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[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Walker Wheeler, May 26, 1863] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Walker Wheeler, May 26, 1863]

Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Walker Wheeler regarding Civil War news. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers.
Date: May 26, 1863
Creator: Wheeler, Walker
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, May 6, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, May 6, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout. Paul wrote his father to inform him that Paul had been selected to write and present a speech for school. In addition to this, he told his father about the state of his personal finances and other small events that happened in the city.
Date: May 6, 1881
Creator: Osterhout, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter of Standing for Charles Kavanaugh from Providence Church, May 12, 1860] (open access)

[Letter of Standing for Charles Kavanaugh from Providence Church, May 12, 1860]

Letter of standing for Charles Kavanaugh from Providence Church. The letter stated that Charles was a member in full standing of the church and was dismissed when joining another church of the same faith.
Date: May 12, 1860
Creator: Providence Church
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Ora and Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 11, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Ora and Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 11, 1881]

Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Ora and Junia Roberts Osterhout. She wrote to update her sisters about her life at school. Gertrude talked briefly about some of the lessons she has, a wedding she attended, and the bad table manners of the other girls in her boarding house. She spoke of shoes she had purchased and girls that reminded her of her sisters.
Date: May 11, 1881
Creator: Osterhout, Gertrude
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 16, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 16, 1881]

Photocopy of a letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout. She wrote to her mother to update her on her life at school. She spoke of how excited she was to go home, a trip to a nearby town she made with the boys, and a list of items she needed her mother to send.
Date: May 16, 1881
Creator: Osterhout, Gertrude
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 29, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 29, 1881]

Photocopy of a letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout. She wrote home to update her mother on her life at school. Gertrude detailed to her mother some of the end-of-session events that would be happening for commencement and final examinations. She wrote of some girls who had fallen sick and a contest she had entered to win a poetry book.
Date: May 29, 1881
Creator: Osterhout, Gertrude
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 29, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 29, 1881]

Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to her mother, Junia Roberts Osterhout. She wrote home to update her mother on her life at school. Gertrude detailed to her mother some of the end-of-session events that would be happening for commencement and final examinations. She wrote of some girls who had fallen sick and a contest she had entered to win a poetry book.
Date: May 29, 1881
Creator: Osterhout, Gertrude
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 16, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 16, 1881]

Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to her mother, Junia Roberts Osterhout. She wrote to her mother to update her on her life at school. She spoke of how excited she was to go home, a trip to a nearby town she made with the boys, and a list of items she needed her mother to send.
Date: May 16, 1881
Creator: Osterhout, Gertrude
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, May 12, 1880] (open access)

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, May 12, 1880]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to his father, John Patterson Osterhout, discussing his time at school at Baylor College. Paul wrote that he and the other boys were writing speeches for an upcoming commencement ceremony and told his father that he would try to send a copy of his speech for John to look over. He let his father know he had received a package and along with other bits of news from around the school.
Date: May 12, 1880
Creator: Osterhout, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, May 22, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, May 22, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to his father, John Patterson Osterhout, about upcoming events while he was at Baylor College. He wrote about how the boys would be giving speeches at commencement and he planned to praise one of the professors in his speech to increase his chances of winning a medal. Paul requested that his father send him money for new shoes to wear for his speech and listed out his upcoming expenses.
Date: May 22, 1881
Creator: Osterhout, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 27, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 27, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to his parents, John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout. He thanked his family for a recent letter he received from home. Paul described parts of a composition he prepared to give at a commencement ceremony and sent his father a copy of the speech. He mentioned some activities that were going on at the school, including a baseball game and a concert, and insisted that his father or mother try to visit. Included is an envelope addressed to "J. P. Osterhout."
Date: May 27, 1881
Creator: Osterhout, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dora to Lizzie Johnson, dated May 12, 1863] (open access)

[Letter from Dora to Lizzie Johnson, dated May 12, 1863]

Letter from Dora to Lizzie Johnson. Dora inquires as to why she has not heard from Lizzie, questions Lizzie's loyalties to the Union or the Confederacy since Lizzie lives in Austin. Dora also states that she knows both her and Lizzie's brothers were taken prisoner at the Post [Arkansas Post] earlier in 1863.
Date: May 12, 1863
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rosa Walston Latimer to James Balke - May 12, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Rosa Walston Latimer to James Balke - May 12, 1992]

Letter from Rosa Walston Latimer to James Balke in which she asks him to fill out a questionnaire about Harvey Houses. A note from James Balke to Rosa Walston Latimer is written on the back of the original letter, explaining that she did not include a questionnaire and offering some leads for more information about Harvey Girls.
Date: May 12, 1992
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston & Balke, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Walter Greenwood to Daniel W. Kempner, May 3, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Walter Greenwood to Daniel W. Kempner, May 3, 1944]

Letter from Walter Greenwood to Daniel W. Kempner discussing the previous attempts and current plans to find storage for turkeys.
Date: May 3, 1944
Creator: Greenwood, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History