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The Complete Church Register.

Description: Church register for the Round Valley Schoolhouse, Plum Creek Circuit, North West Texas Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Included are registers of pastors, baptisms, members, and deaths and disposals.
Date: 1883
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

Coryell County Centennial

Description: Program containing historical photographs of businesses and people in Coyrell County, Texas. It also includes advertisements from the area's businesses.
Date: 1954
Creator: Gatesville Chamber of Commerce
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

Gatesville Senior High School Commencement Programs

Description: Program for Gatesville High School's 1962 baccalaureate service and commencement ceremony. It includes a list of events, their times, and the people in charge of each. The program additionally includes a list of the graduating class of 1962 and of the senior high school faculty.
Date: 1962
Creator: Gatesville High School
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Maxwell Family Members with Musical Instruments]

Description: Copy print photograph of members of the Maxwell family together in a fenced-in yard. Thurman, Herman, and Raymond Maxwell kneel while respectively holding a violin and two guitars. A young girl, Gladys Maxwell, is dressed in a white dress and hat and stands between Thurman and Herman. A young boy with a guitar sits on Raymond's knee. Houses are visible in the background.
Date: 1930
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Old Woman in a Rocking Chair Beside a House]

Description: Photograph of an elderly woman, identified as Narcissus Keen Maxwell, wearing a black dress sitting in a rocking chair beside a wooden house. The house is raised from the ground via stacks of stones. A barbed wire fence covers the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Andrew and Narcissus Maxwell]

Description: Portrait (copy) of elderly couple Andrew Maxwell and his wife Narcissus. Andrew wears a medal on his left breast that reads "Veteran Dallas 1302" and features a star with a Confederate flag. The original photo is within a frame and encircled with scrollwork.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell
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