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[Photograph of Slaton Harvey House Staff]

Description: Photograph of a group of men and women from the Slaton Harvey House, most in Harvey House uniforms, with a family of husband, wife, and child sitting in the front row. They are identified as (left to right) front row: W. H. Bowman, manager, Virginia Bowman, Mrs. W. H. Bowman, N. A. Miller, W. O. Shelton, F. L. Wells, and H. T. Carr, and back row: Ira McCarver, Jimmy McCarver, John Shelton, Roybe Hill, Cleo Wolf, Jo Short, Verna Tabor, Mable Reno, and Blanche Tabor.
Date: [1912..1942]
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[News Script: Steer]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the staccato chanting of an auctioneer which signaled one of the highlights of the Annual Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth.
Date: January 29, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Newspaper Clipping]

Description: Clipping from the Slaton Slatonite newspaper with three articles: "RR Retirement Club Meets Regularly," "Painting For S-Fe Calendar is Selected," and "Harvey House Days Here." Included are photographs of members of the Retired Railroaders Club, Slaton Harvey House staff of 1931, and a man holding his son and standing on a railroad engine.
Date: October 31, 1968
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Letter from Les Tye to Rosa Latimer - February 5, 1992]

Description: Letter written to Rosa Latimer in Lubbock, Texas to Les Tye in Fort Worth, Texas in response to an article published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (enclosed with the letter) asking for stories related to Harvey Houses. In the letter, Les Tye writes about his experience with a Harvey House in Las Vegas, New Mexico on his honeymoon in 1947. Also included is the letter's envelope.
Date: February 5, 1992
Creator: Tye, Les
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Questionnaire filled out by Cleo Wolf]

Description: Questionnaire created by Rosa Walston Latimer and filled out by Cleo Wolf with questions about the life and work of Harvey Girls at Harvey Houses. Included at the end is a note from Jo Delaney, also a former Harvey Girl.
Date: January 21, 1993
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Letter from Speck Wilson to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 19, 1992]

Description: Letter from Speck Wilson of Springtown, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock, Texas, in which he describes the story of his father and mother's courtship and marriage. His mother, Maxine Cockrell Wilson Johnson, was a Harvey Girl in Canadian, Texas and his father, Harold F. Wilson, was a local cowboy.
Date: February 19, 1992
Creator: Wilson, Speck
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer
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