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[Congressional Record - Senate - January 14, 1977] (open access)

[Congressional Record - Senate - January 14, 1977]

Photocopied text of an excerpt from the Congressional Record containing Senator Barry Goldwater's introduction of bill S. 247 to provide veterans' benefits to the WASPs. Goldwater's remarks are followed by five articles on the WASPs, their service during WWII, and their efforts to obtain veterans' status.
Date: January 14, 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1303 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1303

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: Whether the salary increase authorized by Section 2, Article 3912g, V. C. S., is applicable to assistant district attorneys in Lubbock County appointed under Article 326k-12, V. C. S.
Date: October 8, 1951
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1065 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1065

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, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Lubbock Power and Light Company may contract with the Texas Tech Research Foundation if a Lubbock city councilman is chairman of the foundation board of directors (RQ-1676).
Date: June 28, 1989
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1558 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1558

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: Authority of the Texas State Parks Board to lease concessions in MacKenzie State Park to the City of Lubbock for a period of ninety-nine years.
Date: December 19, 1952
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-588 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-588

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 the office of county superintendent for Lubbock County was abolished by Article 2688c of Vernon's Civil Statutes.
Date: April 6, 1959
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-716 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-716

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: Authority of county to jointly erect with a city an itinerant Mexican labor camp building in Lubbock.
Date: November 8, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1350 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1350

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 the property described and owned by the City of Lubbock is exempt from ad valorem taxation under the stated facts.
Date: June 7, 1962
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program for the First Methodist Church of Lubbock's Service on June 19, 1932] (open access)

[Program for the First Methodist Church of Lubbock's Service on June 19, 1932]

Program for the services at the First Methodist Church of Lubbock on June 19, 1932. The first page has a photo of the building, the name of the pastor, and the church directory. Inside is a program for the morning and evening services that day, as well as several notices for churchgoers. The back has advertisements.
Date: June 19, 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from C. E. Hereford addressed to T. N. Carswell - September 16, 1942] (open access)

[Postcard from C. E. Hereford addressed to T. N. Carswell - September 16, 1942]

A postcard addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, postmarked Lubbock, Texas, September 16, 1942. The reverse side includes correspondence addressed to T. N. Carswell from C. E. Hereford, Pastor, First Baptist Church Lubbock, Texas dated September 16, 1942. Hereford requests that Carswell present his plans for a Field Day at their Lubbock Ministerial Association meeting.
Date: September 16, 1942
Creator: Hereford, C. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative About a Cowboy's Diary] (open access)

[Personal Narrative About a Cowboy's Diary]

Personal narrative describing finding a cowboy's diary and listing the entries within its pages. Handwriting at the top of each page reads, "Out of Rollie Burns Book Lubbock" and Rollie Burns Book Lubbock Tex".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative from Rollie Burns' Book of Lubbock, Texas] (open access)

[Personal Narrative from Rollie Burns' Book of Lubbock, Texas]

Personal narrative describing finding a cowboy's diary and listing the entries within its pages. The excerpt comes from a book on Lubbock by Rollie Burns.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008

Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, founder of James Avery Craftsman from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Avery discusses his childhood, education, service in World War II, and starting and developing his jewelry business. The interview includes photographs of Mr. Avery, on pages 35-41.
Date: August 14, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Avery, Homer James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Francis H. "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, May 28, 2008 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Francis H. "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, May 28, 2008

Interview with Frances Howland "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, a couple from Kerrville, Texas. The couple discusses their individual childhoods, life during the depression, and life in the Kerr County area. Mr. Swayze discusses his service in the Air Force and Mrs. Swayze discusses her teaching career.
Date: May 28, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Swayze, Francis H. & Swayze, Cora Nell Cunningham
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sibyl Bennett Sutherland, October 26, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sibyl Bennett Sutherland, October 26, 2000

Interview with Sibyl Bennett Sutherland, a teacher from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Sutherland talks about growing up in Center Point, her teaching career, and her father's book, "Kerr County Texas, 1856 to 1956." The interview includes excerpts from Sibyl's journal, documenting 43 years of her life.
Date: October 26, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Sutherland, Sibyl Bennett
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Article: Endowed Chair Honors Pathologist, draft] (open access)

[News Article: Endowed Chair Honors Pathologist, draft]

Draft of a short news article intended to accompany a photograph in a newspaper. The text describes a photo of Dr. Grover E. Murray, and Willard Paine expressing their gratitude to Dr. May Owen for establishing the endowed Chair in Pathology in the School of Medicine at Texas Tech University. The photo is not included.
Date: unknown
Creator: Tarpley, Dan
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Release: Special To The Fort Worth Star-Telegram] (open access)

[News Release: Special To The Fort Worth Star-Telegram]

News release from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center news and publication office about Dr. May Owen receiving an honorary degree from Texas Tech. The release also discusses Dr. Owen's background, career, and other achievements.
Date: June 21, 1985
Creator: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Purchase order] (open access)

[Purchase order]

A purchase order for Carl Compton's watercolor painting from the Texas Technological College in Lubbock.
Date: September 22, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Advertising invoice] (open access)

[Advertising invoice]

An invoice for Carl Compton from the Texas Technological College in Lubbock.
Date: April 2, 1941
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Flight Notes Mineral Wells to Brownwood] (open access)

[Flight Notes Mineral Wells to Brownwood]

Handwritten travel notes for flying between several Texas towns, with landmarks and distances between them.
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Appreciation for the National WASP World War II Museum] (open access)

[Certificate of Appreciation for the National WASP World War II Museum]

Certificate of Appreciation awarded to the National WASP World War II Museum from the 64th annual Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs convention and Educational Conference.
Date: September 17, 2015
Creator: Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4708 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4708

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: Is Lubbock County authorized to pay the hospital expenses incurred under the facts submitted?
Date: August 5, 1942
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Steve Wingo, February 25, 1993

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Steve Wingo from Weatherford, Texas concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Wingo worked at camps in Fort Worth, Texas (Company 1816) and Lubbock, Texas (Company 3820).
Date: February 25, 1993
Creator: O'Day, Buckley & Wingo, Steve
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jeffrey Gill, November 16, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jeffrey Gill, November 16, 2004

Interview with Jeffrey Gill, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who served as a staff sergeant from 1995-2002 in Korea and Saudi Arabia. Gill describes his time as a hazmat technician, as well as the most and least memorable moments of his military career.
Date: June 15, 2005
Creator: McBride, Angelo & Gill, Jeffrey
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 121, Extract 2] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 121, Extract 2]

Special orders extract listing several men from Sweetwater who were inducted as flight instructors and Air Corps mechanics that are to remain on inactive status. Rigdon Edwards Jr., known Women Airforce Service Pilots instructor, can be seen listed among the names.
Date: May 20, 1944
Creator: United States. Air Force.
System: The Portal to Texas History