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Dutch (open access)

Dutch

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Maynard W. "Dutch" Acton, who played a cowboy in the movie "Giant," starring Jimmy Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson. Dutch Acton spent most of his life working and living on ranches in West Texas.
Date: December 3, 1968
Creator: Harpham, Marsha
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of View from Candelaria Hill Road]

Photograph of Candelaria Hill in the mountains of west Texas with a butte rising up out of the hill, taken from Candelaria Hill Road.
Date: March 3, 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Frank Jones - May 3, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Frank Jones - May 3, 1945]

A letter written to Mr. Frank Jones, Marfa, Texas, from T. N. Carswell dated May 3, 1945. Carswell advises Jones of a letter that he will receive and urges him to serve on the Greater Hardin-Simmons Committee.
Date: May 3, 1945
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 3, 1911 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 3, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 3, 1911
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 35, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 3, 1910 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 35, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 3, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 3, 1910
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 3, 1918 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 3, 1918

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 3, 1918
Creator: Callan, Austin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 3, 1908 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 3, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 3, 1908
Creator: French, A. Gordon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 3, 1910 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 3, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 3, 1910
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 3, 1909 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 3, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 1909
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 3, 1909 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 3, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 3, 1909
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 3, 1912 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 3, 1912

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 3, 1912
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wizard or Witch (open access)

Wizard or Witch

Research paper written by Laurelle Patricia Dunsavage for an American History Class at Marfa High School on March 3, 1977. It is about different types of healers in the hispanic culture and has a section defining the different herbs and their uses in remedies. Samples of the actual herbs are included in this report.
Date: March 3, 1977
Creator: Dunsavage, Laurelle Patricia
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Program for L.C. Brite's Birthday Dinner 1941 (open access)

Program for L.C. Brite's Birthday Dinner 1941

Printed program for a birthday dinner for L.C. Brite at the First Christian Church in Marfa, Texas on August 3, 1941. It was his last birthday before he passed away on September 4, 1941. The program included an invocation, dinner, music sung by the choir and by the guests, letters and wires from friends, tributes, and a benediction.
Date: August 3, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to George Jones - May 3, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to George Jones - May 3, 1945]

A letter written to Mr. George Jones, Marfa, Texas, from T. N. Carswell dated May 3, 1945. Carswell advises him of the request that was issued to Frank Jones to accept and serve on the Greater Hardin-Simmons Committee and requests that George encourage Frank to accept and serve.
Date: May 3, 1945
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Lyda Quinn, July 3, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Lyda Quinn, July 3, 1953]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Lyda Kempner discussing about the different farmland properties and their irrigation sources, net worth, and their respective usage in West Texas centered around Pecos, Texas.
Date: July 3, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William W. Sealy to Dan and Jeane Kempner, June 3, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from William W. Sealy to Dan and Jeane Kempner, June 3, 1953]

Letter from William W. Sealy to Dan and Jeane Kempner discussing Galveston, news about a mutual friend, a painting Sealy had donated to a library in Montreal, and Sealy's attempts to start an art museum in Galveston.
Date: June 3, 1953
Creator: Sealy, William W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History