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Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 2, Number 6, June 1922 (open access)

Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 2, Number 6, June 1922

Monthly magazine containing human-interest stories, editorials, articles about the Hill Country region of Texas, and fictional stories.
Date: June 1922
Creator: Grinstead, J. E. (Jesse Edward), 1866-1948
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 3, Number 6, June 1923 (open access)

Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 3, Number 6, June 1923

Monthly magazine containing human-interest stories, editorials, articles about the Hill Country region of Texas, and fictional stories.
Date: June 1923
Creator: Grinstead, J. E. (Jesse Edward), 1866-1948
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 1, Number 6, June 1921 (open access)

Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 1, Number 6, June 1921

Monthly magazine containing human-interest stories, editorials, articles about the Hill Country region of Texas, and fictional stories.
Date: June 1921
Creator: Grinstead, Jesse Edward
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 4, Number 6, June 1924 (open access)

Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 4, Number 6, June 1924

Monthly magazine containing human-interest stories, editorials, articles about the Hill Country region of Texas, and fictional stories.
Date: June 1924
Creator: Grinstead, J. E. (Jesse Edward), 1866-1948
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 5, Number 6, June 1925 (open access)

Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 5, Number 6, June 1925

Monthly magazine containing human-interest stories, editorials, articles about the Hill Country region of Texas, and fictional stories.
Date: June 1925
Creator: Grinstead, J. E. (Jesse Edward), 1866-1948
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of letter from Sam Houston to Joseph Ellis, June 12, 1847] (open access)

[Copy of letter from Sam Houston to Joseph Ellis, June 12, 1847]

Copy of a letter from Sam Houston to his friend Joseph L. Ellis of Grand Cane at his plantation "Pleasant Lawn." Discusses Judge Worsham, the health of the Houston family, and neighbors. This letter is purported to be a hoax and forgery, as multiple copies exist. It was found folded inside a book that was published in the late 1800s and given to the library over sixty years ago.
Date: June 12, 1847
Creator: Houston, Sam
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lands for Sale in Texas.  Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas (open access)

Lands for Sale in Texas. Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas

Publication listing land for sale in Texas. Description of tracts in many different counties.
Date: June 1, 1888
Creator: Herndon, W.S.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Hall Library Construction Site]

Photograph of an unidentified man standing on the mezzanine of the unfinished staircase in Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. Only the building's frame has been established; the walls have not yet been built.
Date: June 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Hall Library Construction Site]

Photograph of the exterior of Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. The exterior features segmental arches and pillars.
Date: June 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Hall Library Under Construction]

Photograph of the outer walls of Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. The walls feature segmental arches and pillars.
Date: June 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Hall Library Construction Site]

Photograph of the exterior walls of Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. Its exterior features tall segmental arches and pillars. A blue truck is parked near the construction site.
Date: June 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Hall Library Under Construction]

Photograph of the unfinished staircase at Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. The bottom portion of the staircase and the mezzanine are visible. The exterior walls have not yet been built and an array of building construction materials and tools are on the ground floor.
Date: June 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Hall Library Construction Site]

Photograph of the view through the exterior wall of the Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. The wall is characterized by tall segmental arches.
Date: June 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Hall Library Under Construction]

Photograph of the ceiling of Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. Its metal framework is exposed and the skylights have not yet been filled with glass panes.
Date: June 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Hall Library Construction Site]

Photograph of a dimly lit Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. Pictured are the pillars of the exterior wall and the tension cables that support them.
Date: June 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Hall Library Under Construction]

Photograph of the interior of Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. Some rectangular galvanized ducts are strewn about the area; some ducts have already been set into place above ground.
Date: June 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Hall Library Under Construction]

Photograph of the exterior of Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. The building's exterior features segmental arches. A wooden frame is partially embedded into the ground outside the building.
Date: June 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Auxiliary Staircase at Helen Hall Library]

Photograph of the metal auxiliary staircase inside Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction.
Date: June 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Hall Library Construction Site]

Photograph of a pile of metal building materials stacked outside Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. The outer walls of the pre-existing library building, characterized by its segmental arches and pillars, are visible to the left.
Date: June 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land grant to Gabriel B. Knight, 1854] (open access)

[Land grant to Gabriel B. Knight, 1854]

Grant for 320 acres of land in Tarrant County to Gabriel B. Knight, "in Denton District. Tarrant County on Bear Creek in the Lower Cross Timbers . . . "
Date: June 2, 1854
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1967]

Photograph of the 1967 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are five girls wearing white robes and ten boys wearing dark robes with bow ties standing on the bimah (alter). Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands with the students at the far right of the third row. Cantor Shimon Berris stands with the students at the far left of the second row. The students are Ann Schwartz, Linda Fleischmann, Shelly Goldberg, Terry Katzman, Kathy Lewis, Stanley Cohen, Irwin Blum, Allan Rosenthal, Ricky Cooper, Sheldon Jacobson, Kenneth Luskey, Howard Katz, Gary Leva, Allen Hamill, and Sidney Golden.
Date: June 11, 1967
Creator: Don Barnett Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1962]

Photograph of the 1962 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are eleven girls in white robes and six boys in black robes and bow ties. Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands with them at the center in the back row wearing a tallis (prayer shawl). The students are Barbara Carol Tills, Ellen Beth Victor, Veronica Doskal, Rita Jean Battat, Carol Anne Cohen, Rosalyn Katz, Rochelle D. Berliner, Lana Laves, Pamela Rose Seigel, Vivian Levine, Dee Ann Stanley, Jerry Allen Paul, Stuart Schuster, Harry Saginaw, Harold Eisenman, Bernard White, and Darryl Rotenberg.
Date: June 3, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1970] (open access)

[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1970]

Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1970 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Congregation Ahavath Sholom
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1957]

Copy photograph of the 1957 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are seven girls in white robes and fourteen boys in dark robes and bow ties. Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands in the back center with them. The students are Cheryl Leff, Sylvia Lynn Cooles, Jeanie Labovitz, Debbie Brachman, Charlsa Sarvis, Jerilyn Cohen, Davida Rae Applebaum, Paul Weisblatt, David Garsek, Allen Hendelman, Marvin Tills, Bobby Rashti, Marshall Kragen, Jack Rubin, Allen Grenadier, Jack Marks, Michail Ben Cohen, Michael Carter, Louis Siegel, Allen Schuster, and Donald Stanley. They are pictured on the bimah (alter) of the synagogue.
Date: June 2, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History