Patent for combination latch-locks, "in such manner as that the knob-latch, while performing its special function, will also serve as the lock upon any combination to which it may be adjusted, and the said latch can be operated from either the outside or inside of the door as a latch simply, or as a combination lock, which latter is further secured from the inside by the employment of a safety pin, rendering the bolt in its locked position perfectly secure, while by its partial withdrawal it prevents the possible change of the combination from the outside, and admits of the free use of the latch independent of such combination." (Lines 29-42) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for "devices for feeding seed-cotton to cotton-gins, and also, for cleaning the same preparatory to ginning; and it consists of a hopper having wires extending from side to side over a revolving toothed cylinder and a concave thrasher, and being made to reciprocate on a track by pinions on the ends of the thrasher-cylinder, working in double rack-bars, one in each side of the hopper, so contrived that the pinions run them over one way and under the other, making a simple and cheap mode of obtaining the motion." (Lines 6-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive fence-stay that "may be readily applied in a secure manner to horizontal fence-wires" (lines 12-13). The posts are sheets of metal, and metal T-shaped tongues hold the wires in place.

Patent for a new and improved ring for games. This design is "part of a game apparatus, a ring of wood of a form adapted to be rolled over a flat surface, having a ring of metal cast in a groove cut in its inner surface" (lines 57-60).

Weekly newspaper from Calvert, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Calvert, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.

Funeral program for Mrs. Mary Washington, born March 21, 1943 and died July 26, 1975. The funeral was held July 30, 1975 at Second Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. C. W. Black, Jr. Funeral arrangements were made through Collins Funeral Home, and she was buried in Riverside Cemetery in Hearne, Texas.

Patent for improvement to a ginning point that provides support and holds points in position for cotton gin cylinder section.

Patent for a plow. Illustration included.

Patent for cotton press. This invention "is the production of a press adapted for baling cotton and other materials in cylindrical bales in which the material forming the bales is compactly arranged under heavy pressure in superimposed spiral layers or laps" (line 10-15). Illustrations inlcuded.

Personal recollections of Estelle Adams about the history of the Wheelock Colored School in Wheelock, Texas, during the thirty years before the school was integrated in 1957.

Photograph of the Eugene Field House (located at 508 Texas Street) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Collat-Hacks House (located at 401 Gregg Street) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Collat House (located at 401 Gregg Street) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Drennan-Field-Doremus House (located at 508 Texas Street) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Fanny R. Jones House (located at 409 Gregg Street) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the First Presbyterian Church (located at 401 Barton Street) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Church of the Epiphany (located at Gregg at Elm Street) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Masonic Hall Building (located at 410 Main Street) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Church of the Epiphany (located at Gregg at Elm Street) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Church of the Epiphany (located at Gregg at Elm Street) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Presbyterian Manse (located at 403 Barton Street) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Foster House (located at 600 Block Texas) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Jones House Outbuilding (located at 609 Gregg Street) in Calvert, Texas.