A memorandum from L. M. Fellbaum, Major, Q. M. C., Policy Supervisor to Mr. T. N. Carswell dated September 10, 1943. Fellbaum instructs Carswell to instruct and assist Taylor County Local Boards Nos. 1 and 2 in Abilene, Texas at the termination of his annual leave then return to Austin on October 1, 1943. A handwritten notation by Carswell advises of a phone call on September 27, 1943 changing the return date to Austin to September 29, 1943.

Letter to Mrs. Perry from Mrs. Kempner asking her if she wants to serve as a delegate to the national convention in New York.

Photograph of interior view showing the scaffolding used in painting the interior of the Austin Athletic Club building and the condition of building before painting. Volleyball nets stretch across two courts, with empty bleachers visible in background. The first organized recreation center in Austin was the privately owned Austin Athletic Club, built in 1923, by William T. Caswell. In 1931. Mr. Caswell sold the club to the City of Austin for "a small remuneration". The name of the center was officially changed to the Austin Recreation Center in 1970. After substantial damage, due to the Memorial Day flood of 1981 that center was closed after the existing center was built and opened in 1986.

Photograph of the construction of an arch at the Negro Recreation Building, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park. A man in a fedora sits astride a semi-circular laminated wooden truss, working on joining it at the center. This truss, and two completed trusses in the background are framed against the sky. The trusses are supported by posts, and temporarily joined together with wooden cross braces. The top of a wooden scaffold is visible in the lower right corner of the image.

Photograph of construction of the Negro Recreation Building in Rosewood Park. Three men stand on the back of a 1930s flat bed truck, as they use a crane mounted on the truck to lift half of a laminated wooden semi-circular arched truss into place. Two of the trusses are already completed in the background. The scaffolding used to support workers joining the trusses at their centers stands to the back of the truck. The trusses are joined by cross members, and the half truss erected to the left in the photograph is supported by a post, awaiting the other half of the truss. Two wooden saw horses and several stacks of bags of cement(?) are on the ground under and near the trusses. This photograph appeared in the 1944 Annual Report of the Austin Recreation Department, on page 48, labeled "New Gymnasium - Auditorium at Rosewood".

Man and woman standing in front of a fireplace.

Interior of store with man standing behind counter. C. J. Martin & Sons was located at 413 Chicon and is listed in The City Directory as a manufacturer of chemicals.

Interior of livestock supplies store. C. J. Martin & Sons was located at 413 Chicon and is listed in The City Directory as a manufacturer of chemicals.

A letter addressed to the Field Division, Austin, Texas from T. N. Carswell, CSA, Dallas, Texas, dated November 10, 1943. Carswell provides an itinerary including schedules for Messrs. Sterwart, Patterson, Deen and himself. A handwritten notation by Carswell advises of cancelled schedule and of new schedule in letter dated November 13, 1943.

Weekly student newspaper from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the college community along with advertising.

Weekly student newspaper from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the college community along with advertising.