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[Reserve Order A-26] (open access)

[Reserve Order A-26]

Reserve order designating several airmen to various duties, and announcing an examination of Paul A. Hill.
Date: December 7, 1963
Creator: United States. Air Force.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Joe Williamson, December 7, 1966 (open access)

Interview with Joe Williamson, December 7, 1966

Interview with Joe Williamson, a community activist from Abilene, Texas. The interview covers the different service clubs in Abilene and their contribution to the community.
Date: December 7, 1966
Creator: Winston, Dorothy & Williamson, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from L. R. Hare, December 17, 1918] (open access)

[Correspondence from L. R. Hare, December 17, 1918]

Indorsement correspondence from L. R. Hare to the local board of Taylor County discussing the induction of men into military service.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Hare, L. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Application for Leave for T. N. Carswell - December 3, 1943] (open access)

[Selective Service System Application for Leave for T. N. Carswell - December 3, 1943]

A Selective Service System application for leave for T. N. Carswell, Austin, Texas, dated December 3, 1943. The reverse side includes a blank form: Certicificate Required for Sick Leave.
Date: December 3, 1943
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Application for Leave for T. N. Carswell - December 28, 1944] (open access)

[Selective Service System Application for Leave for T. N. Carswell - December 28, 1944]

A Selective Service System Application for Leave for T. N. Carswell, Austin, Texas dated December 28, 1944. The reverse side includes a blank form titled "Certificate Required for Sick Leave."
Date: December 28, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - December 1, 1944] (open access)

[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - December 1, 1944]

An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, CAS, Travel Order No. 4, dated 1944, 12-1 through 12-17, Page 1. The reverse side includes a blank form. Page 2 is an itinerary, Travel Order No. 4 dated 1944, 12-18 through 12-31. The reverse side includes REMARKS by T. N. Carswell dated December 31, 1944.
Date: December 1, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate by Governor Allan Shivers commissioning T. N. Carswell as Chairman of the Taylor County Parole Board - December 18, 1950] (open access)

[Certificate by Governor Allan Shivers commissioning T. N. Carswell as Chairman of the Taylor County Parole Board - December 18, 1950]

A certificate issued by The State of Texas, dated December 18, 1950. T. N. Carswell is commissioned Chairman of the Taylor County Voluntary Parole Board by Allan Shivers, Governor of Texas.
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: Shivers, Allan
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Call to Texas Drys in State Senatorial District, No. 24 - December 12, 1940 (open access)

A Call to Texas Drys in State Senatorial District, No. 24 - December 12, 1940

A document titled "Call to Texas Drys in State Senatorial District No. 24. The document announces a meeting to be held in Abilene, Texas, Thursday December 12 [1940] at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church. "Purpose of the meeting: To canvas the liquor drug store situation in our dry territory, and plan for corrective measures through our representatives in the State's lawmaking body." Senatorial District No. 24 is composed of Mitchell, Scurry, Nolan, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Taylor, Callahan, Shackleford, Throckmorton, Stephens and Eastland Counties.
Date: December 12, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Notification of Personnel Action for T. N. Carswell - December 16, 1942] (open access)

[Selective Service System Notification of Personnel Action for T. N. Carswell - December 16, 1942]

A Notification of Personnel Action form for Thomas N. Carswell from the National Headquarters, Selective Service System, Washington, DC, dated December 16, 1942. The form pertains to the transfer of position from Clerk To Clerical Audit Supervisor. The form is signed by George A. Bonnet, Colonel, Field Artillery Chief. The reverse side includes instructions by the Selective Service System pertaining to new appointees, employees and War Service appointments.
Date: December 16, 1942
Creator: Bonnet, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note written by T. N. Carswell regarding Thelma Batson - February 8, 1954, December 1, 1970] (open access)

[Note written by T. N. Carswell regarding Thelma Batson - February 8, 1954, December 1, 1970]

A notation written by T. N. Carswell, dated December 1, 1970 advising that he does not now know to whom the message and flowers were sent noting it was possibly to Thelma Batson, Poplarville, Mississippi. The reverse side includes sentiment written by T. N. Carswell to be sent with flowers from Rister Flower Shop and dated February 8, 1954. "In the heart of a friend there is always understanding and a deepening anxiety to share freely of life's stresses pressing upon those we love. That is the message of these flowers, both in their fragrance and their beauty."
Date: December 1, 1970
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[List of recipients of Christmas gift packs from T. N. Carswell] (open access)

[List of recipients of Christmas gift packs from T. N. Carswell]

A list of recipients of Christmas Packs including the message, "Compliments and Good Wishes of T. N. Carswell": J. B. Dalton Family, A. J. Fradeck Family, C. W. Barnes Family, Elmer Griffith Family, Lewis Carter Family, Bertha Wigfall, Leonard Stevenson Family.
Date: December 1958
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY BY-LAWS -December 22, 1952] (open access)

[HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY BY-LAWS -December 22, 1952]

The by-laws from Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, Texas), dated December 22, 1952.
Date: December 22, 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Background Data on Parolee - December 12, 1953] (open access)

[Background Data on Parolee - December 12, 1953]

A handwritten report providing background data including events and dates regarding Subject No. 17095 including the notation advising that Governor Knight would consider a new application in October of 1955.
Date: December 12, 1953
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ideals Publishing Company to T. N. Carswell - December 10, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Ideals Publishing Company to T. N. Carswell - December 10, 1954]

A subscription order to Ideals Publishing Co., Milwaukee 1, WI. Subscription Plans dated Dec. 10, 1954. Gift order from T. N. Carswell to Miss Susan Myrl Stoker, Abilene, Texas. The reverse side includes subscription order to Ideals Publishing Co., Milwaukee 1, Wisconsin, from T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, postmarked Abilene, Texas, Dec. 8, 1954. Gift order from T. N. Carswell to Miss Martha Mr. "Chip" Carswell, Homerville, Georgia and to Miss Nona Blackley, Buffalo Gap, Texas.
Date: December 10, 1954
Creator: Ideals Publishing Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt by Big Spring State Hospital for payment from T. N. Carswell for the account of Byrdie Carswell] (open access)

[Receipt by Big Spring State Hospital for payment from T. N. Carswell for the account of Byrdie Carswell]

An official cash receipt from Big Spring State Hospital, Big Spring, Texas, dated December 20, 1961. In Payment of Board & Treatment of Byrdie Carswell. Received of T. N. Carswell.
Date: December 20, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from T. N. Carswell and Byrdie Carswell to Mrs. Worth H. Clark - December 18, 1940] (open access)

[Telegram from T. N. Carswell and Byrdie Carswell to Mrs. Worth H. Clark - December 18, 1940]

A Western Union telegram sent to Mrs. Worth H. Clark, Ocala, Florida, from Norwood & Virginia, dated December 18, 1940. Carswell expresses their grief regarding the death of Worth hoping that his brother Allen was already there. They would not be able to go but to phone or wire anything she needed and was praying that God bless, comfort and keep close to her.
Date: December 18, 1940
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood) ; Carswell, Byrdie
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement of payment from T. N. Carswell to Cornell University] (open access)

[Statement of payment from T. N. Carswell to Cornell University]

A statement of payment from Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas to Cornell University, Dr. Ithaca, N. Y., dated December 4, 1942. December 1, 1942 payment on account, $125.00 tuition & fees - Peggy A. Carswell.
Date: December 4, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Training Schedule for Rifle Companies - December 1941] (open access)

[Training Schedule for Rifle Companies - December 1941]

A training schedule for rifle companies for the period of December, 1941, Headquarters 10th Battalion, T.D.G. (Maj. T. N. Carswell, Commanding), Abilene, Texas. Prepared by 1st. Lieut. John H. Alvis, Acting S-3, 10th Bat.
Date: December 1941
Creator: Alvis, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[McMurry College Choral Club "Pickles" Program] (open access)

[McMurry College Choral Club "Pickles" Program]

Program for "Pickles," a musical comedy presented by the McMurry College Choral Club. Included is the cast of characters, short background for the story, and synopsis of scenes.
Date: December 6, 1926
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Taylor County Property Taxes, 1890] (open access)

[Receipt for Taylor County Property Taxes, 1890]

Receipt for taxes paid on property owned by Henry Sayles in Taylor County, Texas for the year 1890. The receipt includes the total value of the properties and an inventory of the taxes owed.
Date: December 30, 1890
Creator: Cunningham, Tom J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document Stating the Acreage of Two Lots] (open access)

[Document Stating the Acreage of Two Lots]

Document stating the acreage of the Alfred and Mary Fasshauer Subdivision Lots 5 and 6, excluding the right of way of the Abilene and Southern Railroad.
Date: December 15, 1928
Creator: Sayles, C. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Abilene City Taxes, 1890] (open access)

[Receipt for Abilene City Taxes, 1890]

Receipt for taxes paid to the City of Abilene on property owned by Henry Sayles for the year 1890. The receipt includes the list of properties and their assessed value and an itemized inventory of the taxes paid.
Date: December 30, 1890
Creator: Thompson, W. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Abilene City Taxes, 1892] (open access)

[Receipt for Abilene City Taxes, 1892]

Receipt for Ad Valoran and poll taxes paid to the City of Abilene by Henry Sayles for the year 1892. The receipt includes a list of Sayles' property and its assessed value and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: December 29, 1892
Creator: Thompson, W. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of Status of Reservist in Air Reserve Center Training (open access)

Certificate of Status of Reservist in Air Reserve Center Training

Certificate reporting the Air Reserve status of Paul A. Hill.
Date: December 19, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History