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  Hostetter's Illustrated United States Almanac 1894

  "Hostetter's Illustrated United States Almanac 1894" published by the Hostetter Company, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The almanac was an advertising vehicle for the patent medicine Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.

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  J.V. De La Hunt report on flood relief work, 1927

  Report by Captain Joseph V. De La Hunt of the flood relief work undertaken by the U.S. Steamer Augustine in the St. Francis River Basin, Parkin, Arkansas, and Natchez, Mississippi, between April 17 and June 4, 1927. De La Hunt took the opportunity to express his opinion on the state of the levee system, which he blamed for silting up the Mississippi River.

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  S.S. Mohawk Radiogram, 1927

  On-board newsletter titled "The Radiogram" produced on the S.S. Mohawk, sailing between Jacksonville, Florida, Charleson, South Carolina, and New York City, July 1-3, 1927. The newsletter was edited by Chief Wireless Operator Clarence B. De La Hunt.

  The S.S. Mohawk was launched in 1925 for the Clyde Steamship Company and operated as a passenger ship between Florida and New York and also to Galveston and the Caribbean. It could carry 446 passengers. The ship sank after a collision near New York in 1935 with the loss of 47 passengers and crew.

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  U.P. Teller, Memphis, 1950

  Vol. 2:5 of "The U.P. Teller", a staff newsletter published by Union Planters National Bank and Trust Company, Memphis, Tennessee, in May 1950. A photograph of Norman De La Hunt is featured on page 5.

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  Valley Line News, 1955

  Vol. 2:1 of the "Valley Line News", an illustrated newsletter published by the Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company, that operated on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, in November-December 1950.

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  Woman's Life magazine, Chicago, 1893

  Vo.1:1 of "Woman's Life" magazine published in Chicago, Illinois, on December 15, 1893. The magazine was advertised as "A Modern Journal Representing Woman's Work, Health and Home."