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[Transcript of Letter from William Henry Austin to Stephen F. Austin, September 9, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from William Henry Austin to Stephen F. Austin, September 9, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from William Henry Austin to Stephen F. Austin, on September 9, 1836, discussing his wish to go to Texas and the things that keep him from going.
Date: September 9, 1836
Creator: Austin, William Henry
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Greenwood Plantation Accounts: 1844-1849] (open access)

[Greenwood Plantation Accounts: 1844-1849]

Account journal documenting daily work, conditions, and other records for the Greenwood plantation in Montgomery County, Alabama, on Augusta Ferry Road.
Date: 1844/1849
Creator: Wood, Green
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Laura H. (Jones) Herbert]

Photograph of Laura H. (Jones) Herbert. In this studio bust portrait, Laura is wearing a dark dress with puffed sleeves, and shirring down sides of bodice at lace inset. There is a small pin at center of lace collar. Laura has her hair pulled back into a bun. The photograph is mounted on a cardboard substrate with "Chambers Montgomery." printed in gold at bottom. Thin gold line borders the perimeter of the cardboard. Written on back in pencil "Cousin Millie from Laura Herbert" and in black ink "Laura Herbert Sister of Polly Ryon".
Date: [1865..1875]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box for Meat and Oil Presses (open access)

Box for Meat and Oil Presses

Patent for box for meat and oil presses. This box prevents meat from adhering to the box by using a lining, preferably sheet metal (p. 2). This keeps the box from breaking.
Date: May 26, 1885
Creator: Culberston, John J., of Paris, Texas; O'Connell, John C., of Montgomery, Alabama & Gaston, Bernard, of Paris, Texas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memories of Martha Elizabeth Gibson Anglin (open access)

Memories of Martha Elizabeth Gibson Anglin

A transcript of a 1963 oral history with Martha Elizabeth Anglin (née Gibson), recalling her childhood in Alabama, her family's move to Texas in 1895, and her marriage and life on a farm in Commerce, Texas. Footnotes are provided to add context to the narrative.
Date: 1887/1963
Creator: Anglin, Michael W.; Anglin, Reba; Barnett, Robert & Barnett, Patricia
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Portrait of a Young Boy in a Double Breasted Coat]

Photograph of a boy wearing a double breasted coat and a white collar. He has light hair, pale eyes, and a blemish over his lip. A vignette effect has been used, causing the boy's extremities to fade away.
Date: 1890~
Creator: Wallins' Photographic Art Gallery
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement. (open access)

Mechanical Movement.

Patent for improvements in mechanical movements by using the “combination of the frame comprising the base, the standard rising from one end of the base, the up-rights rising from the other end of the base, the horizontal bars connecting the standard ………….and reversely coiled around the shaft adjacent the operating-lever at points near the ends of shaft and having its ends secured to the ends of the cross-bar of the operating-lever.” (Lines 6-23, p.2) Illustration is included.
Date: October 27, 1891
Creator: Skaggs, Newton J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Montgomery Enterprise. (Montgomery, Ala.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1900 (open access)

The Montgomery Enterprise. (Montgomery, Ala.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Montgomery, Alabama that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 26, 1900
Creator: Jenkins, William & Noble, G. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1335.0024]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oscar W. Underwood, senior U. S. Senator from Alabama, recently declared that he seeks the Democratic nomination for president in 1924. He is in favor of strict enforcement of prohibition and the League of Nations."
Date: August 1, 1923
Creator: Pacific and Atlantic Photos, Incorporated
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Louisville & Nashville (LN) 143

A photograph print showing the Louisville & Nashville (LN) 143, 4-4-0, Montgomery, AL.
Date: 1934
Creator: Workman, H. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mobile & Ohio (M&O) 16

A photograph print showing the Mobile & Ohio 16, 0-6-0, Montgomery, AL (later became the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio-GMO).
Date: January 22, 1939
Creator: James Wade, Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Brown Blanche Perry Scrapbook] (open access)

[Brown Blanche Perry Scrapbook]

Scrapbook containing photographs, church bulletins, newspaper and magazine clippings, baptistry painting interpretations, etc. related to the various churches and individuals with whom Perry was associated.
Date: 1940/1966
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Color Painting of Capital Heights Church Mural] (open access)

[Color Painting of Capital Heights Church Mural]

A color painting in miniature of the baptistry painting for the Capital Heights Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Signed and dated by Blanche Perry. Shows sun beam cross, dove shaped cloud, calm river, and tree lined banks.
Date: October 1941
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from from Clyde E. Fulmer to Blanche Perry #3] (open access)

[Letter from from Clyde E. Fulmer to Blanche Perry #3]

A letter from Clyde E. Fulmer, minister at Capital Heights Church, to Blanche Perry informing her of the arrival of the painting she made for the church, and their plans to hang it within the week.
Date: October 26, 1941
Creator: Fulmer, Clyde E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from from Clyde E. Fulmer to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from from Clyde E. Fulmer to Blanche Perry]

A handwritten letter from from Clyde E. Fulmer, minister at Capital Heights Church, describing the painting and its display. Mentions that painting was slightly too short in width.
Date: October 31, 1941
Creator: Fulmer, Clyde E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from from Clyde E. Fulmer to Blanche Perry #2] (open access)

[Letter from from Clyde E. Fulmer to Blanche Perry #2]

A letter from Clyde E. Fulmer, minister at Capital Heights Church, to Blanche Perry describing the painting she did for the church and that Fannie Ellen did some "fill in" work with Perry's knowledge.
Date: December 5, 1941
Creator: Fulmer, Clyde E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1048.0603]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Capt. Allie V. Peoples Jr., OKC native, U. S. Army Air Corps, Maxwell Field, Alabama"
Date: April 18, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Paterson's Rosemont Gardens, August 16, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Paterson's Rosemont Gardens, August 16, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Paterson's Rosemont Gardens responding to an advertisement in the Florists Review about crotons as well as their sizes and prices. Kempner also asks about the types of rubber trees available.
Date: August 16, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 22, 1944]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing traveling. The postcard features an image of a Douglas DC-3.
Date: August 21, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 22, 1944]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing traveling between Selma, AL, and Houston. The postcard features an image of an AT-6 in flight.
Date: August 22, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 2, Special Edition, November 24, 1944 (open access)

WASP Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 2, Special Edition, November 24, 1944

Newsletter of the Women Airforce Service Pilots discussing various matters affecting the WASP, including updates on regulations, policies, news, and other pertinent information.
Date: November 24, 1944
Creator: WASP Newsletter Acting Staff
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 4, December 1,1944 (open access)

WASP Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 4, December 1,1944

Partial WASP newsletter from a base in Maxwell Field, Alabama, announcing the death of a WASP Staff Executive, Katherine Dussaq, who was a key member in planning reemployment possibilities for WASP after deactivation. Dussaq perished in a plane crash when her AT-6 went down on her way to Cincinnati. Attached after the newsletter is a pilot's log page belonging to Betty Jo Streff.
Date: December 1, 1944
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Samuel Kreiter, January 20, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Samuel Kreiter, January 20, 1951]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Samuel Kreiter discussing the arrangement of a congregation meeting.
Date: February 20, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 121, December 2, 1953 (open access)

Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 121, December 2, 1953

Weekly newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: December 2, 1953
Creator: Esenwein, August C.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History