Handwritten letter from Ora James (Mrs. W.C. James) to Perry thanking her for the baptistry painting for the church in Friendship, Tennessee. Letter mentions Wayland James as being newly in the military service during World War II and Ora James's reaction to it. Gives details of starting the church building and congregation in Friendship. Mentions check to cover additional expenses associated with the painting.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "100 Years ago Thomas Alva Edison invented the phonegraph, Ulysses S. Grant was president, Bell Telephone Company was organized and Mattie A. Smith was born in Friendship, Tennessee."