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[Cadets Cleaning Barracks]

Group portrait of cadets dressed casually and posing with mops, brooms, and buckets inside the barracks. Handwritten on back: "Cleaning up for Fed Inspection."
Date: 1948~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Young Woman with Three Cows]

Photograph of a young woman wearing loose clothing and a headscarf, standing to the right of three cows, looking toward them and holding their leads. Two are dark-colored cows and the one in the middle is lighter colored. Text written at the bottom says, "How do you like _my_ colors? Nice, aren't they?" Handwritten note on the back: "1 - Wendell or Laura or Emily or me."
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1968] (open access)

[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1968]

Certificate renewing the registration for Wendell Tarver with the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for 1968-1969. It includes the address for Dr. Tarver: Tres Picos 79, Col. Polanco in Mexico (D.F.), Mexico
Date: 1968
Creator: Texas. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Certified Copy: Birth Certificate of Wendell Lee Tarver [#1] (open access)

Certified Copy: Birth Certificate of Wendell Lee Tarver [#1]

Certified copy of the birth certificate for Wendell Tarver who was born in Burnet on May 16, 1931.
Date: June 7, 1954
Creator: Burnet County (Tex.) Clerk.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Veterinary Certification for Wendell Tarver, #1] (open access)

[Texas Veterinary Certification for Wendell Tarver, #1]

Reproduction of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners certification for Wendell Lee Tarver, licensing him to practice veterinary medicine.
Date: 1954
Creator: Texas. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1965] (open access)

[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1965]

Certificate renewing the registration for Wendell Tarver with the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for 1965-1966. It includes the address for Dr. Tarver: Vallarta No. 1 Noveno Piso in Mexico (D.F.), Mexico.
Date: 1965
Creator: Texas. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. D. Weaver to W. L. Tarver, February 23, 1959 (open access)

[Letter from T. D. Weaver to W. L. Tarver, February 23, 1959

Letter from T. D. Weaver from the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners replying to Dr. Wendell Tarver about the renewal of his medical license and providing contact information for licensing agencies in Arizona and Nebraska, as they do not have reciprocal licensing agreements with Texas.
Date: February 23, 1959
Creator: Weaver, T. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. D. Weaver to W. L. Tarver, June 1954] (open access)

[Letter from T. D. Weaver to W. L. Tarver, June 1954]

Letter from T. D. Weaver, the Executive Secretary of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners written to Wendell Tarver to confirm that he passed the veterinary licensing exam (with a final score of 77) and will be receiving an official license to practice. It includes an envelope addressed to Dr. Tarver in Burnet and postmarked June 11, 1954.
Date: June 11, 1954
Creator: Weaver, T. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Graduation Program: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1954] (open access)

[Graduation Program: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1954]

Program for the 1954 commencement exercises at Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, listing the order of activities and the graduates by department.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1962] (open access)

[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1962]

Certificate renewing the registration for Wendell Tarver with the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for 1962-1963. It includes the address for Dr. Tarver: 1601 First Street in Kerrville, Texas.
Date: 1962
Creator: Texas. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir Program: 32nd Annual All Aggie Rodeo, October 23, 24, 1953 (open access)

Souvenir Program: 32nd Annual All Aggie Rodeo, October 23, 24, 1953

Pamphlet containing information about the 32nd "All Aggie" rodeo, including information about the various events and advertisements for sponsors and local businesses, with a list of prize donors on the back cover.
Date: unknown
Creator: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wendell Tarver Class Ring]

Class ring for 1952 with an image of an eagle holding a shield on the face and the school name written around it: "A&M College of Texas 1870." Other images are printed on the sides of the ring, including stars and rifles. Name inscribed on on the inner band: "W. L. Tarver."
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Young Wendell Tarver]

Photograph of a young boy wearing a light-colored long-sleeved shirt and shorts, standing in a yard. Trees and a house are partially visible on the back. Handwritten on back: "Wendell Tarver, age 12."
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of People Receiving Certificates]

Photograph of a group of people at an award ceremony. They are posed together in two lines outside of a brick building and are holding certificates. A man on the far left is shaking the hand of the last man in line as he hands over a certificate. The man second from the left in the front row is John Agrippa Tarver.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of John and Wendell Tarver]

Photograph of John Agrippa Tarver seated on the runner board of a partially-visible automobile, holding his infant son, Wendell Lee Tarver, on his lap. Text on back of photo: "John Tarver & Son, Wendell Lee."
Date: 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wendell and Walden Tarver in Pedal Cars]

Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver (right) and his younger brother, James Walden Tarver (left) seated on kiddie pedal cars. They are out-of-doors and there are bushes behind them. The back of the photo has a Fox Tone stamp.
Date: September 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wendell and Walden Tarver in Baby Carriage]

Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver (right) and his younger brother, James Walden Tarver, seated in a baby carriage with the hood down. The carriage is parked at the side of a house, next to a bush; trees are visible in the background. The back of the photo has a Fox Tone stamp and a handwritten note that says 'Wendell Tarver."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Susie Hickson Holding Wendell Tarver]

Photograph of Susie Hickson wearing a white nurse's uniform, holding an infant (Wendell Lee Tarver). They are outside in front of a tree; other trees and an automobile are visible in the background. There is a Fox Tone stamp on the back and a handwritten note that says, "Susie Hickson & Wendell Tarver."
Date: 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver]

Photograph of an infant, Wendell Lee Tarver, wearing light-colored clothing and propped up against a wall next to an open door. He has his hands raised to his mouth and is smiling. There is a Fox Tone stamp on the back and a handwritten note that says, "Wendell Lee Tarver."
Date: 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver]

Photograph of an infant, Wendell Lee Tarver, wearing a diaper and light-colored shoes, propped up against a wall next to an open door. He is reaching out to grab his left food. There is a Fox Tone stamp on the back.
Date: 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Parade of A&M Cadets]

Photograph of a wide open field with groups of people standing in lines visible at distance. Handwriting on the back says, "Cadet Corps at Parade."
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gene Jeckel Outside Briggs Hall]

Photograph of Gene Jeckel, visible from the waist up, wearing a light-colored long-sleeved button-up shirt and eyeglasses, standing outside an entrance on the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Behind him, one of the double-doors (left) of the entrance is open, and a plaque at the left side of the entrance says "R. W. Briggs Hall." Handwritten text on the back says, "Gene Jeckel going to work."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cadets Passing for Review]

Photograph of a line of A&M cadets walking across an open field in front of a large number of other cadets standing in formation behind them. One young man in uniform is crouched on the ground in front of the line. Handwritten note on back: "Gail Brendrett 'B' QMC Passing in Review."
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas A&M Honor Guard]

Close-up photograph of Texas A&M Corps members in dress uniform parading with rifles, in formation. Handwritten text on back: "Gen. 'Ike' & Honor Guard."
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History