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[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figures 2-4, 7-10]

Description: Illustrations of individual parts to patent a reversible spring-motor, with numbered labels to reference each piece. The first sheet contains details for three pieces (8-10) and a partially-constructed component (figure 2); the second sheet includes close-up illustrations of three of the moving parts (figures 3, 4, and 7).
Date: 1896
Creator: Click, John Jones
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Writing Samples]

Description: Handwritten text including multiple instances of the text "The Eclipse Quilter" and the text "Patented December 10th, 1895. No. 551,305." There are two sections cut out of the paper.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Promotional 1899 Calendar]

Description: Promotional calendar for the year 1899 advertising the services of patent lawyers Rhesa G. DuBois and Vernon E. Hodges in Washington D.C. Each month is printed on a separate sheet, designed to be torn off one at a time. A letter from the lawyers is written on the back of the card.
Date: 1898~
Creator: Rhesa G. DuBois & Co.
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Portrait of George Huffman]

Description: Cabinet card portrait of a man wearing a dark three-piece suit with a light-colored necktie, visible from the chest up, identified on the back as "George Huffman, Henrietta Tex."
Date: unknown
Creator: Swarts & Freeman
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Portrait of Young Grant Byus #2]

Description: Photograph of a young boy wearing a light-colored sailor suit with a dark-colored tie and dark leggings, seated in front of a patterned curtain. The name "Grant Byus" is handwritten at the bottom of the photo and the portrait is in a folder with the text "Story's Best" printed on the cover.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Portrait of Two Women]

Description: Photograph of two young women, identified on the back as "Ruth & Bee Welch (friends)." The photo is in a frame with an oval-shaped cut-out and the women are visible from the chest up, side-by-side.
Date: unknown
Creator: Norvelle
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Postcard of the Interior of Old St. John's Church]

Description: Postcard with an illustration of part of the sanctuary and front of St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, with printed text on the back regarding a convention held in the church during 1775. The card is postmarked 1924 and addressed to "Mrs. James Chambers" in Waco and "Mother," is written in the text area without any other correspondence.
Date: 1924~
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Postcard of the National Episcopal Cathedral]

Description: Postcard with an illustration of the outside of the northeast end of the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., labeled "The National Cathedral of S. S. Peter and Paul at Night" with printed text on the back about its history. The card has a handwritten message on the back addressed to James S. Chambers in Waco and postmarked September 1924.
Date: September 1924
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Letter from Pat Cross to the Chamberses - September 9, 1965]

Description: Letter from Pat Cross, a representative of the Standard Oil Company of Texas (part of Chevron), outlining the proposed oil and gas lease for land in New Mexico owned by Mr. and Mrs. Chambers. It includes copies of the official paperwork and a check for $200 as a first installment.
Date: September 9, 1965
Creator: Cross, Pat O.
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Agreement for Subdivision of Property]

Description: Statement selling a parcel of 160 acres owned by John J. and Mollie Click to three women for $1000, to be paid down $5 per month. It is signed at the bottom by the buyers: Mrs. Minnie Barrett Grant, Mrs. Lotus Click Byus, and Mrs. Fannie Click Chambers.
Date: November 30, 1912
Creator: Mill Edwards Mill
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson
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