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[1949 Inauguration Event Schedule]
Card with a schedule of events for the 1949 inauguration written on it. The events range from Saturday, January 18 to Thursday, January 23, and include dinners at the Mayflower Hotel and a buffet luncheon at the White House.
Date:
[1949-01-18..1949-01-23]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1949 Inauguration Ticket]
Ticket to the 1949 inauguration ceremonies. The ticket reads: "President's Platform. Inauguration Ceremonies. January Twentieth, 1949. Admit the Bearer to the Senate Wing of the Capitol and through the Rotunda Door to the President's Platform" and is signed "Carl Hayden, Chairman, Committee on Arrangements." The back of the invitation is signed "Joseph C. Duke, Sergeant at Arms, U. S. Senate."
Date:
January 20, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Autographed Photo of Champ Clark
Photograph of Champ Clark. Black and white photo. Autographed to Sam Rayburn by Champ Clark. Inscription on front of photo reads, "To Sam Rayburn, Your Friend, Champ Clark"
Date:
1850/1969
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Autographed Photo of Sam Rayburn
Photograph of Sam Rayburn. Sepia-toned toned photograph of Sam Rayburn from the chest up. He wears a dark suit, tie and white shirt. The photograph is autographed by Sam Rayburn. The words, "To my sister Meddie with my deepest affection--Sam Rayburn" are at the bottom of the photo. Meddie (Medibel Bartley) was one of Sam Rayburn's three sisters. She and her husband, S.E. Bartley lived in Sam Rayburn's home in Bonham beginning in the 1940s.
Date:
1882/1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Autographed Print of Atkins Jefferson (Jeff) McLemore
Black and White print of Atkins Jefferson (Jeff) McLemore. The image was produced by B.F. Johnson Inc. of Washington, D.C. The image was likely created during McLemore's time in the U.S. House of Representatives (1915-1919) as delegate at-large from Texas. The image is printed on cream-colored matboard/cardstock with the image circular shaped at the center. The head and shoulders image shows McLemore wearing a dark colored suit coat, white collared shirt and tie. A round pin is on his lapel. He has gray hair and a mustache. The image is autographed, "Sincerely yours, Jeff McLemore." The signature of the company that produced the image is written in pencil at lower right, "B.F. Johnson."
Date:
1900/1929
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Birthday Greeting Card]
Birthday greeting card with a red ribbon running through it. The card has a picture of an older woman surrounded with a wreath of flowers, and includes text: "Greetings from 'Mama Sue' on her ninetieth birthday, December 25, 1948."
Date:
December 1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, January 4, 1976
Daily newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 4, 1976
Creator:
Hoggatt, Terry & Cantrell, Robert M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, October 17, 1982
Daily newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 17, 1982
Creator:
Rainey, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, September 16, 1962
Daily newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 16, 1962
Creator:
McAlister, Aubrey & Cantrell, Robert M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1982
Daily newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1982
Creator:
Rainey, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 58, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 28, 1948
Daily newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 28, 1948
Creator:
Cantrell, R. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 44, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 8, 1957
Daily newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 8, 1957
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1961
Daily newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 12, 1961
Creator:
McAlister, Aubrey & Cantrell, Robert M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 75, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1961
Daily newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 16, 1961
Creator:
McAlister, Aubrey & Cantrell, Robert M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 76, Ed. 1 Friday, November 17, 1961
Daily newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 17, 1961
Creator:
McAlister, Aubrey & Cantrell, Robert M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 77, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 19, 1961
Daily newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 19, 1961
Creator:
McAlister, Aubrey & Cantrell, Robert M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 81, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1961
Daily newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 24, 1961
Creator:
McAlister, Aubrey & Cantrell, Robert M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 19, 1966
Daily newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 19, 1966
Creator:
McAlister, Aubrey & Cantrell, Robert M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 140, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 4, 1976
Daily newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 4, 1976
Creator:
Hoggatt, Terry & Cantrell, Robert M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Herald (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1948
Semi-weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 23, 1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham Herald (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1961
Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 23, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of Honorary Membership in the Young Democratic Club of Nueces County, Texas
Certificate given to Sam Rayburn by the Young Democratic Club of Nueces County, Texas. Mr. Rayburn was given an honorary membership in the club on November 19, 1949. The document is printed on standard size ivory paper. The text of the certificate reads: "CERTIFICATE OF HONORARY MEMBERSHIP IN THE YOUNG DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT SAM RAYBURN IS HELD IN SUCH HIGH ESTEEM BY THE MEMBER- SHIP OF THIS ORGANIZATION THAT IT HAS ELECTED TO CONFER UPON HIM THE FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF HONORARY MEMBERSHIP IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, THE AUTHORIZED OFFICER OF THIS ORGANIZATION HAS HERETO AFFIXED HIS OF- FICIAL SIGNATURE THIS 19th DAY OF NOVEMBER 1949. LESLIE CHAPMAN (?) (signature) PRESIDENT"
Date:
1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Christmas Postcard]
Christmas postcard of a wreath with a ribbon, and "A Merry Christmas" printed in the middle of the wreath. Below the text is a space for the sender to write his name, and "Will" is written in. Handwritten note on the back of the postcard seems unfinished and simply says, "How is your." Card is addressed to Lou Rayburn.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Closing Lines from the Novel, "Eben Holden"
Document with the closing lines from the book "Eben Holden" by Irving Bacheller, published in 1900. A handwritten note is at the bottom of the document with the words, "To Sam Rayburn, with deep affection--Gene Worley 10/17/49 Washington, D.C." Francis Eugene Worley was a democratic U.S. Representative from Texas who served in the House of Representatives from 1941 to 1950. Sam Rayburn "saw himself" in these closing lines from the book "Eben Holden." The text is black, printed on cream colored paper.
Date:
1941/1950
Creator:
Bacheller, Irving
Object Type:
Poem
System:
The Portal to Texas History