The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 11, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 8, 1953 (open access)

The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 11, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 8, 1953

Weekly student newspaper from Tarleton State College in Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 8, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 15, 1953 (open access)

The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 15, 1953

Weekly student newspaper from Tarleton State College in Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 15, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 13, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 12, 1954 (open access)

The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 13, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 12, 1954

Weekly student newspaper from Tarleton State College in Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 12, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 19, 1954 (open access)

The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 19, 1954

Weekly student newspaper from Tarleton State College in Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 19, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 2, 1954 (open access)

The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 2, 1954

Weekly student newspaper from Tarleton State College in Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 2, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 9, 1954 (open access)

The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 9, 1954

Weekly student newspaper from Tarleton State College in Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 9, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Vance Terrell to Truett Latimer, December 16, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Vance Terrell to Truett Latimer, December 16, 1954]

Letter from Vance Terrell to Truett Latimer supporting the proposal to elevate Tarleton State College into a four-year institution.
Date: December 16, 1954
Creator: Terrell, Vance
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. W. Varner to Truett Latimer, February 15, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from R. W. Varner to Truett Latimer, February 15, 1955]

Letter from R. W. Varner to Truett Latimer stating that he wants John Tarleton Junior College to be expanded into a four-year college.
Date: February 15, 1955
Creator: Varner, R. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Dr. Vance Terrell, January 31, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Dr. Vance Terrell, January 31, 1955]

Letter from Truett Latimer to Dr. Vance Terrell assuring him that he will support the bill that would make John Tarleton a four-year school.
Date: January 31, 1955
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram to Truett Latimer, March 10, 1955] (open access)

[Telegram to Truett Latimer, March 10, 1955]

Telegram sent to Truett Latimer inviting him to Tarleton State College.
Date: March 10, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Vance Terrell to Truett Latimer, February 2, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Vance Terrell to Truett Latimer, February 2, 1955]

Letter from Vance Terrell to Truett Latimer supporting a bill that would turn Tarleton into a four-year school. He also talks about the State Affairs Committee hearing in Austin and hopes to see Mr. Latimer there.
Date: February 2, 1955
Creator: Terrell, Vance
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jack Arthur to Truett Latimer, September 10, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Jack Arthur to Truett Latimer, September 10, 1959]

Letter from Jack Arthur to Truett Latimer inviting him and his wife to the celebration of Tarleton State College becoming a four-year institution.
Date: September 10, 1959
Creator: Arthur, Jack
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. J. Howell to Truett Latimer, September 3, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from E. J. Howell to Truett Latimer, September 3, 1957]

Letter from Tarleton State College President E. J. Howell to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer enclosing football tickets for the 1957 season.
Date: September 3, 1957
Creator: Howell, E. J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of conservation training. The purpose of the detention reservoir on small watersheds is being explained by training center supervisor, walter E. Chessmore, while Maurice Gamble was waiting to discuss vegetating of the dam as a part of agronomy training at the Stephenville Training Center.
Date: July 22, 1959
Creator: King, Allen
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of strip cropping. Strip cropping on the W,H. Hair farm near Dublin, Texas. Two rows of Sudan grass in strips and 8 rows of crops on Soil Unit 12. TX-307-6.
Date: March 7, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Duffau Store in Duffau, Texas]

Photograph of a storefront with a sign that reads "Duffau Store" in Duffau, Texas. Two gas station pumps can be seen in front of the store. A utility pole is present on the right side of the building.
Date: [1955..1965]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Vance Terrell to Truett Latimer, January 26, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Vance Terrell to Truett Latimer, January 26, 1955]

Letter from Vance Terrell to Truett Latimer supporting the proposal to turn Tarleton into a four-year school.
Date: January 26, 1955
Creator: Terrell, Vance
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank L. Luttrall to Truett Latimer, April 14, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Frank L. Luttrall to Truett Latimer, April 14, 1959]

Letter from Frank A. Luttrall to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer expressing his interest in HB 277, the "nine stack laws," and a law on the labeling of milk products.
Date: April 14, 1959
Creator: Luttrall, Frank L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. A. Hensarling to Truett Latimer, January 20, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from T. A. Hensarling to Truett Latimer, January 20, 1959]

Letter from T. A. Hensarling to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer discussing plans for a new poultry laboratory in north-central Texas for identifying poultry-borne diseases. Hanserling explains that Texas A&M requires $15,000 for this laboratory; Latimer is urged to support this funding in the Legislature.
Date: January 20, 1959
Creator: Hensarling, T. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. J. Howell to Truett Latimer, July 25, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from E. J. Howell to Truett Latimer, July 25, 1958]

Letter from E. J. Howell to Truett Latimer inviting him to the football games at Tarleton. Mr. Howell also encloses a complimentary pass to the games.
Date: July 25, 1958
Creator: Howell, E. J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Arlington Triplets End Hospital Stay] captions transcript

[News Clip: Arlington Triplets End Hospital Stay]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three triplets born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bailey in Stephenville in November. The triplets were born prematurely and are finally going home.
Date: January 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Indiangrass, planted in March 1949, which has been harvested twice for seed. A. W. Shoup, gets early spring grazing, harvests seed on October. He pulls the cattle off about May 1 to make a good seed crop. From five acres of Indiangrass, Shoup took 131 pounds of re-cleaned seed in October, 1949, and 490 pounds in October, 1950. The Indian grass was preseeded for five years by vetch and small grain (oats and rye). From left are Bill Haiser and E.E. McAllester, Soil Conservation Service technicians. III - 5CT. TX-47, 505.
Date: March 28, 1951
Creator: Fox, Lester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History