Ben Carlton Mead - includes published materials. Note: “Gold” magazine and a souvenir play program (for “Texas” at Palo Duro Canyon) both have illustrations by Mead. Program is inscribed by Mead to Dudley Dobie, Sr.

Series II contains personal correspondence, organized alphabetically. Some folders include photographs and published materials. Certain letters are only addressed to or from nicknames, including “Bibba” (Deborah Dobie) and “Guyo” (Guy Skiles). Of particular note is a series of letters sent between Dobie, and his wife Deborah Dobie in 1935-1936, while he was traveling the state collecting historical artifacts for the Texas Centennial Exposition’s Hall of State.