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[Ballad Sheet for a Party at the Fort Polk Officers Club] (open access)

[Ballad Sheet for a Party at the Fort Polk Officers Club]

Document with the names and lyrics of songs to be performed at a party at the "North Fort Polk Officers Club." In total there are four songs with lyrics: "On [Top] of Ole Baldy, R. A. Fight Song, The Dog's Song, Ting-A-Ling."
Date: July 19, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. C. K. Griggs to his Son Charles R. Griggs, April 19, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. C. K. Griggs to his Son Charles R. Griggs, April 19, 1945]

Letter from Mrs. C. K. Griggs to Gharles R. Griggs regarding daily life back home in Sweetwater, Texas; Mrs. Griggs tells that "190 Sweetwater people donated blood." She mentions the marriage between Otto Carter and Lillian Pratt, as well as her and Mr. C. K. Griggs' attempts at getting the yard in better shape.
Date: April 19, 1945
Creator: Griggs, Mrs. C. K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. H. Saulson to Mrs. W. E. Blewett, August 19, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from E. H. Saulson to Mrs. W. E. Blewett, August 19, 1942]

Letter from E. H. Saulson, director of the USO Club, to Mrs. W. E. Blewett in Sweetwater, Texas. Saulson discusses a meeting to be held August 25, 1942; according to him, the purpose of the club is "to help occupy time and perhaps develop some way of building or maintaining their own morale as well as that of their husbands." Also included is the envelope that this letter was delivered in.
Date: August 19, 1942
Creator: Saulson, E. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Sweetwater Man Cited for Enviable War Work Record] (open access)

[Clipping: Sweetwater Man Cited for Enviable War Work Record]

Reprint of an article published in the Sweetwater Daily Reporter about Sam Myres being honored by the U. S. Government due to the quality of his saddles that he made for the war, which were of such high quality that it made inspection unnecessary.
Date: February 19, 1920
Creator: Sweetwater Daily Reporter
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History