Document listing cemeteries located in Fort Bend County, Texas including the location of each cemetery, number of spaces, and notes on any significant details.

Legal documents relating to the Imperial Prison Farm Cemetery located in M. M. Battle League, Abstract Number 9 in Fort Bend County, Texas. The included documents are an affidavit of dedication for the Imperial Prison Farm Cemetery sworn by the Texas Historical Commission, maps of the property, a description of the area, and a warranty deed transferring the property from the State of Texas to the City of Sugar Land, Texas.

Printout listing tombstone inscriptions with names, identification numbers, and other details, with handwritten notes.

Document listing unlocated cemeteries including any known information about the cemeteries and the city they're located in if known.

Letter from Reginald Moore to William F. Schwer discussing the Texas Slave Descendant's symposium, and the organization's hopes to preserve the old Sugar Mill char house and the Imperial Black Prison facility.

Letter from the Texas Slave Descendant's Society to Allen Bogard discussing a proposal to preserve the Central State Farm Building and Imperial Prison Cemetery.

Letter from Allen Bogard to Reginald Moore discussing Moore's efforts to preserve the history of the Sugar Land community and requesting more information about the Texas Slave Descendant's Society.

Letter from Reginald Moore to Allen Bogard discussing the collaboration between the Texas Slave Descendant's Society and the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum and asking to be kept abreast of all plans being made regarding Imperial Sugar and former prison properties in Sugar Land, Texas.

Letter from Reginald Moore to Bob Brinkman discussing the Central State Prison Farm Camp No. 1 dormitory and adjacent cemetery, including the status of plans to demolish the buildings and their eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

Letter from Jim Bruseth to Mr. Moore discussing the meeting that was held in Austin, Texas to determine the possibility of human graves being near the Central State Prison Farm.

Paper discussing the Texas Slave Descendants Society's position on the graves uncovered at the James Reese C.T.E. Center construction site that the remains from the graves should be moved to the historic Imperial Farm Cemetery.

Report discussing the potential for a 96-acre tract in Fort Bend County located between Highway 90A and Highway 6 to be impacted by recognized environmental conditions with maps and photographs of the property included in the appendices. There is a letter from Edward F. Hawkinson to Clayton E. Taylor discussing the report accompanying the report.

Letter from Pollyanna Clark to Mark Denton discussing the attached Antiquities Permit application, scope of work document, and maps for five acres at Settlers Way Park in Sugar Land, Texas.

Photocopy of a report on an archeological survey of the proposed Joseph S. and Lucie H. Cullinan Park in Fort Bend County, Texas conducted in 1991. The survey found numerous prehistoric and historic sites indicating intense utilization from Texas prehistory into the early twentieth century. The final page of the document is an invoice listing the costs of retrieving and copying the report billed to Reginald Moore by the Texas Historical Commission Archeological Division.

Report on an intensive mechanically augmented cultural resources survey of the proposed 21.5 acre Ace Center Music Hall in Fort Bend County, Texas, detailing the methods used in the study, and the study's findings that the land had never previously been developed and that no cultural resources would be impacted by the development of the area.

Photograph of the Texas State Historical Marker for the Texas Prison System Central State Farm Main Building with the prison grounds and building in the background.

Photograph of the Texas State Historical Marker for the Texas Prison System Central State Farm Main Building detailing the history of the Central State Farm, the construction of the existing buildings, and the function of the main building.

Photograph of a memorial plaque "to the memory of Dave Nelson" on the grounds of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. The text on the plaque reads, "May 24 1936 to the Memory of Dave Nelson Courageous Leader in Prison Improvement True Friend of the Prisoner This Tree is Dedicated by the Inmat[es] [..]."

Photograph of a dirt road between two corn fields on the grounds of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. The road leads to a row of trees with a small columned building visible through the trees.

Photograph of an interior hallway at the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. The walls appear to be sheet metal and wooden supports, and there is a metal walkway down the right side of the hallway.

Photograph of a large, two-story red building viewed from the side on the grounds of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas.

Photograph of a black and white mural on a short wall depicting scenes of farm work and a railroad with the text, "1840-1906; The Cunningham Raw Sugar Mill and Refinery; Convicts helped create a company town."

Photograph of a prison cell, containing a cot, toilet, and sink, at the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. The cell is viewed from the outside, through the open cell door and bars.

Photograph of a large red building with a black roof on the grounds of the closed Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas.