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[Baptist Temple Bulletin: March 22, 1959] (open access)

[Baptist Temple Bulletin: March 22, 1959]

Church bulletin listing the order of worship for the 9:45 and 11:00 Sunday morning services at the Baptist Temple in Big Spring, as well as various notes about upcoming events, congregational news, and other information of relevance to church members.
Date: unknown
Creator: : b&w
System: The Portal to Texas History
M-D Cut-In Connection For Sewers (open access)

M-D Cut-In Connection For Sewers

Pamphlet for The Atlas Mineral Products Company's M-D cut-in connection for sewers, detailing its production and use. The pamphlet also includes illustrations of the cut-in and its installation.
Date: 19uu
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ten Reasons Why the El Paso Sunland Is a Desirable Industrial Locaion (open access)

Ten Reasons Why the El Paso Sunland Is a Desirable Industrial Locaion

Pamphlet summarizing reasons that businesses might want to build factories or other industrial facilities in El Paso, Texas. It also includes a series of photographs showing factories, processing plants, and other industries labeled as: petroleum products; smelting; copper refining; natural gas; clothing; cement; meat products; electric light and power; and food processing and distribution.
Date: unknown
Creator: [El Paso Chamber of Commerce (Tex.)]
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dial Finance Company Mail Loans Information Pamphlet] (open access)

[Dial Finance Company Mail Loans Information Pamphlet]

Pamphlet from Dial Finance Company advertising their loan by mail order service. Included is a blank loan application.
Date: 1961~/1962~
Creator: Dial Finance Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
If the Legislature enacts a Flexible Rate Law . . . Texans can save $34,000,00 per year on Auto Insruance Alone!  [Copy #1] (open access)

If the Legislature enacts a Flexible Rate Law . . . Texans can save $34,000,00 per year on Auto Insruance Alone! [Copy #1]

Pamphlet arguing for a "flexible rate law" rather than the uniform rate for auto insurance in Texas and suggesting that constitutents write their state legislatures in support of the bills already introduced in the Texas House and Senate. The inside of the pamphlet provides a table of projected savings per person by city.
Date: 1959~/1961~
Creator: National Association of Independent Insurers (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
If the Legislature enacts a Flexible Rate Law . . . Texans can save $34,000,00 per year on Auto Insruance Alone!  [Copy #2] (open access)

If the Legislature enacts a Flexible Rate Law . . . Texans can save $34,000,00 per year on Auto Insruance Alone! [Copy #2]

Pamphlet arguing for a "flexible rate law" rather than the uniform rate for auto insurance in Texas and suggesting that constitutents write their state legislatures in support of the bills already introduced in the Texas House and Senate. The inside of the pamphlet provides a table of projected savings per person by city.
Date: 1959~/1961~
Creator: National Association of Independent Insurers (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Bulletin, House Bill 13, March 25, 9157] (open access)

[Special Bulletin, House Bill 13, March 25, 9157]

Bulletin from Tom Blundell discussing House Bill 13 and the effects it will have on loans if passed.
Date: March 25, 1957
Creator: Bundell, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program for Taylor Brothers Memorial Dedication, April 9, 1956] (open access)

[Program for Taylor Brothers Memorial Dedication, April 9, 1956]

Program for Taylor Brothers Memorial Dedication listing aspects of the event and who would be doing them, as well as acknowledgements and thanks to various people, organizations, and companies.
Date: April 1956
Creator: United States Daughters of 1812 of Abilene, Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Abilene Community YMCA, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Abilene Community YMCA, 1956]

Letter from the Abilene Community YMCA inviting the recipient to their annual banquet with Howard E. Butt, Jr. as the guest speaker.
Date: 1956
Creator: Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcing the Appointment of Frank Bell as Manager of the Abilene Agency] (open access)

[Announcing the Appointment of Frank Bell as Manager of the Abilene Agency]

Pamphlet discussing Frank Bell's appointment as manager of the Abilene Agency within the American General Life Insurance Company.
Date: 1955
Creator: American General life Insurance Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[National Rifle Association Pamphlet, 1955~] (open access)

[National Rifle Association Pamphlet, 1955~]

Pamphlet from the National Rifle Association discussing firearm laws and legislation. Includes a mail-in application for a membership.
Date: 1955~
Creator: National Rifle Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. E. Fryer to Truett Latimer] (open access)

[Letter from J. E. Fryer to Truett Latimer]

Photocopy of a letter from J. E. Fryer to Truett Latimer discussing an offer for portraits and group photos of the 53rd legislature.
Date: Autumn 1953
Creator: Fryer, J. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hardin-Simmons University Building and Endowment Campaign (open access)

Hardin-Simmons University Building and Endowment Campaign

Brochure about how the appropriated funds from the Baptist General Convention of Texas, amounting to $500,000, will be used to create and make improvements to buildings on the Hardin-Simmons University campus. The brochure asks that readers mail monetary donations in order that the university be ready to construct new buildings and meet the needs of an increased enrollment total after the end of World War II.
Date: 1943?
Creator: Hardin-Simmons University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tegul-Mineralead Pamphlet (open access)

Tegul-Mineralead Pamphlet

Pamphlet for Tegul-Mineralead, including its production and use, with nine photographs demonstrating its uses. The pamphlet includes a table of quantities and a brief history of Mineralead's development.
Date: November 1938
Creator: The Atlas Mineral Products Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double Suction Centrifugal Pumps (open access)

Double Suction Centrifugal Pumps

Pamphlet providing information about the design, production, and use of the American Well Works double suction centrifugal pumps, including diagrams and models.
Date: 1938~
Creator: The American Well Works
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Atlas Mineral Products Co. Pamphlet (open access)

The Atlas Mineral Products Co. Pamphlet

Pamphlet with information about The Atlas Mineral Products Co. of Pennsylvania, their facilities, their staff, and their production process. There are photographs of the company president, treasurer, and secretary .on the back of the pamphlet.
Date: 1932~
Creator: The Atlas Mineral Products Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
M-D Cut-In Connection Pamphlet (open access)

M-D Cut-In Connection Pamphlet

Pamphlet for the Atlas Mineral Products Co. M-D Cut-In Connection, with illustrations and photographs of the connection piece, a written description, advantages to its use, a case study of its use in Washington, and directions for the piece's use.
Date: [1931-06-16..]
Creator: The Atlas Mineral Products Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
NEA Yearbook, 1925 (open access)

NEA Yearbook, 1925

Small booklet with the portraits and names of employees of the Newspaper Enterprise Association in 1925, as well as a brief history and description of the association. On the front, there is a colored art print of a train engine going past a lake, with a mountain in the background, above which a small propeller plane flies.
Date: 1925
Creator: Newspaper Enterprise Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: Commencement Exercises of Baylor University. Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and School of Nursing] (open access)

[Pamphlet: Commencement Exercises of Baylor University. Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and School of Nursing]

Program for a commencement ceremony at a First Baptist Church honoring graduates of Baylor University.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Sam Houston General Orders 53] (open access)

[Fort Sam Houston General Orders 53]

Document outlining orders from Headquarters Southern Department announcing the appointment of Captain Clay Gruesbeck as assistant to the Department Adjutant.
Date: November 15, 1918
Creator: United States. Army. Headquarters Southern Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Sam Houston General Orders 52] (open access)

[Fort Sam Houston General Orders 52]

Document outlining orders from Headquarters Southern Department regarding ongoing peace talks and the need to maintain preparedness and morale until an armistice actually comes.
Date: November 9, 1918
Creator: United States. Army. Headquarters Southern Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Sam Houston Bulletin 141] (open access)

[Fort Sam Houston Bulletin 141]

Bulletin reprinting communications from the Army Adjutant General's Office regarding applications for commissions from enlisted ordinance personnel, eligibility of enlisted men seeking commissions for limited service in machine gun and infantry units, and carry of the Dempsey Code Book.
Date: November 6, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Sam Houston General Orders 51] (open access)

[Fort Sam Houston General Orders 51]

Orders from Headquarters Southern Department appointing Major DeRosey C. Cabell Jr. as assistant to the Department Adjutant.
Date: October 31, 1918
Creator: United States. Army. Headquarters Southern Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. War Department General Orders 98] (open access)

[U.S. War Department General Orders 98]

Document outlining orders from the Secretary of War regarding accommodation at US Base Hospital Deming, NM, for soldiers en route to the US General Hospital at Fort Bayard, as well as volunteers to the Air Service, the establishment of three new kinds of engineering units, and changes to pay rates.
Date: October 30, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History