Photograph of Ellen Clarke Temple at the University of Texas Pro Bene Meritis Awards dinner on April 22, 2010. Temple is looking at the camera and smiling.

Photograph of Ellen Clarke Temple at the University of Texas Pro Bene Meritis Awards dinner on April 22, 2010. Temple can be seen in the center of the photograph, walking in the direction of the camera and smiling. She is holding a folded sheet of paper with both hands. Members of the audience can be seen standing around dining tables next to and behind Temple, looking at her and clapping.

Photograph of Ellen Clarke Temple receiving the 2010 Pro Bene Meritis Award on April 22, 2010. Temple (2nd left) is holding the award in her right hand and a folded sheet of paper in her left hand. Julius Glickman (left), Randy Diehl (2nd right), and Fran Vick (right) are also on stage. They all are standing side by side, looking at the camera and smiling.

Photograph of Ellen Clarke Temple at the University of Texas Pro Bene Meritis Awards dinner on April 22, 2010. Temple is standing behind a podium, facing to the right of the camera and appears to be speaking.

Photograph of Ellen Clarke Temple at the University of Texas Pro Bene Meritis Awards dinner on April 22, 2010. Temple is standing behind a podium, facing to the left of the camera and smiling.

Photograph of Ellen Temple (right) and Dan Dixon (left) at a reception celebrating the naming of the Captain John Clark Hurst Naval Commanding Officer's room in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas, Austin. Dixon is facing to the right of the camera, motioning with both hands. He appears to be speaking. Temple is standing across from Dixon, looking at him and smiling. A group of attendees can be seen conversing in the background of the photograph.

Photograph of Ellen Clarke Temple (left) and Frank Denius (right) at the University of Texas Pro Bene Meritis Awards dinner on April 22, 2010. They are standing side by side, looking to the left of the camera and demonstrating the Hook 'em Horns hand sign with their right hands.

Photograph of Ellen Temple at a reception celebrating the naming of the Captain John Clark Hurst Naval Commanding Officer's room in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas, Austin. Temple is standing, looking to the left of the camera and smiling. John Hurst Jr. and other attendees can be seen sitting down, looking at Temple and clapping.

Photograph of (l-r) Ellen Temple, John Hurst Jr. and Jim Hurst at a reception celebrating the naming of the Captain John Clark Hurst Naval Commanding Officer's room in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas in Austin. They are standing side by side, looking at the camera and smiling. Jim and John Jr. are holding a large framed portrait of John Hurst between them.

Email from Mark Busby to Dave Hamrick regarding bylaws for the Texas Institute of Letters Council.

Email from Joyce Roach, Jeanne Williams, and Mary D. Wade to Fran Vick containing a list of winners, finalists, and entries for the Texas Institute of Letters (TIL) awards banquet on April 15, 2007.

Document containing a list of entries for the Fred Whitehead award presented by the Texas Institute of Letters (TIL) in 2007.

Photograph of Ernest Butler at the University of Texas Pro Bene Meritis Awards on April 22, 2010. Butler is facing to the right of the camera slightly, looking at a man across from him who has his back turned to the camera.

Video recording of the Fall Commencement December 16, 2000.

Photograph of three flags posted at a reception celebrating the naming of the Captain John Clark Hurst Naval Commanding Officer's room in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas, Austin. Flags have been identified as: (l-r) the U.S. Navy, the United States, and the U.S. Marine Corps.

Photograph of a framed painting of John Clark Hurst at a reception celebrating the naming of the Captain John Clark Hurst Naval Commanding Officer's room at the University of Texas in Austin. The painting depicts a portrait of Hurst in his Navy uniform, looking out to the right and smiling. His uniform reads, "LN/LT. Hurs[t]."

Photograph of Fran Vick at age 17, scanned for the Texas Folklore Society. Vick is looking at the camera and smiling.

Photograph of Fran Vick (left) and Ellen Clarke Temple (right) at the University of Texas Pro Bene Meritis Awards dinner on April 22, 2010. They are standing side by side, facing the camera and smiling.

Photograph of Fran Vick (left) with a man (right) at the National Book Festival on September 8, 2001. They can be seen standing side by side in the bottom right corner of the photograph, looking at the camera and smiling. A large painted portrait of Abraham Lincoln can be seen above them.

Photograph of Fran Vick (3rd right) with six other people at the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame induction ceremony on October 28, 2010. They are all standing side by side, looking at the camera and smiling. Patrick Vick (3rd left), Ross Vick (center), and Karen Cavazos (2nd right) can also be identified.

Photograph of Fran Vick (2nd left) another woman (left) and two men at the National Book Festival on September 8, 2001. They are standing side by side, looking a the camera and smiling. Other event attendees can be seen in the background on the left side of the photograph.

Photograph of Fran Vick (left) and another woman (right) at the Carl Hertzog Awards ceremony at the University of Texas, El Paso in April 2008. They are standing side by side, looking at the camera and smiling. Vick has an article of clothing draped over her right arm. The other woman is holding a wine glass.

Photograph of Fran Vick at the Carl Hertzog Awards ceremony at the University of Texas, El Paso in April 2008. Vick is looking at the camera and smiling

Photograph of Fran Vick and Joyce Gibson Roach with a group of people at the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame induction ceremony on October 28, 2010. Members of the group have been identified as: (l-r) [unidentified man], Patrick Vick, Fran Vick, Joyce Gibson Roach, and Karen Cavazos. They are all standing side by side, looking at the camera and smiling. Cavazos has her hand around Roach's left arm.