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[Photograph of Somerville Harvey House and Employees]

Photograph of the Santa Fe Somerville Depot Harvey House Restaurant and Hotel, with Harvey Girls and other employees standing on the porch outside of the two-story building. According to a typed note on the photograph, the restaurant was at the north end of the first floor of the depot, with the hotel on the second floor. The people in the photo are identified as, left to right, Mrs. Ella White (supervisor), Maggie Bell Mackey, Annie Huebner Tonn, Adline Balke, a maid, Bessie Balke, Dee Mackey, Mrs. Ed Mackey, Ello Woods, Wilson Woods, and Jessie Woods.
Date: 1913~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Harvey House Historical Narrative] (open access)

[Harvey House Historical Narrative]

Narrative detailing the history of Harvey Houses, including the Temple Harvey House specifically, with an invitation and program attached for the "Hats On for the Harvey House" luncheon benefiting the Temple Railroad and Pioneer Museum.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from B. H. Wood to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 3, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from B. H. Wood to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 3, 1992]

Letter from B. H. Wood of Temple, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer telling her about his sister, Leona Moore, who worked in Harvey Houses.
Date: February 3, 1992
Creator: Wood, B. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Preas to Rosa Walston Latimer - August 6, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Preas to Rosa Walston Latimer - August 6, 1992]

Letter from Lillian Preas of Brownwood, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock, Texas, in which she expresses thanks to Rosa for her visit.
Date: August 6, 1992
Creator: Preas, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from La Rue Tucker Grant to Rosa Walston Latimer - May 12, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from La Rue Tucker Grant to Rosa Walston Latimer - May 12, 1992]

Letter from La Rue Tucker Grant of Deer Park, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which she offers information about books, magazines, and museums related to Harvey Girls and Harvey Houses.
Date: March 22, 1992
Creator: Grant, La Rue Tucker
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. M. Hurley to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 28, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from L. M. Hurley to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 28, 1992]

Letter from L. M. Hurley of Newton, Kansas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock, Texas with information about Alma Smith, a former Fred Harvey waitress or Harvey Girl in Canadian, Texas.
Date: February 28, 1992
Creator: Hurley, L. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Article: Railroad and Pioneer Museum slates benefit luncheon for Santa Fe depot] (open access)

[Newspaper Article: Railroad and Pioneer Museum slates benefit luncheon for Santa Fe depot]

Newspaper article about a luncheon planned by the Temple Railroad and Pioneer Museum to raise money for the restoration of historic downtown Temple. Included with the article is a photo of the Santa Fe depot before World War I.
Date: May 10, 1996
Creator: Ray, Randy
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Questionnaire filled out by Erna Koehn Johnson] (open access)

[Questionnaire filled out by Erna Koehn Johnson]

Questionnaire created by Rosa Walston Latimer and filled out by Erna Koehn Johnson with questions about her experiences working as a Harvey Girl in the Temple, Texas Harvey House.
Date: May 12, 1992
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harley Davidson Mitchell to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 10, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Harley Davidson Mitchell to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 10, 1992]

Letter from Harley Davidson Mitchell to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which he tells about a brass bell and spittoon that his dad purchased from the Temple Harvey House when it was demolished, as well as other historical information about the Harvey House.
Date: February 10, 1992
Creator: Mitchell, Harley Davidson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 11, 1992]

Post card from Madge Saenz of Galveston, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock Texas, in which she talks about an upcoming Grand Canyon reunion.
Date: February 11, 1992
Creator: Saenz, Madge
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of El Paso Union Station Tower]

Photograph of the El Paso, Texas Union Station tower exterior.
Date: 2013
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer] (open access)

[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer]

Letter from Madge Saenz, referred to here as "Mary Magdalene (Jones) Saenz (known as Madge)", of Galveston, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which she gives detailed information about her position and work as a Harvey Girl in a Harvey House.
Date: unknown
Creator: Saenz, Madge
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Harvey House Cook and Harvey Girl]

Photograph of a Harvey House cook standing outside of a building with a Harvey Girl, both wearing uniforms as employees of the Somerville Harvey House. They have been identified at Dee Mackey (left) and Annie Mabel Sexton (right).
Date: [1901..1940]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Raymond Nichols to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 10, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Raymond Nichols to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 10, 1992]

Letter from Raymond Nichols of Fort Worth, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which he describes his employment as a pantry boy, night waiter, and then night manager at the Cleburne Harvey House, as well as his following success as an owner in the restaurant industry, starting the Lone Star Drive In Restaurant chain in Fort Worth and Dallas and eventually becoming a millionaire.
Date: June 10, 1992
Creator: Nichols, Raymond
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harvey L. Gibson to Rosa Walston Latimer] (open access)

[Letter from Harvey L. Gibson to Rosa Walston Latimer]

Letter from Harvey L. Gibson of England to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which he tells about his graduating class of 1929 having a luncheon in the dining room of the Temple Harvey House.
Date: March 11, 1992
Creator: Gibson, Harvey L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Article: Harvey Girls Were Queens In Days When The Railroad Was King In The West] (open access)

[Newspaper Article: Harvey Girls Were Queens In Days When The Railroad Was King In The West]

Newspaper article published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal detailing the life of Harvey Girls as well as the history of Fred Harvey and Harvey Houses.
Date: November 17, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Mrs. Laura Worsham]

Photograph of Mrs. Laura Worsham, who lived at the Temple Harvey House as a newlywed, at 98 years old sitting on a couch with a dog next to her.
Date: 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ruth Wilson Strawn to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 23, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Ruth Wilson Strawn to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 23, 1992]

Letter from Ruth Wilson Strawn (Mrs. E. J. Strawn) to Rosa Walston Latimer telling about her father, Charles Everett Wilson, a former Harvey House cook.
Date: March 23, 1992
Creator: Strawn, Ruth Wilson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Harvey House Dining Room]

Photograph of the stenciled details on the walls of the dining room in the Brownwood, Texas Harvey House.
Date: 2009
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Questionnaire filled out by Leona Woods Moore] (open access)

[Questionnaire filled out by Leona Woods Moore]

Questionnaire created by Rosa Walston Latimer and filled out by Leona Woods Moore, with questions about working in Harvey Houses.
Date: May 14, 1992
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of El Paso, Texas Union Station Floor]

Photograph of the original tile floor at Union Station in El Paso, Texas, in front of Fred Harvey Bar.
Date: 2013
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Alma Vera Allen Smith to Rosa Walston Latimer] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Alma Vera Allen Smith to Rosa Walston Latimer]

Letter from Mrs. Alma Vera Allen Smith of Newton, Kansas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock, Texas with descriptions of her life as a Harvey Girl at a Harvey House in Canadian, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mrs. Alma Vera Allen Smith
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Erma Koehn Johnson to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 26, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Erma Koehn Johnson to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 26, 1992]

Letter from Erma Koehn Johnson of Columbus, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer telling about her experience working as a Harvey Girl. On the back side of the letter is an article condensed from Texas Highways magazine about the Harvey Girls, as well as a picture of Erna Koehn Johnson and Bertha Hartman wearing Harvey Girl uniforms.
Date: March 26, 1992
Creator: Johnson, Erma Koehn
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ralph W. Ater to Miss Roberta Biles - November 6, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Ralph W. Ater to Miss Roberta Biles - November 6, 1953]

Letter from Ralph W. Ater to Miss Roberta Biles, both of Amarillo, Texas, which includes a memo with information about the Santa Fe railroad in the Amarillo and Panhandle area of Texas.
Date: November 6, 1953
Creator: Ater, Ralph W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History