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[Letter from Preston Parker to Truett Latimer, April 10, 1957]
Letter from Preston Parker to Truett Latimer discussing House Bill 8, which would increase teachers' salaries. Parker, who is a teacher, asks Latimer to take a stand for a natural gas tax measure and to vote for the bill.
Date:
April 10, 1957
Creator:
Parker, Preston
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Photograph of Abilene, Texas (North 1st St. & US 83/84/277)
An aerial photograph of Abilene, Texas, looking northeast at the area around the intersection of North 1st Street and US 83/84/277. The photo was taken by Abilene photographer Lloyd Jones. Photographer's Note: Humble, Aerial Intersection, West Bypass
Date:
January 10, 1957
Creator:
Jones, Lloyd
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Photograph of Abilene, Texas (South 14th St. & Willis St.)
An aerial photograph of Abilene, Texas, looking southwest at the area around the intersection of South 14th Street and Willis Street. The photo was taken by Abilene photographer Lloyd Jones. Photographer's Note: Humble, Aerial Intersection, West Bypass
Date:
January 10, 1957
Creator:
Jones, Lloyd
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Photograph of Abilene, Texas (North 1st St. & US 83/84/277)
An aerial photograph of Abilene, Texas, looking East at the area around the intersection of North 1st Street and US 83/84/277. The photo was taken by Abilene photographer Lloyd Jones. Photographer's Note: Humble, Aerial Intersection, West Bypass
Date:
January 10, 1957
Creator:
Jones, Lloyd
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, May 10, 1957
Weekly student newspaper from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
May 10, 1957
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Photograph of Abilene, Texas (North 1st St. & US 83/84/277)
An aerial photograph of Abilene, Texas, looking West at the area around the intersection of North 1st Street and US 83/84/277. The photo was taken by Abilene photographer Lloyd Jones. Photographer's Note: Humble, Aerial Intersection, West Bypass
Date:
January 10, 1957
Creator:
Jones, Lloyd
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Photograph of Abilene, Texas (North 1st St. & US 83/84/277)
An aerial photograph of Abilene, Texas, looking northwest at the area around the intersection of North 1st Street and US 83/84/277. The photo was taken by Abilene photographer Lloyd Jones. Photographer's Note: Humble, Aerial Intersection, West Bypass
Date:
January 10, 1957
Creator:
Jones, Lloyd
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Jim Wilkes, January 10, 1957]
Letter from Truett Latimer to Jim Wilkes discussing an annual Y.M.C.A. banquet held at Abilene High School. Latimer writes that Olympic pole vault champion Reverend Bob Richards will be the speaker and he asks Wilkes to advertise the event on the KPAR-TV station.
Date:
January 10, 1957
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Fred Starbuck, January 10, 1957]
Letter from Truett Latimer to Fred Starbuck discussing support for the 7-point legislative programs of the Texas Safety Association.
Date:
January 10, 1957
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to the Texas State Directory, January 10, 1957]
Letter from Truett Latimer to the Texas State Directory discussing an enclosed picture for to be used in the directory and asking for its return.
Date:
January 10, 1957
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elwin L. Skiles to Truett Latimer, April 10, 1957]
Letter from Elwin L. Skiles to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer thanking him for his opposition to HB 777, a liquor law bill, and asking him to support HB 487.
Date:
April 10, 1957
Creator:
Skiles, Elwin L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Townsley, January 10, 1957]
Letter from Truett Latimer to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Townsley thanking them for sending Latimer a newspaper clipping concerning the redivision of County Commissioners Precincts. Latimer writes that the 55th session recently started and he will do everything he can pass the bill in question.
Date:
January 10, 1957
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lucie Whitehead to T. N. Carswell - May 10, 1957]
A letter written to Mr. Carswell from Lucie Whitehead, San Antonio, Texas, dated May 10, 1957. Whitehead requests help from Carswell, via his contacts, in obtaining passage home for her daughter, Mary Ann.
Date:
May 10, 1957
Creator:
Whitehead, Lucie K.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from B. G. Scott to Truett Latimer, April 10, 1957]
Letter from Mrs. B. G. Scott to Truett Latimer asking him to support Senate Bill 80 and House Bill 8 related to school funding.
Date:
April 10, 1957
Creator:
Scott, Mrs. B. G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from S. E. Pass to Truett Latimer, April 10, 1957]
Letter from S. E. Pass to Truett Latimer discussing House Bill 207 and Senate Bill 123 related to the insurance industry. Pass writes that he is forwarding a letter from Bill Harris, who opposes the bills, but notes that the Texas Association of Mutual Insurance supports them. Pass does not know whether he is for or against the bills and asks Latimer to look into them closely.
Date:
April 10, 1957
Creator:
Pass, Sid E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. D. Self to Truett Latimer, February 10, 1957]
Letter from Abilene policeman J. D. Self to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer discussing bills HB 36, HB 79, SB 125, and SB 50, and asking that relevant policies applied to civil servants also apply to firemen and police.
Date:
February 10, 1957
Creator:
Self, J. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Mrs. J. Glenn Tellant, April 10, 1957]
Letter from Truett Latimer to Mrs. J. Glenn Tellant discussing an appropriation for the training of mentally handicapped children. Latimer writes that the $50,000 sum was in the House Appropriation bill but not the Senate bill and he hopes that it will be included while the bill is in the Conference Committee.
Date:
April 10, 1957
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles B. Westover to Truett Latimer, January 10, 1957]
Letter from Charles B. Westover to Truett Latimer discussing an invitation to attend Price Daniel's inauguration. Westover thanks Latimer but writes that he and his wife are unable to attend as he is attending a conference out of state.
Date:
January 10, 1957
Creator:
Westover, Charles B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. B. Smith to Truett Latimer, April 10, 1957]
Letter from Miss A. B. Smith to Truett Latimer urging him to oppose House Bill 487, the bill that would prohibit the sale of liquor, beer, and wine in grocery stores.
Date:
April 10, 1957
Creator:
Smith, A. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Vera Slack, April 10, 1957]
Letter from Truett Latimer to Vera Slack discussing House Bill 8 concerning a raise in school teachers' salaries. Latimer writes that due to Join Rule 9A a single shot appropriation bill cannot be considered until the General Appropriations Bill has passed and now that it has passed both houses, they will give favorable consideration to H.B. 8.
Date:
April 10, 1957
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Clarence Pope, April 10, 1957]
Letter from Texas State Representative Truett Latimer to Clarence Pope discussing opposition to HB 777, a liquor bill.
Date:
April 10, 1957
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Jason M. Shelton, April 10, 1957]
Letter from Texas State Representative Truett Latimer to Jason M. Shelton discussing HB 777, a liquor law bill, and promising to do his best to "kill" it.
Date:
April 10, 1957
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. W. Wilson to Truett Latimer, January 10, 1957]
Letter from W. W. Wilson to Truett Latimer inviting him to the annual Southwestern Livestock Show and Championship Rodeo on behalf of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce. Frank Owen, Miss Maude Isaacks, Colonel J. E. Blaine, Malcolm McGregor, Richard C. White are copied on the letter.
Date:
January 10, 1957
Creator:
Wilson, W. W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Moody H. Galbreath to Truett Latimer, March 10, 1957]
Letter from Moody H. Galbreath to Truett Latimer discussing concerns regarding Texas House Bill #324.
Date:
March 10, 1957
Creator:
Galbreath, Moody H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History