Library interior. A teletype connects to other area libraries. UNT President J.C. Matthews leans on a desk in the center.

Photograph of Jones County Courthouse in Anson, TX. A road runs across the bottom of the image with one car emerging from the image's left side, passing by a stop sign, while a second car drives off towards the right side. On the far side of the road sits he courthouse, surrounded by green trees and bushes planted near the curb that encloses the building. The bottom level of the building is made of red blocks while the rest of the courthouse is made of orange bricks, with one row of windows across the red section and three rows across the orange section. The courthouse is rectangular in shape with sections that project outwards from the rest of the building centered on each of the courthouse's sides. Each of the projecting sections has a triangular pediment at its top along with red supporting columns. The front doors to the building are centered in the projecting section on the right side of the courthouse and have a short set of stairs leading up to them from the road. In the center of the building's flat roof is a clocktower made of orange bricks with white clockfaces on each of its sides. …

Photograph of Kenedy County Courthouse in Sarita, TX. The courthouse sits in an orange lawn with few plants other than a bush in the left side of the photo and two trees in the distance, towards the right edge. The building is rectangular in structure and has white walls spanned by three rows of windows set into faded orange frames. The front side of the building, which faces towards the right side of the photo, has glass front doors in faded frames like the windows with a short set of stairs in front of them. Four white columns set into the wall separate the center three columns of windows on the front side of the courthouse, with the front doors occupying the bottom of the center column of windows. The roof of the courthouse is flat and has a tall, thin metal structure rising from it with wires descending from its off-camera top. At the left corner of the courthouse a telephone pole rises up to the bottom of the third floor and has wires extending from its top in multiple directions. At the right edge of the courthouse, in the distance, a white house is visible.

Photograph of Yoakum County Courthouse in Plains, TX. A paved, faded road divided by a double yellow line runs across the bottom edge of the image, its far side bordering the lawn of the courthouse. At the edge of the lawn, near the road, is a tree towards the left side of the photo as well as a fire hydrant and a streetlight towards the right side. Farther into the lawn, to the right of the streetlight, are two short blocks made of different materials and having small plaques set into them. Closer to the courthouse are sprinklers throwing water into the air, while green bushes and trees sit along the base of the building. A flagpole also sits in the middle of the lawn, flying the American flag. The courthouse faces the right side of the photo and is made up by multiple cubic sections which includes two shorter, medium-sized sections sitting on either side of a central section and two very short sections that are located on top of the medium sections. In the middle of the central section are doors with a short set of stairs leading up to them from the ground. Two rows of windows …

Photograph of Willacy County Courthouse in Raymondville, TX. A green and yellow lawn fills the foreground of the photo while a sidewalk emerges from the photo's bottom left corner and leads to one side of the courthouse. The trees occupying the lawn have trunks seemingly painted white for a few feet of the trees' heights. The courthouse itself has a flat roof and is made of dark red bricks and is accented with white stone, sitting on the lawn with its longest side facing towards the left edge of the photo. An entrance in the form of a tall white arch is positioned in the center of the longer side of the building and has four columns rising across all three of the building's floor to support a rectangular pediment projecting out from the wall a short distance. The building has on both of its visible sides, a row of small windows along its bottom edge and three rows of taller windows across the remainder of the structure's width. White stone lines the bottom edge of the building and forms lines around the building, one running at the same height as the columns' bases while the other is positioned at …

Photograph of Parker County Courthouse in Weatherford, TX. The courthouse sits in the middle of a shopping area, with a three-laned road running from the foreground of the photo past the right side of the building as a blue car crosses towards the center lane. Along the right edge of the photo is a sidewalk occupied by telephone poles, their wires crossing he sky towards the courthouse. A second car drives down a second road to the left of the courthouse, moving towards a lien of shops sitting behind the courthouse. The courthouse itself has pink brick walls accented at points with white bricks, and is topped by a gray shingle roof. The courthouse has two rows of tall windows across its main body, with additional windows appearing at the top of the center section of the courthouse's front. The sloping tops sitting at the top of each corner of the building each have a window on every side of them as well. A clocktower sits in the center of the courthouse's roof and has two windows on each side of its base, above which are shuttered windows. The top section of the clocktower has a clockface centered on each …

Photograph of Old Walker County Courthouse in Huntsville, TX. A yellow car sits in the bottom right corner of the photo in front of a sidewalk that runs along the edge of the courthouse's lawn. A sign sits in front of the edge of the courthouse, in the left side of the image, with indistinguishable writing and the image of a person in a military uniform and helmet standing in front of the American flag. A pathway runs, in the right side of the photo, from the sidewalk up to a short set of stairs, which in turn lead to a shorter path set before a second small set of stairs which lead up to the front doors of the courthouse. The courthouse itself is made of red bricks and rises three floors high, a sloping roof covered in dark shingles sitting atop the structure. Each floor of the building has a row of windows with curved tops spanning the building's width, each set into white frames. At the edge of the roof, white triangular pediments sit atop the ends and central section of the building, each with its own small, upward-sloping roof.

Photograph of Stephens County Courthouse in Breckenridge, TX. A red brick road runs horizontally across the bottom of the photo while a sidewalk sits next to it, farther into the photo. A tall metal pole sits on the sidewalk near the left side of the image while two parking meters stand on either side of a short orange object with an upward-sloping top. The sidewalk connects to a walkway that cuts through the green grass surrounding the white courthouse, in which multiple tall bushy trees grow. A tall metal cross made up by two poles sits in the center of the walkway. The entrance to the courthouse has a short set of stairs leading up to three archways with dark doors in them. A row of dark windows extends from either side of the archways. Above this first floor of the courthouse are two more rows of windows set into white frames and divides vertically by white columns that rise across both rows, holding up a long pediment with the partially visible words "And peace administered alike" written on it. Above the pediment is a fourth row of windows positioned just under the edge of the building' s flat roof.

Photograph of Tarrant County Courthouse in Fort Worth, TX. The courthouse sits at the end of a city street with two shorter buildings on either side of a wide, multi-lane road. The building on the left has a flat exterior with three rows of windows above its first floor and a sign hanging from the one corner appearing in the photo, spelling out "Union" on a rectangle and "Bank" on vertical squares. Two cars park below the sign next to the bank's American flag decorated curb. The building on the right side of the street has a flat overhang shading the first level of the building while the top two floors are lined with arched windows, each with its own small orange overhang atop it. Two rectangular signs hang near the edge of the building, one saying "H & H coffee shop" and the other advertising Pepsi and H & H Restaurant. At the end f the street, the courthouse sits behind a sidewalk lined with streetlamps and stoplights with traffic signs affixed to them. A short set of stairs leads from the sidewalk to the entrance of the building where multiple windows surround the front doors and sit in …

Photograph of Terry County Courthouse in Brownfield, TX. A parking lot sits in front of the courthouse, empty of cars and separated from the budling's green lawn by a sidewalk. At the left edge of the photo, part of the sidewalk extends from the parking lot to the courthouse's front doors, passing small plants and an upright stone slab with writing on it. The courthouse is made of orange bricks accented and is accented with white stone at the building's base and around each window. The building's doors are set into white frames, as are the windows. The courthouse has three rows of windows across its width except for above the building's entrance, where three tall windows sit above the front doors and the windows on either side of them. The tall windows span two floors of the building in height and are separated from one another by columns of equal height. The building's roof is flat with walls and railing along the right two-thirds of the roof's edge. Two tall, thin metal structures rise from the roof, one with the outline of a star atop it.

Photograph of Shelby County Courthouse in Center, TX. A parking lot sits in front of the courthouse with multiple parked vehicles, with two men standing next to a white car near the center of the lot. One man wearing pants, shoes, a jacket, and a tie, all in black, with a white shirt leans against the driver's side door of the car while facing a shorter man dressed entirely in black including shoes, pants, a long-sleeved shirt, and a hat. Beyond the parking lot, grass surrounds the courthouse and contains multiple trees with little foliage, a wooden bench under a tree to the left, and a stone slab which sits upright at the end of the walkway that leads to the courthouse's entrance. The slab's only clearing markings are "WOW" at its top. A flagpole rises behind the slab while a white clock on a short white column sits a short distance to its right. The courthouse building is made of red bricks and has red shingles on its A-frame roof, with one sloping side facing the camera. The entrance to the courthouse sticks out from the rest of the building slightly as it too faces the camera, and has …

Photograph of Scurry County Courthouse in Snyder, TX. A red brick road divided by a yellow line across the foreground of the photo, bordered on one side by a sidewalk with a streetlight on it. Beyond the sidewalk, farther into the photo, is a parking lot occupied by a black car and a white car, with the latter having two people opening its doors. The courthouse itself sits in the center of the parking lot and has a small strip of grass surrounding where a few trees grow and a flagpole sits, the American flag hanging from its top. The courthouse is made of orange bricks and stone and faces towards the left edge of the image, revealing a short set of stairs that leads from the parking lot ground to the front doors of the building. The courthouse's entrance is shaded by a short overhang with three arches in it, above which sit four tall columns that rise across two more floors of the building. The courthouse has a total of four rows of windows, with the bottommost row containing smaller windows set just above the ground. Above the columns is a white line that wraps around the building, …

Photograph of Lynn County Courthouse in Tahoka, TX. A red brick road fills the bottom half of the photo, in the right corner of which is the edge of a car, extending towards the background until meeting the curbed edges of a grassy median with a streetlamp set into a base with "Welcome" written on it. Beyond this median, the courthouse sits on a green lawn planted with bushes and trees, and faces the left side of the photo, a small set of stairs leading from the ground to its entrance. The building is made of red bricks, orange concrete, and white stone. Four white columns rise in front of the courthouse's entrance while two stand on the right side of the building, which faces the right edge of the photo. The building has four rows of windows across each of its walls: one at the bottom of the building. two across the middle, and one along the top. Above and below the uppermost row of windows runs a line of orange concrete. Sitting above both the lines and the top row of windows on each side of the building is a circular design made of white stone.

Photograph of Kendall County Courthouse in Boerne, TX. The courthouse sits on a green lawn facing a wet road that runs across the bottom of the photo. Three tall trees grow in the lawn, on either side of an in front of the courthouse. The building itself is made of splotchy orange stone bricks and has two wide octagonal towers at its front corners with a thin wall between them. The towers have slightly sloping roofs on their tops and two rows of windows across their sides. The wall between them has a white set of doors in its center, at the level of the second floor, which look out on a railed balcony. The balcony hangs over the white first-floor doors to the courthouse, which sit behind the three arches and four rectangular columns that support the balcony above. A short set of stairs lead from the building's front entrance to the lawn around it.

Photograph of Houston County Courthouse in Crockett, TX. The courthouse faces towards the left edge of the image and is surrounded by a circular sidewalk lined with parking meters. A paved road runs alongside the sidewalk with one car visible near the bottom left corner of the image, on the far side of the courthouse. The vehicle drives in front of a line of storefronts, one of which appears to be labeled "Perry's". The courthouse building, meanwhile, has multiple short bushes planted individually and in lines around its base. In the left side of the image, a set of stone stairs leads up to the front doors of the courthouse, decorated with potted plants placed at regular intervals on the walls lining the stairs. The courthouse is made of white stone blocks and consists of three rectangular sections set next to one another, with the central section being slighter taller than the other two. Across the central section of the courthouse are eight columns of window, four of which are grouped together over the front doors. The other two sections of the building have three columns of windows, with additional columns visible on the right side of the courthouse emerging …

Photograph of the "Welcome to West Columbia" sign. The sign reads, "Home of Kathryn Grandstaff Crosby," and "Site of the First Capitol of The Republic of Texas (1836 Old Capitol Building)." "Visit - Varner Hogg State Park. There is a park ranger standing next to the sign.

Photograph of a herd of cattle in front of Capitol Theater in West Columbia, Texas. The sign on the theater reads, "Elvis Presley in Girl Happy."

Photograph of Tyler County Courthouse in Woodville, TX. A paved road runs in front of the courthouse, alongside a sidewalk that a blue car parks parallel to in the left edge of the photo. Parking meters regularly spaced apart line the sidewalk while a white brick wall separates the courthouse's green lawn from the sidewalk. A short set of stairs leads from the sidewalk to the lawn of the courthouse, which contains multiple tall trees and another set of stairs, made of pale gray stone and connected to the courthouse building. These stairs rise on either side of a trapezoid-shaped stone with three arches at its front, with a four-petaled flower icon set above the central arch. At the top of the stairs is another set of steps, made of the same material and leading up to the pale green front doors of the courthouse. The building is made of the same material as the stairs and has one row of windows at the level of the doors, below them along the first floor, and above along the third floor. Sitting atop the center of the courthouse's front side, and having the same width as the entryway, is a large …

Photograph of Leon County Courthouse in Centerville, TX. A road spans the bottom third of the photo, with a car driving through the image's bottom right corner. Between the road and the lawn of the courthouse is a parking lot occupied by numerous cars. Within the courthouse's lawn are multiple trees, telephone poles near the photo's left and right edges, and a person near the center of the image who seems to be walking alongside the parking lot. The courthouse itself is an orange brick building with two floors, multiple chimneys, and an upward sloping roof. The building has one rows of windows on each of its floors, all set into white frames. The building's entrance is flanked by pairs of white columns that support a white rectangular overhang. The courthouse sits near the left edge of the photo while a smaller red building occupies the space the courthouse's right. This red building has two floors adorned with windows, a white front door, and turreted towers at each corner.

Photograph of Palo Pinto County Courthouse in Palo Pinto, TX. The courthouse sits in an area enclosed by a brick wall, which separates the building from a parking lot that occupies the foreground of the photo, in which a single blue car is parked. The courthouse faces the left side of the photo and is made of orange bricks, with red tile roofing on the central part of the building. Green trees surround the walls of the courthouse, rising to the same height as the building's main three rows of windows. A fourth row of windows sits at the top of the central, taller section of the building which is topped by an A-frame roof covered in red tiles. The sections of the building on either side of the central portion sit at a lower height and have flat roofs without visible tiles. This entrance to the courthouse is set into the left side of the building, facing the left edge of the image, and is outlined with large orange stones.

Photograph of Refucio County Courthouse in Refucio, TX. A paved street runs in front of the courthouse, which faces towards the right side of the photo. The courthouse building sits on a green lawn bordered by a sidewalk and a curb, with a few tall trees spaced apart from each other planted next to the sidewalk. Part of the sidewalk leads up through the lawn to the stairs of the courthouse, which lead up to its front doors. An overhang supported by rectangular columns shades the entrance to the building and has "Refucio County Courthouse" written above its front edge. The portion of the building at the level of the stairs to the entrance is made up red bricks bordered above and below by lines of white stone, while the rest of the courthouse is made of orange bricks. Additional liens of white stone line the top fo the entrance's overhang and the top edge of the building's flat roof. A row of small windows runs across the red brick lower portion of the building while two rows of tall windows occupy the orange brick part of the courthouse, though there is a row of three windows in the leftmost …

Photograph of San Patricio County Courthouse in Sinton, TX. The courthouse sits on a green lawn with a few trees and bushes growing in it while a sidewalk cuts through the middle up to the building's front doors, which face the left side of the photo. The entrance to the courthouse includes green doors set into a section of the building that projects out from the rest of the courthouse. The doors are outlined by a white stone frame that curves into a half-circle at the top and have a short set of red stairs with white railing that lead from the sidewalk to the doors. Two rows of windows span the width of the building, with the top row having white behind their windowpanes while the bottom row has green. The walls of the building are made of orange bricks and white stone, with the stone used to create a strip of white below the lower row of windows as well as frame and decorate windows and lien the roof's edge. Above the outward projecting section of the courthouse is a blue clockface, set into decorative white stone at the edge of the building's flat roof.

Photograph of Shackelford County Courthouse in Albany, TX. A paved road fills the bottom third of the photo, a curb running across the width of the image to separate it from the lawn of the courthouse. Multiple trees grow across the lawn, partially obscuring the courthouse's walls. The building faces the right side of the photo and is made of orange and white stone with a roof covered in dark shingles. Two rows of window sit above the courthouse's entrance and in the walls of the corners of the building. A-frame structures can be seen above the center section of each side of the building as well as above each side of a corner on the building. Multiple white chimneys rise from the roof, as does a tall white clocktower with a rectangular base, dark clockfaces, and a pointed roof.