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[Affidavit of Non-Development of A. W. Billingsley] (open access)

[Affidavit of Non-Development of A. W. Billingsley]

Affidavit of non-development sworn by A. W. Billingsley that land owned by Robert and B. C. Wilson and leased by Floyd C. Dodson, has not produced any oil or gas prior to 1940.
Date: August 9, 1940
Creator: Billingsley, A. W.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelo State University Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Angelo State University Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by Angelo State University to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Angelo State University
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Assignment of Oil and Gas Lease From Floyd C. Dodson to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company] (open access)

[Assignment of Oil and Gas Lease From Floyd C. Dodson to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company]

Document certifying the transfer of an oil and gas lease of E. P. and Myrtis Farrar's property in Concho County, Texas from Floyd C. Dodson to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.
Date: August 3, 1940
Creator: Dodson, Floyd C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (A.T.S.F.) Wooden Baggage Cart

Photograph of an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (A.T.S.F.) green wooden baggage cart. It's wheels and handles are rusty. It is located at the Railway Museum of San Angelo.
Date: August 2, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Fishing-Floats. (open access)

Attachment for Fishing-Floats.

Patent for a device to attach fishing floats to fishing lines.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Davis, Samuel William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Church Membership Certificate] (open access)

[Church Membership Certificate]

Certificate of membership to First Presbyterian Church in San Angelo, Texas for Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Brown.
Date: August 30, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: A futile ruling] (open access)

[Clipping: A futile ruling]

Photocopy of clipping from San Angelo Standard for August 30, 1985. "A futile ruling" describes the impracticality and unconstitutionality of Section 21.06 attempting to regulate private sexual relations of consenting adults.
Date: August 30, 1985
Creator: San Angelo Standard editors
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clutch Clamp. (open access)

Clutch Clamp.

Patent for a new and improved clutch-clamp. This design "is to provide a simple and effective device for lowering or hoisting the pipe or rods of pumps into bored wells or other places, such as mines or shafts, and without injury to the pipe or rod, such device being not only readily and easily handled in connecting it to or disconnecting it from the object to be raised or lowered, but capable of being manufactured at comparatively small cost" (lines 20-29).
Date: August 16, 1887
Creator: McCoy, John William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between E. P. and Myrtis Farrar, and Floyd C. Dodson] (open access)

[Contract Between E. P. and Myrtis Farrar, and Floyd C. Dodson]

Document certifying the changes to the agreement between E. P. Farrar, Myrtis Farrar, and Floyd C. Dodson regarding the oil and gas lease from the Farrars to Dodson. This document is unsigned.
Date: August 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between Frank M. and Willie Lou Millar and Floyd C. Dodson] (open access)

[Contract Between Frank M. and Willie Lou Millar and Floyd C. Dodson]

Document which amends the oil and gas lease from Frank M. Millar and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson. This document is unsigned.
Date: August 19, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between Frank M. and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson] (open access)

[Contract Between Frank M. and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson]

Document which amends the oil and gas lease from Frank M. Millar and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson. This document is unsigned.
Date: August 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Early Settlement of the Concho Country (open access)

Early Settlement of the Concho Country

Early general history up to 1900. "I have listened to the stories told about it by the old time cowboys, by the old settlers, and by some of the old Fort Concho soldiers themselves. As a result of this experience, I have wanted to go into its past more carefully and search for more facts regarding the region, its first inhabitants, and its early history in general."-- leaf iii.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Allen, S. T.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electrically-Operated Door. (open access)

Electrically-Operated Door.

Patent for am electrically-operated door. This device has mechanisms that are when stepped on automatically open and close the door.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Cain, Ira L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flooring or Ceiling Jack. (open access)

Flooring or Ceiling Jack.

Patent for a flooring or ceiling jack that is meant to "provide a device, whereby the laying of the flooring, and the fitting of siding and ceiling strips are greatly facilitated, and enables one carpenter to do the work that ordinarily requires two" (lines 14-18).
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Holiman, William Moses
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Concho, an Officer's Quarters

Photograph of an officer's quarters at Fort Concho. It is a stone building with a large front porch.
Date: August 2, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Concho, Cavalry Barracks 1 and 2

Photograph of cavalry barracks 1 and 2 at Fort Concho. A tall building with a red roof can be seen in the background near Texas and American flags, and a white truck is parked between the two barrack buildings.
Date: August 2, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Concho, long covered porch of Cavalry Barracks 1

Photograph of the long covered porch of Cavalry Barracks 1 at Fort Concho. The porch is made of wood, and the building to the left is made of stone.
Date: August 2, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Concho, long covered porch of Cavalry Barracks 1

Photograph of the long covered porch of Cavalry Barracks 1 at Fort Concho. The porch is made of wood, and the building of stone. There are benches up against the wall to the left. Other buildings can be seen beyond the porch.
Date: August 2, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

George Julien Bird Memorial Fountain, detail

Close-up view of flower and lily pads at the George Julien Bird Memorial Fountain, on the grounds of the Tom Green County Courthouse grounds.
Date: August 2, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

George Julien Bird Memorial Fountain, Tom Green County

Photograph of the George Julien Bird Memorial Fountain, on the Tom Green County Courthouse grounds.
Date: August 2, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack. (open access)

Jack.

Patent for a jack for lifting heavy loads on railroads, which has an automatic steady movement of the load up and down without adjusting the jack settings.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Blake, David Alexander & Blake, Charles William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 2, 1948, Second Letter] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 2, 1948, Second Letter]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner discussing Mr. James' gin burned out is and is getting returned within the 90 day guarantee period. Blackshear goes on to talk about the financial side of the cotton.
Date: August 2, 1948
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Floyd C. Dodson to Mr. Sayles, August 3, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from Floyd C. Dodson to Mr. Sayles, August 3, 1940]

Letter from Floyd C. Dodson to Mr. Sayles, discussing affidavits for purchasing tracts of land.
Date: August 3, 1940
Creator: Dodson, Floyd C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dr. Donald Day, August 24, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dr. Donald Day, August 24, 1945]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dr. Donald Day providing his permission for Boyce House to discuss a Southwest Review article about Harris Kempner and asking Day if he has seen the argument by Clark Fisher in San Angelo.
Date: August 24, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History