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On August 4, 2018, residents of Wichita Falls and the surrounding area participated in a History Harvest at the Wichita Falls Public Library. Community members brought items from their family collections, including historic photographs, letters, and other documents. The objective of the History Harvest was to create a community collection from the area's families documenting local, regional, and national history.

Eight scanning stations were set up at the library. Staff from sponsoring organizations and volunteers from the community digitized hundreds of unique items and collected detailed documentation for each. The collection owners were able to take their original materials home along with free digital copies. The sponsoring organizations created and retained a digital copy with the owner's approval.

The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) also participated in the day’s events, collecting Texas-based film and video for free digitization as part of their Texas Film Round-Up program. These materials are digitized in Austin and returned by mail to the owners, along with a digital copy.

Sponsoring local organizations included the Wichita Falls Public Library, Moffett Library at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Kemp Center for the Arts, Museum of North Texas History, Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture, and Wichita County Heritage Society.

View photos from the event, as well as some of the photographs and documents brought in by community members, in the slideshow below.

A volunteer organizes photographs and documents at one of the scanning stations.
Wichita Falls History Harvest : Slideshow
  1. Humanities Texas staff member Brian Macias (right) records metadata for items brought by Wichita Falls resident Carol Sales (left).
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  1. Thumbnail of: Humanities Texas staff member Brian Macias (right) records metadata for items brought by Wichita Falls resident Carol Sales (left).
  2. Thumbnail of: Humanities Texas Executive Director Michael L. Gillette reviews materials brought by a Wichita Falls resident at the History Harvest intake table.
  3. Thumbnail of: A volunteer organizes photographs and documents at one of the eight scanning stations.
  4. Thumbnail of: Photo of Wichita Falls, 1885. Courtesy of David Flack Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.
  5. Thumbnail of: 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.
  6. Thumbnail of: (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.
Humanities Texas staff member Brian Macias (right) records metadata for items brought by Wichita Falls resident Carol Sales (left).
Wichita Falls History Harvest : Thumbnails
  1. Thumbnail of: Humanities Texas staff member Brian Macias (right) records metadata for items brought by Wichita Falls resident Carol Sales (left).
  2. Thumbnail of: Humanities Texas Executive Director Michael L. Gillette reviews materials brought by a Wichita Falls resident at the History Harvest intake table.
  3. Thumbnail of: A volunteer organizes photographs and documents at one of the eight scanning stations.
  4. Thumbnail of: Photo of Wichita Falls, 1885. Courtesy of David Flack Collection. Wichita Falls Community Collection, Moffett Library, Midwestern State University.
  5. Thumbnail of: 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.
  6. Thumbnail of: (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.
  7. Thumbnail of: 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.
  8. Thumbnail of: 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.
  9. Thumbnail of: 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.
  10. Thumbnail of: 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.
  11. Thumbnail of: 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.
  12. Thumbnail of: 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.
  13. Thumbnail of: 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.
  14. Thumbnail of: 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.
  15. Thumbnail of: 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.
  16. Thumbnail of: 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.
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