[Letter to Alma Hiller, October 8, 1917] (open access)

[Letter to Alma Hiller, October 8, 1917]

Letter to Alma Hiller from her little cousin, "Hef", who writes about what it's like for him at Camp MacArthur, a military training base in Waco, Texas. The letter also discusses other family members, including a newborn baby in the family. The stationery letterhead has on its left and right side, respectively, an American flag image and a symbol that consists of a triangle within a circle, and it reads, "National War Work Council, Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Associations, 'with the colors'".
Date: October 8, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to M. O. Laisure, September 8, 1917] (open access)

[Letter to M. O. Laisure, September 8, 1917]

Letter to M. O. Laisure asking for immediate response with the dates of permission to consolidate the eleventh and twelfth districts.
Date: September 8, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mathew Palm and Boys on Boulder]

Photograph of Mathew Palm and three young men (possibly his sons) standing and sitting on top of a large boulder with trees and hills in the background and more boulders and trees visible in the foreground.
Date: April 8, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mathew Palm and Family on Rock]

Photograph of Mathew Palm sitting on top of a large boulder with two women wearing light-colored dresses and hats and a young man wearing a dark suit, with another woman wearing a light dress and hat standing on a smaller rock on the right, and a cliff behind them in the background.
Date: April 8, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mathew Palm and Family Sitting on Boulder]

Photograph of Mathew Palm and his family sitting on a large boulder with trees in the background; Palm and his wife are sitting in the back with their three children (two young women and a young man) sitting in front of them. The men are wearing dark suits, ties, and hats and the women are wearing light-colored dresses and hats.
Date: April 8, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mathew Palm and Son Behind Rocks]

Photograph of Mathew Palm and his son sticking their heads out from behind two large boulders; there are several boulders and vegetation in the foreground and another family member is partially visible in the background.
Date: April 8, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mathew Palm and Son on a Rock]

Photograph of Mathew Palm and his son sitting on top of a large boulder during a family trip to Blue Springs; there are trees and more boulders in the background.
Date: April 8, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Palm Men by Water]

Photograph of three unidentified men, members of the Palm family, standing and sitting on boulders on the side of a small body of water with large boulders in the background. One of the men is standing leaning against a boulder on the left and the other two are sitting on two smaller boulders on the right. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.
Date: July 8, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Between Rocks]

Photograph of an unidentified woman (possibly Mathew Palm's wife) wearing a light-colored dress and hat posing balancing between two large boulders with trees and vegetation in the background and more boulders in the foreground.
Date: July 8, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History