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[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973] (open access)

[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973]

Text of Jacqueline Cochran's typed daily schedule from December 21, 1969, to December 15, 1973, including golf tournaments, doctor appointments, hair appointments, Arthritis Foundation committee meetings, dinner meetings, budget meetings, and board meetings. Entries include day of week, time, and location. They also include personal handwritten notes on some entries.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
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
[Certificate by Governor Beauford H. Jester commissioning T. N. Carswell as Chairman of the Taylor County Parole Board - January 18, 1949] (open access)

[Certificate by Governor Beauford H. Jester commissioning T. N. Carswell as Chairman of the Taylor County Parole Board - January 18, 1949]

A certificate issued by The State of Texas. Mr. T. N. Carswell is commissioned Chairman of the Taylor County Voluntary Parole Board by Beauford H. Jester, Governor of Texas, Paul H. Brown, Secretary of State dated January 18, 1949.
Date: January 18, 1949
Creator: Jester, Beauford H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Louis Scott Wilkerson to T. N. Carswell - August 4, 1950] (open access)

[Telegram from Louis Scott Wilkerson to T. N. Carswell - August 4, 1950]

A Western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Taylor County Parole Board, Abilene, Texas from Louis Scott Wilkerson, Assistant Secretary of State, Austin, Texas dated 1950 AUG 4 4 20 PM. Wilkerson advises Carswell, with regret, that the Barber Board in Austin is going to prosecute.
Date: August 4, 1950
Creator: Wilkerson, Louis Scott
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
[Telegram from James P. Stinson and T. N. Carswell to Senator John Lee Smith - January 28, 1941] (open access)

[Telegram from James P. Stinson and T. N. Carswell to Senator John Lee Smith - January 28, 1941]

A Western Union Telegram sent to Hon. John Lee Smith, Austin, Texas from James P. Stinson, County Democratic Chairman, and T. N. Carswell, County & District Chairman of the United Dries, dated January 28, 1941. The telegram requests that Smith support the confirmation of Dr. W. D. Bradfield.
Date: January 28, 1941
Creator: Stinson, James P. & Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from T. N. Carswell to Senator John Lee Smith - May 2, 1941] (open access)

[Telegram from T. N. Carswell to Senator John Lee Smith - May 2, 1941]

A Western Union Telegram sent to Honorable John Lee Smith, Austin, Texas from T. N. Carswell, Chairman 24th District Drys, Abilene, Texas, dated May 2, 1941. Carswell requests that Smith support the confirmation of Jeff Davis to the Board.
Date: May 2, 1941
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from T. N. Carswell to Representative Pat Bullock - April 24, 1941] (open access)

[Telegram from T. N. Carswell to Representative Pat Bullock - April 24, 1941]

A Western Union telegram sent to Hon. Pat Bullock, House of Representatives, Austin, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, Chairman 24th District Drys, Abilene, Texas, dated April 24, 1941. Carswell requests that Bullock's committee eliminate all Senate amendments to House Bill 373 and send it through as originally passed.
Date: April 24, 1941
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
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
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - September 30, 1943] (open access)

[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - September 30, 1943]

An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor for work in District 18-A, dated September 30, 1943, for work performed from September 1-30, 1943.
Date: September 30, 1943
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - June 5-23, 1943] (open access)

[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - June 5-23, 1943]

An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor for Special work between June 5-23, 1943.
Date: June 4, 1943
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - July 31, 1943] (open access)

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

An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor, Travel Order No. 181, To Home Station, dated July 31, 1943. There are handwritten notes regarding tax, not paid, voucher number and an advisement, "just left off Capt. Simpson."
Date: July 31, 1943
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Major L. M. Fellbaum to T. N. Carswell - September 10, 1943] (open access)

[Memorandum from Major L. M. Fellbaum to T. N. Carswell - September 10, 1943]

A memorandum from L. M. Fellbaum, Major, Q. M. C., Policy Supervisor to Mr. T. N. Carswell dated September 10, 1943. Fellbaum instructs Carswell to instruct and assist Taylor County Local Boards Nos. 1 and 2 in Abilene, Texas at the termination of his annual leave then return to Austin on October 1, 1943. A handwritten notation by Carswell advises of a phone call on September 27, 1943 changing the return date to Austin to September 29, 1943.
Date: September 10, 1943
Creator: Fellbaum, L. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Board of Pardons & Paroles, Texas to T. N. Carswell - March 16, 1955] (open access)

[Telegram from Board of Pardons & Paroles, Texas to T. N. Carswell - March 16, 1955]

A Western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Taylor County Parole Board, Abilene, Texas, from the Board of Pardons & Paroles, Austin, Texas, dated 1955 MAR 16 425PM. The Board grants permission for Subject 40-7940 to go to California.
Date: March 16, 1955
Creator: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Parolee transfer form from Ruby Blackburn addressed to T. N. Carswell - August 19, 1957] (open access)

[Parolee transfer form from Ruby Blackburn addressed to T. N. Carswell - August 19, 1957]

A report from Ruby Blackburn, Administrative Assistant of the Voluntary County Parole Board System in Austin, Texas, dated August 19, 1957, and addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Taylor County Parole Board, Abilene, Texas. The form gives notice of the granting of the petition for the transfer of subject from Taylor County to El Paso County, and naming the subject's prospective employer as Davis, Foster and Thorps, Architects, and the parole officer as P. W. Williams.
Date: August 19, 1957
Creator: Blackburn, Ruby
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Overtime - Selective Service System Application for Leave for T. N. Carswell - August 4, 1944] (open access)

[Overtime - Selective Service System Application for Leave for T. N. Carswell - August 4, 1944]

An Overtime Selection Service System Application for Leave for T. N. Carswell, Austin, Texas dated August 4, 1944. The reverse side includes a blank form: Certificate Required for Sick Leave.
Date: August 4, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Application for Leave for T. N. Carswell - August 13, 1944] (open access)

[Selective Service System Application for Leave for T. N. Carswell - August 13, 1944]

A Selective Service Application for Leave for T. N. Carswell, Austin, Texas, dated August 13, 1944 - Cancelled. The reverse side includes a blank form: Certificate Required for Sick Leave.
Date: August 13, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Defense Guard General Orders No. 18 from Brigadier General J. Watt Page and Lieutenant Colonel Neill H. Banister by order of the Governor - June 9, 1942] (open access)

[Texas Defense Guard General Orders No. 18 from Brigadier General J. Watt Page and Lieutenant Colonel Neill H. Banister by order of the Governor - June 9, 1942]

A document stating a general order abolishing the Officer's Inactive List for the Texas Defense Guard. Sent from the State of Texas, Adjutant General's Department, Austin, Texas, effective June 30, 1942. By order of the governor, J. Watt Page, Brigadier General, The Adjutant General and Neill H. Banister, Lieut. Col., A.G.D., Asst. to the Adjutant General, dated June 9, 1942 to T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas.
Date: June 9, 1942
Creator: Page, J. Watt & Banister, Neill H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[R. T. Redies Police Business Card] (open access)

[R. T. Redies Police Business Card]

Business card for R. T. Redies advertising he is up for election for Abilene Chief of Police. The back of the card has an address written for Frank Caldwell, a book collector in Austin, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Redies, R. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett Salter, February 14, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett Salter, February 14, 2001

Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett Salter, a retiree who has lived in Kerrville, Texas intermittently over the years. Mrs. Salter discusses visiting her grandparents in Kerrville, meeting her first husband, Julian "Joe" Garrett, a Canadian immigrant, her involvement with planes, her substitute teaching career, and her work with the Audubon Society.
Date: February 14, 2001
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Salter, Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Certificates of Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company for Mrs. S. J. McAlpine] (open access)

[Receipt for Certificates of Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company for Mrs. S. J. McAlpine]

Receipt for certificates of taxes paid to the Comptroller's Office by H. M. Trueheart for S. J. McAlpine ordered by Sayles & Sayles from the Comptroller's Office.
Date: February 6, 1930
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition in Support of Texas HB 216] (open access)

[Petition in Support of Texas HB 216]

Petition with a brief statement asking representative Latimer to support HB 216 in order to give teachers a $600 pay increase. Below, there are 12 signatures with both addresses and occupations listed for all but two.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition in Support of Texas HB 216] (open access)

[Petition in Support of Texas HB 216]

Petition with a brief statement listing three major reasons for representative Latimer to support House Bill 216 and a raise in teacher salaries to help strengthen the education system. The statement calls for this provision without increasing the ad valorem tax. Below, there are 4 signatures with addresses listed for 3 of them.
Date: March 25, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History