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[Letter from Birdie McKinley to Mary Moore, Claude and Linnet White, August 2, 1907]

Letter from Birdie McKinley to Mary Moore, Claude and Linnet White. She received their letter and was sad to hear that they weren't coming to visit. She says that she could not go visit them because they are having a lot of bad luck. She is sorry that their crops are not doing well. Birdie's chickens have cholera. Lillie Bell has consumption. She canned and jammed Blackberries and sold them. She comments that everything is ripening late. The cashier at the bank was robbing it for years. She men… more

Date: August 2, 1907

Creator: McKinley, Birdie

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Birdie McKinley to Mary Moore, Claude, Linnet, and Ruth White, May 2, 1911]

Letter from Birdie McKinley to Mary Moore, Claude, Linnet and Ruth White. She hasn't heard from them and hopes that they are doing well. She wants to go see them, but is worried about Frank's health. She now has help, but is afraid to allow her to help with the baby. She talks about farming. She mentions her chickens. A lot of people ask about them. She mentions how Henry is doing and wishes to see Ruth and for them to see Frank. She talks about Alice and Lillian. She went and visited some peop… more

Date: May 2, 1911

Creator: McKinley, Birdie

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Dinkie and Birdie McGee to Linnet, Charles, and Mary Dodd, July 2, 1892]

Letter from Dinkie McGee talking about her flowers and garden. She also discusses neighbors, dresses they are making, and a new top buggy. There is also a letter from Birdie McGee to Linnet talking about getting her hat newly trimmed and her mother redoing her embroidered dress. She also mentions a new lounging chair they just purchased for $20.00. Also includes envelope from letter. Stamped on the back is Melissa, Texas July 5, 1893.

Date: July 2, 1892

Creator: McGee, Dinkie & McGee, Birdie

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Matilda Dodd to Mary Ann and Charles B. Moore, November 2, 1883]

Letter from Matilda Dodd discussing family news, the killing frost, a tornado, the wheat crop, the corn crop, selling cattle and a possible trip to Texas. Includes the envelope the letter was originally sent in.

Date: November 2, 1883

Creator: Dodd, Matilda

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Sally Thornhill to Mary Moore, August 2, 1909]

Letter from Sally Thornhill to Mary Moore in which she writes about her family's health, the weather, and a visit by Claude White. She updates Mary on the activities of family and friends. Sally recounts a crash with a buggy, which left her and Nelly injured. She also tells Mary that she has eczema on her ankles. She describes how she treats the eczema.

Date: August 2, 1909

Creator: Thornhill, Sally

Item Type: Letter

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[News Clip: Bridge Collapse]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: April 2, 1989, 10:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 minute 17 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

[News Script: Copenhagen Fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of police who has charged a 34-year old man with deliberately setting hotel fire in which 35 persons died.

Date: September 2, 1973, 10:00 p.m.