[Journal of Gertrude Osterhout at Baylor Female College, 1880-1883] (open access)

[Journal of Gertrude Osterhout at Baylor Female College, 1880-1883]

Journal of Gertrude Osterhout, kept while she was at Baylor Female College. The journal starts with entries on her life in the boarding house at the college, spanning from the end of 1881 to April of 1881. Between these entries and the final page, Gertrude kept quotations from different materials, including many from "Lucile" by Owen Meredith. The final entry is at the start of the new year in 1883. The journal is bound and has an illustration of a pink flower on the front cover.
Date: October 20, 1880
Creator: Osterhout, Gertrude
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter of Standing for J. A. Middleton from Beech Grove Baptist Church, October 20, 1857] (open access)

[Letter of Standing for J. A. Middleton from Beech Grove Baptist Church, October 20, 1857]

Letter of standing for J. A. Middleton from Beech Grove Baptist Church. The letter stated that Middleton was a member in full standing of the church and was dismissed when joining another church of the same faith.
Date: October 20, 1857
Creator: Beech Grove Baptist Church
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History