Humanities Texas staff member Brian Macias (right) records metadata for items brought by Wichita Falls resident Carol Sales (left).

Humanities Texas Executive Director Michael L. Gillette reviews materials brought by a Wichita Falls resident at the History Harvest intake table.

A volunteer organizes photographs and documents at one of the eight scanning stations.

Photo of Wichita Falls, 1885. Courtesy of David Flack Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.

Joseph Kell’s report card from Wichita Falls Public Schools, 1908-09. Joseph Kell was the son of Frank Kell, one of the two principal entrepreneurs in the early development of Wichita Falls. Courtesy of Kell House Museum Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.

(From left to right) Grady Parr, Dad Marriet, Harry Hutchison, Clifford Graves, and Ed Carlock with steers in front of the courthouse in Paducah, Texas, c. 1915. Courtesy of Regina Richards Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.

AP Traffic Controller on Sheppard Air Force Base, c. 1950. Courtesy of Wichita Falls Public Information Office Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.

Portrait of Willie May Kell, the first woman to earn a varsity letter sweater at The University of Texas at Austin, c. 1910. Courtesy of Kell House Museum Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.

Crew puts up a telephone pole at the corner of Pecan and First Streets in Hico, Texas, 1900. Courtesy of John Russell Stephenson Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.

Arthur Bea Williams (far left) and Darlene Young Burnett (far right) at their debutante presentation in Wichita Falls, December 1954. Arthur Bea Williams is a former Wichita County Justice of the Peace and also served as Wichita Falls City Councilor at Large, Mayor Pro-Tem and Interim Mayor. She was the first black women to be elected to public office in Wichita Falls. Courtesy of Arthur Bea Williams Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.

Governor James Allred speaks at a Texas Centennial event in downtown Paducha, Texas, May 1936. Courtesy of Regina Richards Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.

Letter written by George Cooke Brundrett to Valree Brundrett from the Island of Mindanao on paper taken from the Manila Hotel, December 12, 1941. George Brundrett was captured and held as prisoner of war in May 1942. Courtesy of Bonnie Fieldsend Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.

Bradley’s Corner, an oil boom town, after the gusher at Fowler Number 1, 1918. Courtesy of Sandra Wyche Person Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.

WWI Student Army Training Corps regiment in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, 1918. Courtesy of Sandra Ross Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.

Fowler Post American Legion baseball team wins District Championship with their manager Al Flack (far right) and his son Al Flack Jr. (to his left), Wichita Falls, Texas, 1946. Courtesy of David Flack Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.

F. B. Massy and the Wells Fargo delivery man in Wichita Falls, Texas, 1907. Courtesy of Sandra Massey Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.