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Map of Haskell County, Young Land District

Cadastral map of Haskell County and the Young surveying district, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: July 20, 1859
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hartley

Cadastral map of Harley County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: June 20, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Bond Issue Improvements By City Are on Schedule] (open access)

[Clipping: Bond Issue Improvements By City Are on Schedule]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the progress of Abilene city improvements, including changes to the city zoo, work on the water lines, and the purchase of land. The article includes a photograph of construction on Abilene city hall.
Date: June 20, 1965
Creator: Shell, Bill
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping Saying the Goodnight Ranch is for Sale] (open access)

[Clipping Saying the Goodnight Ranch is for Sale]

Newspaper clipping from Amarillo, Texas, informing the public that the Charles Goodnight Ranch is up for sale. The article goes on to detail the ranch and its history.
Date: April 20, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Executive Order Regarding Hours and Wages] (open access)

[Executive Order Regarding Hours and Wages]

A document titled, "Executive Order: Prescribing Rules and Regulations Relating to Wages, Hours of Work, and Conditions of Employment Under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. File No. 1676-A." Also includes "Executive Order: Prescribing Rules and Regulations Relating to Procedures for Employment of Workers Under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. File No. 1676-B."
Date: May 20, 1935
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: City Bus Takeover Studied by Council] (open access)

[Clipping: City Bus Takeover Studied by Council]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the Abilene city council's takeover of the Abilene bus system.
Date: October 20, 1964
Creator: Shell, Bill
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Howard Tellepsen to Truett Latimer, March 20, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Howard Tellepsen to Truett Latimer, March 20, 1957]

Letter from Howard Tellepsen to Truett Latimer discussing salary legislation in House Bill 133, which did not give raises to engineers in the State Highway Department as State Highway Engineer Dewitt Greer had recommended. Tellepsen writes that the Highway Department has difficulty keeping engineers and that the state should reconsider increasing their salaries so that they can keep current engineers and encourage younger engineers to join the department.
Date: March 20, 1957
Creator: Tellepsen, Howard
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Virgil Patterson, March 20, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Virgil Patterson, March 20, 1957]

Letter from Truett Latimer to Virgil Patterson discussing Latimer's support for House Bill 547 known as the Electric Cooperative Amendment Act.
Date: March 20, 1957
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 5] (open access)

[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 5]

Memorandum outlining regulations applicable to non-commissioned officers, clerks and clerical assistance, the instruction of quartermaster and personnel clerks, and retaining men in Sections B.
Date: September 20, 1918
Creator: Briscoe, Chesleigh H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of Felix Claude Gipson, December 20, 1918] (open access)

[Affidavit of Felix Claude Gipson, December 20, 1918]

Affidavit given by Felix Claude Gipson attesting that the name "Felix Claude Gipson" signed to the final papers is his original signature.
Date: December 20, 1918
Creator: Gipson, Felix Claude
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Special Regulations Number 28, Changes Number 3, September 20, 1918 (open access)

Special Regulations Number 28, Changes Number 3, September 20, 1918

Orders outlining changes to Special Regulations Number 28, Sanitary Regulations and Control of Communicable Diseases, including revisions to regulations pertaining to the fitting of shoes and care of feet.
Date: September 20, 1918
Creator: March, Peyton Conway
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Major L. M. Fellbaum to The Chairman, Hidalgo County Local Board No. 2 - October 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Major L. M. Fellbaum to The Chairman, Hidalgo County Local Board No. 2 - October 20, 1943]

A letter addressed to the Chairman of the Hidalgo County Local Board No. 2, Mission, Texas, from L. M. Fellbaum, Major, Q. M. C. Policy Supervisor, dated October 20, 1943. Subject: Insufficent Evidence Report. Fellbaum orders the Board to take no more action at this time but to wait until an officer of the Field Division will visit their local board for the purpose of coordinating the inspection made by Mr. Carswell and Mr. Vernon.
Date: October 20, 1943
Creator: Fellbaum, L. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Pauline Kirk - March 20, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Pauline Kirk - March 20, 1951]

A letter written to John Ben Shepperd, Texas Secretary of State (Attn: Pauline Kirk, Parole Division), Austin, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, dated March 20, 1951. The letter contains an advisement regarding Subject A-9808-A, that the Subject is doing well, but Carswell expounds on his carpentry work and restates the need for the remaining Postal Savings Certificates belonging to Subject to be transferred to him from California.
Date: March 20, 1951
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. A. Long to T. N. Carswell - June 20, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from C. A. Long to T. N. Carswell - June 20, 1941]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from C. A. Long, Pastor, St. Paul Methodist Church, Abilene, Texas, dated June 20, 1941. Long acknowledges an expense account for Carswell that must have been increasing and requests a statement of the balance due to him.
Date: June 20, 1941
Creator: Long, C. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to M. H. Applewhite - February 20, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to M. H. Applewhite - February 20, 1942]

A letter written to Reverend M. H. Applewhite, First Presbyterian Church, Sweetwater, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, dated February 20, 1942. Carswell expresses his appreciation to Applewhite for his telephone call confirming that he will be at the conference in Sweetwater in the First Baptist Church and offers to speak on Sunday morning.
Date: February 20, 1942
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Oscar A. Ullrich to T. N. Carswell - March 20, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Oscar A. Ullrich to T. N. Carswell - March 20, 1942]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman 24th Senatorial District Drys, from Oscar A. Ullrich, Dean of Faculty, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, dated March 20, 1942. Ullrich advises Carswell of the letter from Carswell to President John W. Bergin having been referred to him and that there are no separate courses offered on the effects of alcohol.
Date: March 20, 1942
Creator: Ullrich, Oscar A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lucile Capt to Vernon L. Mangun  - March 20, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Lucile Capt to Vernon L. Mangun - March 20, 1942]

A letter written to Dr. V. L Mangun from Lucile Capt dated March 20, 1942. Capt confirms that there is no special course dealing with the effects of alcohol.
Date: March 20, 1942
Creator: Capt, Lucile
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lions International badge belonging to T. N. Carswell - April 20, 1925] (open access)

[Lions International badge belonging to T. N. Carswell - April 20, 1925]

A Lion's Club badge belonging to T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas. Given at an event held in Brownwood, Texas on April 20-21, 1925. The reverse side includes the brooch pin back.
Date: April 20, 1925
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel L. Marsh to T. N. Carswell -December 20, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel L. Marsh to T. N. Carswell -December 20, 1941]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, American Legion Post No. 57, Abilene, Texas, from Daniel L. Marsh, President, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, dated December 20, 1941. Marsh advises that there is no better answer to Carswell's question, "What is Americanism?" than to refer to his book "THE AMERICAN CANON" and notes that he has attached a circular advertising the book.
Date: December 20, 1941
Creator: Marsh, Daniel L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ellis A. Fuller to T. N. Carswell - December 20, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Ellis A. Fuller to T. N. Carswell - December 20, 1941]

A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Parramore Post No. 57, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Ellis A. Fuller, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA, dated December 20, 1941. Ellis A. Fuller defines Americanism.
Date: December 20, 1941
Creator: Fuller, Ellis A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Allen Wight to T. N. Carswell - January 20, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Allen Wight to T. N. Carswell - January 20, 1941]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Parramore Post No. 57, Abilene, Texas, from Allen Wight, Touchstone, Wight, Gormley & Touchstone, Dallas, Texas, dated January 20, 1941. Wight confirms that he is available to speak at the meeting and is "by no means a famous man" but, complying with the request by Carswell for a personal sketch, details his background: Born in 1889, a great grandson of Lyman Wight, who brought a colony to Texas in the days of the Republic; graduated Austin College in 1909 and spent 1912-1913 in Panama in the service of the Isthmian Canal Commission then engaged in building the canal; graduated the University of Texas (in Law) in 1915 and practiced law under Ellis Douthit in Sweetwater 1915-1917. "I went to the First Officers' Training Camp at Leon Springs in 1917; was commissioned captain, assigned to the Regular Army, going Overseas with the First Trench Mortar Battalion, which was engaged as Infantry at Chateau Thierry; operated two batteries of French Artillery at St. Miheil; and both operated as Infantry and used its Mortars in the Argonne. I was promoted to Major after the Armistice, remaining in the Reserve Corps until 1937." Wight called the …
Date: January 20, 1941
Creator: Wight, Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Coke R. Stevenson to T. N. Carswell - May 20, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Coke R. Stevenson to T. N. Carswell - May 20, 1948]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Carswell Agency, Abilene, Texas, from Coke R. Stevenson, Austin, Texas, dated May 20, 1948. Confirmation from Stevenson that the suggestions contained in the recent letter from Carswell have been very helpful and the advisement of how those suggestions have been implemented. He requests that Carswell keep him informed as to his "situation" in that section of the State.
Date: May 20, 1948
Creator: Stevenson, Coke
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Senator Lyndon B. Johnson to T. N. Carswell - July 20, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Senator Lyndon B. Johnson to T. N. Carswell - July 20, 1953]

A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Lyndon B. Johnson, United States Senate, Office of the Democratic Leader, dated July 20, 1953. Johnson acknowledges the letter from Carswell dated July 16th urging Johnson to support the request for increased postal rates. Johnson advises of the decision made by Acting Senate Majority Leader Knowland for no final action this year on the request for increases in mail rates but expresses his appreciation for the views and recommendations from Carswell in the matter, that what he says "will be given every consideration" if and when the request reaches the Senate floor.
Date: July 20, 1953
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Delta Air Lines - November 20, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Delta Air Lines - November 20, 1958]

A letter addressed to Public Relations, Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, Georgia, from T. N. Carswell, dated November 20, 1958. Carswell expresses his appreciation for help in catching a flight advising that Miss McKool was the friendly and charming messenger doing this especial service. He requests they use the check to purchase candy or a rose for McKool noting that long ago, someone said "sell a loaf and buy a rose, for the soul too must be fed".
Date: November 20, 1958
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History