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Writing-Machine.

Description: Patent for writing-machine mechanism which prolongs the life of the ribbon and provides "means to rotate the platen step by step at each actuation of one or more of the keys" (line 20).
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, August 15, 1951]

Description: Letter from The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company to I. H. Kempner advising that a bedroom suite on train 15 has been reserved for Kempner. It is also noted that the reservations originally secured from Lake Placid to New York have been cancelled.
Date: August 15, 1951
Creator: The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Oral History Interview with Robert Woods, March 8, 1969

Description: Interview with Robert Woods, a preacher from Gallatin, Tennessee. The interview includes the broader history of the Christian Church he grew up in, prominent figures, the school he went to, as well as his personal experiences as a black person during that time. The interview also includes Wood's recounting his first preaching tour as a teen.
Date: March 8, 1969
Creator: Boyd, R. Vernon & Woods, Robert
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

Keyboard for Writing Machines.

Description: Patent for improved keyboards for writing machines "having its keys so arranged that the fingers of the operator may rest upon the keyboard in an easy and natural manner, the keys being so disposed with relation to each other that the fingers of the operator may reach all of them with the least possible strain or exertion" (lines 16-22). This improvement allows the operator to work at maximum speed and efficiency.
Date: April 17, 1917
Creator: Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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