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[News Script: Kennard]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. The script, barely visible, the second paragraph reads "Kennard, 39, was expected to be chosen as the assistant presiding officer in a morning senate caucus held before the official noon opening of the legislature. Kennard, knows as the winner of the Texas juvenile parole system, said he hopes the 61st legislature can "beef up and make more effective the juvenile parole system." Referring to the recent allegations … more
Date: January 14, 1969, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Gatesville Camp Fire Girls

Description: Photograph of a group of girls that are members of Camp Fire Girls of America posing on rugs in front of an ornate backdrop. They are wearing Native American-style women's gowns, beads, and headbands. The girls are identified from the top left as Margaret Bishop, Louise Raby, Willie Rae Brashear, Virginia Brown, Doris Davison, Ruth Wells, Anita Stewart, Margaret Powell, camp counselor Alice Boyer, Eloise Colgin, Julia Bishop, Zelia McClinton, and Grace West.
Date: 1915~
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photographic Portrait of Thurman and Herman Maxwell]

Description: Postcard featuring twin infants Thurman and Herman Maxwell, children of Franklin Lee and Nancy Maxwell. They are sitting on a chair with spiral metalwork on its back and legs. The twins are wearing white dresses and bonnets. "Twins" has been written over their heads in red ink, and a T and H have been written on their heads. The reverse side of the postcard has the infants' names written in blue marker, and a handwritten note that reads "To grandma and uncle Ben."
Date: 1913
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Students of Purmela Circa 1920]

Description: Photograph of a group of young people from the Purmela School in Purmela, Texas. The students range in age from younger children to older teenagers. Three rows stand in front of five windows on a brick building, while a group of younger children sits below them. The fourth person on the first row is Homer Freeman and the seventh is Herman Maxwell. The second person the second row is Vella Freeman, the fifteenth is Joe Maxwell, and the nineteenth is Thurman Maxwell. The fourth girl on the foremo… more
Date: [1920..1924]
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Freeman Family Standing in Front of Home]

Description: Photograph of members of the Freeman family standing in front of their wooden home in Purmela, Texas. They are identified from the left as Alvin (age six), Louis (age eight), Way (age four), Alex, Thoyce (age two), Winnie, Lillian (age ten), and Vivian (age eleven). A windpump is visible in the background to the right. The reverse side of the mat has a note that says "To Dred & Emma."
Date: 1909
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Students of Ireland School, 1915]

Description: Photograph of a group of children of various ages that attend school in Ireland, Texas. Two chaotic rows of children stand behind a row of their sitting peers. A ball with "Ireland" painted on it rests against the legs of a girl on the lower left of the photo. The teacher, H. Hall, stands behind the group of children.
Date: December 1915
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell
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[News Clip: Sam]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Owen Scott from Miami, Florida; who has been traveling from the Seattle World's Fair in 1962 on a burro named Sam.
Date: September 13, 1964
Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Kids Released]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying as a result of the new state law giving 18-year old full adult status, 79 inmates of Texas Reform School have now been released.
Date: August 30, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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

[Teacher with Students in Front of Purmela School]

Description: Photograph of the first grade class of Purmela School in Coryell County, Texas. The teacher, a bespectacled woman named Mrs. Carroll, stands above a small group of boys and girls. Some of the children are identified as Johnny Myers, Patsy Comer, Pam Adams, Billy Miller, and Webster Bundrant. Thurman Maxwell is the child wearing a satchel over his shoulder.
Date: September 1950
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Unknown Child Leaning on Hay Covered Fence]

Description: Photograph of an unknown female child wearing a light colored dress who is leaning on a fence post. In the background, a building is visible as well trees one the right and left side of the photograph. Text on the front and back of the photograph identifies W. J. Blair as the photographer.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blair, W. J.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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