Church Minute Book (open access)

Church Minute Book

Book containing minutes from deacons' and community meetings of a church. Topics include church politics, membership, staff recommendations, and financial issues.
Date: January 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Historical Association Eighty-First Annual Meeting, 1977 (open access)

Texas State Historical Association Eighty-First Annual Meeting, 1977

Program for the 81st annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association, held in Dallas, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference.
Date: March 1977
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Admissions Office]

Photograph of several college employees and students busy signing up for classes at Cedar Valley College.
Date: 1977
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1st NL President Don Newport]

Don Newport wearing dark rimmed glasses, light suit coat and dark tie. Don Newport was the first president of North Lake College in Irving, Texas.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[First Highland Baptist Church Minutes, 1968-1975] (open access)

[First Highland Baptist Church Minutes, 1968-1975]

Book containing minutes from deacons' and community meetings at Highland Baptist Church. Topics include church politics, membership, staff recommendations, and financial issues.
Date: September 1975
Creator: First Highland Baptist Church
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Richardson Medical Center, B. B. Owen Memorial Hospital, Richardson, Texas

White brick masonry multi-story, multi-level building. The tallest, center portion has a sign at the top, RICHARDSON MEDICAL CENTER B. B. OWEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. This center portion is flanked on both sides by the main portion of the building, which is shorter and has vertical columns of windows. In the front of the picture is the lowest portion of the building, with ground-level windows and one inset doorway. The doorway and windows are partially hidden by curving lines of low shrubs in the picture foreground. Portions of equipment, perhaps ventilation, are visible on roof areas. Additional information: Dallas Morning News, Dec. 18, 1975 "A 5-story hospital, scheduled for completion in August, 1977, will be built at 401 W. Campbell Rd. ... The building contract was given to J. A. Jones Construction Co." The hospital was dedicated Saturday, May 27, 1977. It was named in memory of Dallas businessman B. B. Owen. The hospital opened for business Tuesday, May 30, 1977. Bennie Bryan Owen was born on September 11, 1897, in Cisco, Eastland County. As a young man, he moved to Dallas County where he was principally involved with investments and investment loans. He was also involved in agriculture as he …
Date: 1975/1977
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[2nd RL President Ed Biggerstaff]

Black and white photograph of Ed Biggerstaff. Ed was the second president of Richland College. Light-colored suit coat and striped tie. Ed has moustache.
Date: 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Floyd Inn location, Richardson, Texas

Large open field. In the foreground is a grouping of seven trees, with some shrubs or saplings, all growing in grass/weeds. Only the center tree, the one closest to the foreground, is leafed. Behind is a large open space, with cultivated areas visible on the horizon. On the left of the horizon is a large building, with a taller domed portion, part of Restland Cemetery. The note on the back states that the tree was planted in 1856. The Floyd Inn served as a stop for the stage from Dallas to Denton.
Date: 1973~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1st RL President Deon Holt]

Black and white photograph of Deon Holt. Dr. Holt is wearing a dark suit jacket, light shirt and patterned tie. Deon Holt was the first president of Richland College.
Date: 1972
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 16] (open access)

[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 16]

Minutes for the Dallas Park and Recreation Board containing a record of the group's discussions, decisions, and other business.
Date: 1971/1973
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Park and Recreation Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of the JFK Memorial]

Postcard of an aerial view of the John F. Kennedy Memorial and surrounding roads and buildings in Dallas, Texas.
Date: 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History