Topics include Tyrrell Historical Library addition plans; a grant writing workshop in Austin, Texas; Hurricane Rita and sheltering in Many, Louisiana; and the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas.

Topics include a Beaumont History Conference, the Channel 6 50th anniversary exhibit, and the SSA conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Topics include damage to Clark's house and the Tyrrell Historical Library from Hurricane Rita, people's experiences with Hurricane Rita, and creation of a debutante program for boys at the Beaumont Heritage Society.

Topics include devastation to southeast Texas from Hurricane Rita; legal problems of archives accepting loans; research on the First Security National Bank in downtown Beaumont, Texas in the 1960s; Jack Brooks and the donation of his papers; frustations with working at a public library; and receiving a scholarship and attending the SSA annual meeting in El Paso, Texas.

Topics include aftereffects of Hurricane Rita, writing for the Beaumont Journal, challenges with the archives at Tyrrell Historical Library after Hurricane Rita, conservation work on archival material, restoration plans for the Chambers House Museum, health effects of working at the Tyrrell Historical Library, and a Jewish exhibit at the Tyrrell Historical Library.