[Autobiography] : typscript, ca. 1916. (open access)

[Autobiography] : typscript, ca. 1916.

Lockett's autobiography begins with information about his ancestors and ends with a discussion of events leading to World War I. He recounts his experiences in the Civil War, his various jobs throughout central Texas, encounters with Native Americans, as well as his impressions of local business, camp meetings, drought, prohibition, Methodism, and the events of the times. He moved to Georgetown, TX, in 1886 to enroll his daughters in Southwestern University and he became a prominent supporter of the university, which is mentioned frequently.
Date: 191X
Creator: Lockett, M. B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech for the Dedication of the U.S. Forest Service Building in Nacogdoches, Texas, October 22, 1971] (open access)

[John Tower Speech for the Dedication of the U.S. Forest Service Building in Nacogdoches, Texas, October 22, 1971]

Speech describing the importance of forest research and sustainable use of timber, especially for the housing industry.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech on Minority Business Enterprise and Education given to the American GI Forum of Texas 28th Annual State Convention in Ft. Worth, Texas, July 9, 1976] (open access)

[John Tower Speech on Minority Business Enterprise and Education given to the American GI Forum of Texas 28th Annual State Convention in Ft. Worth, Texas, July 9, 1976]

Speech praising the American GI Forum for its efforts to promote Hispanic enterprises in mainstream American business and bilingual education and job training.
Date: July 9, 1976
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech on the Importance of Engineering given to the Nueces County Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers in Corpus Christi, Texas, February 26, 1977] (open access)

[John Tower Speech on the Importance of Engineering given to the Nueces County Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers in Corpus Christi, Texas, February 26, 1977]

First part of the transcript includes an introduction for Senator Tower given by Obie Etheridge. Senator Tower's speech describes the importance of engineering for the future of the United States and technological progress, especially technological advancement ahead of the Soviet Union.
Date: February 26, 1977
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech to National Security Industrial Association about National Defense, March 25, 1982] (open access)

[John Tower Speech to National Security Industrial Association about National Defense, March 25, 1982]

1981 James Forrestal Memorial Award; Introduction comments Mellon Baird; Speech John Tower; National Defense; Soviet Union; News information and misinformation; Television; Defense spending; Weapon technology.
Date: March 25, 1982
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech to Oil/Energy? Professionals about the Oil Industry's Role in the Energy Crisis, 197?] (open access)

[John Tower Speech to Oil/Energy? Professionals about the Oil Industry's Role in the Energy Crisis, 197?]

Speech by John Tower printed in The Phone publication. Senator Tower addresses professionals in the energy or oil industries and discusses the energy crisis. He criticizes those who attribute the energy crisis to the oil industry and who demand that it be federally regulated to alleviate the crisis; he says that such actions would be unnecessarily harmful to private oil production. At the end of the speech, the publication printed a brief biography about the senator.
Date: 197X
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1908 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1908

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 23, 1908
Creator: Simpson, J. Fisher
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 23, 1909 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 23, 1909

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 1909
Creator: Simpson, J. Fisher
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 29, 1909 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 29, 1909

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 29, 1909
Creator: Tunnell, T. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1910 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1910

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1910
Creator: Tunnell, T. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1910 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1910

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: March 11, 1910
Creator: Tunnell, T. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1911 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1911

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: September 22, 1911
Creator: Huffor, Earl
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1911 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1911

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: September 29, 1911
Creator: Huffor, Earl
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1911 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1911

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: November 24, 1911
Creator: Huffor, Earl
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1912 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1912

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: May 31, 1912
Creator: Huffor, Earl
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1913 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1913

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 14, 1913
Creator: Hill, Jr., Joe L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1913 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1913

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 25, 1913
Creator: Hill, Jr., Joe L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 14, 1913 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 14, 1913

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: November 14, 1913
Creator: Vinson, E. Curtis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1914 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1914

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 9, 1914
Creator: Vinson, E. Curtis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1914 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1914

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 23, 1914
Creator: Vinson, E. Curtis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1914 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1914

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 17, 1914
Creator: Vinson, E. Curtis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1914 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1914

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: May 1, 1914
Creator: Vinson, E. Curtis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1914 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1914

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: May 8, 1914
Creator: Vinson, E. Curtis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, May 22, 1914 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, May 22, 1914

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: May 22, 1914
Creator: Vinson, E. Curtis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History