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[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, April 21, 1879]
Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis discussing a conversation between the two, and mutual acquaintances.
Date:
April 21, 1879
Creator:
Brewer, John C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sewing-Machine Thread-Guards.
Patent for "a guard attachment to the Wheeler & Wilson sewing-machine for preventing the thread from being thrown off the tension by the work, and for preventing the thread from running off the spool onto the spindle." (Lines 6-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1875
Creator:
Roosevelt, Lillian
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for improvements to press for making bales of hay.
Date:
April 21, 1885
Creator:
Chidester, John E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1868
Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 21, 1868
Creator:
Elliott, B. F. & Osterhout, J. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James E. Johnson, July 21, 2015
Interview with James E. Johnson, a retired professor of education from Prairie View, Texas. Johnson earned a doctorate from Texas A&M in 1967 and taught at Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern University. In his interview, he discusses his early life, military service, attending Texas A&M, racial integration, and his career as an educator.
Date:
July 21, 2015
Creator:
Johnson, James E. & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. M. N. Dannenbaum, November 21, 1944]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to M. N. Dannenbaum discussing his inexperience in state funding but suggesting that Dallas and Houston each raise more money to have a sufficient amount for the new building. He also discusses Rabbi Friedman's upcoming trip to Birmingham to meet with the Director of the University of Alabama Hillel.
Date:
November 21, 1944
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History