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Map of H. Lilius' Subdivision of Lots Number 3 and 4, Block "D" of the Ledbetter Addition to Abilene, Texas

Map of H. Lilius' Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas bordered by Center, Kirkland, Chestnut, and White streets. The block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:600.
Date: September 5, 1925
Creator: Beard, Truman & McKean, J. P.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Willard Collins to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from Willard Collins to Blanche Perry]

Letter plus envelope from Willard Collins to Perry thanking her for the baptistry painting for the Church of Christ in Old Hickory, Tennessee. Letter contains updates on other churches and ministers known by Perry and Collins.
Date: September 5, 1941
Creator: Collins, Willard
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lake Side Addition to the City of Abilene, Texas [#1]

Map of Lake Side Addition to the City of Abilene, Texas bordered by First and Fifth avenues, Harris and Stevens streets, and divided by Fourth and Second avenues, Dale, Park, Milton, and Fisher streets. Each block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:3,600.
Date: May 5, 1928
Creator: Eldridge, F. G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from from Clyde E. Fulmer to Blanche Perry #2] (open access)

[Letter from from Clyde E. Fulmer to Blanche Perry #2]

A letter from Clyde E. Fulmer, minister at Capital Heights Church, to Blanche Perry describing the painting she did for the church and that Fannie Ellen did some "fill in" work with Perry's knowledge.
Date: December 5, 1941
Creator: Fulmer, Clyde E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alma Gatewood to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from Alma Gatewood to Blanche Perry]

Letter plus envelope from Alma Gatewood to Perry discussing the baptistry painting Gatewood painted for the church in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Date: June 5, 1941
Creator: Gatewood, Alma
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Scott Highway Place.: A Subdivision of Lots 4 & 5, Block 17, & all of Block 18, Harris Addition to the Town of Abilene, Texas. [#1]

Map of Scott Highway Place Subdivision in the city of Abilene, Texas bordered by Abilene Merkel Highway, Epperson and Sewell streets, and divided by Russell Avenue, Mocking Bird Boulevard, Pearl, Carl, Lee, Larkin, and Miller streets. Each block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:2,400.
Date: December 5, 1923
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Scott Highway Place.: A Subdivision of Lots 4 & 5, Block 17, & all of Block 18, Harris Addition to the Town of Abilene, Texas. [#2]

Map of Scott Highway Place Subdivision in the city of Abilene, Texas bordered by Abilene Merkel Highway, Epperson and Sewell streets, and divided by Russell Avenue, Mocking Bird Boulevard, Pearl, Carl, Lee, Larkin, and Miller streets. Each block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:2,400.
Date: December 5, 1923
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Scott Highway Place.: A Subdivision of Lots 4 & 5, Block 17, & all of Block 18, Harris Addition to the Town of Abilene, Texas. [#3]

Map of Scott Highway Place Subdivision in the city of Abilene, Texas bordered by Abilene Merkel Highway, Epperson and Sewell streets, and divided by Russell Avenue, Mocking Bird Boulevard, Pearl, Carl, Lee, Larkin, and Miller streets. Each block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:2,400.
Date: December 5, 1923
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Scott Highway Place.: A Subdivision of Lots 4 & 5, Block 17, & all of Block 18, Harris Addition to the Town of Abilene, Texas. [#6]

Map of Scott Highway Place Subdivision in the city of Abilene, Texas bordered by Abilene Merkel Highway, Epperson and Sewell streets, and divided by Russell Avenue, Mocking Bird Boulevard, Pearl, Carl, Lee, Larkin, and Miller streets. Each block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:2,400.
Date: December 5, 1923
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map] of the Bowyer Subdivision of Parts of the Northeast, Southeast and Southwest Quarters or Survey Number 50, Blind Asylum Land. Taylor County Texas. [#2]

Plat of a portion of Abilene, Texas showing an area near the Abilene State Hospital around the Abilene Southern Railroad. Various subdivisions and additions are marked and labeled to show property lines. Scale 1:6,000
Date: May 5, 1934
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map] of the Bowyer Subdivision of Parts of the Northeast, Southeast and Southwest Quarters or Survey Number 50, Blind Asylum Land. Taylor County Texas. [#3]

Plat of a portion of Abilene, Texas showing an area near the Abilene State Hospital around the Abilene Southern Railroad. Various subdivisions and additions are marked and labeled to show property lines. Scale 1:6,000
Date: May 5, 1934
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hays and Bryant Subdivision, Lot Number 4, Block Number 3, H. Ward Survey Number 90

Plat of a portion of Abilene, Texas bordered by South 5th, Larkin, South 6th, and Sammons streets. The block is subdivided into individual properties which are numbered and labeled with measurements. Scale 1:6,000
Date: June 5, 1926
Creator: Holsworth, W. W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bret Hunter to Lewis Fulks] (open access)

[Letter from Bret Hunter to Lewis Fulks]

Letter from Bret Hunter to Lewis Fulks at Abilene Christian Univerisity. In the letter, Hunter is congratulating Fulks on his production of "Oklahoma," the 1968 ACC Homecoming musical production.
Date: November 5, 1968
Creator: Hunter, Bret
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Wayland James to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from Wayland James to Blanche Perry]

One typewritten letter from Wayland James to Blanche Perry requesting a baptistry painting for the church in Friendship, Tennessee. Includes envelope.
Date: July 5, 1941
Creator: James, Wayland
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Wayland James to Emma Hoagland] (open access)

[Letter from Wayland James to Emma Hoagland]

One typewritten letter from Wayland James to Miss Emma Hoagland asking Hoagland to deliver enclosed correspondence to Blanche Perry. Originally sent in the same envelope with the letter to Blanche Perry from Wayland James, also on July 5, 1941.
Date: July 5, 1941
Creator: James, Wayland
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Actor and Actress in Oklahoma!]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Skip Latson (Curly) stands with his hand near the gun in his holster and looks downstage. Rita Prior (Gertie) stands next to him with her hand on his arm, laughing.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Actor in Oklahoma!]

Color production photograph from Abilene Christian University's 1988 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Skip Latson (Curly) stands alone on the stage.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Actor Singing in Oklahoma!]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Bondey Mays (Will Parker) holds a cowboy hat over his chest and sings toward the audience.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Actress in Oklahoma!]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Mollie Burton (Ado Annie) sits on a crate, wearing a dress, with one hand on her heart, singing to the audience.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Confrontation in Oklahoma!]

Color production photograph from Abilene Christian University's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Bondey Mays (Will Parker) grabs Phil Jarosz (Ali Hakim) by the collar and lowers him down.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Couple Dances in Oklahoma!]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Phil Jarosz (Ali Hakim) dips Mollie Burton (Ado Annie) down in a dance.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dream Dance Sequence in Oklahoma!]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Larry Rideout (Dream Jud) does a ballet lift with Linda McGaha (Dream Laurey) in the iconic dream ballet scene. Men stand on the left and women stand on the right, both in formations, watching the dance.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dream Sequence in Oklahoma!]

Production photo from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Larry Rideout (Dream Jud) holds down Mike Bearden (Dream Curly), choking him. Four masked, black-clad ghostly figures stand behind them with their hands out over them. The men's dance ensemble stands on the left, and the women's dance ensemble stands on the right.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ensemble Members Carry Man and Woman in Oklahoma!]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Three actors on the left lie face-down on the stage in all black. Six men carry an unidentified man in the center of the stage. Ten women stand and watch from the right, and a man holds a woman who appears to be unconscious on the right side of the stage.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History