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[Sample Jewish Marriage Certificate] (open access)

[Sample Jewish Marriage Certificate]

Sample marriage certificate (called a Ketubah) presented to couples married at the Congregation Ahavath Sholom in Fort Worth, Texas as of 1990. The certificate includes three panels. On the far left, text primarily in English describes the vows of marriage. In the center, the main text of the certificate is in Hebrew with blanks for specific information; the text is surrounded by illustrations of plants and crops. On the far right there are lines for names and signatures of participants and witnesses. This form was designed by the Rabbinical Assembly (an organization of American Conservative rabbis).
Date: 1990
Creator: Rabbinical Assembly
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Ahavath Sholom Minutes] (open access)

[Ahavath Sholom Minutes]

Handwritten list of the thirty one members of the Ahavath Sholom Congregation in 1895 in Fort Worth, Texas. The front of the document lists the members of the congregation, and the back of the document lists the officers. When the list was created, Ahavath Sholom was the only synagogue in Fort Worth.
Date: October 6, 1895
Creator: Levenson, Ben
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Yiddish Minutes] (open access)

[Yiddish Minutes]

Handwritten minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Congregation in Fort Worth, Texas. The minutes are written in Yiddish, the native tongue of the members. The minutes discuss a legal dispute with a "chazzan," or a prayer leader who sued the congregation.
Date: October 6, 1895
Creator: Levenson, Ben
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Yiddish Minutes] (open access)

[Yiddish Minutes]

Handwritten minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Congregation in Fort Worth, Texas. The minutes are written in Yiddish, the native tongue of the members. The document discusses the Sabbath morning services for the congregation.
Date: January 12, 1896
Creator: Levenson, Ben
System: The Portal to Texas History
[George Marshall's Sympathy Card] (open access)

[George Marshall's Sympathy Card]

A letter from General George C. Marshall, the United States Army Chief of Staff, expressing his condolences for the death of an unidentified soldier. The text reads: "General Marshall extends his deep sympathy in your bereavement. Your son fought valiantly in a supreme hour of his country's need. His memory will live in the grateful heart of our nation."
Date: 1945
Creator: Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1930 Ahavath Sholom Dues Statement] (open access)

[1930 Ahavath Sholom Dues Statement]

Bill for $125 in annual dues for the Ahavath Sholom Congregation, in Fort Worth, Texas. The dues statement is for congregation member, B. Max Mehl.
Date: October 28, 1930
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Congregation
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Short History of Cooke County Library] (open access)

[Short History of Cooke County Library]

Document of a brief history of Cooke County Library, including information and statistics beginning from the early 1900s. It discusses the need for a new library which would be built in 1963.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Registration Card for Cooke County Library] (open access)

[Registration Card for Cooke County Library]

Registration card for Avinelle Davis, a patron of Cooke County Library. The card features the patron's name, address, occupation, and reference (Nellie E. Davis). It is one of the first registration cards for the library.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[American Monthly Review of Reviews Receipt] (open access)

[American Monthly Review of Reviews Receipt]

Receipt for a transaction with The American Monthly Review of Reviews and Cooke County Library. The receipt includes the date and payment information. The back of the receipt features stamps and the addressee, Miss Lillian Gunter.
Date: unknown
Creator: American Monthly Review of Reviews
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Open House Invitation to New Cooke County Library] (open access)

[Open House Invitation to New Cooke County Library]

Invitation to the open house of the new Cooke County Library on 112 W. Main in Gainesville, Texas. The invitation features advertisements for General Electric air conditioning by H & H Sales and Ready-Mix Concrete.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Shipping Receipt from Wells Fargo and Company Express] (open access)

[Shipping Receipt from Wells Fargo and Company Express]

Shipping receipt from Wells Fargo and Company Express. The receipt includes shipping information along with terms and conditions.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wells Fargo and Company Express
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hebrew Institute Building Fund Committee] (open access)

[Hebrew Institute Building Fund Committee]

Letterhead stationary for the Hebrew Institute Building Fund Committee outlining all the donors for the institute and their monetary contributions. The building, designed by the architectural firm of Field and Clarkson, was constructed between April and August of 1914 in the 800 block of Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas at a cost of $14,668. The top left corner of the document shows an architectural drawing of the building.
Date: 1913~
Creator: Hebrew Institute. Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Ladies Cemetery Society Minutes] (open access)

[Ladies Cemetery Society Minutes]

Handwritten minutes for the Ladies Cemetery Society commenting on the death of Private Harold Gilbert, the son of the society's recording secretary, Rose Gilbert. The text notes: “The absence of the secretary ...who had the misfortune of losing her son, Harold, Dec. 25, 1944, in the European Theater of the war, made the meeting a sad one; each and every one of the members present were in tears.” On the second page of the minutes, the group’s long-time president Mrs. Becky Goldstein recalls how she and Mrs. Gilbert used to “go out to collect dues at 25 cents each. Mrs. Gilbert furnished the horse and buggy.”
Date: January 16, 1945
Creator: Mehl, Mrs. I. N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Freeman-Fram Marriage Certificate] (open access)

[Freeman-Fram Marriage Certificate]

Printed marriage certificate (called a "Ketubah" in Hebrew) for Nathan Freeman of Waco, Texas, and Etta Rebecca Fram of Dallas, Texas. The couple were married on January 19, 1913, by Rev. Abraham Fram, Etta's father and the cantor at Dallas' Sheareth Israel Congregation. The Hebrew quotation at the top of the document translates as: "The voice of joy; the voice of happiness; the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride." There is an illustration of a marriage ceremony at the top of the certificate in blue ink.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[National HBCU Week Proclamation] (open access)

[National HBCU Week Proclamation]

Copy of a proclamation issued by President William J. Clinton for National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week in the year 2000
Date: 2000
Creator: William J. Clinton
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate Presented to Artemisia Bowden] (open access)

[Certificate Presented to Artemisia Bowden]

Certificate appointing Miss Artemisia Bowden, first President and Dean of St. Philip's College, as Hidalgo de San Antonio de Bejar by the Commissioners Court of Bexar County Texas
Date: February 7, 1998
Creator: The Commissioners Court of Bexar County
System: The Portal to Texas History