Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe, the former Detroit Tiger Pitching great who is now hurling for Shreveport, shows how he grips his famous knuckleball pitch."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A. M. Perkins of Shreveport."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mayor Latting has a new secretary today. She is Mrs. Frances Taber, who formerly worked for the city 6 1 / 2 years."

This home movie excerpt documents Norman and Mary driving from Bossier City, Lousiana to Cleburne, Texas with footage including downtown Shreveport, Louisiana, the Louisiana/Texas border, Jonesville, Texas, Tyler, Texas, and the interstate.

Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "636" and "Texas & Pacific" are visible on the side. Another train sits on the tracks just behind. Handwritten text below the image says, "Shreveport, LA. July 1949."

Photograph of the side of train #805 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Written below the image are "[sic] Shreveport, La. July 1952." and "H.K.Vollrath."

Photograph of train #805 in Shreveport, Louisiana. There is a train visible behind the engine. Below the image are written "Shreveport, La. July 12 1949" and "R.H.Carlson."

Photograph of train #805 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Written underneath are "Shreveport, La. July 21st 1949" and "Charles E. Winters."

Photograph of T&P train #808 in Shreveport, Louisiana. There is a large plume of black smoke rising from the engine and a house visible in the background. Written below the image are "Shreveport, La. July 1951 (Pipe for the 'Big Inch')" and "H. K. Vollrath."

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.

Letter from Charlyne Creger to the Women Airforce Service Pilots informing them that she is their new newsletter contact. She also gives them some updates about upcoming events and changes to their organization.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about arrests in gun smuggling to Mexico.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a federal judge at Shreveport who ordered a new trail for Jack Favor.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about one person who has been killed and five others who have been wounded in a two hour reign of terror during a shootout at a San Augustine residence in East Texas.

Photograph of R. T. Douglas and his field. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Pig weeds grow on fertile land where I planted corn twice this year,” says R. T. Douglas. “My fist planting washed out and the second planting had just started growing when this field was flooded a second time, I’ve got about 75 acres on which there will be a total crop loss this year. If my new drainage system had been completed in time I expect I’d have made 40 bushels of corner per acre here from the first planting.”

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about weather report for Fort Worth and Dallas areas.

Interview with Nan (Barbara) Alexander, a former model and executive at Neiman Marcus. Alexander discusses her background, beginning work in the fashion industry as a store model, her education, working as a sample model and "Girl Friday" at Howard Wolf Inc. in Fair Park, being a sportswear model at Neiman Marcus, the layout of the store, the apparel market, and the history of fashion in the DFW area.