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[Northwest View of Denison Dam]

Photograph of a northwest view of the Denison Dam with open flood gates. There is one adult male fishing off the shoreline into the water. Handwritten text on back reads "View of powerhouse and open flood gates with anonymous fisherman, looking Northwest".
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Last Bucket of Concrete for Intake Structure]

Reprint photograph taken of workers pouring what is noted as the last bucket of concrete used to cover the structural steel of the intake structure. Handwritten text on back reads "Workers put the final lot of concrete used to cover the 2300 tons of structural steel in the intake structure".
Date: 1942~/1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Construction of the Denison Dam Spillway]

Reprint photograph taken of the construction of the Denison Dam. Workers are visible within the center of the photograph. Handwritten text written on back reads "Part of the 18.5 million cubic yards of fill dart used to construct the earthen portion of the Denison Dam. The spillway was built of earth first, then concrete, much of the dam is concrete, with dirt, rock, and gravel covering.".
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sam Rayburn at the Denison Dam Project Site]

Reprint photograph taken of the Speaker of the U.S. House, Sam Rayburn, at the Denison Dam project site.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Denison Dam Stone Marker]

Postcard of Denison Dame stone marker in the shape of the state of Texas built up on bricks. Embedded across the marker is the word Texas. Typography across the top portion of the post card reads "Best town in Texas by a damsite". In the bottom white border of the postcard the location Denison, Texas is visible.
Date: 1942~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Southwest View of Open Flood Gates]

Photograph of the southwest view of the Denison Dam with open flood gates. Onlookers can be seen on the sandy shore line to the right of the photograph. Handwritten text on back reads "View of open flood gates and powerhouse looking SW. Anonymous persons standing in frame". Also visible is another handwritten comment that reads "Hydro-electric power plant on Lake Texoma".
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Late Stages of Intake Structure]

Reprint photograph taken at Denison Dam of the late stages of intake structure construction. Cranes, derricks and dirt trucks are seen moving soil to finish the intake structure. The dam power house is visible in the background of the construction. Handwritten text on back reads "The intake structure itself contained 50,000 cubic yards of concrete, with the conduits leading to it having another 150,000 cubic yards".
Date: 1941~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Completed Intake Structure]

Reproduction of a photograph taken of the completed Dension Dam fill and intake structure, facing the northeast.
Date: October 19, 1943
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cable Work at Denison Dam]

Reprint photograph taken of construction workers installing steel cables throughout the structure. There is a sign in the foreground that reads "keep walk way clear". Handwritten text on back reads "With structural reinforcing steel visible in the background, workers lay cable around the intake conduits".
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Southwest View of Denison Dam]

Photograph of the southwest view of the Dension Dam powerhouse with open flood gates. In the foreground muddy shorelines are visible with waves crashing in the center of the photograph.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Denison Dam Proposal]

Postcard image of proposal of Denison Dam as what it would look like when completed. Text on front reads "Red River Dam as it will appear when completed". The text on the back reads "Now under construction at a cost of more than $50,000,000, the huge earthen dam between Denison, Texas, and Durant, Oklahoma, will look like this from south when completed. Length of main dam 14,000 feet; dike extension 7,800 feet; maximum height 165 feet. Reservoir will inundate 127,600 acres in Texas and Oklahoma.".
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to Dr. Witten B. Russ, June 28, 1947] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to Dr. Witten B. Russ, June 28, 1947]

Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to Dr. Witten B. Russ praising his paper "Group Diagnosis in the General Practice of Medicine" and offering to have it printed in the Texas Reports on Biology and Medicine.
Date: June 28, 1947
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Ed. 1 Saturday, May 18, 1940 (open access)

Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Ed. 1 Saturday, May 18, 1940

Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.
Date: May 18, 1940
Creator: Texas (Battleship)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Montgomery County Tax Receipt, 1942] (open access)

[Montgomery County Tax Receipt, 1942]

1942 Montgomery County tax receipt for Ruth Cox showing a total paid of $7.35.
Date: January 16, 1943
Creator: Texas. Montgomery County.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Montgomery County Tax Receipt, 1943] (open access)

[Montgomery County Tax Receipt, 1943]

1943 Montgomery County tax receipt for Ruth Cox, showing a paid total of $7.24.
Date: January 20, 1944
Creator: Texas. Montgomery County.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Montgomery County Tax Receipt, 1946] (open access)

[Montgomery County Tax Receipt, 1946]

1946 Montgomery County tax receipt for Ruth Cox, showing a paid total of $6.50.
Date: January 8, 1947
Creator: Texas. Montgomery County.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Texas Realtors at National Conference]

Photograph of four Texas realtors at the National Association of Real Estate Brokers Incorporated annual conference at the Sherman House in Chicago, Illinois. The realtors are identified on the back of the photo as "Travis, George Harris, Shadowens, Robinson Houston."
Date: [1947..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas Medical Branch Trial Balance, General Ledger and Appropriation Ledgers: July 1945 (open access)

University of Texas Medical Branch Trial Balance, General Ledger and Appropriation Ledgers: July 1945

UTMB finances as of July 31, 1945, including various balances, funds, appropriations, expenditures, encumbrances, transfers, and other statistics.
Date: August 1, 1945
Creator: Nolan, John C. & Cappleman, E. N.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Facts on the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, September, 1944 (open access)

Facts on the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, September, 1944

A factsheet for UTMB including its total monetary value, standing, staff, clinical material, expenses of the Sealy and Smith Foundation, and its Health Program.
Date: September 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to Dr. Witten B. Russ, April 5, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to Dr. Witten B. Russ, April 5, 1945]

Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to Dr. W. B. Russ discussing efforts to expand health programs in Texan institutions.
Date: April 5, 1945
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dr. Chauncey D. Leake and Three Others in an Operating Room]

Photograph of four men standing in the gallery of an operating room. From left to right: W. O. Bohman, A. D. Singleton, Q. B. Carter, and Chauncey D. Leake. Operating mirrors and lights hang in the foreground.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, October 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, October 20, 1943]

Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to several friends discussing recent travels and correspondence.
Date: October 20, 1943
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas Medical Branch Department of Student and Curricular Affairs Annual Report: 1945 (open access)

University of Texas Medical Branch Department of Student and Curricular Affairs Annual Report: 1945

Annual report of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Department of Student and Curricular Affairs discussing the department's educational programs, freshman class and orientation, commencement activities, and other information from the academic year.
Date: October 27, 1945
Creator: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Department of Student and Curricular Affairs.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chauncey D. Leake with Five Colleagues]

Photograph of Chauncey D. Leake and five colleagues, standing in a library in front of a bookshelf. From left to right: Col. Harold W. Jones, Col. Joe McNinch, Chauncey D. Leake, Maj. Frank B. Rogers, Reg Fitz, and R. Stecher.
Date: October 21, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History