Youngland District

Blueline print of survey map of Youngland District, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and land grants. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map. No scale information given.
Date: 1857
Creator: Matthews, R. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Denton County

Blue line print of survey map of Denton County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (2000 varas to 3/8 of an inch).
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
T. I. P. A TO MEET WITH THE NORMAL (open access)

T. I. P. A TO MEET WITH THE NORMAL

A newspaper clipping with an article titled "T. I. P. A TO MEET WITH THE NORMAL." The article was by THE LASS---O - COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS, DENTON, TEXAS dated MARCH 27, 1915, and announces a meeting of T. I. P. A. which is to be held on April 1 and 2. Listed in the program is a session to be presented by T. N. Carswell of Simmons, " What Is Needed to Edit a Successful Annual." This clipping was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College.
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Typical Westerner Was Late Jim Daugherty, Once Holder of Vast Lands, Say Friend Here] (open access)

[Clipping: Typical Westerner Was Late Jim Daugherty, Once Holder of Vast Lands, Say Friend Here]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the life of rancher Jim Daugherty, including comment from his friend, Senator W. J. Bryan.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Minnie Mae Billingsley, August 20, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Minnie Mae Billingsley, August 20, 1954]

Photocopy of a letter from Truett Latimer to Minnie Mae Billingsley congratulating her on graduating from North Texas State College at Denton and offering her career advice.
Date: August 20, 1954
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Jerry D. Hawsey, March 3, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Jerry D. Hawsey, March 3, 1953]

Letter from Truett Latimer to Jerry D. Hawsey expressing opposition to the bill that would make A and M co-educational.
Date: March 3, 1953
Creator: Hawsey, Jerry D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Exteriors

1 copy negative of two photographs. The first photograph shows the Cross Roads School with a tree in front. There is an automobile parked on the left. The second photograph shows the Mt. Pleasant School.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
T. I. P. A. TO MEET WITH THE NORMAL (open access)

T. I. P. A. TO MEET WITH THE NORMAL

A newspaper clipping titled "T. I. P. A TO MEET WITH THE NORMAL." The article announces a meeting of T. I. P. A. [Texas Intercollegiate Press Association] which is to be held on April 1 and 2. Listed in the program is a session to be presented by T. N. Carswell of Simmons, " What Is Needed to Edit a Successful Annual". This clipping was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College (Abilene, Texas).
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Thank you note written by Marie Katherine D. High to T. N. Carswell - April 17, 1916] (open access)

[Thank you note written by Marie Katherine D. High to T. N. Carswell - April 17, 1916]

A bank note with the following text: "Pay to Thomas Norwood Carswell, or bearer 1000 thanks - one thousand large thanks - upon receipt of 1 beautiful animal in perfect condition. Written and signed by Marie Katherine D. High. No 111110 - Exchange National Bank, Denton, Texas dated April 17, 1916." The note refers to a piano presented to the Faculty and Trustees of Simmons College by the 1915 Senior Class. This item was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College (Abilene, Texas).
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: High, Marie Katherine D.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eudora Hawkins to Truett Latimer, February 27, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Eudora Hawkins to Truett Latimer, February 27, 1959]

Letter from Eudora Hawkins to Truett Latimer responding to a statement Mr. Latimer made in his letter to Mrs. Whitehead about the Department of Public Safety. She says no promises were ever made by the Department to double the number of highway patrolmen and explains why it is impractical.
Date: February 27, 1959
Creator: Hawkins, Eudora
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to H. K. G. Silvey, March 27, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to H. K. G. Silvey, March 27, 1957]

Letter from Texas State Representative Truett Latimer to J. K. G. Silvey of North Texas State College, thanking him for a report on Kid's Lake and expressing hope for appropriations for "research on evaporation."
Date: March 27, 1957
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dallas L. Lacy to Truett Latimer, March 11, 1961] (open access)

[Letter from Dallas L. Lacy to Truett Latimer, March 11, 1961]

Letter from Dallas L. Lacy to Truett Latimer making a case for North Texas State College to be turned into a University. Dallas urges Mr. Latimer to vote for the bill that would do that.
Date: March 11, 1961
Creator: Lacy, Dallas L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History