[Letter from George Fielding Elliot to Alex Bradford - April 6, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from George Fielding Elliot to Alex Bradford - April 6, 1940]

Letter from George F. Eliot to Alex Bradford discussing the idea of disrupting German and Russian oil supplies. While supported by Mr. Eliot, it is understood that London is currently preoccupied with the crackdown on the exporting of Swedish iron ore.
Date: April 6, 1940
Creator: Eliot, George Fielding
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory 1916 (open access)

Galveston City Directory 1916

Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "A Miscellaneous Directory of State, County and City Governments, A Postoffice Directory, Educational Institutions, Churches, Banks, Postoffices in Texas, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., Etc., A Street Guide and Householders Directory, an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens Giving Full Name, Occupation or Pursuit and Address, Also a Complete Classified Business Directory."
Date: 1916
Creator: R. L. Polk & Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of Galveston 1919 (open access)

Directory of the City of Galveston 1919

Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "A Miscellaneous Directory of State, County and City Governments, Postoffices in Texas, Educational Institutions, Churches, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., A Street Guide and Householder's Directory, An Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens, Giving Full Names, Occupation or Pursuit and Address, Also a Complete Classified Business Directory."
Date: 1919
Creator: R. L. Polk & Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nursing Alumnae Association Scrapbook, 1895-1964 (open access)

Nursing Alumnae Association Scrapbook, 1895-1964

Scrapbook documenting the history of the John Sealy Hospital Training School for Nurses, which was established in 1890. It includes portraits and lists of names for classes of nurses and administrators, images and information related to the classes and hospital work, and class reunions.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Dan McMillin Moody]

Photograph of Dan McMillin Moody (1866-1953) wearing a dark jacket and white bowtie. "Dan Moody" is written on the back.
Date: 190X
Creator: Morris, H. H.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Three Children]

Photograph of three children, two girls and a boy. The older girl is seated and the other two children are standing. The boy is wearing a bow at his collar and the girls' dresses are light-colored with high collars and puffed sleeves. They are possibly the children of John Mercer Moody; Lottie, Mercer, and Eda Belle Moody.
Date: 1895~/1897~
Creator: Willyerd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Grand Secretary's Report 1860-1861] (open access)

[Grand Secretary's Report 1860-1861]

Book containing the Grand Secretary of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas's report for 1860-1861 and Murchison Lodge, No. 80 meeting minutes dated 1892. The report consists of a list of members with their home lodges, occupations, and physical descriptions and is the first sixty-one pages. The Murchison Lodge meeting minutes are at the very end of the book, pages 218 to 260.
Date: {1861-03-01,1891,1892}
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Young Man in a Dark Color Suit]

Photograph of an unknown young man. He is wearing a dark color suit and is holding a dark hat in one hand. He is positioned between two wooden fences.
Date: unknown
Creator: Zahn, Justus
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Excursion Boat "Galvez"]

Postcard of an image of the excursion boat "Galvez". The image shows passengers inside the boat and on top there is an American flag and a white flag with the word "Galvez" on it.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Man With a Full Beard]

Photograph of an unknown man with a full beard. He is positioned from the chest up and is wearing a dark color suit with a bow tie.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blessing & Bro
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of John Mullins and Friends]

Photograph of John Mullins and friends. There are 4 people photographed, one young boy and girl, and one older woman and man.
Date: unknown
Creator: Tobler, L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of Galveston 1914 (open access)

Directory of the City of Galveston 1914

Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "the Present State, County and City Governments, County Officials of Texas, Giving Date of Organization of Each County as also County Seat; List of Counties, Judicial Districts, District Judges and Clerks, and Time of Holding Courts in all Counties in Texas; Representative, Senatorial, Congressional and Supreme Judicial Districts; Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, U. S. Judicial District and U. S. Circuit Courts, where Returnable; a Complete List of all Post-offices and Money Order Offices in Texas; also an Index of Societies, Associations, Churches, Corporations, Educational Institutes; Full name and Address of all Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory, also a Valuable Street Guide and Householder's Directory, numerically arranged."
Date: 1914
Creator: R. L. Polk & Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Index: Nursing Alumnae Association Scrapbook, 1895-1964 (open access)

Index: Nursing Alumnae Association Scrapbook, 1895-1964

Content index for a scrapbook documenting the history of the John Sealy Hospital Training School for Nurses, listing each page and the photograph(s) or information included. It does not transcribe all of the handwritten names for group photos.
Date: [1964..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Woman With a Bicycle]

Photograph of a woman wearing a flat hat and dark suit with large, puffed sleeves and decorative buttons. She is standing next to, and holding the handlebars of, a black bicycle.
Date: 1894~/1896~
Creator: Willyerd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History