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AWVS Official Monthly Progress Report: Galveston Unit, January 1945 (open access)

AWVS Official Monthly Progress Report: Galveston Unit, January 1945

Monthly progress report filled out by the Galveston chapter of the the American Women's Voluntary Services discussing their news and activities.
Date: 1945-01~
Creator: American Women's Voluntary Services. Galveston Unit.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clinical Facilities, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1945 (open access)

Clinical Facilities, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1945

A description of available clinical facilities at the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas, a table of comparable facilities at other medical school hospitals, and a summary of patients treated and operating costs for 1944.
Date: 1945
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Broadway's Newest Success Story: Maureen Cannon] (open access)

[Clipping: Broadway's Newest Success Story: Maureen Cannon]

Clipping describing Maureen Cannon, actress of "Up in Central Park".
Date: 1945
Creator: O'Brian, Jack
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Committee Votes For Ballot on Med School] (open access)

[Clipping: Committee Votes For Ballot on Med School]

Clipping from The Austin American Capitol Bureau describing the advancement of the Mauritz Amendment, with an explanation on what it entails.
Date: 1945
Creator: The Austin American Capitol Bureau
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Contamination Renders UT Medical School Unfit, Sometimes Dangerous to Patients] (open access)

[Clipping: Contamination Renders UT Medical School Unfit, Sometimes Dangerous to Patients]

Clipping from the Austin American arguing that the semi-tropical climate of Galveston and the worn-out buildings used by the University of Texas Medical Branch make the branch dangerous to patients and unfit.
Date: 1945
Creator: Thompson, Fred D.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Engineer's Report Shows Bad Sanitation at Sealy Hospital] (open access)

[Clipping: Engineer's Report Shows Bad Sanitation at Sealy Hospital]

Clipping describing the report prepared by Frank M. Stead on John Sealy Hospital, including various aspects that are miserable and in disrepair within the Hospital.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'Haven't Even Seen Measles,' Says Galveston Senior Medic] (open access)

[Clipping: 'Haven't Even Seen Measles,' Says Galveston Senior Medic]

Clipping describing the case for a relocation of the University of Texas Medical Branch from Galveston to Austin.
Date: 1945
Creator: Thompson, Fred D.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Med School Becomes Center Caring for Only Galveston's Poor] (open access)

[Clipping: Med School Becomes Center Caring for Only Galveston's Poor]

Clipping describing the importance of the University of Texas Medical Branch to Galveston and the public's reaction to the proposed relocation.
Date: 1945
Creator: Thompson, Fred D.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Medical College Strides Amaze Mayo Clinician] (open access)

[Clipping: Medical College Strides Amaze Mayo Clinician]

Clipping describing the substantial amount of progress made by the University of Texas Medical Branch and the praise for that by Dr. Walter C. Alvarez.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Proposal Ill-Timed] (open access)

[Clipping: Proposal Ill-Timed]

Clipping describing a recent visit to the Medical Branch of the University of Texas in Galveston, and Lt. Gov Smith's proposal of a second state medical college.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Sanitary Engineer Reports Conditions at Sealy Disgrace] (open access)

[Clipping: Sanitary Engineer Reports Conditions at Sealy Disgrace]

Clipping from the Austin American describing the unsanitary conditions in buildings compromising the John Sealy hospital, without any future repairs being prepared for by the Board of Regents of UT.
Date: 1945
Creator: Thompson, Fred D.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Truth Our Best Defense] (open access)

[Clipping: Truth Our Best Defense]

Clipping from the Galveston News describing the recent passage of the Mauritz resolution, and the disapproval of the amendment due to its vague wording and the possibility of a statewide fight for a relocation of the University of Texas Medical Branch.
Date: 1945
Creator: The Galveston News
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Davison home before restoration]

A view of the Davison home before restoration began in the 1990's. The house has three stories with large porches off parts of the lower two stories, and a gabled tower on one corner. A small wooden building can be seen to the far left of the house. The house is in need of repainting. On top of the photograph on the front side is written in cursive writing :"Home of Florence Haver Davison & Frank B. Davison."
Date: [1945..1980]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Discharge Ceremony Pamphlet] (open access)

[Discharge Ceremony Pamphlet]

Pamphlet with program for a USS Texas (BB-35) discharge ceremony at Camp Wallace listing the order of ceremony events and providing information about the U.S.S.Houston Memorial Chapel.
Date: 1945~
Creator: United States. Navy.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of Letter from I. H. Kempner, 1945] (open access)

[Draft of Letter from I. H. Kempner, 1945]

Draft of letter from I. H. Kempner expressing opposition to Texas Senate Joint Resolution No. 12, which proposes changes impacting the University of Texas Medical Branch. He criticizes the resolution as untimely and harmful, potentially leading to unnecessary state expenses and undermining the medical school's autonomy.
Date: 1945~
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Financial Report: American Women's Voluntary Services Galveston, Texas Unit, 1945] (open access)

[Financial Report: American Women's Voluntary Services Galveston, Texas Unit, 1945]

Financial report for the Galveston, Texas Unit of the American Women's Voluntary Services for the period begun January 1, 1944, and ended January 31, 1945, listing itemized and total income and expenses and net gain.
Date: 1945-01/1945-02~
Creator: American Women's Voluntary Services
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Genoa 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 1:31680
Date: 1945
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hitchcock 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 1:31680
Date: 1945
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Eight and One-Half Percent Dividend of 58 Shares] (open access)

[Invoice for Eight and One-Half Percent Dividend of 58 Shares]

Invoice by International Creosoting & Construction Co., including eight and one-half percent dividend worth $493. Stamped paid on December 24th 1945.
Date: 1945
Creator: International Creosoting & Construction Co.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Kempner Scrapbook 1945-1948] (open access)

[Kempner Scrapbook 1945-1948]

Scrapbook documenting Kempner family starting with a newspaper article on "Galveston Orphan's Home Seeks Subscriptions From Citizens." It includes newspaper clippings, photographs, letterhead, resolutions, and other ephemera.
Date: 1945/1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kilgore Brothers in Uniform]

Photograph of two uniformed young men, Joseph and Charles Kilgore, standing outdoors with their grandfather Chester Knight and an unidentified elderly woman. Behind them is a partially visible house with a wooden fence.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lake Como 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 1:31680
Date: 1945
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, January 1, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, January 1, 1945]

Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to several friends discussing holiday events and recent correspondence.
Date: January 1, 1945
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to University of Texas Medical Branch, January 1, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to University of Texas Medical Branch, January 1, 1945]

Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to the U. of Texas Medical Branch discussing the Branch's aims for the new year and improvements over the previous decade.
Date: January 1, 1945
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History