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[Documents Regarding the Guardianship of Earl Willard Meyer, Charles P. Westlund, and Marjorie Westlund] (open access)

[Documents Regarding the Guardianship of Earl Willard Meyer, Charles P. Westlund, and Marjorie Westlund]

Nine documents appointing Hazel Westlund guardian of Charles P. Westlund and Marjorie Westland, appointing Elsie Meyer guardian of Earl Willard Meyer, and petitions by Elsie Meyer for the ability to enter into oil and gas leases on Earl Willard Meyer's behalf, documents granting Elsie Meyer the authority to enter into oil and gas leases, and an affidavit certifying that a weekly paper in Stratford, Texas has been in publication for at least one year. The documents are unsigned.
Date: 1939-08~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating the Ground-Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 2 (open access)

Evaluating the Ground-Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 2

Second volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "supporting basic data including records of wells and county maps depicting well locations, elevation of base of aquifer, elevation of water levels in 1980, and saturated thicknesses in 1980" for the northern third of the study area.
Date: August 1984
Creator: Knowles, Tommy; Nordstrom, Phillip & Klemt, William B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Film Feeding Mechanism for Cameras (open access)

Film Feeding Mechanism for Cameras

Patent for a film feeding mechanism for cameras. Illustrations included.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Caldwell, Elmer A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Final Opinion of Title Related to an Oil and Gas Lease from Ilda M. Klekamp to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company] (open access)

[Final Opinion of Title Related to an Oil and Gas Lease from Ilda M. Klekamp to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company]

Document describing the terms of an oil and gas lease from Ilda M. Klekamp and Robert J. Muntzel to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company for a tract of land in Sherman County, Texas. It states that Jack Sayles has examined the documents and that the examination was conducted on behalf of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.
Date: August 1, 1939
Creator: Sayles, Jack
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Drill Attachment. (open access)

Grain-Drill Attachment.

Patent for combining a plow and a grain drill into one device, to reduce the number of times the soil needs to be turned per planting.
Date: August 29, 1915
Creator: McAdams, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stratford Star. (Stratford, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1918 (open access)

The Stratford Star. (Stratford, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1918

Weekly newspaper from Stratford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 1, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History