[Graduation Program: A&M Consolidated High School, 1954] (open access)

[Graduation Program: A&M Consolidated High School, 1954]

Program for graduation of the 1954 class at A&M Consolidated High School, including a list of graduates and order of activities for the Baccalaureate Sermon (May 23rd at First Baptist Church) and the commencement exercises (May 24th at Guion Hall).
Date: May 1954
Creator: A&M Consolidated High School
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation to Junior-Senior Prom 1954] (open access)

[Invitation to Junior-Senior Prom 1954]

Invitation for the A&M Consolidated High School Junior-Senior banquet and prom in 1954.
Date: 1954
Creator: A&M Consolidated High School
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Wendell Tarver in Texas A&M Uniform]

Portrait of Wendell Lee Tarver, visible from the chest up, taken while he was a student at Texas A&M University. He is wearing a light-colored shirt and tie with a darker-colored jacket; the jacket has pins with crossed rifles and the initials A.M.C. on the lapels. A handwritten note on the photograph says "Love, Wendell;" a second note on the frame outside the photo says "Wendell L. Tarver." The photo is inside a red folder.
Date: 1950~
Creator: Aggieland Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Graduating Seniors in Veterinary Medicine: Texas A&M College, Class of 1954

Collage of individual portraits for the 44 graduating seniors in the Texas A&M veterinary medicine program as well as portraits for the 9 professors and dean across the top. In each case, the portrait is cropped to an oval shape and the name of the person is printed below. The title is printed below the faculty and above the students; an image of the caduceus overlaid with a "v" for veterinary medicine is in the center of the top line of students.
Date: [1953..1954]
Creator: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Graduation Program: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1954] (open access)

[Graduation Program: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1954]

Program for the 1954 commencement exercises at Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, listing the order of activities and the graduates by department.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir Program: 32nd Annual All Aggie Rodeo, October 23, 24, 1953 (open access)

Souvenir Program: 32nd Annual All Aggie Rodeo, October 23, 24, 1953

Pamphlet containing information about the 32nd "All Aggie" rodeo, including information about the various events and advertisements for sponsors and local businesses, with a list of prize donors on the back cover.
Date: unknown
Creator: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Certified Copy: Birth Certificate of Wendell Lee Tarver [#1] (open access)

Certified Copy: Birth Certificate of Wendell Lee Tarver [#1]

Certified copy of the birth certificate for Wendell Tarver who was born in Burnet on May 16, 1931.
Date: June 7, 1954
Creator: Burnet County (Tex.) Clerk.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Graduation Portrait of Wendell Lee Tarver]

Portrait of Wendell Lee Tarver, taken when he graduated from Burnet High School in Burnet, Texas. He is visible from the shoulders up and is wearing a dark-colored graduation robe and cap with a light-colored shirt and patterned tie.
Date: 1949
Creator: Eanes, Lucile
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wendell Tarver with Cow]

Photograph of Wendell Tarver posing in a field with a dark-colored cow that is waist height. He is wearing light-colored clothing and standing to the right, holding a leading-rope so that the cow will face the camera.
Date: [1945..1955]
Creator: Eanes, Lucile
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wedding Invitation for Mary Jane and Wendell Tarver] (open access)

[Wedding Invitation for Mary Jane and Wendell Tarver]

Invitation to the wedding of Dr. Wendell Tarver and Mary Jane Daniels on March 26, 1955 in College Station, Texas.
Date: 1954
Creator: Tarver, Mary Jane Daniels
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1959] (open access)

[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1959]

Certificate renewing the registration for Wendell Tarver with the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for 1959-1960. It includes the address for Dr. Tarver: 3000 Crites Street in Fort Worth, Texas
Date: 1959
Creator: Texas. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1962] (open access)

[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1962]

Certificate renewing the registration for Wendell Tarver with the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for 1962-1963. It includes the address for Dr. Tarver: 1601 First Street in Kerrville, Texas.
Date: 1962
Creator: Texas. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1965] (open access)

[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1965]

Certificate renewing the registration for Wendell Tarver with the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for 1965-1966. It includes the address for Dr. Tarver: Vallarta No. 1 Noveno Piso in Mexico (D.F.), Mexico.
Date: 1965
Creator: Texas. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1968] (open access)

[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1968]

Certificate renewing the registration for Wendell Tarver with the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for 1968-1969. It includes the address for Dr. Tarver: Tres Picos 79, Col. Polanco in Mexico (D.F.), Mexico
Date: 1968
Creator: Texas. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1969] (open access)

[Texas Veterinary Certification: 1969]

Certificate renewing the registration for Wendell Tarver with the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for 1969-19709. It includes the address for Dr. Tarver: Tres Picos 79, Col. Polanco, in Mexico (D.F.), Mexico
Date: 1969
Creator: Texas. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Veterinary Certification for Wendell Tarver, #1] (open access)

[Texas Veterinary Certification for Wendell Tarver, #1]

Reproduction of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners certification for Wendell Lee Tarver, licensing him to practice veterinary medicine.
Date: 1954
Creator: Texas. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Veterinary Certification for Wendell Tarver, #2] (open access)

[Texas Veterinary Certification for Wendell Tarver, #2]

Reproduction of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners certification for Wendell Lee Tarver, licensing him to practice veterinary medicine.
Date: 1954
Creator: Texas. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kerrville Daily Times (Kerrville, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 190, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1963 (open access)

Kerrville Daily Times (Kerrville, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 190, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1963

Daily newspaper from Kerrville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Wallace, William B., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Certified Copy: Birth Certificate of Wendell Lee Tarver [#2] (open access)

Certified Copy: Birth Certificate of Wendell Lee Tarver [#2]

Certified copy of the birth certificate for Wendell Tarver who was born in Burnet on May 16, 1931.
Date: November 1, 1963
Creator: Warden, Johnnie Beth
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. D. Weaver to W. L. Tarver, February 23, 1959 (open access)

[Letter from T. D. Weaver to W. L. Tarver, February 23, 1959

Letter from T. D. Weaver from the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners replying to Dr. Wendell Tarver about the renewal of his medical license and providing contact information for licensing agencies in Arizona and Nebraska, as they do not have reciprocal licensing agreements with Texas.
Date: February 23, 1959
Creator: Weaver, T. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. D. Weaver to W. L. Tarver, June 1954] (open access)

[Letter from T. D. Weaver to W. L. Tarver, June 1954]

Letter from T. D. Weaver, the Executive Secretary of the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners written to Wendell Tarver to confirm that he passed the veterinary licensing exam (with a final score of 77) and will be receiving an official license to practice. It includes an envelope addressed to Dr. Tarver in Burnet and postmarked June 11, 1954.
Date: June 11, 1954
Creator: Weaver, T. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. L. Wilbur, Jr. to W. L. Tarver, October 7, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from J. L. Wilbur, Jr. to W. L. Tarver, October 7, 1963]

Letter from John L. Wilbur, Jr. inviting Wendell Tarver to join the Veterninary Administrator Development Program offered through Agricultural Research Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture). The program would require training at all of the different types of research stations over the course of a year.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wilbur, John L., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anton Backholt Outside Barracks]

Photograph of a young man, identified on the back as Anton Backholt, wearing a military-style uniform and standing outside the door to the barracks at A&M College of Texas. The area around the doorway is decorated with lettering that says "Welcome Mothers" over the door, with other messages on either side.
Date: [1949..1954]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Battalion (College Station, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 234, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 19, 1954 (open access)

The Battalion (College Station, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 234, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 19, 1954

Daily student newspaper from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in College Station, Texas that includes campus news and information along with advertising.
Date: May 19, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History