Postcard of T.J.S. (Ted) Caldwell wearing a sailor uniform and standing near a sidewalk, with a street and building in the background. A handwritten note on the back addressed to Mrs. Ida in Beaumont, TX from Camp MacDonough in Plattsuburgh, NY says "Dear Aunt Ida, I wear a little different uniform now but this picture is very good. I hope you like it. When are you coming to Huntington? I hope to be there around the 25 of Aug. I would love to see you if you are going to be there. All my love to you. Ted."

Flight log created by Gayle Cruthirds, member of the 376th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, documenting his bombing missions over Italy and Eastern Europe between May 17, 1944 through September 20, 1944. Cruthirds discusses dates, flight times, mission location, weather, presence of flak and fighters, types of planes, and notes specific to each mission.

Registry documenting membership at First United Methodist Church in Dallas from 1944 to 1982.

Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes tables and charts showing current and future land use as well as current and future zoning districts. According to an "Errata" insert, tables 1, 2, and 3, were made using the "wrong acreage for the Dallas parks...use the revised tables in studying this report."

Journal of the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Church, including the proceedings of the annual conference, committee reports, updates to conference leadership and contact information, and other related information. Index starts on page 132.

Photograph of Schreiner Institute cadet Adjutant Captain Thomas A. Bay posing arm-in-arm on the sidewalk outside a building with his sponsor Martha Neel Beddingfield Webb. Both of them are wearing uniforms.

Photograph of the student "SwingMasters" band performing at a dance in front of the bleachers in the Schreiner Institute gymnasium.

Schreiner Institute Cadets and Sponsors march in uniform on parade in downtown Kerrville.

Photograph of Lucile Turley on the day that Lucile and Vera registered for college at Arizona State University. Lucile Turley is wearing a jacket and is holding papers, walking in front of a building on the campus.

Photograph of Lucile Turley and Vera Whetten (Pratt) standing side-by-side outside at the Arizona State University campus. A building and cars parked on the street are visible n the background.

This thesis gives an overview of the history of Smith County, Texas. The chapters, according to the Table of Contents: Topography and Earliest Indian Life; The Cherokees; The Expulsion of the Cherokees; The Exploration and Beginnings of Smith County; Frontier Smith County, 1846-1851; The Ante-Bellum Period, 1860-1874; The Railroads and Their Influences, 1870-1900; Post Civil War Politics and Society, 1870-1900; and The Major Industrial Period.

Photograph of the United States Air Force, 15th Air Force, 376th Bombing Group, including Gayle Cruthirds of Diboll, Texas. All of the men are wearing Air Force uniforms and leather flight jackets, posing in front of a bomber. The plane has a face and the name "Betsy" painted on it. Handwritten information on the back of the photograph says, "April 22, 1944, Topeka, Kans. 15th Air Force (Italy) 376 Bomb Gp." and also lists those pictured, in order. Bottom row left-to-right: Lt. Jim Carrender, navigator, Kansas City; Lt. John Griffin, pilot, Rochester, New York; Lt. Peter Arth, co-pilot, Los Angeles, California; Lt. Hubert Schlatter, bombardier, Jennings Lodge, Oregon. Top row left-to-right: S/Sgt. Slim Limbocker, waistgun, Ranger, Texas; S/Sgt. Jo Janosko, engineer, Auburn, New York; S/Sgt. Gayle Cruthirds, nose gun, Diboll, Texas; S/Sgt. Edward Blunt, ball gun, Fresno, California; S/Sgt. Russel Martin, radio, top gun, Mounds, Illinois; S/Sgt. Ray (Mundo) Lane, tail gun, St. Louis, Missouri.

Photograph of the graduating class of 1944 from Academy in Colonia Juarez, Mexico posing outside the school. They are posing in alternating rows of women and men, with the first two rows kneeling or seated on the ground and the others lined up behind them. A large gate and a number of trees are visible behind them.

Photograph of the members of Travis faculty, sitting in chairs in a large room. A note below the image identifies some of the individuals: on the front row, 2. Doris Brogdon, 3. Hazel Thomas, 4. LuDelle Adams, 8. Jessie Ruth Rigs, 9. Natalie Russell, and 10. Evangeline Bevers; and on the back row, 1. Francis Stoneham, 2. Lillian Lewis, 8. Hazel Briggs, 11. Amy Lee Holt, 12. Maude Rell, 13. J. T. Montgomery, and 15. W. T. Wilson.

Photograph of Swing Masters, 1944, ready to play.

Photograph of Ullmann Kilgore in his U.S. Navy Service Khaki uniform, which consists of a garrison cap, a jacket, a collared shirt, and a tie. According to accompanying information, Ullmann was a part of the 24th Seabee Battalion of the U.S. Navy, who were stationed in New Guinea at the time this photo was taken.

Photograph of brothers Ullmann and Joseph Kilgore sitting together, wearing their military uniforms. Joseph, the brother on the right, was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army and an officer in the 43rd Infantry Division in New Guinea. Ullmann, the brother on the left, was part of the U.S. Navy's 24th Seabee Battalion. Having just finished a successful campaign in New Guinea, Joseph's division had been ordered to rest in New Zealand, where Ullmann's battalion were also ordered to go.