Resource Type
Partner
Collection
Abilene Library Consortium
22
Harris and Eliza Kempner
16
National WASP WWII Museum
11
Hellcat News
10
Texas Digital Newspaper Program
10
KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection
9
Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection
7
World War Two Collection
7
Preston George Collection
3
Roman Bronze Works Archive
3
3 More
Serial/Series Title
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
16
Hellcat News
10
NBC News Scripts
9
Kafka Collection
3
Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
3
Roman Bronze Works Client Card Index
3
National WASP Museum (NWM) Collection
2
Eleanor Brown Collection
1
Helen Snapp Collection
1
National WASP WWII Museum Collection
1
States
Counties
Decade
Month
Language
Results:
1 - 24 of
62
next
[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1]
Special orders extract reassigning a list of Women Air Force Service Pilot members, having completed their training, to be transferred to new air base stations.
Date:
September 9, 1943
Creator:
318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Homer L. Bruce to I. H. Kempner and George Andre, November 21, 1955]
Letter from Homer L. Bruce to I. H. Kempner and George Andre discussing the company mergers between the Imperial Sugar Company and Texas Imperial Company.
Date:
November 21, 1955
Creator:
Bruce, Homer L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Homer L. Bruce to I. H. Kempner, November 11, 1955]
Letter from Homer L. Bruce to I. H. Kempner discussing the company mergers between the Imperial Sugar Company and Texas Imperial Company.
Date:
November 11, 1955
Creator:
Bruce, Homer L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Corporation Trust Company to Baker, Botts, Andrews & Parish, June 19, 1953]
Letter from Corporation Trust Company to Baker, Botts, Andrews & Parish discussing a final notice for a Delaware Franchise Tax that has not yet been paid by Baker, Botts, Andrews & Parish.
Date:
June 19, 1953
Creator:
Corporation Trust Company
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Life with the Women's Airforce Service Pilots]
Newspaper clipping of an article about Iris Critchell and Peg Calhoun's service with the WASP and how the WASP program began.
Date:
May 29, 1986
Creator:
Crowley, Sarah E.
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Standby Warriors]
Photocopy of a magazine article about what led to the creation of the WAFs, what training was like, and the formation of the WASPs.
Date:
July 1986
Creator:
DeArmond, Rita Victoria
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. Tuffly Ellis to Harris Kempner, February 15, 1965]
Letter from L. Tuffly Ellis to Harris Kempner discussing about progress on collecting the historical records of cotton companies involving John H. Todd.
Date:
February 15, 1965
Creator:
Ellis, L. Tuffly
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Control for Gas Water-Heaters.
Patent for improvements to "a gas control for instantaneous gas water heaters" (lines 9-10), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Hamilton, Paul H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gas Control for Gas Water-Heaters.
Patent for an automatic control for instantaneous water heaters to control a supply of water and simultaneously an automatic supply of gas to the heater.
Date:
October 7, 1919
Creator:
Hamilton, Paul H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, August 6, 1995]
Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards including video tapes and discussing a couple of reunions she will be attending.
Date:
August 6, 1995
Creator:
Harmon, Elaine Danforth
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Walter Hullihen to T. N. Carswell - December 11, 1941]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, American Legion Post, Abilene, Texas, from Walter Hullihen, President, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, dated December 11, 1941. Hullihen advises Carswell of the enclosed statement which covers his conception of 'Americanism'. He then discourses on democracy. Enclosure includes: Americanism. A statement by Walter Hullihen, President, University of Delaware.
Date:
December 11, 1941
Creator:
Hullihen, Walter
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 15, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing delivering an aircraft to Washington D.C., traveling to Wilmington and Philadelphia, and mentions that she will be returning to Dallas.
Date:
1943-12-15?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, April 12, 1950]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent travels. Envelope is included.
Date:
April 12, 1950
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes and Phil Kafka to Frances Yerkes, April 11, 1950?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes and Phil Kafka to Cornelia's mother discussing various outings they had had with different friends in New York. Envelope is included.
Date:
1950-04-11?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes & Kafka, Phillip Eric
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Swanky Sales, March 29, 1949]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Swanky Sales requesting five cartons of cigarettes for $7.25 from an ad in the New York Herald Tribune.
Date:
March 29, 1949
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Company, July 1, 1944]
Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Company requesting for information on deferring of the record date for subscription rights
Date:
July 1, 1944
Creator:
Kempner, Robert Lee
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles F. Krug to Stockholders, November 22, 1954]
Letter from Charles F. Krug, Treasurer of the Mission Corporation, informing stockholders of a dividend declared by the Board of Directors and enclosing a capital stock certificate in payment of the dividend. The letter also includes tax, exchange, and sale information for the certificates. Typed at the top of the letter is a note that the certificate for Fannie K. Adoue has been forwarded to Guaranty Trust Co. of New York.
Date:
1954-11-22/1954-11-24
Creator:
Krug, Charles F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.b1406.0044]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "MRS. HOWARD JULIAN WHITE, Wilmington, Del. national president of the Daughters of COLONIAL wARS, INSTALLED OFFICERS OF THE LOCAL ORGANIZATION WHICH WAS FORMED RECENTLY."
Date:
October 8, 1957
Creator:
Miller, Joe
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Mission Corporation, November 29, 1954]
Letter from Mission Corporation to stockholders regarding the fair market value of shares according to the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Date:
November 29, 1954
Creator:
Mission Corporation
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Company, November 3, 1943]
Letter from the Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Company discussing financial developments in the company since their last annual report.
Date:
November 3, 1943
Creator:
Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Company
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fred Atkins Moore to Daughters of Penelope, May 16, 1950]
Letter from Fred Atkins Moore of the Save the Children Federation to the Daughters of Penelope discussing shipping the clothing from Galveston to Greece under the Marshall Plan and raising money for shipping and delivery costs.
Date:
May 16, 1950
Creator:
Moore, Fred Atkins
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Requiem For The WASP]
Newspaper clipping about the history of the WASP from their creation to disbandment.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Poole, Barbara E.
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Reunion Brought Memories of High-Flying Pilot Days"]
Newspaper clipping of an article about the 30th WASP anniversary reunion. Certain WASPs' experience in service is also shared.
Date:
June 28, 1972
Creator:
Randerson, Middy
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Dr. H. Burris]
Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Dr. H. Burris, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: experimental casting 1.
Date:
January 1979
Creator:
Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History