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[Historic Marker Application: Weslaco High School] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Weslaco High School]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Weslaco High School, in Weslaco, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: November 24, 2008
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: M. & J. Nelson Building] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: M. & J. Nelson Building]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the M. & J. Nelson Building, in McAllen, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: October 2, 2007
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Testimony from W. B. Hinckly (open access)

Testimony from W. B. Hinckly

Testimony of a farmer concerning the opportunities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Date: [1912..1919]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Substitution Request from Henry S. Field to Hamilton K. Redway, December 20, 1864] (open access)

[Substitution Request from Henry S. Field to Hamilton K. Redway, December 20, 1864]

Correspondence from Henry S. Field to Captain Hamilton K. Redway on December 20, 1864 requesting assistance in the substitution of Private William Thompson's son, Abel Thompson, in his place. In this letter, Field states that Private Thompson is afflicted with an organic disease of the heart. Field strongly recommends the substitution of Private Thompson's son, Abel Thompson, who is seventeen years of age.
Date: December 20, 1864
Creator: Field, Henry S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0243 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0243

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Hidalgo County deputy district clerks are subject to the provisions of the Hidalgo County civil service plan, and if not, whether the Hidalgo County commissioners court may amend the civil service plan to include deputy district clerks (RQ-0196-GA)
Date: September 1, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolutions adopted by LULAC District #8 Convention, January 13, 1963] (open access)

[Resolutions adopted by LULAC District #8 Convention, January 13, 1963]

The document lists four resolutions adopted by LULAC District #8 Convention held in Richmond, Texas, on January 13, 1963.
Date: January 13, 1963
Creator: Garza, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for John J. Herrera from the Fairway Motor Hotel - February 15, 1963] (open access)

[Bill for John J. Herrera from the Fairway Motor Hotel - February 15, 1963]

Hotel bill for John J. Herrera is for a room at the Fairway Motor Hotel in McAllen, Texas, on February 15, 16, 17, 1963 and listing a balance of $21.75.
Date: February 15, 1963
Creator: Fairway Motor Hotel
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Houston and Texas LULAC councils resolution - 1964] (open access)

[Houston and Texas LULAC councils resolution - 1964]

Resolution to have the Houston and Texas LULAC Councils "go on record as voting and working and going to the 1963 LULAC National Convention as Fullerton, California instructed to have their delegates to boost Houston, Texas as the LULAC National Convention City for 1964."
Date: 1964
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Edited speech by John J. Herrera introducing Attorney General John L. Hilll - 1977-12-17] (open access)

[Edited speech by John J. Herrera introducing Attorney General John L. Hilll - 1977-12-17]

Edited speech by John J. Herrera delivered on December 17, 1977, on behalf of Honorable John L. Hill, candidate for governor of Texas. The speech serves to promote the candidate as well as introduce Hill as the keynote speaker and includes handwritten edits by Herrera.
Date: December 17, 1977
Creator: Herrera, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Speech introducing John Hill - 1977-12-17] (open access)

[Speech introducing John Hill - 1977-12-17]

Copy of a speech by John J. Herrera delivered on December 17, 1977, on behalf of Honorable John L. Hill, candidate for governor of Texas. The speech serves to promote the candidate as well as introduce Hill as the keynote speaker.
Date: December 17, 1977
Creator: Herrera, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolutions adopted by American GI Forum of Texas] (open access)

[Resolutions adopted by American GI Forum of Texas]

Document of the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors Meeting in Edinburg, Texas of the American GI Forum of Texas.
Date: December 9, 1951
Creator: American G.I. Forum
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO93-021 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO93-021

Letter opinion 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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Whether the Hidalgo county Bail Bond Board has the authority to raise or lower the bail bond to security ratio set by V.T.C.S article 2372p-3,section 6(g) (ID# 18845).
Date: March 12, 1993
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-418 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-418

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Hidalgo County can pay an attorney appointed by the court ti represent indigent defendants in misdemeanor cases.
Date: April 9, 1965
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-228 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-228

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the give-away program of certain merchants in Hidalgo County, Texas, under the facts stated, constitute a lottery.
Date: March 18, 1964
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1467 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1467

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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Legality of purchasing school busses and tires and tubes for the Pan American College, Edinburg, through the State Board of Control.
Date: June 20, 1952
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-68 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-68

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 gas referred to as "free" gas received by the City of McAllen is exempt from the occupation tax provided for by Article 7047b, V. C. S.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2998 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2998

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Salary of the County Treasurer of Hidalgo County.
Date: January 13, 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6685 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6685

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: Under the given facts, who is the owner of property sold for delinquent ad valorem taxes in a foreclosure sale, the State of Texas of Hidalgo County? And other related questions.
Date: 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6688 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6688

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: Traveling expense of the Deputy Sheriff of Hidalgo County.
Date: 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-138 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-138

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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Can Hidalgo County legally levy a general fund tax on property exempted by the provision of Section 1-a, Article VIII, Constitution of Texas.
Date: April 10, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-396 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-396

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: Questions concerning the eligibility of certain individuals to hold, at the same time, the office of a member of the Board of Regents for Pan American College at Edinburg and City Commissioner for the City of Mission.
Date: March 21, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - October 31, 1943] (open access)

[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - October 31, 1943]

An itinerary for T. N. Carswell, CAS for work in District 15-B performed from October 1-31, 1943.
Date: October 31, 1943
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000

Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, former pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Dickerson describes her early interest in airplanes and tells stories from her days with the WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), flying different types of aircraft to bases all over the United States. She includes the history of WASP, its formation, and dissolution. Her flying stories detail plane crashes and near-death experiences, including the sabotage of planes at the airport in Enid, OK by a German National. Mrs. Dickerson also talks about running a flying service in the Kerrville airport with her husband, Carl Meek, during the early days of aviation after WWII.
Date: February 27, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Dickerson, Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, March 28, 2013 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, March 28, 2013

Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, whose husband's ancestors were Texas Hill Country settlers, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Starkey discusses her husband's family history. She also talks about coming to Kerrville for a job with her family.
Date: March 28, 2013
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Starkey, Ethel Baker
System: The Portal to Texas History