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[Portrait of Rev. Samuel P. Wright]

Description: Portrait of Rev. Samuel P. Wright, a Methodist minister and president of Waco Female College in Waco, TX, visible from the chest up. He wears a dark-colored three-piece suit and a bow tie. A hand written note on the back reads, "Rev. Samuel Pascal Wright (1838-1911)."
Date: unknown
Creator: Ashman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Rev. James D. Shaw]

Description: Portrait of Rev. Dr. James D. Shaw, senior pastor of the Fifth Street Methodist Church of Waco, Texas. Rev. Dr. Shaw (1841-1926) later left the ordained ministry in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and became a "free thinker." He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas, where a VA grave marker was later placed on his grave. He is visible from the chest-up and wears a dark-colored three-piece suit and a bow tie.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jackson, W. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Mattie Wright]

Description: Photograph of Mattie Wright, whose father was Reverend Samuel P. Wright of Waco, Texas. She poses for her picture wearing a long-sleeved dark dress, gloves, and a large hat. She was the first consecrated Deaconess in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mitchell
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Winn Family Death and Marriage Scrapbook Page]

Description: Collection of clippings and notes on a single page that mark the deaths and marriage of members of the Winn family of Waco, Texas. Several family members are buried in the First Street Cemetery of Waco. This page was purchased at an estate sale in Austin, Texas.
Date: 1857-10-09/1870-11-30
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of M. E. Church in Temple, Texas]

Description: Postcard of Methodist Episcopal Church located in Temple, Texas. The view of the church is from the side where there is a large arched window. On the right side of the church two large spires are visible. The postcard is addressed to Nina Cummings from Rosenberg, Texas.
Date: June 9, 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: St. James Methodist Church]

Description: Photograph of Texas Historical Commission Marker for St. James Methodist Church in Waco, Texas. Text: One of Waco's oldest churches, St. James Methodist Church was organized in 1874 by Father Anderson Brack (d. 1905). From the first worship services, conducted in a house near the Brazos River that served as a school for the black community, the congregation built several sanctuaries before completing work on this building in 1924. Designed in a modified Gothic revival style, it features decorat… more
Date: 2012
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Perry Methodist Church]

Description: Photograph of the tower of Perry Methodist Church in Perry, Texas taken from a low vantage point. The building is covered in whitewashed wooden siding. A circular window is visible at the bottom of the frame. At the top of the tower, on both sides that face the camera, there are arched windows covered by decorative shutters.
Date: January 1973
Creator: Easley, Charles T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Austin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church]

Description: Postcard of Austin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South. According to a note on the photo, the church was erected in 1901-1902 and dismantled in 1935. The edifice was located at Austin Avenue and 12th Street in Waco and was designed by William A. Cann of St. Louis.
Date: [1902..1935]
Creator: Cann, William A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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