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Abilene Library Consortium
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Sayles and Sayles Collection
51
Latimer Papers
16
Abilene Photograph Collection
9
K. K. Legett Collection
8
Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection
2
William J. Bryan Collection
2
Hardin-Simmons Photograph Collection
1
Student Army Training Corps
1
World War One Collection
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Man and Women on Beach
Copy negative of Bertha Leo Buchanan West, William Andrew Buchanan, and Nancy Boles Buchanan standing together on Galveston Beach in front of the gulf.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Women and Man in Yard
Copy negative of Bertha Leo Buchanan West, Nancy Buchanan, and William Andrew Buchanan standing in a yard in front of bushes.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Man Holding Fish
Copy negative of William Andrew Buchanan holding a string of fish, standing on the edge of a street in a neighborhood with a car behind him on the left and trees on the right and in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McMurry Band Checking Into Hotel
Copy photograph of the McMurry Band checking into a hotel. In the photograph are four members of the band, all in uniform, and a woman dressed in black behind the hotel counter.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Men with Cadaver
Copy negative of Dr. W. J. Cummings and Dr. Dunning with a cadaver at Galveston Medical School. The men are standing behind the rotted body wearing aprons and button-up shirts and up pieces of the body with instruments. In the background is a hanging skeleton.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
School Children by School
Copy negative a large group of schoolchildren and their teacher. The group includes twenty-seven boys and seventeen girls. All of the girls are wearing dresses and the boys are wearing a variety of clothing including bow ties and suspenders. They are seated and standing in front of a school building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Four Twirlers and Man
Copy negative of serviceman Odis Claxton and four McMurry College twirlers in uniform posing on a Galveston beach.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portrait of Man
Copy negative of the portrait of William J Cummings, Sr. He is wearing a tuxedo with a bow tie.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fraternity Party
Copy negative of a fraternity party at the Galveston medical school. In the picture there are men standing in a decorated room and some of them are holding mugs. They are all dressed in suits and ties. In the background there is a table with mugs and a men who seems to be serving drinks for the party.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer Jr. to H. A. Pender, E. F. Pittard, Dan Moody, Claude McAden, and Barney Carter - February 9, 1950]
Letter from J. D. Sandefer Jr. to Mrs. Pender, Mrs. Pittard, Mrs. Moody, Mrs. McAden, and Mr. Carter concerning a photo he found while at his mother’s house in Abilene. He includes a limerick that he describes as “unfair to use.”
Date:
February 9, 1950
Creator:
Sandefer, J. D., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Co.
Blue line print of survey map of Galveston County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:228,571] (6000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date:
1899
Creator:
Pressler, Chas. W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Luis Pass Quadrangle: Texas
Topographic quadrangle map of a portion of Texas, depicting the tip of Galveston Island from Bay Harbor to western end, San Luis Pass, eastern tip of San Luis Island, a small portion of West Bay, and part of the Gulf of Mexico. Relief shown by contours (interval 5 feet) and spot heights and includes a key and a road classification diagram. Scale 1:24,000
Date:
1955
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Document Concerning Land]
Legal document regarding land deeds.
Date:
October 22, 1886
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Agreement Between W.G. Gray and H.R. Glasscock]
Legal agreement between W.G. Gray and H.R. Glasscock, concerning a land dispute.
Date:
December 8, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William B. Owens to Spoonts & Legett - September 3, 1886]
Letter written to Spoonts & Legett from William B. Owens concerning a legal issue.
Date:
September 3, 1886
Creator:
Owens, William P.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edward H. Schwab - July 16, 1938]
Letter written by Edward H. Schwab, M.D. to certify that K.B. Legett is healthy and vaccinated. Included is an envelope with a printed return label: "Wagstaff, Harwell, Wagstaff & Douthit Attorneys at Law, Abilene, Texas."
Date:
July 16, 1938
Creator:
Schwab, Edward H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[K.K. Legett Commencement Address Notes]
Handwritten notes for a commencement address given by K.K. Legett.
Date:
1893
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A.G. Mills to D.G. Hill - November 23, 1887]
Letter written to D.G. Hill from A.G. Mills, regarding the deed of "Uncle Robert."
Date:
November 23, 1887
Creator:
Mills, A. G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Harris to Spoonts and Legett - December 18, 1885]
Letter written to Spoonts and Legett from John W. Harris concerning a potential lawsuit.
Date:
December 18, 1885
Creator:
Harris, John W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[University of Texas School of Medicine Envelope]
Envelope with a printed return label that says, "After five days return to Department of Practice of Medicine, The University of Texas, School of Medicine, Galveston, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. C. Canty to William John Bryan, December 11, 1909]
Letter from J. C. Canty to William John Bryan discussing sending him and others fresh oyster to have at Christmas.
Date:
December 11, 1909
Creator:
Canty, J. C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Guy M. Bryan to William John Bryan, March 4, 1905]
Letter from Guy M. Bryan to William John Bryan discussing his appreciation of Bryan's political stances on a particular bill amendment.
Date:
March 4, 1905
Creator:
Bryan, Guy M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Mr. Sayles, August 17, 1909]
Letter to Mr. Sayles discussing the writer's travel plans, stating they are giving up their trip to New York and Boston and will leave for Galveston in a few days.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Expenses of W. K. McAlpine's Estate Billed by Rustin & Company, August 7, 1902]
List of expenses of W. K. McAlpine's estate billed by Rustin & Company. The listed expenses are from July and August, 1902.
Date:
August 7, 1902
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History