Photograph of a medallion depicting a man with a scythe. The man is depicted as having a long beard and wearing a partially open robe as he holds an hourglass in his left hand and a scythe in his right. Along the right edge of the medallion are the words "L'amour fait passer le temps."

French religious etching and engraving titled "Puer Parvulus Minabiteos" (The Boy Threatened Them), which depictsa woman and three children in a field with a herd of wolfs, lions, and tigers among sheep and cattle. The main child, the baby Jesus, appears with a shepherds crook leading the flock.

Etching and engraving of the historical female figure "Porcie" wearing roman style robes published in 1647 as part of the series "Galerie des Femmes fortes". The image is paired with descriptive French text that reads "Porcie at the edge of the burning coals, to go after her husband: and by the boldness and novelty of her death, equal to the reputation of Cato and the glory of Brutus."

Pastoral French etching and engraving of a landscape showing a small herd of cattle wadding through a stream that cuts through a hilly landscape with many trees. Two small figures appear conversing on the bank of the stream with a lone individual on a horse. The print is attributed to French designer and printmaker Adam Perelle and was published in Paris by Pierre Mariette.

Fragments of an envelope, addressed to S. Lauderdale paired with a possible back page of a booklet which reads in French "Moreau Éditeur Versailles" with an insignia of a line with floral decorations running through it. The booklet leaf could be a possible souvenir from Lauderdale's time spent in France.

Outgoing postcard featuring a black and white image of Le Tramway au Smmet du PUY-DE-DOME. The postcard includes a hand inked message to family in the United States. The top edge of the card inlcudes a humorous note that reads to "Do not forget stamps- first for me!!". The stamped and addressed envelope is included.

Single page of American Red Cross Stationary with English and French writing covering June 26th and 27th, 1919. The notes include dairy like entries that comment on the progress of the war and list places Lauderdale visited including such as chapels, 2 ponds, lake, Napoleon Lounge, and the colonnade.

Manuscript leaf displaying a liturgical calendar (May) from early 15th century France. Text indicating so-called "Red Letter" days. Notable to this item is a handwritten genealogical inscription in French, by "Geryot" dated 1637. Source believed to be a Book of Hours.

Plate 48 - Toulouse, Heinrich Meyer, 1494, Type 6, 7, 8

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, no. 57, a blonde woman considers her knitting project, which she holds up to her waist with the excess yarn around her chest. She stands in front of a chair that has her clothes on it and next to her knitting bag. Description references Ralph Waldo Emerson and the virtue of young women doing older woman's hobbies. On the facing page, an actress prepares her makeup for a show. She is seen kneeling on a chair in front of a lit mirror and vanity in purple underwear and tights.

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, an Al Moore Esquire girl admires her reflection after opening a new hat paired with a verse by Phil Stack. On the facing page is a black and white photo of an anonymous dark-haired model "Mademoiselle" photographed by Roger Coster.

Scrapbook documenting the travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. in 1983 including photographs, stickers, menus, maps, handwritten notes, tickets, wine labels, and other records of travel throughout France.

A photograph of a puzzle that shows a map of Asia when it is completed. There is a blue border along the edge and the map itself shows the full continent with the oceans around the land.

A photograph of a puzzle that shows a map of North America when it is completed. There is a blue border and the map itself shows from the arctic circle to Panama. Both oceans are also included on either side.

A photograph of a puzzle that shows a map of South America when it is completed. There is a blue border and the map itself shows from the northern tip to the southern tip of the continent. Both oceans are also included on either side.

A photograph of a puzzle that shows a map of Europe when it is completed. There is a blue border and the map itself shows from the arctic circle to the Mediterranean Sea.

Two photographs of a puzzle that shows a map of the globe when completed. There is a blue border around the edge and the map is split between two connected circles. The left has Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia on it and the right has the Americas on it. In the second photo two of the pieces aren't in place.

A photograph of a puzzle that shows a map of Africa when it is completed. There is a blue border and the map itself shows the full continent with the oceans on either side.

A photograph of a puzzle that shows a map of France when completed. There is a blue border around the edge and different sections of France are colored green, red, blue, and yellow.

Photographs of "Le Chaperon rouge" (The Red Riding Hood), held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book contains an illustration framed an intricate gold frame. The illustration is of a young girl with red cap and dress, holding a basket filled with goodies. In front of her is a wolf. They are standing in the woods, the title at the top. Image 2, illustration of the young girl in red, retracting with a scared look from the wolf wearing a night cap in front of her in the bedroom they're in. The page on the left of it contains text with a sketch of a wolf in the top left and a sketch of the girl and wolf on the bottom right.

Photographs of "Echoes of France" by Amy Robbins Ware, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is dark blue with a rubricated title and illustration enclosed in a black-stamped frame. Image 2, inscription on inside of cover written in pencil. On the left page is a stamped design. This image in Echoes from France by Amy Robbins Ware, an American nurse in France during WWI, demonstrates the kind of tensions generated by the coexistence of photographs and text. Image 3, pages 40 and 41. The page on the left has a black and white photo of a woman in a dress and gas mask, the page on the right a poem titled "J'attends, C'est la Guerre." Although the book contains no photographs of abject gore, it does feature this photo of a woman with a gas mask as a haunting reminder of such horror and an effacement of the familiar, such that the woman now wears the large dark eyes and proboscis reminiscent of insect life. The text at the bottom works against the tone of estrangement by way of the domesticating rhetoric of “little tin derby” in the place of “helmet.” The diminutive qualifier is not supported by the …

Photographs of Henri Matisse's "Jazz", held by UNT Special Collections. Jazz is a series of works by artist Henri Matisse, which shows circus scenes cut out of colored paper. This is the first example of Matisse working in this way, which would eventually be his main method of creating art. The cover contains the title in pink lettering, and one of his works on the right with different blocks of color. Image 2, the page shown is titled “Nightmare of the White Elephant” and shows a circus elephant performing a trick. Matisse described the elephant as dreaming of his long-lost childhood in the jungle, with the red flames symbolizing his anguish.

Photograph of a Kidd-Key College building in Sherman, Texas. The building is red in color. Several of the building's windows can be seen. Trees and shrubs can be seen around the building.

Blank postcard with a photograph of a military gathering in Strasbourg, France.