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28th Annual Dallas County Exhibition - 1957 [Fact Sheet] (open access)

28th Annual Dallas County Exhibition - 1957 [Fact Sheet]

List of prizes, awards, and participants in the 28th Annual Dallas County Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, April 10–May 12, 1957, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
Date: 1957
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificates from U.S. Marine Corps] (open access)

[Certificates from U.S. Marine Corps]

Two documents placing Lee Harvey Oswald in the United States Marine Corps in the late 1950's. The first document promotes Oswald to Private First Class in 1959, while the second is a certificate of proficiency in Aircraft Control presented in 1957.
Date: {1957-06-18,1959-03-09}
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Checklist for the Chrysler Collection Exhibition of Dutch, Flemish, and German Painting, October 5–31, 1957] (open access)

[Checklist for the Chrysler Collection Exhibition of Dutch, Flemish, and German Painting, October 5–31, 1957]

List of artists and artworks in the exhibition, "Chrysler Collection Exhibition of Dutch, Flemish, and German Painting," October 5–31, 1957, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Note on page 1 reads: "most recent list"
Date: 1957
Creator: [Dallas Museum of Fine Arts]
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas City-County Criminal Investigation Laboratory Report] (open access)

[Dallas City-County Criminal Investigation Laboratory Report]

Typed laboratory report testing the vegetable material found as evidence in a case involving Juanita Dale Phillips, also known as Candy Barr.
Date: October 30, 1957
Creator: Parkland Memorial Hospital
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Young Collections Holiday Show [Fact Sheet] (open access)

Dallas Young Collections Holiday Show [Fact Sheet]

Fact sheet from the exhibition, "Young Collections," November 17–December 22, 1957, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
Date: 1957
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document of Completion by Lee Harvey Oswald of Air Training Command Course] (open access)

[Document of Completion by Lee Harvey Oswald of Air Training Command Course]

Poor quality photocopy of property found at the two residences of Lee Harvey Oswald. The document states that Lee Harvey Oswald completed a course of instruction of the Air Training Command.
Date: June 18, 1957
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paintings from Young Collections, Spring, 1957 (open access)

Paintings from Young Collections, Spring, 1957

Checklist of artists and artworks in the the exhibition, "Young Collections," March 30–April 21, 1957, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
Date: 1957
Creator: [Dallas Museum of Fine Arts]
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Fair of Texas Art Exhibition, 19th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture, 1957 [Fact Sheet] (open access)

The State Fair of Texas Art Exhibition, 19th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture, 1957 [Fact Sheet]

Fact sheet from the exhibition, "19th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition," October 5–November 17, 1957, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
Date: 1957
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-86 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-86

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether or not the monies collected by the Chief Probation Officer of Dallas County, Texas, for child support in divorce cases under orders of the District Court should be deposited with the County Treasurer upon receipt of the same.
Date: April 5, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-254 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-254

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Location of Juvenile Court in and for Dallas County, Texas, created by House Bill No. 940, Acts 55th Legislature, Regular Session, Chapter 511, at page 1490.
Date: September 5, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-283 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-283

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Can the employees of the Dallas City-County Department of Public Welfare be brought into the County's Retirement System?
Date: October 18, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-341 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-341

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether or not the County of Dallas Child Support Clearing Account Funds and the County of Dallas Juvenile Department, Child Support Division Holding Account Funds are secured under the bond of the County depository banks when deposited with said banks without first passing through the hands of the County Treasurer.
Date: December 31, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 1, 1957] (open access)

[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 1, 1957]

Minutes from the April 1957 meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, held in Dallas, Texas. Included is a list of members present, papers that were read and discussed, and other events during the meeting, as well as a secretary's report and resolution.
Date: April 1, 1957
Creator: Brindley, G. V., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History