Franklin County Historical Commission Collection

Pictured: Texas Christian University Football Team, 1959

Summary: B.F. Hicks, Chair of the Franklin County Historical Commission in Mount Vernon, Texas, donated the following items related to Tarrant County history. The items were originally housed in a blue three-ring binder on black scrapbook paper and removed for preservation purposes.

Bank Documents

• Five checks from the American National Bank of Fort Worth, signed by Paul Waples, 1916
• Blank check from Continental National Bank of Fort Worth, undated
• Account book from The Farmers Deposit Bank, Richwood, Ohio, belonging to Mildred L. Peiter, 1924
  

Government Documents

• Corporation Deed with Vendor's Lein, Freehold Property Co. to deed James E. Scott, et al, 19316 Lake View, 1911
  
• Proceedings in Probate Court, Shawnee County, Kansas, regarding the estate of Ella T. Green, 1909
• Letter from E.W. Clark of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works to C.A. Sublett of Mansfield, Texas, March 22, 1934
• Texas Driving Handbook: A Summary of Road Rules for Safe Driving, Texas Department of Public Safety, undated
  

Insurance and Tax Documents

• Automobile Insurance from United States "Lloyds" for a 1916 Chevrolet Roadster belonging to Paul Waples, 1916
• Instructions for Form 1040, United States Individual Income and Victory Tax Return, 1943-1944
  
• City of Fort Worth Tax Receipts for A.E. Amos, 1924-1931
  

Newspaper Clippings

• "How Time and Progress Have Changed One Business Spot in Fort Worth," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, July 14, 1940
• "Old Clay Johnson Home (Ghosts and All) Will Get Historical Marker Sunday," Franklin Perkins, Fort Worth News-Tribune, March 16, 1984
• Obituary for Mary Elizabeth Amos, 2001
  

Photographs

• Four unidentified people at The Rocket Club, Fort Worth, Texas, undated
  
• Texas Christian University Football Team, eight by ten inches, black and white, 1959
• Texas Christian University Football Team, eight by ten inches, black and white, 1962
• Texas Christian University Football Team, eight by ten inches, black and white, 1965