The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1954 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1954

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 16, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1954 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1954

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 23, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Maizie Toungate to Glenn R. Klopfenstein - December 14, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Maizie Toungate to Glenn R. Klopfenstein - December 14, 1954]

A letter addressed to Mr. Glenn R. Klopfenstein, Chief, Bureau of Probation and Parole, Columbus 15, Ohio, from Jack Ross, Administrator, Interstate Parole Compact (by Maizie Toungate, Acting Chief, Parole Division), Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas, dated December 14, 1954. The letter regards a report on Subject OP 95040 as submitted by the Taylor County Parole Board.
Date: December 14, 1954
Creator: Toungate, Maizie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ideals Publishing Company to T. N. Carswell - December 28, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Ideals Publishing Company to T. N. Carswell - December 28, 1954]

A letter written to T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas. from Ideals Publishing Co., Milwaukee 1, Wisconsin, dated December 28, 1954. Confirmation of a Gift subscription to Miss Susan Myrl Stoker, Abilene, Texas. Handwritten note to Ideals from T. N. Carswell requests spelling correction of name. The reverse side includes company form letter thanking the customer for the order and an advisement regarding records of purchase.
Date: December 28, 1954
Creator: Ideals Publishing Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ideals Publishing Company to T. N. Carswell - December 10, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Ideals Publishing Company to T. N. Carswell - December 10, 1954]

A subscription order to Ideals Publishing Co., Milwaukee 1, WI. Subscription Plans dated Dec. 10, 1954. Gift order from T. N. Carswell to Miss Susan Myrl Stoker, Abilene, Texas. The reverse side includes subscription order to Ideals Publishing Co., Milwaukee 1, Wisconsin, from T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, postmarked Abilene, Texas, Dec. 8, 1954. Gift order from T. N. Carswell to Miss Martha Mr. "Chip" Carswell, Homerville, Georgia and to Miss Nona Blackley, Buffalo Gap, Texas.
Date: December 10, 1954
Creator: Ideals Publishing Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. H. Johnson to T. N. Carswell - December 27, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from R. H. Johnson to T. N. Carswell - December 27, 1954]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Rupert, R. H. Johnson & Co. Investment Securities, New York 5, N. Y., dated December 27, 1954. Johnson expresses his appreciation for the gift of the tie purchased from Neely-Barnes and requests that Carswell give his regards to Charlie Barnes.
Date: December 27, 1954
Creator: Johnson, Rupert H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Big Lake High School Auditorium: Third Story Roof Framing Plan

Architectural plan for an auditorium at a high school building in the Reagan County Independent School District. It includes a drawing that shows the roof framing plan on the third level of the building; also included is a roof beam schedule and a diagram for the typical roof beam steel placement.
Date: December 14, 1954
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Big Lake High School Auditorium: Footing Plan and Schedule

Architectural plan for a high school building in the Reagan County Independent School District. It includes a drawing of the building's pier and footing plan as well as two construction schedules with general notes. The drawings on the left side of the sheet show details for the column, pier and footing.
Date: December 14, 1954
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Big Lake High School: Revised Electrical Plot Plan

Revised mechanical plan for a high school building in the Reagan County Independent School District. It includes a supplemental drawing representing a revision to the original electrical plan for all of the buildings.
Date: December 2, 1954
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Big Lake High School Auditorium: Framing Details

Architectural drawings for a high school building in the Reagan County Independent School District. It includes multiple drawings detail various sections of the floor framework for the auditorium, as well as part of a staircase.
Date: December 14, 1954
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Big Lake High School: Supplemental Drawing

Supplemental architectural plan for a high school building in the Reagan County Independent School District. It includes a partial plan drawn showing a set of trusses with an open space in the middle.
Date: December 28, 1954
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Big Lake High School Auditorium: Second Story Framing Plan

Architectural plan for an auditorium at a high school building in the Reagan County Independent School District. It includes a large drawing of the roof framing plan for the second story, as well as smaller drawings that detail individual sections of the framework. There is a roof beam schedule and a column schedule drawn at the top of the sheet.
Date: December 14, 1954
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Big Lake High School Auditorium: Floor Framing Plan

Architectural plan for an auditorium at a high school building in the Reagan County Independent School District. It includes a large drawing of the auditorium's first floor framing plan, and diagrams showing sections of the structural aspects of the framework. On the right of the sheet there is a grade beam schedule that details specifications and measurements for materials to be used.
Date: December 14, 1954
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Big Lake High School Auditorium: Roof Framing

Architectural plan for an auditorium at a high school building in the Reagan County Independent School District. It includes a drawing for the roof framing of the fourth level of the building; the smaller drawings on the left side of the sheet show details of for the framing broken down into individual sections. At the top of the sheet there are drawings for the roof trusses as well as a beam schedule.
Date: December 14, 1954
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. A. Stroman to Truett Latimer, December 31, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from W. A. Stroman to Truett Latimer, December 31, 1954]

Letter from W. A. Stroman to Truett Latimer discussing apartments for lease at Ambassador Apartments.
Date: December 31, 1954
Creator: Stroman, William A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Inman H. Douglass to Truett Latimer, December 30, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Inman H. Douglass to Truett Latimer, December 30, 1954]

Letter from Inman H. Douglass to Truett Latimer asking if Latimer would be interested in a subscription to the Christian Science Monitor.
Date: December 30, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Inman H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. T. Harrington to Truett Latimer, December 22, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from M. T. Harrington to Truett Latimer, December 22, 1954]

Letter from M. T. Harrington to Truett Latimer; He encloses a copy of the work of the Texas A and M College System for the fiscal year that ended August 31, 1954.
Date: 1954-12-22~
Creator: Harrington, M. T.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bascom Giles to Truett Latimer, December 21, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Bascom Giles to Truett Latimer, December 21, 1954]

Letter from Bascom Giles to Truett Latimer discussing final legal necessities for a land purchase.
Date: December 21, 1954
Creator: Giles, Bascom
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Waggoner Carr to Truett Latimer, December 29, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Waggoner Carr to Truett Latimer, December 29, 1954]

Letter from Waggoner Carr to Truett Latimer discussing moving to Abilene to speak with other representatives about the Speaker's race.
Date: December 29, 1954
Creator: Carr, Waggoner
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1954 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1954

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 9, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Storefront, Abilene, Texas: Floor Plan

Floor plan for a storefront commissioned by Mr. Edd A. Robinson in Abilene, Texas. It includes measurements, labels, and notes. Other sections include storefront elevation, elevation of pylon, painting notes, deck anchorage, detail of pylon footing, detail of concrete curb, and wall section.
Date: December 6, 1954
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wilkinson Office Building and Parking Garage, Midland, Texas: Footing & Slab Details

Footing and slab details for an office building and parking garage commissioned by Jack B. Wilkinson in Midland, Texas. Sections include detail footings, combined footing dowel detail, slab schedule, 1st floor slab schedule, omitted roof slab schedule, machine room floor slab schedule, typical floor slab schedule for 2nd thru 22nd floors, roof slab schedule, typical cofar slab steel placement diagram, and many beam sections.
Date: December 1954
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History
Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 10, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 2, 1954 (open access)

Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 10, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 2, 1954

Weekly student newspaper from Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 11, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 9, 1954 (open access)

Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 11, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 9, 1954

Weekly student newspaper from Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 9, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History