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[Elizabeth Simpson Cooper Memoir]

Description: Photocopy of Elizabeth Simpson Cooper's memoir about her childhood in Virginia and later her time in Kansas after moving westward with her family. In the text of her memoir, she describes her school days in Virginia, church, Cooper family history, "Bleeding Kansas" (the period of conflict over deciding if Kansas would be a free or a slave state), and the Civil War in Kansas as well as her personal encounters with Native Americans in Kansas.
Date: 1931-02-24/1932
Creator: Cooper, Elizabeth Simpson, 1840-
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Manson Haggard holding the hand of a little boy]

Description: Photograph of Manson Haggard holding the hand of a little boy. The handwriting on the back reads, "Manson Haggard kidnapped the little black boy on about Feb. 8, 1938, at Crowell, Texas. A. W. Lilly and J. D. Todd caught him in Fairview, Ohio. 4 days later. He stayed in jail about six mo. (months) and broke out of jail stole my pistol and escaped. We caught him in Oklahoma 3 days latter."
Date: February 8, 1939
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mugshot of Manson Haggard]

Description: Photograph of Manson Haggard, mugshots. Inmate number OSR 11234. The type text on the back reads, "State Reformatory; Granite, Okla. Manson Haggard, #11234, recd. 27-36; from Cust--o; crime Asslt & Batt. with D. W.; term 6 monts; Dischared 5-5-36. Age 28 in 1936; height 5-10; weight 147; hair lt. brn; eyes blue. Occ. Barber. Relatives; Mother. Mrs. Martha Haggad, Putman, --ta. Brother; Arch Haggard, Lone World, Okla. 1/2 Brother; Edgar Allman, Daugherty, Texas. Uncle; Ben Haggard, Custer, Okla.… more
Date: February 8, 1939
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

"Transportation"

Description: Photograph of a cargo ship, gliding through the water, mounted on illustration board "Southwestern and Texas State Photographers Association Honorable Mention" - inscription on back: Clarence A. Tripp Jr, 2000 West Third Ave Corsicana, Texas 37-2-01.
Date: February 1, 1937
Creator: Tripp, Clarence A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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