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[Letter from Mrs. Rosa Belle Curtis to Truett Latimer, August 18, 1960]
Letter from Mrs. Rosa Belle Curtis to Truett Latimer asking for information about getting a job for John.
Date:
August 18, 1960
Creator:
Curtis, Mrs. Rosa Belle
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Rosa Belle Curtis to Truett Latimer, June 7, 1960]
Letter from Mrs. Rosa Belle Curtis to Truett Latimer asking for a job at the Capitol building for John, a junior in college.
Date:
June 7, 1960
Creator:
Curtis, Mrs. Rosa Belle
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to C. O. Nailey, June 10, 1959]
Letter from Texas State Representative Truett Latimer to C. O. Nailey discussing his pending appointment to the State Board of Morticians.
Date:
June 10, 1959
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to E. V. Spence, June 10, 1959]
Letter from Texas State Representative Truett Latimer to Colonel E. V. Spence discussing his support for professional engineers and the State Board of Water Engineers.
Date:
June 10, 1959
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John L. Taylor to Truett Latimer, January 5, 1958]
Letter from John L. Taylor to Truett Latimer discussing the plans for the third annual Bosses' Night.
Date:
January 5, 1958
Creator:
Taylor, John L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Lester W. Morton, March 16, 1961]
Letter from Truett Latimer to Lester W. Morton discussing House Bill 567 and 667. Mr. Latimer assures that he will vote against both bills and wishes Mr. Morton happiness at his new job.
Date:
March 16, 1961
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Glenn Biggs to Marvin Miller, March 26, 1962]
Letter from Glenn Biggs to Marvin Miller urging him to offer any help that he can to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer's electoral campaign for State Senate.
Date:
March 26, 1926
Creator:
Biggs, Glenn
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Lee Hemphill, March 16, 1961]
Letter from Truett Latimer to Dr. Lee Hemphill informing him that Lester Morton moved to Big Spring and is now the president of the First National Bank.
Date:
March 16, 1961
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Pickle to Truett Latimer, April 4, 1959]
Letter from Joe Pickle to Truett Latimer spouting the need for financial aid from the State for the Big Spring State Hospital.
Date:
April 4, 1959
Creator:
Pickle, Joe
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. Ray Echols to Truett Latimer, 1960~]
Letter from W. Ray Echols to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer inviting him to a "Measure the Candidate Rally" at the Howard County Junior College Auditorium, featuring various state legislators.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
Echols, W. Ray
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Coy O. Nalley, June 10, 1959]
Letter from Truett Latimer to Coy O. Nalley discussing his application to the State Board of Morticians. Mr. Latimer informs him that he has spoken to the Governor about it.
Date:
June 10, 1959
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Pickle to Truett Latimer, March 25, 1959]
Letter from Joe Pickle to Truett Latimer discussing the proposed budget for the Big Spring State Hospital. The budget was $90,000 under the needed amount; Mr. Pickle goes on to explain how important the $90,000 is to the hospital's operations.
Date:
March 25, 1959
Creator:
Pickle, Joe
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jack Sayles to Truett Latimer, June 20, 1960]
Letter from Jack Sayles to Truett Latimer discussing accusations made against Dr. Harrison in regards to Mr. A. E. Dalton's treatment at the Big Spring Hospital and the cause of his eventual death. Mr. Sayles defends Dr. Harrison and the hospital citing his sister as one of the patients of the hospital who was treated well.
Date:
June 20, 1960
Creator:
Sayles, Jack
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William K. Varnadore to Truett Latimer, March 23, 1959]
Letter from William K. Vanadore to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer expressing his support for HB 291, a bill authored by Latimer.
Date:
March 23, 1959
Creator:
Varnadore, William K.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Valve
Patent for improved check values in relation to a boiler of locomotives, to better secure priming and increase forcing power of its injector.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Deinert, Hans Gustav Joachim
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Heading Machine.
Patent for a grain-heading machine for "gathering broom corn, sorghum, maize and the like" (lines 12-13).
Date:
November 26, 1918
Creator:
Davidson, Rufus Burley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment
Patent for a planter attachment which opens a groove in soil for seeds then closes said groove.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Driffice, George D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Weyland Yates, March 9, 1955]
Letter from Truett Latimer to Weyland Yates thanking him for his help on his recent Senate race.
Date:
March 9, 1955
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to P. D. O'Brien, March 9, 1955]
Letter from Truett Latimer to P. D. O'Brien thanking him for his help on Mr. Latimer's recent Senate race.
Date:
March 9, 1955
Creator:
Latimer, Truett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Photograph of Big Spring, Texas
An aerial photograph of Big Spring, Texas, taken by photographer Don Hutcheson.
Date:
1961
Creator:
Hutcheson, Don
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hospitals of Big Spring, Texas]
Postcard of the two hospitals in Big Spring, Texas; Malone-Hogan Hospital and Big Spring Hospital. The image is an illustration with a main image and a second image in the upper right corner. The main illustration depicting a two-story, red brick building and the smaller image is a white, two or three-story building. The text, printed in the upper left corner of the main image reads "Hospitals of Big Spring, Texas; Malone-Hogan Hospital; Big Spring Hospital."The back of the postcard has "3-21-79" and "3,400 in this" written on it.
Date:
1979-03-21?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Watermelon Field]
Postcard image of a watermelon field in Big Springs, Texas. In the image workers are in the field checking the watermelons and one worker is visible carrying watermelons in his arms. Handwritten text on the back is addressed to Mrs. Annie E. Copeland from Ovalo, Texas.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating the Ground-Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 4
Fourth volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "supporting basic data including records of wells and county maps depicting well locations, elevation of base of aquifer, elevation of water levels in 1980, and saturated thicknesses in 1980" for the southern third of the study area.
Date:
December 1984
Creator:
Knowles, Tommy; Nordstrom, Phillip & Klemt, William B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating the Ground Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 1
First volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "interpretive information presented as text and related tables and regional figures."
Date:
May 1984
Creator:
Knowles, Tommy; Nordstrom, Phillip & Klemt, William B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History