Letter from Irene Williams to her husband, complaining that he has not been writing to her and updating him on family and local news. She also enclosed clippings of four newspaper articles on various topics related to El Paso, Texas. The envelope is addressed to Mr. B. M. Williams in Long Beach, California.

Letter from Mrs. B.M. Williams of Gainesville to her son, describing events that have happened at home, including health of family members, the farming business, the weather, and a torrential hail storm. It includes the original envelope, addressed to Mr. B. M. Williams, Jr. in El Paso, Texas.

Letter from Byrd to a friend named Irene, in which Byrd suggests remedies for Irene's recent sickness and appears to be responding to Irene's recent letters regarding friends in El Paso, going to see shows, and working to earn money for a trousseau.

Letter from "Johnson" to his brother, written on University of Texas at Austin letterhead. The writer discusses getting his friend a job, and references their previous correspondence, asking what the friend might want the writer to send. The envelope is addressed to Mr. B. M. Williams in El Paso, but a handwritten note on the back says: "Opened by mistake by B. M. Williams - 720 N. Florence." The postmarks on the envelope are from El Paso, TX and Austin, TX.

Letter from Byrd Moore Williams, Jr. to his wife, Irene Biffle Williams discussing their troubled relationship.

Photograph of Irene Biffle Williams, wife of Byrd Williams, Jr., hanging clothes to dry at their home in El Paso, Texas.

Photograph of a train stopped at a railroad station in El Paso, Texas. Multiple fences and buildings are present near the railroad tracks. The sky above is clear.

Photograph of Irene Williams sitting with her sons John and Byrd III on a porch. Irene sits on the brick knee-wall porch railing and looks at the camera. Baby John sits next to her and also looks towards the camera. Byrd sits next to John and is turned to the side. This photograph was taken at the Williams home in El Paso, Texas.

Photograph of road construction on a neighborhood in east El Paso. A steam-powered roller is visible on the road along with a trailer behind it that appears to be carrying materials in a large barrel. A wheelbarrow is visible on the left and a small automobile is parked in the center of the road. The surrounding area is flat and covered in dirt. Mountains are visible in the background.

Photograph of John Williams as a baby, sitting in front of their house on Hueco in El Paso, playing with Tinkertoys.

Photograph of the Williams family sitting on the ground outside of their home in El Paso. Byrd III and John both have their hair buzzed and they are both wearing light colored button up shirts. The boys are both sitting with one of their knees pulled up to their chest and they both have toy cannons. Their baby brother Charles is sitting to the right of them, and he is wearing a light colored knit cap with a dark cardigan. Their mother Irene is sitting next to Charles and she is looking down at him and smiling. The ground they are sitting on has no grass and is made completely of sand. Their house is visible behind them and it is made of a dark brick with a chimney and vines crawling up the wall. More houses are visible in the background of the image.

Photograph of Byrd Williams, III, Irene Biffle, Charles, and John Williams, sitting in front of their home on 3119 Aurora in El Paso, Texas. The boys are playing in the sand outside of their home.

Photograph of two children playing in front of the William's home on 3119 Aurora in El Paso, Texas, while Irene Biffle Williams looks on from the screen door.

Photograph of Irene Biffle Williams holding son Charles Williams on their porch.

Photograph of Irene Biffle Williams, wife of Byrd Williams, Jr., hanging clothes at their home in El Paso, Texas.

Photograph of three men standing with guns around a squirrel they have killed, with a mountainous landscape behind them.

Photograph of Irene Biffle Williams sitting with John, Charles, and Byrd Williams, IV on the ground in front of their home on 3119 Aurora in El Paso, Texas.

Photograph of Byrd Williams, Jr. standing while his wife Irene and sons, Byrd, III, and John sit on the ground in front of their house at 3119 Aurora Avenue in El Paso, Texas.

Photograph of Irene Biffle Williams pushing a stroller outside of the Williams's home in El Paso. It is unclear which of her children she is pushing in the stroller. Irene is wearing a hat with a long black sweater and skirt and she has her back to the camera. The front yard of the house has no grass and is all dirt and rocks. The house is made of a light colored brick and stone and has a covered porch. There is a house to the right of the Williams's home that is made of the same materials and in the same style.

Photograph of John Williams and brother Byrd Williams III, dressed as pirates, standing in a field in front of a building.

Photograph of Union Station, in El Paso, Texas, covered in snow. The building was designed by Daniel Burnham, who also designed the Flatiron Building in New York, and Union Station in Washington, D. C.

Scrapbook page featuring 5 photos of Irene Biffle Williams with Byrd III and John in various poses.

Scrapbook page featuring 5 photos of Byrd Jr., Irene Biffle Williams, and kids Byrd III and John, taken around their home in El Paso.

Scrapbook page featuring 4 photos of Byrd Jr. with Irene Biffle Williams, Byrd III, John, and friends, standing on a railroad bridge, a young boy sitting on a motorcycle, and Irene Biffle Williams with John in El Paso.