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Tool-Sharpener.

Description: Patent for a tool sharpener for various farm equipment such as plows or tools.
Date: March 23, 1909
Creator: Kirksey, Elijah F. & Stegall, John T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Frame.

Description: Patent for a new and improved quilting frame. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the track-bar having the brackets on its ends, the continuous suspension-wire extending between the extremities of the said brackets and extending longitudinally in the rear of the track-bar, the movable block inserted between the rear portion of the suspension-wire and the rear side of the track-bar, the pulleys mounted on the suspension-wire, and the carrier-bar carrying the quilting-frame and connecte… more
Date: March 11, 1890
Creator: Raines, Burress Wesley
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Mr. and Mrs. Jay Silverberg, March 5, 1945]

Description: Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Mr. and Mrs. Silverberg asking them to make a contribution to the Hillel Building Fund for The University of Texas at Austin. He explains the plans for the features of the building and the construction plans as well as the overall value of this building to the Jewish students on campus.
Date: March 5, 1945
Creator: Nathan, William M.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for improvements in car-couplings by using a combination of “a rod pivoted at its front end to the side of the draw-head and pivotally connected at its rear end..... when the draw-head is driven to the rear by the force of the blow received in coupling with another draw-head, the lug will be pressed to the front,” (lines 30-40) illustration is included.
Date: March 17, 1891
Creator: Bright, Tom Full
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, March 13, 1945]

Description: Letter from William M. Nathan to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman enclosing a check for $25.00 from Jay Silverberg in Clarksville for the Hillel Fund. Nathan is disappointed by this number as Silverberg had promised much more substantial of a donation. He also attaches a list of names he thinks should be added to the Hillel solicitation list from Clarksville. Last, he reflects on the fact that he missed the meeting in Galveston on Sunday due to personal matters.
Date: March 13, 1945
Creator: Nathan, William M.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Animal-Trap

Description: Patent for an animal trap that requires the animal to fully enter the jaws of the trap to reach the bait and that reliably springs the trap upon the entrance of an animal but not when refilling the bait in the trap.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Dubois, James Madison
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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