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[Links Chapter Documentation: Newspaper copy item about Jackson, Mississippi chapter of The Links, Inc.] (open access)

[Links Chapter Documentation: Newspaper copy item about Jackson, Mississippi chapter of The Links, Inc.]

Unpublished newspaper copy for an article to be headlined "Black Civic Groups Wants [sic] to Honor Veteran Journalist" about the efforts of the Jackson, Mississippi chapter of The Links, Inc. to raise funds to assist Hazel Brannon Smith. Smith was a publisher and journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for her editorials in support of the civil rights movement, a stance which resulted in her ostracism from local white society and her newspaper's eventual bankruptcy. Aaronetta Pierce (referred to here as A. M. Pierce) passed this unpublished copy of the article on to Margaret Winn, president of the San Antonio chapter. Includes handwritten notes.
Date: January 31, 1986
Creator: Gonzalez, Henry B. (Henry Barbosa), 1916-2000 & Andrews, Thelma
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from George L. Hammeken to James F. Perry, July 31, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from George L. Hammeken to James F. Perry, July 31, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a letter from George L. Hammekan to James F. Perry with an enclosed list of S. L. G.'s slaves.
Date: July 31, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Robert Triplett to Stephen F. Austin, August 21, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Robert Triplett to Stephen F. Austin, August 21, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Robert Triplett to Stephen F. Austin, on August 31, 1836, discussing an issue with a loan, and the price of land in Texas.
Date: August 31, 1836
Creator: Triplett, Robert
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing getting orders, flying to and staying in Jackson, MS, and recent correspondence.
Date: October 31, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor (open access)

Motor

Patent for a motor for a sewing machine that is simple and less expensive.
Date: August 31, 1900
Creator: Daniels, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History