Interview with Tom Wood and Sheri Williamson, October 21, 1987 captions transcript

Interview with Tom Wood and Sheri Williamson, October 21, 1987

Interview with Tom Wood, Director of the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge, and Sheri Williamson, Reptile Rescue Coordinator with the North Texas Herpetological Society. In the interviewer, both interviewees present live animals with explanations of their importance, and describe their respective wildlife organizations.
Date: October 21, 1987
Creator: Wood, Tom; Williamson, Sheri & McCaleb, Gary
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Efforts Taking Off] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Efforts Taking Off]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column about the WASPs efforts to obtain veterans' status. It also includes a profile of WASP Dora Dougherty Strother. The remainder of the page contains an article about Girls Nation and the continuation of two articles from the front page. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, several letters to the editor, and an editorial about the VA Hospital System.
Date: July 21, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. K. Weitzel to Truett Latimer, September 21, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from M. K. Weitzel to Truett Latimer, September 21, 1954]

Letter from M. K. Weitzel to Truett Latimer discussing his switch between different soil and water conservation agencies and the organizational progress the Trinity Improvement Association has made. He then asks to meet with Latimer soon to discuss the future of the program. Names of higher up members of the Trinity Improvement Association are listed on the back of the letter. The bottom of the letter is labeled, "answered 9-27-54".
Date: September 21, 1954
Creator: Weitzel, M. K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Major L. M. Fellbaum to T. N. Carswell - December 21, 1944] (open access)

[Memorandum from Major L. M. Fellbaum to T. N. Carswell - December 21, 1944]

A memorandum from L. M. Fellbaum, Major, Q. M. C. Chief, Field Division to Mr. T. N. Carswell, dated December 21, 1944. Fellbaum advises Carswell of the enclosed, amended Itinerary. He requests that Carswell assist in training a new clerk and advises of additional requirements when working with these boards. Typewritten on paper bearing U S Eagle watermark. Enclosure includes: (Amended) ITINERARY for Thomas N. Carswell for Special work dated 1944-45, 12-5 to 1-13. Approved and signed by L. M. Fellbaum, Major, Q. M. C. Chief, Field Division.
Date: December 21, 1944
Creator: Fellbaum, L. M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Major T. N. Carswell to Major John W. Herbert - May 21, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Major T. N. Carswell to Major John W. Herbert - May 21, 1941]

A letter written to Major John W. Herbert, Major, C. O., 27th Battalion, Texas Defense Guard, Fort Worth, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, Major, 10th Battalion, Texas Defense Guard, dated May 21, 1941. Copy to Capt. D. F. Morris and to Lieut. Col. Neill H. Banister. Carswell acknowledges Herbert's request to bring Mr. Winters with him to assist in clerical details and advises of the assignment of Lieut. Russell S. Stephens to assist him in the inspection of the Albany Company. Carswell advises Herbert of accomodations that have been made at the Hilton Hotel.
Date: May 21, 1941
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #901 in Fort Worth, Texas]

Photograph of T&P train #901 in Fort Worth, Texas. There is a man visible in the bottom right corner. Written below the image are "[sic] Fort Worth Texas Sept 21, 1940" and "C.M."
Date: September 21, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #632]

Photograph of T&P train #632 waiting on the tracks in Fort Worth, Texas. Written underneath the image are "Fort Worth, Texas Feb 21st 1937 (I-IBR)" and "H. J. Boudreaux."
Date: February 21, 1937
Creator: Boudreaux, H. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Small Group of Homeless Underneath a T&P Water Tower]

Photograph of a small gathering of homeless underneath a T&P water tower. A diamond T&P logo is printed on the side of the water tower. Written below the image is "Fort Worth, Texas July 21st 1933 - hobo terminal."
Date: July 21, 1933
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. T. Bomar to C. W. Merchant, Henry James, Geo L. Paxton, W. G. Swenson, H. O. Wooten, and J. M. Redford, February 21, 1910] (open access)

[Letter from D. T. Bomar to C. W. Merchant, Henry James, Geo L. Paxton, W. G. Swenson, H. O. Wooten, and J. M. Redford, February 21, 1910]

Letter from D. T. Bomar to C. W. Merchant, Henry James, Geo L. Paxton, W. G. Swenson, H. O. Wooten, and J. M. Redford, asking the addressees to resign from the board of the Abilene Central Railway Company due to their "partisanship and personal interest in the City of Abilene."
Date: February 21, 1910
Creator: Bomar, David T.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History