Portrait of a woman wearing a dark dress and standing next to a tasseled chair in front of a painted backdrop.

Portrait of a young man wearing a suit and standing next to a small chair.

Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, a physician from Kerrville, Texas, who also served as the city and Kerr County health officer. Dr. Bacon discusses his family history, as well as his education, medical career, brief stint in the Air Force, and general town life in Kerrville. While working at Peterson Hospital in Kerrville, he treated trauma victims from car accidents on Highway 27. In the Air Force, he briefly practiced psychiatry, served as a prison doctor, and finally switched to obstetrics and gynecology. He relates stories from his time as an obstetrician, as well as a general practitioner and family physician. He also discusses the history of minority communities in Kerrville, especially during integration, and the founding of the Kerrville Veteran's Hospital. Dr. Bacon's further remembrances, as well as a historical profile of the Kerrville VA Hospital, are included at the end of the interview transcript.

Invitation extended to Miss Etta Mae Carroll of Abbott, Texas to serve as Duchess of Abbott in the Texas Cotton Palace of Waco, Texas. It is signed by Blair Stribling, the Queen's Chancellor. Included with the invitation is information for visiting duchesses and their attendants at the queen's court and a court calendar.

Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins from D. W. Shivers in Irene, Texas with an illustrated picture of four girls all wearing dresses and rags on their head; the caption underneath says: "Little Gossips." The note on the back of the card says: "Hello how are you by this time. Didn't believe it did you?

Portrait of Lieutenant Joseph W. Akins, "15th Replacement Co., 1st Cavalry Div." The description on the bottom tells Akins' birth and death date/location: "Born June 8, 1921 in Hillsboro, Texas. Killed September 2, 1950 in Taegu, Korea."