Directory for Abilene, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "a miscellaneous directory of state, county and city governments, educational institutions, churches, secret and benevolent societies, etc., a street guide and householders' directory, an alphabetically arranged list of business houses and private citizens, giving full names, occupation or pursuit, and address, also a complete classified business directory, 'The Buyer's Guide.'" The index to advertisements begins on page 6.

Catalog describes the governance, history, course offerings, and campus life of Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas.

Portrait of Lucille Harrell, visible from the shoulders up, wearing a dark-colored dress with a broad, decorative collar, trimmed in lace.

Portrait photograph of Gladys Aldridge, visible from the shoulders up, wearing a white dress with a bow detail on the front and a pearl necklace.

Photograph from the 1917 Prickly Pear yearbook of three Abilene Christian College students at work in the art studio. An instructor can be seen looks over the shoulder of one of the students to evaluate her work.

Group photograph of the Abilene Christian College men's baseball team, showing ten players in uniform, their coach (G.C. Morlan), and one unknown individual.

Group photograph of the 1917 Abilene Christian College women's basketball team, showing eight girls and one coach.

Group photograph of the 1917 graduates of the special course for permanent certificate teaching. Written on white folder of photograph, "(From Left) Bottom row: Gene Kelley, Alex Fisher. Top row: Bertha Glass, Girlie Murphey, Ola Hutchison, ? This was Graduating class from special course for permanent certificate teaching 1917."

Photograph of U.S. Destroyer Yarnell, shown on the water. Typed note below the photograph reads, "Sister ship to the Chauncey and represents the latest type of destroyers. These ships are amongst the fastest afloat and represent the class that was so effective in clearing the seas of enemy submarines. The Yarnell is George A. Klingman Jr.'s ship in World War 1, 1917-1918."

Photograph of two students painting in the art studio at Abilene Christian College in 1917. An easel with a painting of a group of men standings in the corner. Artwork hangs on the wall behind the students.

Portrait of Vera Campbell, visible from the shoulders up, wearing a light-colored dress with a v-neck collar. Handwritten note on the cardboard frame reads, "Vera Campbell 1917-18."

Photograph of the physics lab at Abilene Christian College, showing three men behind a table working with test tubes. Various scientific equipment can be seen on the lab tables.

Photograph of the 1917 chemistry lab at Abilene Christian College, showing students gathered around a work station holding beakers and writing in notebook, with what looks like the instructor standing at the blackboard with a piece of chalk in his hand, about to write.

Photograph of the young women in an Abilene Christian College sewing class wearing handmade dresses.

Yearbook for Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.