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[Photograph 2012.201.B0252.0348]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City is Fred Hawkins' favorite town."
Date: June 3, 1952
Creator: Burns, Bill
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0252.0349]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: May 4, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk (open access)

Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0252.0351]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fred Hawkins, one of golf's brightest stars for several campaign checks in for the Oklahoma City Open starting today."
Date: September 19, 1956
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0252.0352]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fred Hawkins, right, accepts a first prize check for $ 2,400 from Allie Reynolds, one of the tournament officials for the meet that ended here Sunday."
Date: September 23, 1956
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0252.0350]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Freddie Hawkins (right) checks his clubs."
Date: May 6, 1954
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0252.0353]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Fred Hawkins . . . Happy over his $2,400 check."
Date: September 23, 1956
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0225.0141]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: November 8, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Van Horn

Topographic quadrangle map of Van Horn, Texas, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 200 feet with supplementary contours at 100 foot intervals) and spot heights and includes location and reliability diagrams. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Las Cruces

Topographic quadrangle map of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks, with relief shown by contours (interval 200 feet with supplementary contours at 100 foot intervals) and spot heights. Location and sectionalized township diagrams are included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1955
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

El Paso

Topographic quadrangle map of El Paso, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, and roads, with relief shown by contours and spot heights. Location, coverage, and sectionalized township diagrams are included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000 On back is a map of El Paso, Texas, and the vicinity, showing roads, bodies of water, and landmarks. Scale ca. 1:40,000
Date: 1950
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: O'Dwyer and Medina Pause in Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: O'Dwyer and Medina Pause in Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the brief stop in Dallas by federal judge Harold Medina and former New York Mayor and Ambassador William O'Dwyer. Both are headed to El Paso, O'Dwyer is returning to Mexico while Medina is staying in El Paso to speak at the League of United Latin-American Citizens convention.
Date: June 21, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 587.
Date: 1957
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 61, July 1957 - April, 1958 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 61, July 1957 - April, 1958

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 561.
Date: 1958
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Golden State" arriving in El Paso]

Southern Pacific's " The Golden State" train No. 3, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 6036, arriving in El Paso, Texas station on March 17, 1955.
Date: March 17, 1955
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of "Sunset Limited" Crossing the Rio Grande]

Photograph of Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited" train No. 2, eastbound, with a consist of fourteen cars, crossing the Rio Grande Bridge as it nears El Paso, Texas.
Date: 1956~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Monthly Bulletin, El Paso LULAC Council Number 132, Volume 3, Number 31, August 1951 (open access)

Monthly Bulletin, El Paso LULAC Council Number 132, Volume 3, Number 31, August 1951

Monthly Bulletin of El Paso LULAC Council No.132 of El Paso, Texas, dated August, 1951. References John Herrera's decision to give the deciding vote to his opponent in the LULAC Presidential election.
Date: August 1951
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Luciano Santoscoy to John J. Herrera - 1952-08-12]

Postcard from Luciano Santoscoy of El Paso, Texas, to John J. Herrera, dated August 12, 1952. After sitting in on a school board meeting in Pecos, Texas, Luciano is encouraging LULAC to take a serious look at the local issues.
Date: August 12, 1952
Creator: Santoscoy, Luciano
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Ivey Gonzalez - 1953-01-08] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Ivey Gonzalez - 1953-01-08]

Onionskin carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, to Ivey Gonzalez, Superintendent of the Identification Bureau, Police Department, Wichita Falls, Texas dated January 8, 1953. Herrera inquires about setting up a meeting to discuss LULAC and possibly organizing a LULAC council in Wichita, Falls. Herrera mentions the eight new councils set up so far in his presidency of LULAC: El Paso; Port Arthur; Wharton; Seguin; Smeltertown, and Victoria, Texas; and Deming and Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Date: January 8, 1953
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LULAC Week to be observed in El Paso during Feb. 15-21 (open access)

LULAC Week to be observed in El Paso during Feb. 15-21

Newspaper clipping from "The El Paso Times" with article and photograph regarding proclamation of Mayor Fred Hervey that the week of February 15-21 will be "LULAC Week" in El Paso to commemorate the 24th anniversary of LULAC.
Date: 1953
Creator: El Paso Times
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from S. R. Mickelsen to Price Daniel - 1954-09-03] (open access)

[Letter from S. R. Mickelsen to Price Daniel - 1954-09-03]

Letter to Senator Price Daniel from S. R. Mickelsen, the Major General at Fort Bliss, Texas. Mickelsen notifies Senator Daniel that Private Abel Cisneros was unable to present acceptable evidence required for a hardship discharge. The letter is signed by General Mickelsen.
Date: September 3, 1954
Creator: Mickelsen, S. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from S. R. Mickelsen to Price Daniel - 1954-09-03] (open access)

[Letter from S. R. Mickelsen to Price Daniel - 1954-09-03]

Copy of letter sent to Senator Price Daniel from S. R. Mickelsen, the Major General at Fort Bliss, Texas. Mickelsen notifies Senator Daniel that Private Abel Cisneros was unable to present acceptable evidence required for a hardship discharge.
Date: September 3, 1954
Creator: Mickelsen, S. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jake Jacobsen to John J. Herrera - 1954-08-20] (open access)

[Letter from Jake Jacobsen to John J. Herrera - 1954-08-20]

Letter from Jake Jacobsen to John J. Herrera informing Herrera about a telegram received by Senator Price Daniel. The telegram was from the Commanding General at Fort Bliss regarding the hardship discharge application for Private Abel Cisneros.
Date: August 20, 1954
Creator: Jacobsen, Jake
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Abel Cisneros to John J. Herrera - 1954-06-13] (open access)

[Letter from Abel Cisneros to John J. Herrera - 1954-06-13]

Letter from Private Abel Cisneros at Fort Bliss, Texas to John J. Herrera in Houston, Tex. Pvt. Cisneros provides Herrera with an update on his family and financial matters.
Date: June 13, 1954
Creator: Cisneros, Abel
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History