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Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a new improvement in cattle guards, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Rail Brace.
Patent for a new railway-rail brace designed "particularly to be used on curves of rail-way tracks, and which ties the rails as to prevent spreading of said rails" (lines 13-16), including illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1916
Creator:
Barnes, Ned Eastman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Minnie Lee Barrett to C. C. Cox, July 21, 1920]
Letter from Minnie Lee Barrett to C. C. Cox introducing bonds for schoolbooks. Two return envelopes and the original envelope are included.
Date:
July 21, 1920
Creator:
Barrett, Minnie Lee
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Annie Webb Blanton to C. C. Cox, July 9, 1919]
Letter from Texas state superintendent to C. C. Cox discussing his school's allotment of books by the state and its surrounding rules and stipulations. The envelope is included, on the reverse of which is some handwritten accounting.
Date:
July 9, 1919
Creator:
Blanton, Annie Webb
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Annie Webb Blanton to C. C. Cox, July 17, 1919]
Letter from Annie Webb Blanton to C. C. Cox regarding a shipment of books for his school and the related rules and stipulations. The envelope is included.
Date:
July 17, 1919
Creator:
Blanton, Annie Webb
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Warzell Booty and James Leveston, July 7, 2016
Mr. Booty was born in Carthage, grew up in the Third Ward of Houston, and moved to Tamina when he was 16. He graduated from Booker T. Washington High School. He is the former president of Tamina's water supply and a current minister. In his interview, Mr. Booty described life in Tamina under segregation, how the community has changed over time, the threats Tamina has faced, and the strategies he and Mr. Leveston have used to preserve Tamina. Mr. Leveston also grew up in Tamina, Texas, a small African-American community near the present-day The Woodlands. He attended Booker T. Washington school in Conroe. Leveston joined the military after school and returned to Tamina after some time in Houston. He is currently the president of Tamina's water supply company. In his interview, Mr. Leveston described growing up in Tamina, segregation, his experience at Conroe's school, and his struggle to preserve the small community against the encroachment of surrounding cities.
Date:
July 7, 2016
Creator:
Booty, Warzell; Leveston, James; Howard, Jasmin & May, Meredith
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Henry Calyen, July 7, 2016
Mr. Calyen was born and raised in Conroe, Texas. He lived in a segregated neighborhood and attended Booker T. Washington schools until 1966, when he participated in "freedom of choice" and attended Conroe High School. While in high school, he participated in three marches in 1964 and 1965 to protest continued discrimination. He graduated in 1968 and enrolled in the military. He spent a year in Vietnam and then moved to New York City, where he married and spent almost thirty years as a postal carrier. He then returned to Conroe where he has remained active in his community. Mr. Calyen described race relations in Conroe in the 50s and 60s, segregation and integration, the black community, the impact of the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, his experiences in New York as compared to Conroe, and community activism in Conroe since the 1990s.
Date:
July 6, 2016
Creator:
Calyen, Henry & Howard, Jasmin
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Miss Gertrude Pruitt]
An envelope containing a letter regarding Miss Gertrude Pruitt. On it in Montgomery County Superintendent P. R. Clarke's handwriting is a date and note.
Date:
July 22, 1922
Creator:
Clarke, P. R.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Financial Statement, Montgomery County School District 15, July 1921]
A financial statement for Montgomery County School District 15 by P. R. Clarke.
Date:
July 1921
Creator:
Clarke, P. R.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Clarke, July 7, 1921]
Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox discussing financials for school district 15, issues with teaching certificates and varying school term lengths.
Date:
July 7, 1921
Creator:
Clarke, P. R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox, July 20, 1922]
Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox discussing financials for school district 15. Envelope is included.
Date:
July 20, 1922
Creator:
Clarke, P. R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox, July 25, 1922]
Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox discussing a new teacher for his school. The envelope is included.
Date:
July 25, 1922
Creator:
Clarke, P. R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from P. R. Clarke to L. A. Spear, July 3, 1922]
Letter from P. R. Clarke to L. A. Spear, introducing Gertrude Pruitt and recommending her as a teacher for Spear's school. Envelope is included.
Date:
July 3, 1922
Creator:
Clarke, P. R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Teacher's Contract Between K. B. Rice, Montgomery County School District 15]
A copy of a teacher's contract for K. B. Rice with Montgomery County, Texas, Common School District 15.
Date:
July 8, 1922
Creator:
Clarke, P. R. & Rice, K. B.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Teacher's Contract Between Stella Rice, Montgomery County School District 15]
A copy of a teacher's contract for Stella Rice with Montgomery County, Texas, Common School District 15.
Date:
July 20, 1922
Creator:
Clarke, P. R. & Rice, Stella
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Willis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 13, 1894
Creator:
Cravens, N. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. F. Curtis to C. C. Cox, July 11, 1911]
Letter from A. F. Curtis to C. C. Cox discussing the purchase and sale of some land; included are marked envelopes for the H. B. Claflin Company. The sending envelope is also included.
Date:
July 11, 1911
Creator:
Curtis, A. F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dumble, Armistead and Cronan to C. C. Cox, July 2, 1896]
Letter from Dumble, Armistead and Cronan to C. C. Cox informing him that the company has assigned Cox's account to attorney I. H. Weiner.
Date:
July 2, 1896
Creator:
Dumble, Armistead and Cronan
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Patricia Easley, July 8, 2016
Ms. Easley was born and raised in Montgomery, Texas. She is the descendant of slaves from the area, and she has traced her lineage back to the arrival of her family in Texas. She attended segregated schools until ninth grade, graduated from Sam Houston State University, and began a successful corporate career in Houston. She returned to Montgomery where she retired. In her interview, Ms. Easley describes life and conditions in Montgomery when she was growing up, her families long history, the way her family sheltered her from the harshness of discrimination, her time at Sam Houston State, political activism, her career, and how Montgomery has changed over time.
Date:
July 8, 2016
Creator:
Easley, Patricia & May, Meredith
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1916
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 6, 1916
Creator:
England, John Stone & Etheridge, O.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1916
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 13, 1916
Creator:
England, John Stone & Etheridge, O.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1916
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 20, 1916
Creator:
England, John Stone & Etheridge, O.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1916
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 27, 1916
Creator:
England, John Stone & Etheridge, O.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1917
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 5, 1917
Creator:
England, John Stone & Etheridge, O.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History