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[Letter to Selective Service Texas State Headquarters - March 22, 1944] (open access)

[Letter to Selective Service Texas State Headquarters - March 22, 1944]

A letter dated March 22, 1944 and addressed to the Selective Service Texas State Headquarters registering a complaint regarding the Clerk of Sierra Blanca Draft Board No. 1 accusing the clerk of telling the community that he and other registrants have a venereal disease.
Date: March 22, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Don Watson] (open access)

[Letter to Don Watson]

Letter from Raymond Canala Jr, the President of the Sierra Blanca Chamber of Commerce, to Mr. Don Watson regarding the book being written by Mr. Watson. Most of the letter is praise, accompanied with a suggestion to seek out a Mr. Paul Frames, a retired railroader, for more information. Along with the letter, there are a page with historical and geographical information about Hudspeth County, two photos of a Texas Historical marker about the Second Transcontinental Railroad, and a page with a transcription of the historical marker.
Date: [1976-08..]
Creator: Caraba, Raymond, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rupert N. Richardson to T. N. Carswell - April 16, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Rupert N. Richardson to T. N. Carswell - April 16, 1944]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Sierra Blanca, Texas from Rupert N. Richardson, Acting President, Hardin-Simmons University dated April 16, 1944. Humorous letter regarding Richardson looking after the "house and goods" while Carswell is away, of having taken care of the car casings and battery and of their trouble in starting Carswell's car. Richardson advises of their church having started a campaign to raise $35,000 for H.S.U.
Date: April 16, 1944
Creator: Richardson, Rupert N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sierra Blanca Post-Office (open access)

Sierra Blanca Post-Office

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name with the names G. H. Hutchins, Postmaster; F. M. Horn, Deputy.
Date: 189X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History