Good Business, Volume 64, Number 5, May 1954 (open access)

Good Business, Volume 64, Number 5, May 1954

Issue of the Good Business periodical, which includes an article about Edgar B. Sutherlin's jewelry store and his kindness to visiting seamen. A separate article has been pasted into the back of the periodical, announcing the retirement of Mr. Sutherlin due to his health.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Bernard, Clinton E. & Decker, James A.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her family - August 18, 1944] (open access)

[Letter by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her family - August 18, 1944]

Letter from Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her family detailing how she was unable to see her brother, James Sutherlin, and her plans to see him before he leaves for another station.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bowman, Waneta Sutherlin
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to James E. Sutherlin - August 17, 1945] (open access)

[Letter by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to James E. Sutherlin - August 17, 1945]

Letter from Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her brother, James, letting him know about happenings at home and wishing him a safe return home.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bowman, Waneta Sutherlin
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to James E. Sutherlin - March 19, 1945] (open access)

[Letter by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to James E. Sutherlin - March 19, 1945]

Letter from Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her brother, James Edgar Sutherlin, letting him know the condition of their sick grandmother and other comments.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bowman, Waneta Sutherlin
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to James E. Sutherlin - May 10, 1945] (open access)

[Letter by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to James E. Sutherlin - May 10, 1945]

Letter from Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her brother, James, describing how hard it is to write letters with outside interruptions. She also sends him a joke.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bowman, Waneta Sutherlin
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to James E. Sutherlin - May 16, 1945] (open access)

[Letter by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to James E. Sutherlin - May 16, 1945]

Letter from Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her brother, James, with advice on women and news on one of his old friends.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bowman, Waneta Sutherlin
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her mother] (open access)

[Telegram by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her mother]

Telegram from Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her mother informing her that James Sutherlin is going to be shipped to Quonset Point, Rhode Island and going to be stationed there for 4 months.
Date: [1943..1946]
Creator: Bowman, Waneta Sutherlin
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rudene Graham to Yvonne Sutherlin, July 15, 1985] (open access)

[Letter from Rudene Graham to Yvonne Sutherlin, July 15, 1985]

Letter from Rudene Graham to Yvonne Sutherlin, on July 15, 1985, discussing the research they have both been doing into their ancestors. Graham asks Sutherlin about a book she had heard of concerning the Sutherlin family.
Date: July 15, 1985
Creator: Graham, Rudene
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Highland Heights Highlights, Volume 18, Number 4, December 15, 1960 (open access)

Highland Heights Highlights, Volume 18, Number 4, December 15, 1960

Issue of the Highland Heights Highlights, a program for the Highland Heights Christian Church. It includes "With Mother This Christmas," a eulogy of Edgar Brown Sutherlin by Theodore McElroy, Sr.
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Highland Heights Christian Church
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Jacksonian Optical College to Edith Wilson Sutherlin, February 11, 1913] (open access)

[Letter from the Jacksonian Optical College to Edith Wilson Sutherlin, February 11, 1913]

Letter from the Jacksonian Optical College to Edith Wilson Sutherlin, on February 11, 1913, informing her that they believe her to have a clear understanding of optics, and reminding her of a diploma fee that must be paid before they can forward her diploma to her.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Jacksonian Optical College
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[With Mother This Christmas] (open access)

[With Mother This Christmas]

Eulogy for Edgar Brown Sutherlin, expressing joy that this Christmas he will be with his mother, who had died when Sutherlin was three.
Date: 1960
Creator: McElroy, Theodore Edgar, Sr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Purchase Order] (open access)

[Purchase Order]

Purchase order for a street clock written to Sutherland Jewelry.
Date: December 18, 1952
Creator: Port Arthur (Tex.). Office of Purchasing Agent
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
['Meester' Sutherland: Seaman's Samaritan] (open access)

['Meester' Sutherland: Seaman's Samaritan]

Copy of the article entitled "'Meester' Sutherland: Seaman's Samaritan" explaining how Edgar B. Sutherlin exchanged foreign money for American dollars for foreign seaman in Port Arthur.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Pruett, C. A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Plates renew memories of early PA, E.B. Sutherlin] (open access)

[Clipping: Plates renew memories of early PA, E.B. Sutherlin]

Newspaper article about plates presented to the Port Arthur Historical Museum by James E. Sutherlin, Maureen McElroy, and Waneta Bowman. The article goes on to talk about Edgar B. Sutherlin's practice of exchanging foreign money for American dollars for sailors who came in to Port Arthur, as well as his tendency to buy them meals. The clipping is mounted on a piece of blue paper and laminated.
Date: October 25, 1981
Creator: Reeburgh, Helen
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert L. Schaadt to Yvonne Sutherlin, January 2, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Robert L. Schaadt to Yvonne Sutherlin, January 2, 1986]

Letter from Robert L. Schaadt to Yvonne Sutherlin, on January 2, 1986, thanking her for her donation of her mother-in-law's diary. He expresses his delight at reading it, and asks if Sutherlin would like to donate anything else to the Sam Houston Regional Library & Research Center.
Date: January 2, 1986
Creator: Schaadt, Robert L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Self Winding Clock Company to Edgar B. Sutherlin, February 6, 1922] (open access)

[Letter from Self Winding Clock Company to Edgar B. Sutherlin, February 6, 1922]

Letter from Self Winding Clock Company to Edgar B. Sutherlin, on February 6, 1922, telling him how he can improve the illumination of the dials on the street clock he bought from them.
Date: February 6, 1922
Creator: Self Winding Clock Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter by Jane Stanley to James E. Sutherlin - 05/11/1945] (open access)

[Letter by Jane Stanley to James E. Sutherlin - 05/11/1945]

Letter from Jane Stanley to James E. Sutherlin informing him of where their old friends are stationed in the military throughout the United States.
Date: unknown
Creator: Stanley, Jane
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to her parents, April 12, 1926] (open access)

[Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to her parents, April 12, 1926]

Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to John and Sophia Wilson, on April 12, 1926. She is thankful they arrived home safely, and berates them for not asking for money when they nearly went broke.
Date: April 12, 1926
Creator: Sutherlin, Edith Hallie Wilson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to her parents, August 24, 1927] (open access)

[Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to her parents, August 24, 1927]

Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to John and Sophia Wilson, on August 24, 1927. She writes about her daughters, one of whom is entering college soon, and a boy who helps her husband at his shop.
Date: August 24, 1927
Creator: Sutherlin, Edith Hallie Wilson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter by Edith Wilson Sutherlin to her mother - 07/10/1944] (open access)

[Letter by Edith Wilson Sutherlin to her mother - 07/10/1944]

Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to her mother about going to church in Corpus Christi with her son, James, her daughter Waneta's teaching career and other news.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sutherlin, Edith Wilson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter by Edith Wilson Sutherlin to James E. Sutherlin - 03/17/1945] (open access)

[Letter by Edith Wilson Sutherlin to James E. Sutherlin - 03/17/1945]

Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to her son, James, with comments on his sister Waneta, James' sick grandmother and writing special sentences to get around the censor.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sutherlin, Edith Wilson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter by Edith Wilson Sutherlin to James E. Sutherlin - 03/17/1945] (open access)

[Letter by Edith Wilson Sutherlin to James E. Sutherlin - 03/17/1945]

Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to her son, James, about his grandmother's medical condition.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sutherlin, Edith Wilson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter by Edith Wilson Sutherlin to James E. Sutherlin - 05/18/1945] (open access)

[Letter by Edith Wilson Sutherlin to James E. Sutherlin - 05/18/1945]

Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to her son, James, with various topics of interest from home.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sutherlin, Edith Wilson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter by Edith Wilson Sutherlin to James E. Sutherlin 09/12/1945] (open access)

[Letter by Edith Wilson Sutherlin to James E. Sutherlin 09/12/1945]

Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to her son, James. She writes to him on the cold weather at home, what food she can send to him and about friends of the family who have been drafted.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sutherlin, Edith Wilson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History