Rev. Jones W. Weathers will cooperate with him in this matter and that the whiskey interests have withdrawn from "this" county except for the wet drug stores.

Receipt for a package shipped from Sales & Sayles to Dan Childress via Railway Express Agency. There are two notes written on the receipt reading "Pd 3-8-39 [..] J. S. 36 c." and "Thanks! We hope to see you again."

Letter from Sayles & Sayles to Dan Childress discussing the Statement of Facts in the case, Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company vs. W. O. Rainwater.

Form documenting deposits made by Perry Sayles at the First National Bank in Strawn, Texas for $200.00.

Form documenting deposits made by Perry Sayles, trustee at the Texas State Bank of Eastland, Texas for $133.51.

Series of statements documenting interest earned on barrels of oil from fields owned by Perry Sayles, A. M. Foote, D. K. Scott, and Pearl Anderson, with a breakdown of locations, amounts, and other details.

Receipt for an automobile, 1935 Standard Tutor, sold to Guy Patterson by V8 Sales Ford Services. The receipt includes the payment details.

Letter from K. B. Tanner, on behalf of the Freyschlag Insurance Agency, to Perry Sayles, enclosing Sayles' insurance policy with National Liberty Insurance Company and informing of the circumstances through which his policy came to their office.