[Telegram from T. N. Carswell to the Governors of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma - March 31, 1941] (open access)

[Telegram from T. N. Carswell to the Governors of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma - March 31, 1941]

A Western Union telegram sent to The Governor, State of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, wiht a note that the same telegram was sent to the governors of Arizona (Phoenix), New Mexico (Santa Fe), and Oklahoma (Oklahoma City), from T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Army Day Arrangements Committee, Abilene, Texas, dated March 31, 1941. Carswell issues an invitation to attend Army Day, that "General Key and the Mayor of the City of Abilene join in this invitation."
Date: March 31, 1941
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Eula Clark to T. N. Carswell - January 17, 1943] (open access)

[Telegram from Eula Clark to T. N. Carswell - January 17, 1943]

A postal telegraph sent to Thomas N. Carswell, Roby, Texas from Eula Clark, Denver, Colorado, dated Jan. 17, 1943. Eula requests forty or fifty dollars assuring Carswell that she is starting a permanent job and is fine.
Date: January 17, 1943
Creator: Clark, Eula
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Eula Clark to T. N. Carswell - January 18, 1943] (open access)

[Telegram from Eula Clark to T. N. Carswell - January 18, 1943]

Postal Telegraph sent to Thomas N. Carswell, Sweetwater, Texas, from Eula Clark, Denver, Colorado, dated January 18. Eula acknowledges her receipt of the money expressing her appreciation with a promise of a letter to follow.
Date: January 18, 1943
Creator: Clark, Eula
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Narrative on Working with San Simon Company] (open access)

[Narrative on Working with San Simon Company]

Narrative from A. E. Deriquels describing the experience of working with men from the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company. The narrative is written on stationary of D. D. Parramore.
Date: March 1926
Creator: Deriquels, A. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Myrtle Hanson to T. N. Carswell from Myrtle Hanson - April 1, 1941] (open access)

[Telegram from Myrtle Hanson to T. N. Carswell from Myrtle Hanson - April 1, 1941]

A Western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell, Chairman Army Day Arrangements Committee, from Myrtle Hanson, Secretary to Governor Carr, Denver, Colorado, dated 1941 APR 1 PM 1053A. Declines the invitation for Governor Carr regarding the invitation from Carswell to attend Army Day due to April seventh being the last day of Legislature.
Date: April 1, 1940
Creator: Hanson, Myrtle
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from L. R. Hare to U.S. Army Southern Department Quartermaster, January 3, 1919] (open access)

[Memo from L. R. Hare to U.S. Army Southern Department Quartermaster, January 3, 1919]

Memorandum from Lt. Col. L. R. Hare to the Army Southern Department quartermaster requesting that they send a check to a discharged officer.
Date: January 3, 1919
Creator: Hare, L. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Ben Barbee, August 26, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Ben Barbee, August 26, 1955]

Letter from Truett Latimer to Ben Barbee discussing a recent trip to Denver and information on Southwestern Fidelity Life Insurance Company.
Date: August 26, 1955
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ruby Conaway McIntosh to T. N. Carswell - October 29, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Ruby Conaway McIntosh to T. N. Carswell - October 29, 1951]

A letter written to T. N. Carswell from Ruby Conaway McIntosh, Denver, Colorado. McIntosh advises Carswell that she read of his work in the Abilene Reporter and has enclosed a clipping about a friend doing similar rehabilitation for the state of Colorado. The enclosure includes an article printed by the Denver Post dated October 29, 1951 titled "Let Your Heart Fill Your Chest -- Parolees Get Help."
Date: October 29, 1951
Creator: McIntosh, Ruby Conaway
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Postal Telegraph-Cable Company billing to T. N. Carswell] (open access)

[Postal Telegraph-Cable Company billing to T. N. Carswell]

A postal telegraph-cable company bill charged to Thomas N Carswell, Roby, Tex. for collect telegram from Denver, Colorado, dated January 17, 1943.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Postal Telegraph-Cable Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Distribution of Funds from Hattie M. Sayles and Henry Sayles, February 2, 1915] (open access)

[Distribution of Funds from Hattie M. Sayles and Henry Sayles, February 2, 1915]

Document in which Henry Sayles and Hattie M. Sayles distribute an amount of $7866.97 amidst their children and relatives, declaring Henry Sayles Jr. to be in charge of the funds.
Date: February 2, 1915
Creator: Sayles, Henry & Sayles, Harriet McAlpine (Hattie)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Relinquishing of Land Rights Over to Mary E. Sayles] (open access)

[Relinquishing of Land Rights Over to Mary E. Sayles]

Signed document from relatives of Mary E. Sayles relinquishing all of their rights to the Austin and Williams land onto her.
Date: March 15, 1905
Creator: Sayles, Henry; Sayles, Emma H.; Sayles, Harriet McAlpine (Hattie); Harris, George C.; Sayles, Mary E.; Sayles, B. G. et al.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gifting of Land from M. E. Sayles to Relatives with Partial Will] (open access)

[Gifting of Land from M. E. Sayles to Relatives with Partial Will]

Unsigned document in which Mary E. Sayles is gifting land from the Austin and Williams league #340 to her children and their spouses. She names Henry Sayles and her son-in-law George C. Harris as executors of the estate once she passes, and the document includes a response from all parties stipulating that Mary E. Sayles may continue to benefit from the properties as long as she lives. A portion of Mary E. Sayles' final will bequeathing property to her daughters is also included.
Date: March 1905
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.; Sayles, Henry; Harris, George C.; Sayles, Henry; Harris, Hattie S.; Sayles, B. G. et al.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gifting of Land from M. E. Sayles to Relatives with Partial Will] (open access)

[Gifting of Land from M. E. Sayles to Relatives with Partial Will]

Unsigned document in which Mary E. Sayles is gifting land from the Austin and Williams league #340 to her children and their spouses. She names Henry Sayles and her son-in-law George C. Harris as executors of the estate once she passes, and the document includes a response from all parties stipulating that Mary E. Sayles may continue to benefit from the properties as long as she lives. A portion of Mary E. Sayles' final will bequeathing property to her daughters is also included.
Date: March 1905
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.; Sayles, Henry; Harris, George C.; Sayles, Henry; Harris, Hattie S.; Sayles, B. G. et al.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boy in Coveralls

Copy negative of a photograph of a young boy standing in grass and wearing coveralls and a hat. In the background is a brick wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children and Dog in Front of the Rainbow Garage

Copy negative of a photograph of a young boy, girl and dog standing in front of a brick building painted with the words, "RAINBOW GARAGE." The little boy is wearing coveralls and the girl is wearing a skirt and holding her right arm up.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Eight Members of the Perini Family Inside House

Copy negative of eight members of the Perini family seated inside the home. There are three men on the left and four women on the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Emma Burkey Perini and Charles Perini in Garden

Copy negative of Emma Burkey Perini and Charles Burkey wearing dark clothing, standing in a garden together with arms linked. There is a building behind them.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Emma Burkey Perini with Baby

Copy negative of two pictures of Emma Burkey Perini standing in a room wearing dark clothing, holding a baby in a light colored gown. There is another woman in the first picture.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Exterior View of Perini Front Door and Steps with Perini Brothers Posing on Steps

Copy negative of an exterior view of the Perini home with Vincent Perini, Henry Perini, Tom Cappella, and James Perini. Two are seated on the porch steps with one holding the baby, and the other is standing to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Family and Dog in Front of the Rainbow Garage

Copy negative of a family and a dog lined up in front of a business. There are two older men dressed in suits and hats, two women in dresses and two children, a boy and a girl. One of the women is wearing a scarf and a hat and the little boy is wearing coveralls. In the background is a brick wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Family on Back Porch; V. C. Perini Sr. and Virginia Lee in Garden

Copy negative of two pictures. In the first, young Virginia Lee (later Mrs. Gordon Anderson) is sitting on porch steps with her mother Phyllis Lee and V. C. Perini Jr while grandfather V. C. Perini Sr. is walking on the right. In the second picture grandfather V. C. Perini Sr. is holding young Virginia Lee and admiring flowers in a garden.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Glass Slide of the W. H. Cadets of Denver, Colorado (1901)

A glass slide showing the W. H. Cadets (most likely from Denver West High School, Disctict No. 2). The photograph was made in 1901 by L. C. McClure, a commercial and railroad Photographer from Denver, Colorado.
Date: 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grandmother and Virginia Lee on Back Steps; Mother and Virginia Lee on Back Steps

Copy negative of two pictures of young Virginia Lee (later Mrs. Gordon Anderson) on the porch steps of a house. In the first, she is sitting in her grandmother Emma Burkey Perini's lap. In the second, she is sitting in her mother Phyllis Perini Lee's lap with a shadow cast over the lower half of the picture.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grandparents and Virginia Lee on Back Steps; Parents and Virginia Lee on Back Steps

Copy negative of two pictures of young Virginia Lee (later Mrs. Gordon Anderson) on the porch steps of a house. In the first, she is sitting with her grandparents V. C. Perini Sr. and Emma Perini. In the second, she is sitting with her Parents Percy and Phyllis Lee.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History