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["$50 Reward" card]
An illustrated card describing a $50 reward for a lost boy carrying "3 railway tunnels, an auger hole, and a monkey wrench" in a balloon. The illustration depicts the boy hanging from an umbrella, kicking off "the court house steeple."
Date:
[1900..1925]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1894 Promotional Pamphlet for Webster, Texas]
A pamphlet promoting immigration to and investment in the community of Webster, Texas, advertising its economic, geographic, demographic, and environmental advantages and those of Texas in general.
Date:
February 1, 1894
Creator:
Slosson, W. B. & Wilson, Robert E. C.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement for the New American Readers Series]
A set of mailers advertising the New American Readers series, which was adopted by Texas as an option for free supplementary reading in public schools. Envelope is included.
Date:
September 1919
Creator:
DeWitt, E. A.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Application for State Aid: Rural and Small Town School - Scholastic Year 1921-1922
A blank application for state aid funding in Texas. The application includes detailed information about the school's employees, students, grounds, sanitation, library, and other relevant information. Envelope is included.
Date:
September 1, 1921
Creator:
Texas. State Board of Education.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Application for State Aid: Rural and Small Town Schools - Scholastic Year 1919-1920
An application for state aid funding filled out by C. C. Cox for the Splendora school in Montgomery County, Texas, Common School District 15. The application includes detailed information about the school's employees, students, grounds, sanitation, library, and other relevant information.
Date:
August 18, 1919
Creator:
Texas. State Board of Education.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[L. B. Tindall Campaign Card]
A campaign card for L. B. Tindall, Democratic candidate for Montgomery County Superintendent in the 1922 county election.
Date:
July 1922
Creator:
Tindall, L. B.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ballots for County School Trustees
Sheets of ballots for county school trustee elections.
Date:
1910~
Creator:
Clarke and Courts, MFG.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bill from Dumble, Armistead and Cronon to C. C. Cox, April 1st, 1895]
Bill for items sold to C. C. Cox by Dumble, Armistead & Cronon in Houston, Texas.
Date:
April 1, 1895
Creator:
Dumble, Armistead and Cronon
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Billing Statement from Joseph F. Meyer Company for C. C. Cox, May 31, 1917]
Monthly statement from Jos. F. Meyer Co. for C. C. Cox, showing a balance of $25.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Joseph F. Meyer Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bond Note for C. C. Cox from First National Bank of Cleveland, Texas, November 6, 1919]
A bond note worth $229.20 issued to C. C. Cox by the First National Bank of Cleveland, Texas.
Date:
November 6, 1919
Creator:
First National Bank of Cleveland (Texas)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Book List]
A list of school books by subject.
Date:
1920~
Creator:
Cox, Charles Claiborne
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Book Order Invoice for C. C. Cox, February 5, 1920]
An invoice for school books and notice slip from the Texas School Book Depository to C. C. Cox, who signed it. Envelope is included.
Date:
February 5, 1920
Creator:
Texas School-Book Depository
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Case contents list from the Sourthern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, January 15, 1920]
A case contents list from the Southern School-Book Depository listing books in a shipment to C. C. Cox.
Date:
January 5, 1920
Creator:
Southern School-Book Depository
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Case contents list from the Sourthern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, January 24, 1920]
A case contents list from the Southern School-Book Depository listing books in a shipment to C. C. Cox. The envelope is included.
Date:
January 24, 1920
Creator:
Southern School-Book Depository
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Trusteeship for C. C. Cox, September 12, 1895]
A "form P" document of Montgomery County, Texas, certifying C. C. Cox as school trustee for "the Cox community" (Cox's Switch, later changed to Splendora).
Date:
September 12, 1895
Creator:
Powell, B. H.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: photo of J. M. Hall; Farmer Due to Lose His Edge on Prices]
Newspaper clipping from the Houston Chronicle featuring a photo of J. M. Hall of New Waverly, Texas, and a separate piece on farming prices.
Date:
October 30, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clippings: Splendora Oil Lease]
Several newspaper clippings from stories on oil exploration, wells, and leases in Montgomery County, Texas, near Splendora in the 1930s.
Date:
1934-01-24/19XX
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Collection
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Commission to Managers of School Trustees Election (Blank)
A blank slip for commissioning school board election managers in Texas.
Date:
1919~
Creator:
Texas. State Board of Education.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Contract and Bond for Construction of Splendora School]
Contract between the trustees of Montgomery County School District 15 and Joel Gilmore, for Gilmore to construct a new school building in Splendora, and the related bond.
Date:
June 27, 1914
Creator:
Terry, J. T.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Contract for Sale of Land by C. F. Maynard to Montgomery County School District 15]
A contract recording the sale of 2 and a half acres of land by C. F. Maynard to Montgomery County School District 15. An envelope is included with some arithmetic in C. C. Cox's handwriting on it.
Date:
May 20, 1922
Creator:
Maynard, C. F.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Invoice for Free Textbooks from Practical Drawing Company, September 1919]
Invoice for free textbooks provided to C. C. Cox by the Practical Drawing Company and the Texas State Board of Education.
Date:
October 19, 1919
Creator:
Practical Drawing Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Mortgage Filing from C. C. Cox to First National Bank, Cleveland, Texas]
Duplicate copy of a chattel mortgage filing from C. C. Cox in Montgomery County, Texas, to the First National Bank of Cleveland, Texas. The filing is signed by W. F. Griffin, Montgomery County clerk.
Date:
December 28, 1919
Creator:
First National Bank of Cleveland (Texas)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cover of Texas State Department of Education Bulletin No. 98, March 1, 1919]
Cover of Bulletin 98 from Annie Webb Blanton, presenting the text of the State Free Text Book Law that was enacted on February 25, 1919. Included is an envelope from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox.
Date:
March 1, 1919
Creator:
Blanton, Annie Webb
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crown Card Company Card Set and Order Form]
A set of illustrated cards and a blank order form from the Crown Card Company.
Date:
[1900..1925]
Creator:
Crown Card Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History