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Exterior View of Hemphill Wells Department Store and Moutray Oil Service Station

Copy negative of street scene with cars and unidentified people standing outside of the Moutray Oil Service Station. To the left of the service station is a large brick building housing the Hemphill Wells Department Store.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 51, July 1947 - April, 1948 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 51, July 1947 - April, 1948

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 385.
Date: 1948
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Relation of Achievement to Two Different Methods of Providing for Individual Differences (open access)

The Relation of Achievement to Two Different Methods of Providing for Individual Differences

The purpose of this study is to determine the relation of achievement to two different methods of providing for individual differences. Achievement means educational growth or achievement in subject matter and personality development. The two methods are the qualitative, that is, the degree of difficulty of the work assigned, and the quantitative, which means the amount of work done or the minimum-maximum assignment.
Date: 1941
Creator: Doughty, Auda
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Frank A. Martinez to Raoul A. Cortez - 1948-01-29] (open access)

[Letter from Frank A. Martinez to Raoul A. Cortez - 1948-01-29]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter to Raoul A. Cortez, Regional Governor of Texas League of United Latin American Citizens in San Antonio, Texas, dated January 29, 1948 from Frank A. Martinez, Secretary of the San Angelo, Texas, LULAC. This is a request to charter or revive a LULAC organization in San Angelo, listing the proposed officers and members. The letter references a $5.00 charter fee that is included. Martinez also requests use of the previous LULAC organization's council number 29. This carbon copy was sent to John J. Herrera.
Date: January 29, 1948
Creator: Martinez, Frank A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7469 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7469

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Does the Junior College District which is co-extensive with the boundaries of Tom Green County have the authority to tax the intangible assets of railroad rolling stock?
Date: October 29, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6810 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6810

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Maximum salary for the County Treasurer of Tom Green County for 1944 and 1945; employment of an assistant who is the treasurer's niece, and payment of salary to her.
Date: September 18, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 6, Number 2, November 1945 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 6, Number 2, November 1945

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: November 1945
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sherwood Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1949
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tankersly Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1949
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wall Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1949
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hayrick Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1949
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sherwood Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1945
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Jesse P. Sewell on Steps]

Photograph of J. P. Sewell on the front steps of a church in San Angelo, Texas.
Date: February 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Early Settlement of the Concho Country (open access)

Early Settlement of the Concho Country

Early general history up to 1900. "I have listened to the stories told about it by the old time cowboys, by the old settlers, and by some of the old Fort Concho soldiers themselves. As a result of this experience, I have wanted to go into its past more carefully and search for more facts regarding the region, its first inhabitants, and its early history in general."-- leaf iii.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Allen, S. T.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mamie, December 16, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mamie, December 16, 1943]

Letter to Mrs. V-Dee from Mrs. Kempner about beginning a unit in San Angelo; the connections that need to be made, the type of people to recruit, and the kinds of officers that are needed.
Date: December 16, 1943
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3]

Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita, Kansas to San Angelo, Texas and Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date: February 9, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Historians Meet At Hotel Today] (open access)

[Clipping: Historians Meet At Hotel Today]

Newspaper clipping with an article describing a meeting to take place of the West Texas Historical association at the Wooten Hotel. The meeting is said to feature senator W. J. Bryan as a speaker. Partial articles ar visible int he clipping and a cartoon of a train is printed on the reverse side.
Date: 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[James Horton at Stock Show]

Photograph of Judge Burns shaking the hand of James Horton as they both stand behind Horton's Hereford cow at a stock show. Text on the back of the photo indicates that Horton was the stock show grand champion at San Angelo in 1948.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. E. Sedberry to Sayles & Sayles, August 22, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from M. E. Sedberry to Sayles & Sayles, August 22, 1940]

Letter from M. E. Sedberry to Sayles & Sayles, discussing the purchase of a tract of land and responding to Sayles & Sayles previous letter.
Date: August 22, 1940
Creator: Sedberry, M. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. W. Boswell to Sayles & Sayles, August 26, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from W. W. Boswell to Sayles & Sayles, August 26, 1940]

Letter from W. W. Boswell on behalf of the W. C. Montgomery Co. to Sayles and Sayles discussing a judgement regarding land belonging to Robert Wilson.
Date: August 26, 1940
Creator: Boswell, W. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Floyd C. Dodson to Mr. Sayles, August 3, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from Floyd C. Dodson to Mr. Sayles, August 3, 1940]

Letter from Floyd C. Dodson to Mr. Sayles, discussing affidavits for purchasing tracts of land.
Date: August 3, 1940
Creator: Dodson, Floyd C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between Frank M. and Willie Lou Millar and Floyd C. Dodson] (open access)

[Contract Between Frank M. and Willie Lou Millar and Floyd C. Dodson]

Document which amends the oil and gas lease from Frank M. Millar and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson. This document is unsigned.
Date: August 19, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Assignment of Oil and Gas Lease From Floyd C. Dodson to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company] (open access)

[Assignment of Oil and Gas Lease From Floyd C. Dodson to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company]

Document certifying the transfer of an oil and gas lease of E. P. and Myrtis Farrar's property in Concho County, Texas from Floyd C. Dodson to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.
Date: August 3, 1940
Creator: Dodson, Floyd C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between Frank M. and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson] (open access)

[Contract Between Frank M. and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson]

Document which amends the oil and gas lease from Frank M. Millar and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson. This document is unsigned.
Date: August 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History