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Bill Gilbert at Irving State Bank

Two men shaking hands. Bill Gilbert (left) greeting customer Albert Farine in Irving State Bank's new building, 1947. The Merchants and Planters Bank was organized in 1907. Chaney and Fletcher Miller took over operation of the bank and in 1908 and had it chartered as the Irving State Bank. It later became Irving Bank and Trust Company and remained in business along Main Street until 1975.
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Presbyterian Mexican Mission]

Photograph of the Presbyterian Mexican Mission in Dallas, Texas. The mission is a white building with two windows in front on either side of the entrance and a white wooden fence in front. There is a sign identifying the building above the entrance. A car is parked in front and is partly visible in the bottom left of the photograph. There are other buildings on either side. The following is written on the back: "Dallas 'Springall Mission.'"
Date: May 13, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Exhibition of Paintings by William Lester (open access)

An Exhibition of Paintings by William Lester

Catalog from the exhibition, "William Lester: Paintings," November 30–December 28, 1947, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Includes: list of artworks in the exhibition, biographical note, selected images.
Date: 1947
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
6 Southwestern States: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana (open access)

6 Southwestern States: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana

Catalog from the exhibition "6 Southwestern States: Paintings & Sculptures [Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, & Louisiana], June 15–Sept 14, 1947, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Includes: essay, list of artists and artworks in the exhibition, selected images.
Date: 1947
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eighteenth Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition (open access)

Eighteenth Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition

Catalog from the "18th Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition, April 6–27, 1947, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Includes: list of awards and prizes, list of artists and artworks in the exhibition.
Date: 1947
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ninth Texas General Exhibition, 1947-1948 (open access)

The Ninth Texas General Exhibition, 1947-1948

Catalog from the juried "9th Texas General Exhibition," November 30, 1947–January 4, 1948, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and other venues. Includes: list of awards, list of artists and artworks in the exhibition, selected images
Date: 1947
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
30 Masterpieces:  An Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (open access)

30 Masterpieces: An Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Catalog from the exhibition, "Metropolitan Museum Loan of 30 Old Masters," October 4–November 23, 1947, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, assembled for the State Fair of Texas. Includes: list of artists and artworks, images.
Date: 1947
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Survey of the Graduates of Technical High School, Dallas Texas, from 1936-1945 to Determine the Effectiveness of the Training Program (open access)

A Survey of the Graduates of Technical High School, Dallas Texas, from 1936-1945 to Determine the Effectiveness of the Training Program

The purpose of the study is to analyze the results of a survey of the graduates of Technical High School in Dallas since 1938 to determine the effectiveness of the training given by the school in helping the graduate choose an occupation and giving him skills and attitudes that will help him get a job and make a good worker.
Date: 1947
Creator: Butler, James A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Social and Academic Status of Private Pre-school and Public School Children in the Second Year of a Dallas Elementary School (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Social and Academic Status of Private Pre-school and Public School Children in the Second Year of a Dallas Elementary School

This study will endeavor to make a comparative study of seventeen children in the second grade in an elementary school in Dallas that attended private schools and omitted the first year of the public school, and seventeen children that are in the second grade after completing the first grade in the public school. The purpose of the study in comparing the social and academic status of the two groups is to determine if the non-scholastic child after a year of private school is able to adjust and accomplish an academic and social status on the level of the second year of the public school as compared with children of school age that have been through the first year and are now in their second year.
Date: 1947
Creator: Aldredge, Ruby
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Activator, Volume 3, Number 4, January 1947 (open access)

The Activator, Volume 3, Number 4, January 1947

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: January 1947
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Activator, Volume 3, Number 5, February 1947 (open access)

The Activator, Volume 3, Number 5, February 1947

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: February 1947
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Activator, Volume 3, Number 6, March 1947 (open access)

The Activator, Volume 3, Number 6, March 1947

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: March 1947
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Activator, Volume 3, Number 7, April 1947 (open access)

The Activator, Volume 3, Number 7, April 1947

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: April 1947
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Activator, Volume 3, Number 8, May 1947 (open access)

The Activator, Volume 3, Number 8, May 1947

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: May 1947
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Activator, Volume 4, Number 1, October 1947 (open access)

The Activator, Volume 4, Number 1, October 1947

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: May 1947
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Activator, Volume 4, Number 2, November 1947 (open access)

The Activator, Volume 4, Number 2, November 1947

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: November 1947
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Activator, Volume 4, Number 3, December 1947 (open access)

The Activator, Volume 4, Number 3, December 1947

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: December 1947
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Are the Dress Manufacturers of Dallas, Texas, Meeting the Needs of the Tall Women? (open access)

Are the Dress Manufacturers of Dallas, Texas, Meeting the Needs of the Tall Women?

The purpose of the present study is to determine what per cent of dresses manufactured by Dallas dress manufacturers is produced to meet the needs of tall women.
Date: 1947
Creator: Hannah, Clementena Parker
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Problem of Juvenile Delinquency in Dallas and the Educational Program as a Medium of Attack (open access)

The Problem of Juvenile Delinquency in Dallas and the Educational Program as a Medium of Attack

It is the purpose of this study to determine to what extent the present educational program in Dallas, Texas, is meeting the problem of juvenile delinquency. To determine this, an analysis will be made of the types of conduct deviations of juveniles, of modern educational psychology, and the relation between these two things.
Date: 1947
Creator: Hill, Irvin
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of the Teacher in the Health Service Program of the Elementary Schools of Dallas, Texas (open access)

The Role of the Teacher in the Health Service Program of the Elementary Schools of Dallas, Texas

It was the purpose of this study, first, to determine how and to what extent a teacher can be instrumental in improving the health status of the Dallas elementary school child, and second, to ascertain the importance of a teacher's evaluation of physical aspects from the standpoint of their effect on the mental, social, and emotional well-being of the school child.
Date: 1947
Creator: Williams, Beatrice Mabry
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Dallas Public Evening Schools (open access)

A History of the Dallas Public Evening Schools

The purpose of this study is to collect and to preserve existing data and information concerning the history and growth of the Dallas Public Evening Schools. The study will show how Dallas has been interested in the promotion and extension of education at all levels of learning, whether the learner is of the age to attend public school or has reached the age of eighty or more.
Date: 1947
Creator: Wells, Zada
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Physical Education Status and the Academic Status of One Hundred Senior Girls of N. R. Crozier Technical High School of Dallas, Texas, in May, 1947 (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Physical Education Status and the Academic Status of One Hundred Senior Girls of N. R. Crozier Technical High School of Dallas, Texas, in May, 1947

The purposes of the study were: (1) To determine the relation of the ratings of the students in activities in the physical education program by physical education instructors and the General Motor Capacity Scores made by the students; (2) To determine the relation of the physical education grades and the General Motor Capacity Scores of the students; (3) To determine the relation of the physical education grades and the academic grades of the students; (4) To determine the relation of the Intelligence Quotients and the General Motor Capacity Scores of the students; (5) To determine the relation of the academic grades and the General Motor Capacity Scores of the students.
Date: 1947
Creator: White, Maribel
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Discount Operations of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (open access)

The Discount Operations of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

It is the purpose of this thesis to give a factual presentation of the operation of the discount system of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas, covering the years 1914 through 1935.
Date: 1947
Creator: Richardson, Jean
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
18th Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition [Entry Rules] (open access)

18th Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition [Entry Rules]

List of entry guidelines and rules for the "18th Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition, April 6–27, 1947, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Includes information about eligibility, jury, prizes and awards, insurance and sales.
Date: 1947
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History