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Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library
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National WASP WWII Museum
1,491
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
451
Hardin-Simmons University Library
149
Texas Historical Commission
110
Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.
60
Pioneer City County Museum
41
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
33
UNT Libraries
23
UNT Libraries Special Collections
22
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Texas Digital Newspaper Program
6,991
Sweetwater Reporter
6,989
Tocker Foundation Grant
6,268
Abilene Library Consortium
1,709
National WASP WWII Museum
1,491
World War Two Collection
1,005
United States Census Map Collection
267
USGS Topographic Map Collection
135
THC National Register Collection
106
David S. Castle Architectural Drawings
60
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Sweetwater Reporter
6,478
Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
508
The Nolan County News
283
Sweetwater Daily Reporter
223
Prince Collection
183
Gayle Snell Collection
149
National WASP WWII Museum Collection
143
Forts Heritage Region
123
Eleanor Brown Collection
114
Kafka Collection
89
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Exterior of Hospital
Copy negative of the exterior of Andrew Hefner Hospital in Sweetwater, Texas in 1912. Several people are posing for the picture on the porch and steps.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Exterior
Copy negative of the exterior of Hefner Hotel in Sweetwater, Texas. There are a few men posing in front, and two vehicles can be seen off to the side.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Exterior
Copy negative of a card, showing a picture of the Hotel Hefner in Sweetwater, Texas. The card has the address, rates, and a description of the services provided by Doctors Hefner and Brown, who are located at the hotel.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Child in Yard; Child in Yard
1 copy negative of 2 images. The first image is of a baby, Kit Carson Hefner. She is in the yard, opening the gate of a white fence. Several other houses can be seen in the background. The second image is of Kit standing in the middle of the same yard, wearing a hat.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Man with Fish
Copy negative of a portrait of Dr. Andrew Hefner holding a string of several fish. He is wearing a hat, collared shirt, and tie.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baby in Chair; Baby in Stroller
Copy negative of two pictures. The picture on the left is a portrait of baby LaNelle Hefner in 1914. The picture on the right is of LaNelle sitting in a chair and baby Kit Carson Hefner in a stroller on a porch in front of a door in 1916.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Girls with Dolls; Portrait of Mother and Child
Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of Ova Milling Brown and LaNelle Hefner in costumes holding baby dolls with men, a horse and buggy, and houses in the background, taken in Sweetwater in 1916. The second picture is a portrait of mother and daughter Lydia Young and Verna Nell Young taken in the mid 1920's in Eastland.
Date:
1916
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Three Men with Horses
Copy negative of three men with horses in a field in Dora, Texas. Two men are riding the horses, and one man is standing in front of his horse.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Nolan County, Texas
Blue line print of survey map of Nolan County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, towns, mountains, railroads, boundaries, original land grants or surveys, roads, and blocks of land. A diagram of a section is included in the upper-right corner. A handwritten note has been made at the top of the map to give an explanation for the yellow-colored blocks of land. Yellow land was unsold as of the date June 11, 1921. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date:
unknown/1921-06-11
Creator:
Stakemann, M.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Nolan County
Blue line print of survey map of Nolan County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:190,476] (5000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date:
1903
Creator:
Walker, Addison & Wynne, Amos
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Big Springs
Topographic quadrangle map of Big Spring, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, landmarks, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. A location diagram is included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date:
1954
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Sweetwater, Texas
Map of Sweetwater, Texas, showing the city broken up into zones, such as the retail, commercial, manufacturing, and residential districts. The map also includes streets, schools, cemeteries, a court house, parks, and roads. No scale indicated.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Map of Parts of Jones, Taylor, Fisher, and Nolan Counties.
Survey map of parts of Jones, Taylor, Fisher, and Nolan Counties, showing rivers, towns, boundaries, creeks, original land grants or surveys, roads, and blocks of land. A legend indicating drilling wells, gas wells, abandoned wells, and dry holes is included in the lower-left corner of the second sheet. Handwritten notes have been made on the map in red pencil to outline specific tracts of land. Scale [ca. 1:66,667] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nolan County, Texas.
Blueline format of survey map of Nolan County, Texas, showing land ownership, creeks, rivers, general land grants or surveys, and railroads. A diagram of a section is included in the upper-right corner. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil, "CL 70, 1-43, Mile 57th. For correction of CL see Book 71 51-53." Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date:
1877
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pioneer Museum, Sweetwater
PIONEER MUSEUM, Sweetwater.
Date:
August 7, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mural in Sweetwater
Mural in Sweetwater, train depot and engine "Orient Express"
Date:
August 7, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mural in Sweetwater
Mural in Sweetwater, 1888 courthouse
Date:
August 7, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Man on Horse
Copy negative of Herman McDaniel riding his horse in Maryneal, Texas. There is another rider on horseback in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picnic on Roundup
Copy negative of W. A. Williams, Marilyn Williams, Jay Jameson, Pat McDaniel, and Bob Proctor at a picnic in Maryneal, Texas. Four people are shown but are not identified.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Woman on Horseback
Copy negative of Marilyn Williams riding her horse in Maryneal, Texas. She is wearing boots, jeans, a short sleeved shirt and glasses.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plaque - R. A. Ragland House
THIS HOME WAS ORIGINALLY THE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE JUDGE AND MRS. R. A. RAGLAND AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN. IT WAS BUILT IN 1906 AND SOLD AFTER THE DEATH OF JUDGE RAGLAND. A GRANDSON, ROBERT A. RAGLAND OF EL PASO, BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND GAVE IT TO THE CITY AND COUNTY IN 1976 TO BECOME THE CITY-COUNTY PIONEER MUSEUM.
Date:
August 7, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pioneer Museum, Sweetwater
PIONEER MUSEUM, Sweetwater
Date:
August 7, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Historic plaque - R. A. Ragland House
Photograph of a historic plaque in Sweetwater, Texas. It reads: "R. A. Ragland House. In 1882 R. A. Ragland (1858 - 1938) came to Sweetwater as one of the town's first lawyers. He served as city commissioner, school board member and county attorney. In partnership with R. C. Crane he set up a law office and abstract firm. In 1906 he had this house built for his wife Luella Maddox Ragland. The home is an example of the classical Revival style. The chapel and brick addition to the front were built when the residence served as a mortuary. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1979."
Date:
August 7, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honor Roll World War II, Nolan County
Photograph of a World War II memorial in Sweetwater, Texas. It reads: "Honor Roll World War II: Marion William Justice, J. R. Kiser, Kenneth B. Lance, James F. Leach, Fred H. Leonard, Anton Mack, Raymond W. May, J. C. McCoy, Quinn L. McKelvey, Murl Montgomery, James W. Moor, Homer G. Neithercutt, Troy W. Norris, Philip J. Ochoa, Malcom Omar Cook, Dayton S. O'Keefe, Willie W. Oliver, James F. O'Neil, Leon Overby, William H. Pietzsch, A. J. Roy, Fred Scudday, Jr., Johnny Leon Sealy, Leroy Shifflett, John J. S. Smith, Screven Smith, Robert M. Snyder, Raymond L. Stephenson, Bill Saunders, James F. Lewallen, Aubrey T. Stewart, Willard D. Taylor, Ennis C. Vogler, James H. Walker, Jr., John E. Walker, L. H. Whittington, Enoch A. Whittington, Edward Wilkins, Jr., Charles Ray Wilkinson, Charles H. Williams, Alton B. Wilson, Speegle J. Wood, Edgar R. Woodson, Mark Yoakum, Fred P. Pipkin, Jr."
Date:
August 7, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History