Biographical Research

• Ikard, Bose
  
  
  • "Bose Ikard: 1843-1929" Texas Historical Marker application, 1990 with narrative for marker
  • Copy of marriage license for Bose Ikard and Jennie Bell, Parker County
  • Copy of death certificate for Bose Ikard, January 4, 1929
  • Copy of funeral records, Bose Ikard, White's Funeral Home
  • "Chas. Goodnight Erects Monument To Negro Friend Buried Here," Daily Herald, June 8, 1929
  • Tombstone for Bose Ikard
  • Page from Parker County Marriages, Trails West, Volume 22, No. 4, July 1992
  • Letter from Charles Goodnight to T. W. Stanley, Weatherford, May 17, 1929, concerning tombstone from Weatherford Marble and Granite Works, copy
  • Obituary for Jenny Ikard, widow, no date
  • Indiana Ikard, daughter of Bose Ikard, photocopy, no date
  • Charles Goodnight, photocopy, no date
  • Newspaper photo, copy, of descendants of Bose Ikard, on occasion of THC marker dedication September 1990 Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • Crowd at marker dedication, very bad photocopy. Source unknown
  • "A Novel Cowhand" by Jacquielynn Floyd. Dallas Morning News. October 14, 1990. Copy of newspaper article
  • "History a matter of grave concern" by A. C. Greene Dallas Morning News, October 1994
  • "Former slave revered for character and service" by Bill Fairley. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, February 19, 2003
  • "The perfect storyline" by Don Price. Painted Post Crossroads, No date
  • "McMurtry's writing drawn from history" unknown writer, publication, and date
  • Copy of brochure: Loving-Goodnight-Ikard Traildrivers' Exhibit
  • Copy of pamphlet: Loving-Goodnight-Ikard Traildrivers' Exhibit
  • "Woman's ancestor rode tall in saddle with best" by Jon McConal. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 4, 1999
  • Weatherford ISD celebrates opening of Bose Ikard Elementary, September 8, 2002
    
    
• Bailey, Delbert
  
  
  • Reflections of Half a Century in Fort Worth, by Delbert Bailey, Cowtown History Buff, five page undated manuscript
  • Bidding Farewell Fort Worth Star-Telegram column by Art Chapman, undated, Delbert Bailey, 32 year career as publicity manager for the Fort Worth Stock Show

Books

• Fort Worth, A Texas Original by Richard Selcer. Texas State Historical Association, Austin. Fred Rider Cotton popular history series, Number 17, 2004. Paper cover

Letters

• Letter to Botanic Garden Director from Robert J. Wick, undated, proposing his sculptures would be appropriate for the garden

Maps and Plans

• "Rough Plan of Fort Worth, Texas" drawn by Lt. Col. W. G. Freeman, 1853, from National Archives (image shown above)
• Montgomery Ward Fort Worth drawing on occasion of its opening, 1928. 2600 W. Seventh Street, Fort Worth
• Marie Hettie Bimbo Short, black and white photo with some tinting, 5 by 7 inches
• Fort Worth Botanic Garden Guide map (2004) giving locations of Wick sculpture

Cattle Company Records

• Invoices, purchasing statements, metal plates, and other records pretaining to various cattle companies; especially Swift and Company, from 1952-1969.  

Photographs

• Luke Short, black and white photograph with tinting, 4 by 7 inches (image shown above)
  
• Hettie Bimbo Short, wife of Luke Short (image shown above)

DVDs

• A Historic Sacred Ground Blessing Ceremony at the Future Site of the Major Ripley Arnold Monument and the John V. McMillan Plaza DVD
  
• Comanche Nation: The Story of Quanah and Cynthia Ann Parker "Relationships: Indians in Northwest Texas" DVD
  
• In the Tradition of the Warrior: A History of Modern-day Comanche Veterans DVD
  
• The Bank Robbery and The Wolf Hunt DVD
  
• The Unveiling of the Major Ripley Allen Arnold Monument DVD

Research

• Two external hard drives containing more than 85,000 files of research done by Clara Holmes, Robert "Bob" Holmes, and Doug Harman on the following topics:
  • Cynthia Ann Parker and Quanah Parker (research for exhibit by Doug Harman, Clara Holmes, and Bob Holmes)
    
  • Early Tarrant County Exhibit (research for exhibit by Doug Harman, Clara Holmes, and Bob Holmes)
    
  • Major Ripley Arnold statue creation and installation
    
  • Chisholm Trail Exhibit (research for exhibit by Doug Harman, Clara Holmes, and Bob Holmes)
    
  • Texas Trail of Fame
  • Stockyards
  • Masons
  • Native American Code Talkers WWI
  • Elvis Presley in Fort Worth
  • General Worth
  • Tarrant County founding families (Daggett, Tarrant)
    
  • Al Hayne Monument
  • Broadway Presbyterian Church
  • Famous Rodeo Riders
  • Parker Cabin
  • Old State House Museum Exhibit photographs
  • 1896 Fat Stock Show
  • Photographs of Intermodel Transportation Center Mural on African American marketplace once at that location (1865-1940)
  • WWI Aviator Lieutenant James J. Joffe