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[Anderson Scrapbook 2] (open access)

[Anderson Scrapbook 2]

Scrapbook of collected items including photographs, clippings, letters, and other documents from Lieutenant Richard A. Anderson's time in the Navy aboard the USS Skirmish.
Date: [1942..1945]
Creator: Anderson, Richard Alan
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Anderson Scrapbook 3] (open access)

[Anderson Scrapbook 3]

Scrapbook of collected items including photographs, clippings, letters, and other documents from Lieutenant Richard A. Anderson's time in the Navy aboard the USS Skirmish.
Date: [1942..1945]
Creator: Anderson, Richard Alan
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Application for War Ration Book No. 3 (open access)

Application for War Ration Book No. 3

Ration book application signed by Beatrice Clementine Blewett in Alexandria, Louisiana. The note on the bottom right corner says "This application must be mailed between June 1 and June 10, 1943. After June 10th, applications will not be accepted before August 1. Affix postage before mailing."
Date: June 10, 1943
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Backwoods to Border (open access)

Backwoods to Border

Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1943
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bancroft Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1949
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Baptistry Interpretation for Monroe, Louisiana] (open access)

[Baptistry Interpretation for Monroe, Louisiana]

Mimeographed essay plus envelope by Perry entitled "Interpretation of Baptistry Painting for the Church of Christ at Monroe, La." Handwritten notation specifies theme is "This Present Temporal Life and Eternal Life. Illustrated by the Jordan River." Symbols mentioned include Jordan River, sun beam cross, light, trees, bridegroom, clouds, leaves, rocks, stones. Name written on back of essay is Mrs. Addie Kimbrough.
Date: December 1949
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barksdale Field Welfare Association Membership Card, March 21, 1940] (open access)

[Barksdale Field Welfare Association Membership Card, March 21, 1940]

Membership card issued by Barksdale Field Welfare Association and signed by the Secretary and President of the association certifying that Clifford Baird has made a contribution to and is a member of the association.
Date: March 21, 1940
Creator: Barksdale Field Welfare Association
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bivens Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1947
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Blank Postal Card from the Navy Department, 1947]

Blank postal card with form from the Navy Department to indicate when to make a 14 day training cruise.
Date: 1947?
Creator: United States. Department of the Navy
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulletin of the Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society, Volumes 15 & 16, 1943-1945 (open access)

Bulletin of the Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society, Volumes 15 & 16, 1943-1945

Annual journal of the Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society documenting research and findings of members as well as activities of the organization.
Date: 1943
Creator: Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulletin of the Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society, Volumes 17 & 18, 1946-1947 (open access)

Bulletin of the Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society, Volumes 17 & 18, 1946-1947

Annual journal of the Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society documenting research and findings of members as well as activities of the organization.
Date: 1946
Creator: Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Business Card for Jack B. Manning of Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.] (open access)

[Business Card for Jack B. Manning of Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.]

Business card for Jack B. Manning from Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co. in multiple cities.
Date: 1949~
Creator: Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Caddo Lake Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1946
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carter Creek Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1947
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Fever Ticks and Methods of Eradication (open access)

Cattle-Fever Ticks and Methods of Eradication

Revised edition. This bulletin discusses the cattle-fever tick and methods for controlling it. Possible methods include dipping, pasture rotation, and arsenical dips. The life history of the tick is also discussed and instructions for constructing a concrete vat are given.
Date: 1940
Creator: Ellenberger, W. P. & Chapin, Robert M.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Death Thins Ranks of First A&M Graduating Class to 3] (open access)

[Clipping: Death Thins Ranks of First A&M Graduating Class to 3]

Newspaper clipping reporting on the shrinking number of Texas A&M's first graduating class, listing former senator William John Bryan among one of three surviving members.
Date: October 23, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Early East Texas Oil Developer Dies] (open access)

[Clipping: Early East Texas Oil Developer Dies]

Newspaper clipping reporting on the death of George W. Hardy.
Date: October 22, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "War In Europe Over! Germany Quits!"] (open access)

[Clipping: "War In Europe Over! Germany Quits!"]

Photocopy of a portion of The Shreveport Times front page and several articles for May 1945, including information about combat in Manila, the redeployment of 800 planes, the attack on Pearl Harbor, news of the end of World War II, and more are included.
Date: May 7, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Women in Uniform"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Women in Uniform"]

Magazine clipping of an article about certain WASPs in their service.
Date: October 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Comparison of Changes in the Offerings of Secondary Schools in Texas and Louisiana since 1920 (open access)

A Comparison of Changes in the Offerings of Secondary Schools in Texas and Louisiana since 1920

The purpose of this study is to make a comparison of the curriculum changes made in the secondary schools of Texas and Louisiana since 1920, and to determine if these changes conform to changes in accepted educational aims.
Date: 1947
Creator: Phillips, Orville L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Conductor of T&P Train #416 at Controls]

Photograph of Ed Robinson at the controls of T&P train #416. Written below the image are "[sic] T&P #416 Shreveport, La. 1942 Ed Robinson at Controls" and "[sic] Ed Robinson - (Bill Sandife Photo)."
Date: 1942
Creator: Sandife, Bill
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, May 5, 1945] (open access)

[Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, May 5, 1945]

Letter from William M. Nathan to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman discussing different structural choices for the Hillel Building, a brochure, and Hyman Ettlinger's upset with being left out of the publicity documents.
Date: May 5, 1945
Creator: Nathan, William M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cornelia Yerkes with Sea Plane]

Photograph of Cornelia Yerkes wearing her WASP uniform and standing in front of a Piper Cub seaplane. On the back is written "New Orleans, '45 Water Rateing[sic]."
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cotton Roots Development Comparison

Photograph of mounted cotton roots showing the effect of poor drainage, plow sole pan, hard pans, clay pans have a cotton root development. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mounted cotton roots showing the effect of poor drainage, plow sole pan, hard pans, clay pans have a cotton root development."
Date: December 9, 1949
Creator: Loftin, L. L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History