Something for the Archives: 1915 - 1965 - 2015 (open access)

Something for the Archives: 1915 - 1965 - 2015

Copy of a manuscript for the presidential address given by Robert S. Sparkman before the Texas Surgical Society in Galveston, Texas. In the speech, Sparkman compares and contrasts what life was like, medically and otherwise, when the society formed in 1915 versus the current state of affairs, and what 2015 may look like.
Date: October 4, 1965
Creator: Sparkman, Robert S.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Something for the Archives: 1915 - 1965 - 2015 (open access)

Something for the Archives: 1915 - 1965 - 2015

Handwritten draft of a manuscript for the presidential address given by Robert S. Sparkman before the Texas Surgical Society in Galveston, Texas. In the speech, Sparkman compares and contrasts what life was like, medically and otherwise, when the society formed in 1915 versus the current state of affairs, and what 2015 may look like.
Date: October 4, 1965
Creator: Sparkman, Robert S.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Family Viewing a Coffin of a Soldier]

Photograph of a family viewing a coffin of a soldier. There is a woman and three children by the coffin. There is an United States flag on the coffin and numerous flower arrangements near the coffin with a cross in the background.
Date: March 5, 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Opening Remarks - Texas Surgical Society Galveston, Texas - October 4, 1965 (open access)

Opening Remarks - Texas Surgical Society Galveston, Texas - October 4, 1965

Text of opening remarks for the October 1965 meeting of the Texas Surgical Society in Galveston, Texas. It includes a copy of the presidential address given by Robert S. Sparkman in which he compares and contrasts what life was like, medically and otherwise, when the society formed in 1915 versus the current state of affairs, and what 2015 may look like.
Date: October 4, 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1965 (open access)

The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1965

Weekly newspaper from Kountze, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 8, 1965
Creator: Jennings, James C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 1965 (open access)

The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 1965

Weekly newspaper from Kountze, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 18, 1965
Creator: Jennings, James C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History