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Texas Blanco sheet

Topographic quadrangle map of Blanco, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing parts of Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Travis, and Hays Counties. The map indicates county lines, towns, roads, rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation. Relief shown by contours (interval 50 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:125,000 On verso: Explanation and history of topographic maps of the U.S. and standard symbols used.
Date: 1940
Creator: Gannett, Henry; Thompson, A. H.; Douglas, E. M. & Fitch, C. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Struve House Photograph #2]

Photograph of the Struve House, in Marble Falls, Texas.
Date: December 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stewart Pioneer Home Photograph #10]

Photograph of the Stewart Pioneer Home, in Bertram, Texas.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7265 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7265

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Title to Deed from Scottish American Mortgage Co. Ltd. to Board of Trustees of F&T Consolidated Common School District No. 18, Burnet County, Texas, and related question.
Date: June 20, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wendell Tarver Graduation Photograph]

Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver wearing a light-colored graduation cap and gown, standing on a lawn. He graduated from Burnet High School in Burnet, Texas during spring 1949. Neighborhood houses and trees are visible behind him.
Date: April 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Men in Pig Pen]

Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver (left) and an unidentified FFA (Future Farmers of America) member on a farm in Burnet, Texas. The two men are wearing casual clothing and hats and appear to be standing in the middle of a pen. There are several pigs and a wire fence visible in front of the men. Various structures including a house and shed as well as trees and fence posts are visible in the background.
Date: April 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Graduation Portrait of Wendell Lee Tarver]

Portrait of Wendell Lee Tarver, taken when he graduated from Burnet High School in Burnet, Texas. He is visible from the shoulders up and is wearing a dark-colored graduation robe and cap with a light-colored shirt and patterned tie.
Date: 1949
Creator: Eanes, Lucile
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Burnet, Texas Fourth Grade Class Photo]

Photograph of the 1941 fourth grade class in Burnet, Texas. The students are arranged in four rows outside of a brick building, seated in the front rows and standing in the back. Wendell Lee Tarver is in the front row, second from the right. Writing on the front of the photograph says "Fourth Grade, Burnet, Tex., 1941."
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Young Wendell Tarver]

Photograph of a young boy wearing a light-colored long-sleeved shirt and shorts, standing in a yard. Trees and a house are partially visible on the back. Handwritten on back: "Wendell Tarver, age 12."
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - July, 1943] (open access)

[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - July, 1943]

An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor for work in District 11 from July 1-29, 1943.
Date: July 30, 1943
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bertram 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: 1949
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tow 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: 1949
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
To Determine the Adequacy of Library Service in Burnet County (open access)

To Determine the Adequacy of Library Service in Burnet County

The purpose of this study is to determine the adequacy of the library service rendered to the people of Burnet County, Texas.
Date: 1948
Creator: Simpson, Fairy
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Marble Falls 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: 1949
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Blanco Sheet

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 1:125000
Date: 1940
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Georgetown Sheet

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 1:125000
Date: 1949
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Hood 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: 1947
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Burnet Sheet

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 1:125000
Date: 1949
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marble Falls Wool Scouring Equipment]

Photograph of large wool scouring equipment from Marble Falls. There are several men standing on and in front of the equipment. The picture was taken at the site of the Walker's Austex Chili Plant in downtown Austin.
Date: January 13, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from J. Watt Page to T. N. Carswell - July 1, 1942] (open access)

[Telegram from J. Watt Page to T. N. Carswell - July 1, 1942]

A Western Union telegram sent to Thomas N. Carswell c/o Burnet County Local Board No. 1 from J. Watt Page, State Director, Austin, Texas dated July 1, 1943. Page advises Carswell of a change in the "procurement authority number for transportation request".
Date: July 1, 1943
Creator: Page, J. Watt
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ouachita Facies in Central Texas (open access)

Ouachita Facies in Central Texas

Report on the Ouachita Facies, including map areas, geologic examinations, chemical compositions, subsurface, and findings.
Date: December 1948
Creator: Barnes, Virgil E. (Virgil Everett), 1903-1998
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History