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[Advertisement Cutout for Luecke & Co. General Merchandise Store]

Advertisement cutout of a rabbit holding a basket of colored eggs, with text on the basket that says: "P.H. Luecke & Co General merchandise, Giddings, Texas. Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the fastest and brightest dyes made."

Date: unknown

Creator: P. H. Luecke & Co.

Item Type: Image

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Album of Photographs Picturing Joel and Emma Shumard]

Photograph album with forty photographs of the friends and family of Joel W. Shumard (1847-1934) and Emma Johnson Shumard (1858-1934) from an Austin, Texas estate.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Book

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Annual Greetings Advertisement for the Behrens Drug Co.]

Annual greetings for the Behrens Drug Co. with all of the 1909 members of the board of directors listed at the bottom.

Date: 1909

Item Type: Text

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Bird's Eye View Map of Coriscana, Texas, 1886]

Illustrated pictorial map of Corsicana, Texas with a key at the bottom listing what each point represents on the map. According to the map, the major railroad runs right through the center of the town.

Date: 1886

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Blank Waco Bridge Company Pass]

Blank pass for the Waco Bridge Company, valid until December 31 of that year.

Date: 18uu

Creator: Waco Bridge Company

Item Type: Text

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Calendar for 1914, with Photograph]

Calendar for the year 1914 with a photograph of a woman and small child reading posted on each page. The calendars at the bottom of the page fold back to reveal the rest of the months of the year.

Date: 1914

Creator: R. Chapman Co.

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Cased Portrait of a Young Man]

Portrait of a young man wearing a dark-colored suit with a jacket, vest, and bow tie with a light-colored shirt. He is posed with his left wrist propped on a chair arm and his other arm folded across his body. The ambrotype is in a case that includes a gold-colored frame with decorative etching and similar decorations on the outside.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Certificate for Membership to the Sons of the Republic of Texas]

Certificate acknowledging that Dr. Todd Bradford Willis is in good standing within the Sons of the Republic of Texas and signed by two officials of the organization. It includes a color illustration of the Texas flag near the top, black-and-white illustrations of The Alamo (left) and Goliad - La Bahia (right), and an illustration in red of the monument at San Jacinto at the bottom of the page, behind the text.

Date: April 30, 1982

Creator: Sons of the Republic of Texas

Item Type: Text

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Clipping: Obituary for Joseph Lynn Clark]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the recent death of a historian, Dr. Joseph Lynn Clark, who was a member of faculty at Sam Houston State University.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Copy of Photograph of Barbara Hessdoerfer and Grandchildren]

Copy of a photograph of Barbara Hessdoerfer and her grandchildren. From left to right: Katharine Wheatly, Elmer Josephine Wheatly (Dolly) and James Philip Baugh. The young girls are wearing white dresses and James is wearing a nice suit and tie.

Date: unknown

Creator: Heilmann

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Funeral Program for Aubry Klinkman, October 25, 1896]

Funeral program for Aubry Klinkman, died October 24, 1896 at two years old. The funeral was held October 25, 1896 at the family residence, and he was interred at Oakwood Cemetery.

Date: October 24, 1896

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Law License for Thomas Middlebrook Willis]

Law license from the Law School of Cumberland University acknowledging that Thomas Middlebrook Willis (1859-1937) has fulfilled the requirements for the degree. T. M. Willis practiced law in Abilene, TX for many years.

Date: January 18, 1883

Creator: Law School of Cumberland University

Item Type: Text

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - April 29, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merril Smith to his wife discussing how Bill Ledbetter has been, asking about their daughter, and telling her that he loves her.

Date: April 29, 1943

Creator: Smith, Merrill

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - August 11, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife about his mother "kicking out her downstairs roomers", Ed Prove, and Mrs. Smith's golf skills.

Date: August 11, 1943

Creator: Smith, Merrill

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - August 19, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife telling her that he loves her and the kids.

Date: August 19, 1943

Creator: Smith, Merrill

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - August 22, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing a show titled "Coffin in the Sky" that he went to go see and a book titled "The earth in the Lord".

Date: August 22, 1943

Creator: Smith, Merrill

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 12, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing his recent trip inland.

Date: December 12, 1943

Creator: Smith, Merrill

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 19, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing their daughter's upcoming birthday and the upcoming holiday.

Date: December 19, 1943

Creator: Smith, Merrill

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 23, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife wishing happy holidays to her and their daughter Sharon.

Date: December 23, 1943

Creator: Smith, Merrill

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 28, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing his opinions about the year coming to an end.

Date: December 28, 1943

Creator: Smith, Merrill

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 2, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife about the continuous rain and work left to do.

Date: February 2, 1944

Creator: Smith, Merrill

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 6, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing progress in his camp's construction and Sharon's temper.

Date: February 6, 1944

Creator: Smith, Merrill

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 12, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing her using the name "Catherine Smith" instead of "Mrs. Merrill Smith" and life in his deployment.

Date: February 12, 1944

Creator: Smith, Merrill

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 16, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife about carving and the climate.

Date: February 16, 1944

Creator: Smith, Merrill

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

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[Advertisement Cutout for Luecke & Co. General Merchandise Store]

[Album of Photographs Picturing Joel and Emma Shumard]

[Annual Greetings Advertisement for the Behrens Drug Co.]

[Bird's Eye View Map of Coriscana, Texas, 1886]

[Blank Waco Bridge Company Pass]

[Calendar for 1914, with Photograph]

[Cased Portrait of a Young Man]

[Certificate for Membership to the Sons of the Republic of Texas]

[Clipping: Obituary for Joseph Lynn Clark]

[Copy of Photograph of Barbara Hessdoerfer and Grandchildren]

[Funeral Program for Aubry Klinkman, October 25, 1896]

[Law License for Thomas Middlebrook Willis]

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - April 29, 1943]

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - August 11, 1943]

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - August 19, 1943]

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - August 22, 1943]

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 12, 1943]

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 19, 1943]

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 23, 1943]

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 28, 1943]

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 2, 1944]

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 6, 1944]

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 12, 1944]

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 16, 1944]