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Biographical Sketch - Olga Pazdral, 1907-1965 (open access)

Biographical Sketch - Olga Pazdral, 1907-1965

Biography of Olga Pazdral written by her nephew, George H. Pazdral, including her family and immigration background, schooling and early career, mid career and folklore research, and later career."
Date: July 10, 2014
Creator: Pazdral, George H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Bryant P. Baker] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Bryant P. Baker]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Bryant P. Baker, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Bust of Penrose" (24" x 12.5" at shoulder), "Plaque" (2 copies, 7.5" x 6.75"), "Bust of Jackson" (31" x 25"), "Bust of Stonewall Jackson" (34" x 21"), "Tablet" (aluminum cast; 4' x 6" x 4'), "Mr. Gary" (9'1"), "Seated Figure of Chief Justice John Marshall" (6'3" x 4'3" x 2'), "Portrait Bust of Jackson" (32" x 22"), "Standing Figure Playing Harp" (29"), "Hand Book End", "Pioneer Mother" (2 copies), "Relief Tablet", "Pioneer Mother" (16'), "Bust of Man", "Pioneer Mother" (Sketch model, 3 copies), "Pioneer Mother" (Plaster cast), "Group", "Pioneer Woman", "Pioneer Woman" (9 copies, 9"), "Portrait Statue of Cleveland", "Bust of Girl", "Portrait Bust", "Head and Neck" (Plaster cast), "Bust", "Ben Milan" (8'6"), "Statuette" (Repatine), "Head of Lincoln" (2 copies, 4"), "Mrs. Herper", "Tablet", "Tablet", "Bust of Dr. Rankine", "Tablet" (17.25" x 12.25"), "Tablet" (10.25" x 6.25"), "Sundial" (2 copies), "Sundial" (Repair), "Will Rogers Bust", "Plaque" (2 copies), "Bust of Senator Lodge" (19"), "Torso" (13.5"), "Plaque" (44" x 32"), "Portrait Relief" (12.5" x 16.5"), "Bust of Thomas Edison" …
Date: 1929-02-10/1970-01-28
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 10, 1923 (open access)

The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 10, 1923

Weekly student newspaper from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos, Texas that includes news of interest to students and faculty along with advertising.
Date: November 10, 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 10, 1924 (open access)

The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 10, 1924

Weekly student newspaper from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos, Texas that includes news of interest to students and faculty along with advertising.
Date: May 10, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 10, 1924 (open access)

The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 10, 1924

Weekly student newspaper from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos, Texas that includes news of interest to students and faculty along with advertising.
Date: December 10, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1926 (open access)

The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1926

Weekly student newspaper from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos, Texas that includes news of interest to students and faculty along with advertising.
Date: December 10, 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 10, 1926 (open access)

The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 10, 1926

Weekly student newspaper from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos, Texas that includes news of interest to students and faculty along with advertising.
Date: November 10, 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Display of Handmade Baby Clothes]

Photograph of a display of handmade baby clothes. A sign on the display reads, "Sew and Save."
Date: June 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Display of Home-Canned Foods]

Photograph of a display with jars of food and a sign that says "Home canned products." Some of the jars have award ribbons on them. A sign above the display reads "Texas Standard."
Date: June 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elderly Couple]

Photograph of an older couple standing with a table between them. On the table is a cake with candles, possibly a birthday cake or anniversary cake.
Date: June 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flow Memorial Hospital Ground Breaking Pamphlet] (open access)

[Flow Memorial Hospital Ground Breaking Pamphlet]

Pamphlet from the groundbreaking event of Flow Memorial Hospital in Denton, Texas. With pictures of Homer Flow, W. C. Kimbrough, and R. M. Barnes on the cover as well as an architectural sketch of the building.
Date: April 10, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Girl Scout Troop Display]

Photograph of a display for Campbell Girl Scout Troop 125, with children and a woman standing in front of it.
Date: June 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1905 (open access)

The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1905

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 10, 1905
Creator: McNaughton, George A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Home-Canned Food Display]

Photograph of a man and woman standing in front of a display of home-canned food and quilts. A sign above the display reads, "Texas Standard."
Date: June 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - August 10, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - August 10, 1864]

Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated August 10, 1864 and sent from Mud Island, in which he writes about the theft of tobacco by some men in his company and states that he was not a part of it, as well as describing the conditions of life on the island.
Date: August 10, 1864
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - December 10, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - December 10, 1864]

Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated December 10, 1864 and sent from Mud Island, in which he writes about not being able to return home as soon as he had planned.
Date: December 10, 1864
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - February 10, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - February 10, 1864]

Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated February 10, 1864 and sent from a camp near Perry's Landing, in which he responds with excitement to a letter she wrote to tell him that she is pregnant.
Date: February 10, 1864
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - May 10, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - May 10, 1864]

Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated May 10, 1864 and sent from Houston, in which he writes about his company's order to move to Louisiana being countermanded, but also the probability that it will be renewed shortly, meaning that he is not likely to return home June 1st as planned.
Date: May 10, 1864
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - October 10, 1862] (open access)

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - October 10, 1862]

Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen Bradley, dated October 10, 1962 and sent from Holly Springs, in which he speaks about camp life and what he thinks may happen with his regiment in the next few days.
Date: October 10, 1862
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - September 10, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - September 10, 1864]

Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated September 10, 1864 and sent from Mud Island, in which he writes about how he wishes her to write twice a week rather than once, and speaks of some sickness among the troops in Galveston.
Date: September 10, 1864
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen - April 10, 1859] (open access)

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen - April 10, 1859]

Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen, dated April 10, 1859, containing a proposal of marriage. A handwritten note at the top of the original letter says: "married 9-22-59."
Date: April 10, 1859
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley - October 10, 1866] (open access)

[Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley - October 10, 1866]

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated October 10, 1866 and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about the health of their two daughters and the marriage of their friends.
Date: October 10, 1866
Creator: Bradley, Minnie
Object Type: Letter
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