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[Clipping: Freedom fighter eludes definition] (open access)

[Clipping: Freedom fighter eludes definition]

Newspaper clipping of the editorial, "Freedom fighter eludes definition" in the San Antonio Light discussing America's involvement in violent revolutions in Nicaragua and Afghanistan and who is considered a freedom fighter by the American public. Cavazos also discusses the American general public's discomfort with Nelson Mandela's ties to Arafat, Castro, and Gadhafi and his refusal to disavow violence as an option in the fight to end apartheid in South Africa.
Date: July 22, 1990
Creator: Cavazos, R. Daniel
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Miss Gertrude Pruitt] (open access)

[Envelope Addressed to Miss Gertrude Pruitt]

An envelope containing a letter regarding Miss Gertrude Pruitt. On it in Montgomery County Superintendent P. R. Clarke's handwriting is a date and note.
Date: July 22, 1922
Creator: Clarke, P. R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from P. R. Clark to C. C. Cox, April 22, 1922] (open access)

[Letter from P. R. Clark to C. C. Cox, April 22, 1922]

Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox discussing school district financing. A postscript note is written on a slip of paper torn from a book. The envelope is included.
Date: April 22, 1922
Creator: Clarke, P. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox, February 22, 1921] (open access)

[Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox, February 22, 1921]

Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox regarding an upcoming school district election. The envelope is included.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Clarke, P. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox, February 22, 1922] (open access)

[Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox, February 22, 1922]

Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox discussing state aid for Montgomery County schools and recommending how to spend it. The envelope is included.
Date: February 22, 1922
Creator: Clarke, P. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox, May 22, 1922] (open access)

[Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox, May 22, 1922]

Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox discussing controversy over state aid for Cox's school. The envelope is included, on the back of which is some handwritten accounting.
Date: May 22, 1922
Creator: Clarke, P. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louis Romero Jr., November 22, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Louis Romero Jr., November 22, 2016

Transcript of an interview with Louis Romero Jr., who carried on the Mexican food business and Tortilla Factory started by his grandmother, Delphina Torres, in Kerrville. The interview discusses his family history, upbringing, the development of Torres, a Mexican restaurant, his grandmother's sending canned tamales to World War II troops, military service, and family. Photographs and documents relating to the interview follow the transcript text.
Date: November 22, 2016
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Romero, Louis, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louis Romero Jr., November 22, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Louis Romero Jr., November 22, 2016

Interview with Louis Romero Jr., who carried on the Mexican food business and Tortilla Factory started by his grandmother, Delphina Torres, in Kerrville. The interview discusses his family history, upbringing, the development of Torres, a Mexican restaurant, his grandmother's sending canned tamales to World War II troops, military service, and family. Photographs and documents relating to the interview follow the transcript text.
Date: November 22, 2016
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Romero, Louis, Jr.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. H. Cox to C. C. Cox, February 22, 1894] (open access)

[Letter from J. H. Cox to C. C. Cox, February 22, 1894]

Letter from J. H. Cox to his brother C. C. Cox responding to a previous letter and discussing money. The envelope is included.
Date: February 22, 1894
Creator: Cox, J. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: S. Africa benefit set for today] (open access)

[Clipping: S. Africa benefit set for today]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "S. Africa benefit set for today," the San Antonio Light discussing the San Antonio Mandela Project's benefit to raise funds to buy food, medicine, and clothes for displaced South Africans.
Date: July 22, 1990
Creator: Delgado, Luz
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco]

Postcard of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco. There is typed text on the back from Rev. Charles T. Caldwell to the Misses Burton reminding them of the church's anniversary service on the following Sunday.
Date: October 22, 1908
Creator: Dodson, Wesley Clark
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from Glenn Nichols Land Company to C. C. Cox, May 31, 1922] (open access)

[Envelope from Glenn Nichols Land Company to C. C. Cox, May 31, 1922]

An envelope from the Glenn Nichols Land Company addressed to C. C. Cox.
Date: May 22, 1922
Creator: Glenn Nichols Land Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of John Henry Kirby]

Photograph of John Henry Kirby (1860-1940) captured sitting down at a desk. He was chairman of the board of Kirby Lumber Company. He known as the "Prince of Pines". Within the image Kirby is wearing dark colored clothing and pictured holding a piece of paper in his hands.
Date: December 22, 1907
Creator: Gray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. W. Hedges to C. C. Cox, August 22, 1896] (open access)

[Letter from W. W. Hedges to C. C. Cox, August 22, 1896]

Letter from W. W. Hedges to C. C. Cox discussing their work at Cox's school and proposing better pay. The envelope is included.
Date: August 22, 1896
Creator: Hedges, W. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. W. Hedges to C. C. Cox, August 22, 1896] (open access)

[Letter from W. W. Hedges to C. C. Cox, August 22, 1896]

Letter from W. W. Hedges to C. C. Cox.
Date: August 22, 1896
Creator: Hedges, W. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Henke to C. C. Cox, September 22nd, 1894] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Henke to C. C. Cox, September 22nd, 1894]

Letter from Henry Henke to C. C. Cox discussing a recent payment. A portion of the text is illegible due to water damage.
Date: September 22, 1894
Creator: Henke, Henry
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Pork Butts, October 16, 1922] (open access)

[Invoice for Pork Butts, October 16, 1922]

Invoice for Boston butts sold to C. C. Cox by the Houston Packing Company. Envelope is included.
Date: October 22, 1922
Creator: Houston Packing Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. H. Kirchman to C. C. Cox, February 22, 1920] (open access)

[Letter from W. H. Kirchman to C. C. Cox, February 22, 1920]

Letter from W. H. Kirchman of the Saunders County National Bank to C. C. Cox asking about a map of Montgomery County, TX, and the status of the Black Hawk Company's drilling. Envelope is included.
Date: February 22, 1920
Creator: Kirchman, W. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. F. Loughran to C. C. Cox, July 22, 1922] (open access)

[Letter from T. F. Loughran to C. C. Cox, July 22, 1922]

Letter from T. F. Loughran to C. C. Cox discussing oil drilling in Montgomery County, TX. Envelope is included.
Date: July 22, 1922
Creator: Loughran, T. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. T. Lupton to C. C. Cox, May 22, 1922] (open access)

[Letter from J. T. Lupton to C. C. Cox, May 22, 1922]

Letter from J. T. Lupton of Thatcher Medicine to C. C. Cox discussing a recent payment.
Date: May 22, 1922
Creator: Lupton, J. T.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mifflin Alkohol Massage Letter and Pamphlet] (open access)

[Mifflin Alkohol Massage Letter and Pamphlet]

A pamphlet and introductory letter advertising Mifflins Alkohol Massage, an ethyl alcohol-based tonic for treating various skin ailments. A return order postcard and the sending envelope are included.
Date: August 22, 1922
Creator: Mifflin Chemical Corporation
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Felix P. Miller to Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, February 22, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Felix P. Miller to Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, February 22, 1954]

Letter from Dr. Felix P. Miller to Dr. Chauncey D. Leake discussing things he heard about the Governor and the establishment of a nursing school at Texas Western College in El Paso.
Date: February 22, 1954
Creator: Miller, Felix P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bettie Mitchell to C. C. Cox, April 29, 1922] (open access)

[Letter from Bettie Mitchell to C. C. Cox, April 29, 1922]

Letter from Bettie Mitchell to C. C. Cox, following up a previous letter indicating her interest in teaching for another year at his school in Splendora, Texas. Included is the envelope, postmarked 6 PM April 22, 1922 in Huntsville, TX.
Date: April 22, 1922
Creator: Mitchell, Bettie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo: Relocation of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations] (open access)

[Memo: Relocation of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations]

Memo announcing the relocation of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations to 135 East 36th Street will take effect on September 1, 1990 and that the telephone and fax numbers will remain the same.
Date: August 22, 1990
Creator: Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History