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Apparatus for Loading Cotton-Bales, &c.

Description: Patent for an apparatus for loading cotton-bales onto trucks from the compress. It is comprised of a cylinder, a piston, a piston rod, an inlet and exhaust pipes and a valve, a chain with grapnels at one end end and the other end is connected to the piston rod, a sheave, an adjustable slidable trip rod, a pivoted trip lever connected to the cylinder, a four armed lever connected to the valve, and connecting rods.
Date: December 24, 1895
Creator: Thompson, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.

Description: Patent for an improved cotton elevator, separator, and distributor that is meant to move cotton from a wagon or storage, remove dirt, and deliver it to a gin. The "improved apparatus comprises a pneumatic cotton-conveying tube by which the cotton is lifted or carried to the distributor, a separator for removing the cotton from the air current, and a distributor comprising a trunk for receiving the cotton from the separator extending over the two gin feeders, having openings delivering into the … more
Date: October 31, 1893
Creator: Bachman, Joseph A. & Clark, Frank S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from James Jernigan to Mary, Claude and Linnet, September 10, 1910]

Description: Letter from James Jernigan to Mary Moore, Linnet and Claude White in which he updates them of the activities of family member, where they are going to school, and the crops. The children in the family are discussed, as are home improvement, and cooking. A note is on the back of the envelope that refers to money that is due and asking to stop one of two newspaper subscriptions.
Date: September 10, 1910
Creator: Jernigan, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Interview with Edna Blair Davis, July 2, 1984

Description: Transcript of an interview with Edna Blair Davis, born Ellen Jane Blair in 1895. She is a long-time resident of the Central Texas region, from Round Rock, Texas. The interview covers her family life, businesses run by her family, her education, and relations of hers throughout the Austin area.
Date: July 2, 1984
Creator: DiGesualdo, Jane & Davis, Edna Blair
Partner: Round Rock Public Library

[News Script: State Agriculture]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about fuel allocations for Texas farmers.
Date: November 15, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, January 8, 1954]

Description: Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer discussing about paragraphs from his Dad's memorandums from the conversation with J. C. Wilson regarding Howell's cattle grazing on the alfalfa and leftover cottonseed, Warren Goode's problem with water, and issue with the income tax returns for these Warren Goode farms. Also, requests Dan's opinion on taking over this Warren Goode land and added further details on the income tax return breakdown.
Date: January 8, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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