[Letter from Lt. Robert Thompson to Mickey McLernon, January 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Lt. Robert Thompson to Mickey McLernon, January 31, 1944]

Letter from Lieutenant Robert Thompson to Mickey McLernon discussing aviation, weather interfering with classes, and his eyesight. On the back of the envelope is a message that reads " Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country ".
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: Thompson, Robert A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0292B.0516]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Peggy Hodges, Liberal, Kansas, is here for the first time in the Times Bowling Classic."
Date: February 18, 1949
Creator: East, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1436.0205]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Remember, several years back the predicament of Yukon's Grady the cow? A 900-pound Hereford owned by H. F. Massoni of Liberal, Kan., found herself in a similar jam this week."
Date: February 11, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1138.0326]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "100 years of railroading are tied up in this handshake by two veteran gailroaders, picture together just before they boarded the "Gloden State" in Liberal, Kan., on their last run before retiring."
Date: 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1144.0898]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mike Poarch, 9, cast a wary eye at the clippers even though he is the fifth generation of his family for whom Jodie Sanders has cut hair."
Date: 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1040.0099]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Liberal, Kan., merchants who offered hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise, in addition to down payments on new cars, for the first New Year baby born in the Stork Derby, got double their money's worth this year when the winning mother Mrs. Richard E. Parker, above came forth with twins to draw a double amount of booty from each merchant."
Date: January 4, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0117.0184]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "KANSAS KEGLERS: A couple of Liberal Kan. bowlers get together before rolling in the 16th annual women's Times Classic Sunday."
Date: February 19, 1956
Creator: Gumm, John
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0503]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Refugees Mr. and Mrs. Helmet Wolff and 14-year-old son, Peter Hellwig, relax in new quarters in Liberal, Kansas."
Date: December 16, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0177]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bill Miller sadly surveys one of his dairy cattle dug out of a drift."
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0178]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "If suffering from summer heat is all in your head here's something cooler than air conditioning."
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0185]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "While the Panhandle lay paralyzed beneath 10-foot snow-drifts, a pair of kansas newsmen fought their way to scenes such as this to tell the story in words and pictures."
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0196]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "National guardsman on tractor check a car for possible victims near Liberal, Kan."
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0203]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Kansas avenues, Liberal's main street in the grip of the worst spring blizzard in many years."
Date: 1957
Creator: Cannon, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1389.0597]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "W.H. Walker in control at the throttle."
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0383.0541]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Congratulating each other on their new jobs as professional golfers are Bud Mosier, left, and Jack Martin."
Date: April 17, 1957
Creator: Peterson, Richard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0235.0026]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A quick trip to Liberal between preparations to receive Queen Elizabeth, brought Vicar Ronald Collins of Olney, England, here for the second time since the women of his English city and those of Liberal began running an annual International Pancake Race."
Date: October 13, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0320.0588]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Grain Elevator in Liberal, Ks."
Date: December 1, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0320.0584]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Light Grain & Milling Co., now has an even million-bushel grain storage elevator in Liberal, Kan."
Date: July 1, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0372.0020]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This model illustrates how the First Methodist church of Liberal will appear after a $250,000 addition."
Date: June 12, 1959
Creator: Tapscott, George
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0230.0730]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Coffey, who has been associated with the sheriff's office 23 years, was replaced by Lynn Urwin."
Date: January 27, 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0819]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Harry E. Chrisman autographs his book."
Date: September 15, 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1418.0161]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Maxine Wood and investigators Wendell Cowan, Jack Williams and Jack Wood review book."
Date: December 8, 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0372.0019]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sprawling helium plant will be flooded with visitors Tuesday."
Date: September 22, 1963
Creator: Garner, Frank
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0397.0260]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "On the move, office chairs and all, are Dr. James Miller, dean of men."
Date: 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History