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[Photograph of R. L. Smith School]

Description: Photograph of Melvin Dotson at R. L. Smith School. A red tag has been placed on the building's doors. The R. L. Smith Elementary School on Turner Street in East Waco was named for Robert Lloyd Smith (Jan. 8, 1861-July 10, 1942), an African-American who served in the Texas Legislature. He is buried in East Waco-Greenwood Cemetery. The building was razed in 2013.
Date: 2009
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter to an Editor of a Newspaper]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing several letters to the editor published in a Waco newspaper, starting with a poem from " Portfolio of a Deceased Confederate Soldier " and commentary providing insight on the soldier's life, family, property, and death. Other letters and articles discuss horse thieves that were shot, the Election Law that had recently been passed on the front, with text on the back describing recent events and anecdotes and bounties, with advertisements.
Date: August 1872
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Clara Evans' Wedding Journal]

Description: Journal belonging to Clara Evans detailing her relationship with John T. Willis, Sr., from their first meeting to their wedding. Newspaper announcements, wedding invitations, fabric samples from Clara Evans' bridal trousseau, pressed flowers, and photographs have been pasted into the book, along with descriptions of important events written by Clara Evans. It also contains articles pertaining to the Willises' Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1967.
Date: 1917/1967
Creator: Willis, Nannie Clara Evans
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Location: 31.554850009752382 -97.15775699999995
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, October 12, 1943]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on October 12, 1943. He is glad his grandmother is visiting, but wishes he could be there to see her. He talks about going swimming, and mentions that the Waco papers he gets overseas are usually a month old, and he wishes he could get more recent ones to read about the football games.
Date: October 12, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, June 9, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on June 9, 1944. Beaches are off limits to soldiers, and his battalion is trying to get an EM Club for the soldiers. The Waco newspapers Willis receives from his parents are passed around the troops and eventually make their way to the Red Cross.
Date: June 9, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Newspaper Satchel]

Description: Rectangular burlap bag with a handle printed across the front with "Waco News-Tribune Times Herald." Several folded miniature newspapers in plastic covers are arranged inside the satchel.
Date: 1950/1960~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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