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[Admission Summary - Texas Prison System - October 7, 1954] (open access)

[Admission Summary - Texas Prison System - October 7, 1954]

An Admission Summary from the Texas Prison System (Huntsville, Texas). The subject was interviewed on October 7, 1954. The report summarizes facts regarding the parolee including employment as a waitress at the Windsor Coffee Shop in Abilene, Texas.
Date: October 7, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: photo of J. M. Hall; Farmer Due to Lose His Edge on Prices] (open access)

[Clipping: photo of J. M. Hall; Farmer Due to Lose His Edge on Prices]

Newspaper clipping from the Houston Chronicle featuring a photo of J. M. Hall of New Waverly, Texas, and a separate piece on farming prices.
Date: October 30, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow. (open access)

Disk Plow.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in disk plows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 18, 1898
Creator: Campbell, Singleton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Volume 87, Number 8, October 2015 (open access)

The ECHO, Volume 87, Number 8, October 2015

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope addressed to John J. Herrera - 1977-10-21] (open access)

[Envelope addressed to John J. Herrera - 1977-10-21]

Envelope addressed to John J. Herrera from the Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 1.
Date: October 21, 1977
Creator: Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 1
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Huntsville Recorder (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1857 (open access)

The Huntsville Recorder (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1857

Weekly newspaper from Huntsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 1857
Creator: Cammer, Benj. W. & McLaughlin, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. Darrell Hay to John J. Herrera - 1977-10-20] (open access)

[Letter from H. Darrell Hay to John J. Herrera - 1977-10-20]

Letter from H. Darrell Hay to John J. Herrera (including envelope) requesting Herrera's assistance in filing a suit against the attorney who represented Hay in his murder trial who had promised, after Hay was convicted to prison, to send Hay's possessions to his wife at the attorney's own expense. The attorney then did not forward the possessions on and was subsequently asking for compensation to do so, for which Hay could not pay.
Date: October 20, 1977
Creator: Hay, Herbert Darrell
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Otto Marx, Jr., October 23, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Otto Marx, Jr., October 23, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Otto Marx, Jr. explaining to Marx that there is no need for a personal interview with Judge Elkins, regarding a vacant office space, and assuring Marx that Kempner will phone the Judge to further discuss the matter, instead.
Date: October 23, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Walter Cooksey - 1977-10-17] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Walter Cooksey - 1977-10-17]

Letter from John J. Herrera to the Honorable Walter M. Cooksey, Justice of the Peace, to accompany the speeding ticket his daughter, Katherine Luz Herrera, had received, asking to be informed of the minimum fine for said ticket so that Herrera could send a payment for it.
Date: October 17, 1977
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Walter Cooksey to Katherine Luz Herrera - 1977-10-21] (open access)

[Letter from Walter Cooksey to Katherine Luz Herrera - 1977-10-21]

Letter reminding Katherine Herrera of the speeding ticket she received earlier in the month with instructions on settling her fine. A handwritten note adds a phone number under Walter M. Cooksey's name along with "pd 10/25/77."
Date: October 21, 1977
Creator: Cooksey, Walter M.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Execution] captions transcript

[News Clip: Execution]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 29, 1984, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Huntsville] captions transcript

[News Clip: Huntsville]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 5, 1983, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Inmate mom] captions transcript

[News Clip: Inmate mom]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 2, 1984, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Prison Strike] captions transcript

[News Clip: Prison Strike]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 7, 1978, 5:30 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Prison strike] captions transcript

[News Clip: Prison strike]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 6, 1978, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Prison violence] captions transcript

[News Clip: Prison violence]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 2, 1984, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Riding is Rough at Prison Rodeo] captions transcript

[News Clip: Riding is Rough at Prison Rodeo]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an annual rodeo for inmates at Huntsville Prison.
Date: October 14, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Texas Prison Rodeo Starts] captions transcript

[News Clip: Texas Prison Rodeo Starts]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 7, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mackin] (open access)

[News Script: Mackin]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth attorney Jack Mackin, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to seven years in prison.
Date: October 23, 1963
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Prison Rodeo] (open access)

[News Script: Prison Rodeo]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date: October 6, 1968
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Prison rodeo] (open access)

[News Script: Prison rodeo]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about prisoners in the Huntsville prison performing in a rodeo every weekend in the month of October.
Date: October 2, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Prison rodeo] (open access)

[News Script: Prison rodeo]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a prison rodeo in Huntsville.
Date: October 2, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Prison Rodeo] (open access)

[News Script: Prison Rodeo]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a prison rodeo in Huntsville.
Date: October 2, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Prison rodeo] (open access)

[News Script: Prison rodeo]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the inaugural performance in Huntville's prison rodeo.
Date: October 2, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library