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[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, October 16, 1875]

Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote to his wife while he traveled and worked as a judge. He informed her of money he had sent her way and where he planned to put the rest of his money. John ended the letter by letting her know he had arrived at his destination safely.
Date: October 16, 1875
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Partner: Austin College

[News Script: Youth Council]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. The Mountain View School for Boys at Gatesville is the target of an injunction being sought in federal court at Tyler. A group of former inmates of state reformatories are seeking to prohibit the Texas Youth Council from assigning any pupils to the Mountain View Facility.
Date: August 16, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Gatesville]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about 11 youngsters between 16 and 18 years of age who are still at large following their escape from the mountain state school for boys at Gatesville.
Date: June 16, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Gatesville]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about 11 teenagers who escaped from the mountain view state school for boys at Gatesville are reportedly still at large.
Date: June 16, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Surgical Instrument.

Description: Patent for improvements to a device to perform an operation known as a perrineorhaphia, including an illustration of the device. This device stabilizes the edges of a wound on the perineum so the surgeon can place sutures and close the wound.
Date: September 16, 1902
Creator: Simpson, Richard H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Horse Detacher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved horse-detacher. This design "is to make a compound single-tree which, with certain attachments, will hold the traces securely or allow them to be drawn off the hooks if the horse should run; also, to hold up the shafts while the horse is passing therefrom" (lines 15-20). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination, with the spring-held vibratory draft-rod having the loop, of the strap and the shaft, the latter carrying the oppositely-placed stirrup-arm and tread… more
Date: September 16, 1890
Creator: Chamlee, Jeff D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Description: Patent for improving the way that hay bales are tied and bound. This bale tie is an addition to a previous patent (number 152,138).
Date: June 16, 1874
Creator: Mangham, Josiah T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Funnel and Gage.

Description: Patent for a funnel and gage with a mechanism used to indicate "when the proper amount of water has been inserted in the battery" (lines 14-15).
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Burkett, Joseph Benjamin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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