Copy negative of a portrait of McMurry College Band Director Raymond T. Bynum in uniform.

Reprint of atlas map of the state of Texas with regions or counties outlined with color. Map includes two inset maps: "Plan of Galveston Bay from a M.S." and map of the Western United States, Texas, and Mexico. Cartouche includes two seals, one of the Republic of Texas and the second of the General Land Office, Texas. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:2,661,120

Highway map of Sabine Parish, Louisiana, showing rivers, lakes, creeks, towns, roads and highways, railroads, and oil fields. Map includes five inset maps - Belmont, Fisher, Vernon Parish, Natchitoches Parish, and a diagrammatic vicinity map - and an extensive legend indicating geographical and human-made features. Scale [ca. 1:126,720] (2 miles to the inch).

Highway map of Cherokee County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, streams, cities, towns, outlying buildings (including schools, churches, and post offices), roads, highways (giving mileage between points), bridges, railroads, cemeteries, and oil fields. Map includes four inset maps - Reklaw, Dailville, Forest, and Maydelle - a key to counties diagram, a key to sheets diagram, and an extensive legend in the lower-left corner, indicating geographical and human-made features. Handwritten notes have been made made to the map in pencil to denote the approximate route of the Old San Antonio Road. Scale [ca. 1:126,720] (2 miles to the inch).

Yearbook for Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas includes photos of and information about the university, student body, professors, and organizations. Name index starts on page 296.

Photograph of the Grace Sandefer Compere Hall at Hardin-Simmons University, erected in 1924. Shows the front facade of the two story brick building, with shrubs planted along the walls. The back of the photograph includes notes for this photograph's use in the HSU weekly student newspaper, The Brand. Stamped in the lower-left corner is the date August 3, 1960.

Photograph of the groundbreaking of the First State Bank at S. Fourth and Oak Street in Abilene. People are gathered around a fence at the site including many children. There is a platform in front with chairs on it, and there are buildings in the background.

Photograph of the groundbreaking for the First State Bank in Abilene at S. 4th St. and Oak St. Men and children are standing at the site. There is a street behind them with buildings, cars, power lines, and trees. Johnson's Garage is on the left.

Photograph of the groundbreaking for the First State Bank in Abilene at S. 4th St. and Oak St. Men and children are standing at the site. There is a street behind them with buildings, cars, power lines, and trees.

Photograph of the groundbreaking for the First State Bank in Abilene at S. 4th St. and Oak St. A man wearing a hard hat is giving cards to children, and another man is standing behind them. There are other buildings, two men, and debris in the background.

Photograph of the groundbreaking for the First State Bank in Abilene at S. 4th St. and Oak St. A crowd is gathered at the site between other buildings and power lines.

Photograph of the groundbreaking of the First State Bank at S. Fourth and Oak Street in Abilene. There are people gathered at a fence around the site. Many of them are children. There are men inside the fence and men in chairs on the right facing the opposite direction. There are power lines and buildings in the background, including Bond's Garage.

Summer 1959 edition of the Buffalo Gap Messenger, with articles about the Ernie Wilson Museum of the Old West and other Buffalo Gap history, including photographs.

Newspaper clipping of an article about Abilene's plans for the city's sewer system, including a map of the planned sewer line in relation to the layout of the city. On the same page are advertisements for Grissom's couturier and drinking glasses, as well as an article about Abilene High School.

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from James C. Hodges, Chief, Administration Division, U. S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, District Director, Dallas, Texas, dated December 15, 1960. Hodges confirms the enrollment of Carswell in the tax clinic noting Mr. J. T. Logan and Mr. Herschel Boggs will be looking forward to seeing him there.

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from W. R. White, President, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, dated January 4, 1960. White expresses his appreciation for the letter from Carswell, for his words of thoughtfulness which "inspires one to do better".

A letter addressed to Ideals Publishing Company, Milwaukee 1, Wisconsin from T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, dated January 22, 1960. Carswell advises of an attached check, an attached list of recipients to receive subscriptions to IDEALS and a copy of the sentiment to be sent with each subscription gift.

A letter written to T. N. Carswell from Claude Lloyd, Ashland, New Hampshire, dated August 2, 1960. Lloyd advises that two summers from now he will be retired and that having lived in an Academy house for years he will be required to find another place. He describes the setting of an old farm house with three acres that he bought 28 years ago and has been working on during summers but now must complete for year-round habitation. He conveys his love for Texas and advises that his visit three years ago proved that there is no gap in his life. He describes his years in Massachusettes; "Living and sometimes competing with these Mayflower-Harvard names is sometimes a bit galling, more often amusing. Generally, I find it more gratifying to shock than to please them". He expresses his appreciation to Carswell for the call, letter and kind considerations for some fifty years making note of their lasting friendship even after years of separation.

A letter written to Dr. Criswell from T. N. Carswell, dated September 24, 1960. Carswell advises Criswell that having heard him preach in Dallas on Religious Freedom he is inviting him to speak at the worker's conference of the Callahan Baptist Association in Eula, Texas or under another sponsorship in Abilene, Texas. He advises that one of his deacons, H. J. Blackwell, and he attended Simmons and both enlisted in the Navy, World War I, about the same date.

An order placed with Collin Street Bakery, Inc., Corsicana, Texas from T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas. Carswell orders a cake to be gifted to every recipient listed including a greeting for each; Miss Thelma Batson, Poplarville, Miss., Mr. & Mrs. Barney Knight & Family, Brunswick, Ga., Mrs. Leslie Bevil & Family, Fort Worth, Texas, Mrs. M. B. Whiting, Clifton Forge, Va., Mrs. Edna R. Johnson & Family, Pecos, Texas, Mr. A. N. Carswell & Family, Homerville, Ga. The reverse side includes business letterhead of Little Tuffy Mfg. Co. A Division of Abilene Machine Co., 1342 Pine Street, Abilene, Texas and bears Assurance OPAQUE Parchment watermark.

A letter written to T. N. Carswell from Sarah Anna Simmons Crane. Crane advises of having sent to Carswell a New York souvenier each year during the holidays but has not heard from him for a "long time". She speaks of Gib Sandefer and other Abilene friends then asks if the situation at Hardin-Simmons is as bad now as he thought when he last wrote. Printed stationery bearing Lilac Hedges Company, Litchfield, Connecticut label. The envelope into which the card was placed is also included in the record, and is addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, postmarked New York, 1960. The reverse side includes return address From Sarah Anna Simmons Crane, 114 East 90 Street, c/o Venza, New York City.

A letter written to T. N. Carswell from Sarah Anna Simmons Crane, dated June 5, 1960. Crane acknowledges the receipt of the letter from Carswell and expresses how good it was to hear from him. She advises of having a severe cold when his letter came and having finally cashed the check, which was a wonderful gesture and gift. Crane advises that she used the money to see a show at the Music Hall, for a dinner at The Adams, that she saw 'Bye Bye Birdie', " a refreshing new very entertaining musical". She advises that New York is changed, that the old charm is gone and in its place a "bright, exciting new city". Crane advises that she use what money is left to be a guest of Carswell. Crane advises that the most treasured part of his fine letter is his expression of gratefulness to her Father, that Carswell was a great favorite of his, and to her Grandfather and Grandmother.

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from E. M. Collier, Administrator, Hendrick Memorial Hospital dated July 11, 1960. The letter includes confirmation by Collier of the board meeting scheduled for July 21. Dinner will be served.

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from E. S. James, Editor, Baptist Standard, Dallas, Texas, dated June 28, 1960. James expresses his appreciation to Carswell for sending the extract from the agreement Mr. Simmons made with the Hardin-Simmons trustees advising of his plans to use parts of the extract and a statement made by Carswell in a future editorial.