Minutes documenting the meetings of the Texas Electric Railway Board of Directors including attendance and proceedings, as well as annual reports and other relevant supplemental documents.

Minutes documenting the meetings of the Texas Electric Railway Executive Committee including attendance and proceedings, as well as annual reports and other relevant supplemental documents related to the activities and organization of the company.

Photograph of a congregation of the Rockwall First Baptist Church in 1934, gathered together in dozens atop a large field in front of suburban homes. Several cars are parked behind the crowd of people, especially at left. Children are seated along the front of the crowd. A note on the back indicates the type of gathering ("Open-Air church mtg"), and the church's pastor at the time, E. K. Daugherty.

Scrapbook containing photographs of various trips and events, along with cards, programs, and other collected ephemera.

Personal check from the Fraternal Bank & Trust Company of Fort Worth, made out to the Grand Lodge, F&AM (Free and Accepted Masons) for $850.00 and signed by William McDonald. McDonald was the Grand Lodge's Grand Secretary, and was a leader in the Black Masonic movement. His Fraternal Bank and Trust Company was located in the Grand Masonic Temple on East 9th Street.

Personal check from the Fraternal Bank & Trust Co. of Fort Worth, made out to the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for $15.71 and signed by William McDonald.

Photograph of May Pearl McDonald standing on the front steps of William Madison McDonald's home in Fort Worth, Texas. Behind her is the front entrance of a large, two-storied house.

Photograph of May Pearl McDonald (left) and possibly her mother, Martha Hollie (right) standing in the side yard of William Madison McDonald's house in Fort Worth, Texas. They pose together next to a pile of stones and a bush planted along the side of the house.

Photograph of an unidentified woman standing on the front steps of William Madison McDonald's home in Fort Worth, Texas. Behind her is the front entrance of a large, two-storied house.

Photograph of May Pearl Hollie McDonald (1916–1995). She wears a coat with a fur collar and a high-collared shirt, looking to the right and smiling. This photo has been hand-colored and may have been taken by Emma Woodward, spouse of Walter Woodard.

Photograph of Mary Louise Pardee Thornton, longtime registrar at I. M. Terrell High School. She wears a light-colored dress with bead necklaces and faces the left.

Program for the eight horse races held at the end of the Midland Fair in 1935, listing the officials and betting information along with details for each of the races, including the purse amount, length, and other stipulations followed by the participating horses by gate number (name, owner, trainer, jockey, weight, and ticket number).

Photograph of the interior of Friday's Boot Shop in Midland, which has shelves and display cabinets lined with boots and boot accessories. Straps of leather hang from the walls, and a shoe shine chair is placed along the right wall with brushes and polishes along the bottom of the seat. Several men stand along the back wall and most are identified on the back of the photograph: from left to right, George Friday, Hardie Friday, unknown worker, Bob Lee, Oswald Friday, Early Kinsey, Fred Jones, Dick Jones, and Clint Jefferson.

Photograph of the Cactus Cafe interior during its grand opening in 1937. Eddie and Calvin E. Trammell, owners of the cafe, stand second and third from left behind a long counter lined with chairs where Eddie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Handy, are seated. Other people, unidentified, stand next to Trammell in between rows of dining tables. A shelf of items is at the left corner, and lamps hang from the ceiling.

Photograph of the interior of the Llano Hotel cafe in Midland. Behind the bar's counter, where tall bar chairs are lined up, three employees are standing: Calvin Trammell, the cafe's owner (at center), Eddie Trammell, his wife (right, next to cash register), and an unidentified waitress (left). Small shelves display boxed of merchandise and bottles of liquid behind the counter and along the concrete pillars. Glass windows cover the back wall.

Photograph of the interior of the Llano Hotel cafe in Midland. The cafe, which has several dining tables with white tablecloths, a bar with a cash register, and shelves of food in the back, is decorated for Christmas, and cafe owner Calvin Trammell sits on one of the bar seats with his elbow resting on the counter. Large sparkling lights hang from the ceiling.

Photograph of the Thomas Building, a six-story brick building, on Lorraine Street in Midland. Patterson's Pharmacy occupies the ground floor of the building with large display windows, a sign above the door, and an awning over the sidewalk, along which are parked cars. The structure, built by Dr. John B. Thomas in 1926, included floors for medical offices, an operating theater, and a hospital, with remaining space available for oil company offices.

Photograph of Midland County officials sworn in on January 1, 1931, standing together in a courtroom posing with their right hands raised. From left to right, the officials are: M. R. Hill, county judge; Charles L. Klapproth, district judge; Mrs. Nettye (Charles) Romer, district clerk; R. D. Lee, constable, precinct 1; Mary L. Quinn, county treasurer; R. T. Bucy, county surveyor; Susie Graves Noble, county clerk; B. C. Girdley, justice of the peace; Lee P. Boone, district court reporter; T. D. Kimbrough, county attorney; D. L. Hutt, commissioner, precinct 3; Neal D. Staton, tax assessor; A. C. Francis, sheriff and tax collector; L. M. Estes, commissioner, precinct 2; Holly E. Roberts, commissioner, precinct 4; and H. G. Bedford, commissioner, precinct 1.

Photograph of the third Midland County Courthouse, a five-story Art Deco building with stone relief decorations, a lower-ground floor, and a flat roof, built in 1929 and viewed from the southeast. The Petroleum Building and the Neo-Gothic spires along its roof are visible in the background.

Photograph of Elliot Cowden in his covered 1928 Buick, parked in front of his home on C Street and Texas Avenue. The house he is parked with is a brick, two-story building with two chimneys, a curved brick wall in front of the entrance, and trees in the yard.

Photograph of a Sunday School class in front of the Art Deco facade of the Midland County Courthouse. Most wear hats, and a handful of women stand in the right corner along a man in a wheelchair. A man holding a baby, in the second row, fifth from right, is Troy Eiland, holding Bethel Eiland. The class's teacher was Paul T. Vickers, and its president Harry L. Haight, and they met in the Scharbauer Hotel Ballroom on the southeast corner of Loraine and Wall Street.

Photograph of Robert "Bobby" Parker Kelly, Jr. (1931–2007), grandson of Bettie Parker Kelly, riding a pony..He wears a hat, a vest, and long chaps with a star and the numbers "2001" on them. The pony stands on the curb of a street, with a sidewalk, a house, and its lawn in the background behind Robert, who is smiling.

Photograph of a Baylor University basketball team. The players are arranged in two rows on a set of bleachers, with a male at center holding a basketball painted with the year "1931" on it. The team's coach, Floyd Arnold "Jim" Crow, is seated rightmost along the bottom row, wearing a dark-colored coat with two fountain pens in his pocket.

Photograph of strikers of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), 1935. The workers, mostly women but including some boys and men, are arranged in four rows in a mostly-empty room. Those seated or kneeling do so on fabrics placed on the wooden floor. A sole lightbulb hangs from above.