Letter from L. D. Bradley and his son to Minnie Bradley, dated January 25 and 28, 1885, in which their son writes about family business and to remind her to bring him clothes and L. D. Bradley writes to tell her that their children are well.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated December 8, 1884, in which she writes about visiting their daughter, Annie, and her baby.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated December 12, 1885 and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about his impatience and about her desire for him to come home for Christmas.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated December 13 and 14, 1885 and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about her desire for him to come home for Christmas.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated December 31, 1884, in which she writes about the weather and the food which she received.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated February 3, 1885, in which she writes about their daughter Callie's baby and asks him to take care of her garden.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated January 1885, in which she writes about their daughter and about her health.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated July 7, 1885 and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about the health of their daughter, Annie.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated June 20, 1885 and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about their son receiving eye surgery and their daughters being away for the day.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated June 29, 1885 and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about their grandchildren being sick.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated June 30, 1885 and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about some financial matters and the health of their daughter, Annie.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated March 4, 1885, in which she writes about the health of their children.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated March 6, 1885, and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about her and their children's health, her garden, and some family business.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated March 9, 1885, and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about their children's health, a vote in favor of prohibition, and several family members traveling to Mexia.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated May 7, 1886 and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about her health and whether she will be able to visit him in Corsicana.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated May 1886 and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about her trip home from Corsicana, her desire for him to get better, and her own health.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated November 11, 1885 and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about her health and their son's performance in college, and asks about his health.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated November 12, 1885 and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about her concern for his health and about their son's performance in college.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated October 23, 1884, in which she writes to tell him about her health and the health of their children.

Overview of the north Texas region encompassing Collin, Denton, Fannin, and Grayson Counties for potential visitors, including information about the landscape and climate, the farming and ranching industries, notable persons and businesses, and other information about the area. A description appeared in The Sunday Gazetteer [Denison, TX, Dec. 19, 1886, p.3] which described it: "This book is a quarto volume handsomely gotten up in pamphlet form, and elaborately illustrated with wood engravings. It gives short biographical sketches of prominent men of North Texas, and also pen and pencil pictures of various stock farms, business houses and private residences of the cities and surrounding country of Denison, Sherman Gainesville, Denton, Honey Grove, McKinney, etc., as well as the more important ones of the Indian Nation." Another article that appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle on Feb. 19, 1927, section 9, p.1, hints to the provenance of the library's copy. It states that, the C. C. Bell household had a copy because "Bell is one of the land-owners who paid at the rate of about $30 per photo to be represented in the 40-page bulletin." The C. C. Bell homestead was, "east of what is now Bell Avenue...was later destroyed by fire." A …

Portrait of Sarah Emma (Nancy) Lawrence wearing a dark dress with a white ruffled collar.

Portrait of Oscar Lehman at age 19 with a mustache and wearing a suit and tie.

Photograph of the Borealis Rex, a paddlewheel steamboat, anchored at a dock. The steamboat was constructed in 1888 and navigated routes between Lake Charles and Cameron, Louisiana until it was retired in 1930 and anchored at Lake Charles.

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the address of all white persons, in and out of the city limits, with a classified business directory, post offices and counties in this state, money-order offices, &c."