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["$50 Reward" card] (open access)

["$50 Reward" card]

An illustrated card describing a $50 reward for a lost boy carrying "3 railway tunnels, an auger hole, and a monkey wrench" in a balloon. The illustration depicts the boy hanging from an umbrella, kicking off "the court house steeple."
Date: [1900..1925]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1894 Promotional Pamphlet for Webster, Texas] (open access)

[1894 Promotional Pamphlet for Webster, Texas]

A pamphlet promoting immigration to and investment in the community of Webster, Texas, advertising its economic, geographic, demographic, and environmental advantages and those of Texas in general.
Date: February 1, 1894
Creator: Slosson, W. B. & Wilson, Robert E. C.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement for the New American Readers Series] (open access)

[Advertisement for the New American Readers Series]

A set of mailers advertising the New American Readers series, which was adopted by Texas as an option for free supplementary reading in public schools. Envelope is included.
Date: September 1919
Creator: DeWitt, E. A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement for The Re-Creation of Brian Kent and Related Titles] (open access)

[Advertisement for The Re-Creation of Brian Kent and Related Titles]

A pamphlet advertising Harold Bell Wright's new book The Re-Creation of Brian Kent and other Wright titles.
Date: 1919
Creator: The Book Supply Copmany
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertising Note from McConnell Map Company] (open access)

[Advertising Note from McConnell Map Company]

A note from McConnell Map Co. offering to ship a set of maps.
Date: [1900..1925]
Creator: McConnell Map Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[American Wine, Liquor and Cigar Company Reopening Card] (open access)

[American Wine, Liquor and Cigar Company Reopening Card]

A business card announcing the opening of a new location for the American Wine, Liquor and Cigar Company in Omaha, Nebraska.
Date: [1900..1925]
Creator: American Wine, Liquor and Cigar Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Application for State Aid: Rural and Small Town School - Scholastic Year 1921-1922 (open access)

Application for State Aid: Rural and Small Town School - Scholastic Year 1921-1922

A blank application for state aid funding in Texas. The application includes detailed information about the school's employees, students, grounds, sanitation, library, and other relevant information. Envelope is included.
Date: September 1, 1921
Creator: Texas. State Board of Education.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Application for State Aid: Rural and Small Town Schools - Scholastic Year 1919-1920 (open access)

Application for State Aid: Rural and Small Town Schools - Scholastic Year 1919-1920

An application for state aid funding filled out by C. C. Cox for the Splendora school in Montgomery County, Texas, Common School District 15. The application includes detailed information about the school's employees, students, grounds, sanitation, library, and other relevant information.
Date: August 18, 1919
Creator: Texas. State Board of Education.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[L. B. Tindall Campaign Card] (open access)

[L. B. Tindall Campaign Card]

A campaign card for L. B. Tindall, Democratic candidate for Montgomery County Superintendent in the 1922 county election.
Date: July 1922
Creator: Tindall, L. B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ballots for County School Trustees (open access)

Ballots for County School Trustees

Sheets of ballots for county school trustee elections.
Date: 1910~
Creator: Clarke and Courts, MFG.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Banquet Stone China Tea Pot Coupon] (open access)

[Banquet Stone China Tea Pot Coupon]

A coupon for a teapot by McCormick and Company, including instructions for various means of redeeming the product.
Date: 1925
Creator: McCormick and Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill from Dumble, Armistead and Cronon to C. C. Cox, April 1st, 1895] (open access)

[Bill from Dumble, Armistead and Cronon to C. C. Cox, April 1st, 1895]

Bill for items sold to C. C. Cox by Dumble, Armistead & Cronon in Houston, Texas.
Date: April 1, 1895
Creator: Dumble, Armistead and Cronon
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Billing Statement from Joseph F. Meyer Company for C. C. Cox, May 31, 1917] (open access)

[Billing Statement from Joseph F. Meyer Company for C. C. Cox, May 31, 1917]

Monthly statement from Jos. F. Meyer Co. for C. C. Cox, showing a balance of $25.
Date: unknown
Creator: Joseph F. Meyer Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bond Note for C. C. Cox from First National Bank of Cleveland, Texas, November 6, 1919] (open access)

[Bond Note for C. C. Cox from First National Bank of Cleveland, Texas, November 6, 1919]

A bond note worth $229.20 issued to C. C. Cox by the First National Bank of Cleveland, Texas.
Date: November 6, 1919
Creator: First National Bank of Cleveland (Texas)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Book List] (open access)

[Book List]

A list of school books by subject.
Date: 1920~
Creator: Cox, Charles Claiborne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Book Order Invoice for C. C. Cox, February 5, 1920] (open access)

[Book Order Invoice for C. C. Cox, February 5, 1920]

An invoice for school books and notice slip from the Texas School Book Depository to C. C. Cox, who signed it. Envelope is included.
Date: February 5, 1920
Creator: Texas School-Book Depository
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Case contents list from the Sourthern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, January 15, 1920] (open access)

[Case contents list from the Sourthern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, January 15, 1920]

A case contents list from the Southern School-Book Depository listing books in a shipment to C. C. Cox.
Date: January 5, 1920
Creator: Southern School-Book Depository
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Case contents list from the Sourthern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, January 24, 1920] (open access)

[Case contents list from the Sourthern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, January 24, 1920]

A case contents list from the Southern School-Book Depository listing books in a shipment to C. C. Cox. The envelope is included.
Date: January 24, 1920
Creator: Southern School-Book Depository
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Trusteeship for C. C. Cox, September 12, 1895] (open access)

[Certificate of Trusteeship for C. C. Cox, September 12, 1895]

A "form P" document of Montgomery County, Texas, certifying C. C. Cox as school trustee for "the Cox community" (Cox's Switch, later changed to Splendora).
Date: September 12, 1895
Creator: Powell, B. H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: photo of J. M. Hall; Farmer Due to Lose His Edge on Prices] (open access)

[Clipping: photo of J. M. Hall; Farmer Due to Lose His Edge on Prices]

Newspaper clipping from the Houston Chronicle featuring a photo of J. M. Hall of New Waverly, Texas, and a separate piece on farming prices.
Date: October 30, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clippings: Splendora Oil Lease]

Several newspaper clippings from stories on oil exploration, wells, and leases in Montgomery County, Texas, near Splendora in the 1930s.
Date: 1934-01-24/19XX
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Collection
System: The Portal to Texas History
Commission to Managers of School Trustees Election (Blank) (open access)

Commission to Managers of School Trustees Election (Blank)

A blank slip for commissioning school board election managers in Texas.
Date: 1919~
Creator: Texas. State Board of Education.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract and Bond for Construction of Splendora School] (open access)

[Contract and Bond for Construction of Splendora School]

Contract between the trustees of Montgomery County School District 15 and Joel Gilmore, for Gilmore to construct a new school building in Splendora, and the related bond.
Date: June 27, 1914
Creator: Terry, J. T.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract for Sale of Land by C. F. Maynard to Montgomery County School District 15] (open access)

[Contract for Sale of Land by C. F. Maynard to Montgomery County School District 15]

A contract recording the sale of 2 and a half acres of land by C. F. Maynard to Montgomery County School District 15. An envelope is included with some arithmetic in C. C. Cox's handwriting on it.
Date: May 20, 1922
Creator: Maynard, C. F.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History