The Abilene Daily Reporter, Volume 17, Number 109 (open access)

The Abilene Daily Reporter, Volume 17, Number 109

Copy of the May 6, 1913 issue of The Abilene Daily Reporter, including several articles. The headline reads, "Reply of the Abilene County Seat Committee to the Article of Mr. T.B. Holliday, Which is Printed in Today's Reporter."
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Abilene Daily Reporter, Volume 17, Number 109 (open access)

The Abilene Daily Reporter, Volume 17, Number 109

May 6, 1913 issue of The Abilene Daily Reporter, including several articles. The headline reads, "Reply of the Abilene County Seat Committee to the Article of Mr. T.B. Holliday, Which is Printed in Today's Reporter."
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anna Hall]

Photograph of Anna Hall at Simmons College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bronco, Yearbook of Simmons College, 1913 (open access)

The Bronco, Yearbook of Simmons College, 1913

Yearbook for Simmons College in Abilene, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.
Date: 1913
Creator: Simmons College (Abilene, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cameron County

Blue line print of survey map of Cameron County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (8000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1913
Creator: McDonald, H. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of Simmons College, 1912-1913 (open access)

Catalogue of Simmons College, 1912-1913

Catalogue describes the governance, history, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Simmons College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1913~
Creator: Simmons College (Abilene, Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Conditional Interest of Sale of Minerals, Mac Sayles to Edgar Scurry] (open access)

[Conditional Interest of Sale of Minerals, Mac Sayles to Edgar Scurry]

Document certifying the sale of oil, gas, and other minerals from Mac Sayles to Edgar Scurry on land in McLennon County, Texas.
Date: July 21, 1913
Creator: Sayles, McAlpine (Mac)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Corral, Volume 6, Number 4, January, 1913 (open access)

The Corral, Volume 6, Number 4, January, 1913

The Corral literary journal of Simmons College includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes.
Date: January 1913
Creator: Simmons College
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Corral, Volume 6, Number 5, February, 1913 (open access)

The Corral, Volume 6, Number 5, February, 1913

The Corral literary journal of Simmons College includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes.
Date: February 1913
Creator: Simmons College
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Corral, Volume 6, Number 6, March, 1913 (open access)

The Corral, Volume 6, Number 6, March, 1913

The Corral literary journal of Simmons College includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes.
Date: March 1913
Creator: Simmons College
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Corral, Volume 6, Number 7, April, 1913 (open access)

The Corral, Volume 6, Number 7, April, 1913

The Corral literary journal of Simmons College includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes.
Date: April 1913
Creator: Simmons College
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Corral, Volume 6, Number 8, May, 1913 (open access)

The Corral, Volume 6, Number 8, May, 1913

The Corral literary journal of Simmons College includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes.
Date: May 1913
Creator: Simmons College
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Corral, Volume 7, Number 1, October, 1913 (open access)

The Corral, Volume 7, Number 1, October, 1913

The Corral literary journal of Simmons College includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes.
Date: October 1913
Creator: Simmons College
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Corral, Volume 7, Number 2, November, 1913 (open access)

The Corral, Volume 7, Number 2, November, 1913

The Corral literary journal of Simmons College includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes.
Date: November 1913
Creator: Simmons College
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Corral, Volume 7, Number 3, December, 1913 (open access)

The Corral, Volume 7, Number 3, December, 1913

The Corral literary journal of Simmons College includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes.
Date: December 1913
Creator: Simmons College
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[County Clerk Notice of Reception of Deeds] (open access)

[County Clerk Notice of Reception of Deeds]

Unsigned document asserting that the Taylor County Clerk has received several deed transfers from the Sayles between themselves and intends to file them for record. On the back is a header for the business of Henry and John Sayles, "Sayles & Sayles Attorney & Counselors at Law".
Date: May 28, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed Transferring Land from Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Mac Sayles, Seth Sayles, Henry Sayles, and Henry Sayles, Jr.] (open access)

[Deed Transferring Land from Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Mac Sayles, Seth Sayles, Henry Sayles, and Henry Sayles, Jr.]

Deed transferring land from Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Mac Sayles, Seth Sayles, Henry Sayles, and Henry Sayles, Jr.. There are four transfers within the deed, concering land in Taylor County; Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Mac Sayles, Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Seth Sayles, Henry Sayles to Henry Sayles, Jr., and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Henry Sayles.
Date: March 22, 1913
Creator: Sayles, Henry & Sayles, Henry, Jr.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of Sale of Land from James C. Wallace to Mac Sayles] (open access)

[Draft of Sale of Land from James C. Wallace to Mac Sayles]

Document certifying the sale of land in McLennan County, Texas, from James C. Wallace to Mac Sayles, with corrections in red ink.
Date: September 1, 1913
Creator: Wallace, James C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hardeman Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Hardeman County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (2000 varas to 3/8 of an inch).
Date: 1913
Creator: Bramlette, H. M.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Henry Sayles Giving Lien Notes as Collateral] (open access)

[Henry Sayles Giving Lien Notes as Collateral]

Documentation of Henry Sayles offering the vendor's lien notes of Henry Sayles Jr. and Mac Sayles as collateral to the Texas Guarantee and Trust Company. The document is unsigned and not notarized.
Date: March 24, 1913
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Henry Sayles Giving Lien Notes as Collateral Draft] (open access)

[Henry Sayles Giving Lien Notes as Collateral Draft]

Drafted, unsigned documentation of Henry Sayles offering the vendor's lien notes of Henry Sayles Jr. and Mac Sayles as collateral to the Texas Guarantee and Trust Company.
Date: March 24, 1913
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Henry Sayles Lake Abilene Album] (open access)

[Henry Sayles Lake Abilene Album]

An album documenting the development of Lake Abilene, the second of several reservoirs built to insure water for the growing city of Abilene, Texas. The album mostly deals with land sales related to that project. The Sayles family owned a ranch that was impacted by the lake and the family was intimately involved with the lake development.
Date: 1913/1926
Creator: Sayles, Henry, Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Henry Sayles Lien Note] (open access)

[Henry Sayles Lien Note]

Lien note stating that Henry Sayles promises to pay $5000 dollars with 8% interest to the Texas Guarantee and Trust Company by the date of March 24, 1915.
Date: March 24, 1913
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Henry Sayles Offering Lien Notes as Collateral] (open access)

[Henry Sayles Offering Lien Notes as Collateral]

Signed documentation of Henry Sayles offering the two vendor's lien notes of Ed. S. Hughes as collateral to the Texas Guarantee and Trust Company.
Date: March 24, 1913
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History