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[Photograph of David Smith and Larry Ware at Alumni Meeting]

Photograph of David Smith and Larry Ware at the 1994 Hardin-Simmons University alumni meeting in Nashville, showing the two men standing in a corner having a discussion.
Date: 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children Outside; School Pictures

Copy negative of two pictures. The large one in the middle is of little Dan and Odell Webb standing in a large yard with a house and trees in the background, taken in 1946 in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. The smaller picture on the right is a school picture of Dan taken in 1955 in Abilene, Texas. There are other partially visible pictures.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Group of Students in Front of Building #1

Copy negative of a picture of a group of 26 students from the music department at Searcy College in Arkansas, including Mattie Warren. There are handwritten notes under the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Group of Students in Front of Building #2

Copy negative of a picture of a group of 26 students from the music department at Searcy College in Arkansas, including Mattie Warren. There are handwritten notes under the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Group Portrait at the Cooper House

Copy negative of a group of people standing on the porch at the Cooper house. The man sitting in the chair is George T. Beasley.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Central Texas]

Map of Central Texas and Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), showing towns, roads, railroads, county lines, bodies of water, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Includes notes on the abundance of water and forest cover. The map also includes small portions of Louisiana and Arkansas. No scale indicated.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Mississippi; New Light on Moscoso's Route to Texas.

Map of the approximate course of the Mississippi River through Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The map also identifies areas of overflow; where the Arkansas, Ouachita, and Red Rivers branch off; major cities along the River; and Luis de Moscoso Alvarado's 1542 route to Texas. No scale indicated.
Date: unknown
Creator: Neal, A. D.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of Reverend John Washington Mayes

Copy negative of Reverend John Washington Mayes from the year 1850. Mayes is wearing a dark jacket with a light colored shirt. He also has a beard.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Mrs. W. H. Garnett to W. J. Bryan] (open access)

[Telegram from Mrs. W. H. Garnett to W. J. Bryan]

Telegram from Mrs. W. H. Garnett to W. J. Bryan with an illustrated holiday banner at the top, wishing Bryan and his family a Merry Christmas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Garnett, Mrs. W. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Women by Statue

Copy negative of Mary Frances Seastrunk and Menvil Mae Buchanan Seastrunk standing beside a statue in front of a columned building in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. D. Hanson to O. B. Ellis, February 23, 1961] (open access)

[Letter from M. D. Hanson to O. B. Ellis, February 23, 1961]

Letter from M. D. Hanson to O. B. Ellis discussing Willie McCowan, Jr.'s, an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections, medical history. After examining Mr. McCowan, Mr. Handon recommended that he be transferred to their Huntsville Unit for further examination.
Date: February 23, 1961
Creator: Hanson, M. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vicksburg

Topographic quadrangle map of Vicksburg, Mississippi, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours, spot heights, and colors, with heights in meters and includes reliability diagram, index to adjoining sheets, index to boundaries, and graded tints in meters and feet. Scale 1:1,000,000
Date: 1956
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elmer Lewis Stephens to Truett Latimer, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Elmer Lewis Stephens to Truett Latimer, 1955]

Letter from Elmer Lewis Stephens to Truett Latimer; He asks about Mr. Latimer's well-being.
Date: 1955
Creator: Stephens, Elmer Lewis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. D. Hill to T. N. Carswell - November 11, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from R. D. Hill to T. N. Carswell - November 11, 1950]

A letter written to Mr. Carswell, from R. D. Hill, The La Fayette Hotel, Little Rock, Arkansas, dated November 11, 1950. Hill outlines his business itinerary and discribes the bad effects that the war in Korea is having on many businesses. The reverse side includes a postscript informing Carswell of Hill's immediate travel itinerary and a reminder of his Los Angeles address.
Date: November 11, 1950
Creator: Hill, R. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. D. Hill to T. N. Carswell - February 3, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from R. D. Hill to T. N. Carswell - February 3, 1950]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from R. D. Hill, Little Rock, Arkansas, dated February 3, 1950. Hill requests that Carswell hold the letter for instructions to be utilizied later and suggests he obtain Cashier's Checks. Hill identifies "his man" in Albuquerque as Elmer C. Sproul, describes Sproul's background and gives his approval of Sproul. The reverse side includes a handwritten postscript by Hill informing Carswell that he learned that the tubing which Dalton wrote about is of smaller diameter than the pipe presently used by the firm thus it would not fit the units they are making.
Date: February 3, 1950
Creator: Hill, R. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. D. Hill to T. N. Carswell - January 24, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from R. D. Hill to T. N. Carswell - January 24, 1950]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene Machine Company, Abilene, Texas, from R. D. Hill, Little Rock, Arkansas, dated January 24, 1950. Hill predicts that the New Mexico man will prove to be a "go-get-ter", outlines his business travel itinerary, and requests to learn by February 1 of the status of the Post Office Box in order to direct his mail there. Handwritten postscript at top left of page requests a pardon for the errors.
Date: January 24, 1950
Creator: Hill, R. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. D. Hill to T. N. Carswell - January 5, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from R. D. Hill to T. N. Carswell - January 5, 1950]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, from R. D. Hill, Lafayette Hotel, Little Rock, Arkansas - Los Angeles 5, California, dated January 5, 1950. Hill advises that a water softening business at Albuquerque has tentatively agreed to take on their project for distribution. He advises of a Mr. Sproul as the operating head, outlines his travel itinerary and offers best wishes to Carswell, Dalton and Mutt. In a handwritten postscript Hill acknowledges that his letter is "not very fancy written" but believes Carswell understands what he tried to say.
Date: January 5, 1950
Creator: Hill, R. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. D. Hill to T. N. Carswell - November 30, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from R. D. Hill to T. N. Carswell - November 30, 1949]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene Machine Company, Abilene, Texas, from R. D. Hill, Little Rock, Arkansas, dated November 30, 1949. Hill outlines his business travel itinerary advising that if it is necessary to appoint or elect officers he will call on Carswell to act as one of them. Hill adds, in a handwritten postscript, that there was no time for corrections.
Date: November 30, 1949
Creator: Hill, R. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. B. Watson to T. N. Carswell - December 8, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from J. B. Watson to T. N. Carswell - December 8, 1941]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Parramore Post No. 57, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from J. B. Watson, President, Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, dated December 8, 1941. J. B. Watson defines Americanism.
Date: December 8, 1941
Creator: Watson, J. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trails made and routes used by the Fourth U.S. Cavalry: Under command of General R.S. MacKenzie in its operations against hostile Indians in Texas, Indian-Territory (now Oklahoma), New Mexico and Old Mexico during the period of 1871-2-3-4 and 5

Military map of the routes used by R.S. Mackenzie and his troops, including New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas as well as parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and Mexico. The map shows routes, trails, railroads, roads, camps, old forts, other landmarks, battles with American Indians, and names and locations of American Indian tribes in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Scale [ca. 1:1,405,436] (23.76 miles to the inch).
Date: 1927
Creator: Dorchester, E. D.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[UT Students' Army Training Corps Memo Number 33] (open access)

[UT Students' Army Training Corps Memo Number 33]

Memorandum outlining the Depot Zone plan to facilitate the distribution of quartermaster supplies in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Boyle, John B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E.R. Cotham to K.K. Legett - January 14, 1896] (open access)

[Letter from E.R. Cotham to K.K. Legett - January 14, 1896]

Letter written to K.K. Legett from E.R. Cotham regarding Della Harris's interest in land.
Date: January 14, 1896
Creator: Cotham, E. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Loan Note from The Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Abilene] (open access)

[Loan Note from The Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Abilene]

Loan note detailing the amount and conditions of a loan from The Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Abilene, taken out by Felix McGaughey and Legett & Hardwicke.
Date: April 21, 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Post Route Map of the State of Texas with Adjacent Parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian Territory and the Republic of Mexico 1889 (1).

Map of U.S. Postal Service mail stations and routes in parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mexico, and various Indian Territories, showing the beginnings and endings of routes, the frequency of the mail delivery (e.g. six times a week), special supply routes, and discontinued offices. The map also includes railroads, major towns, bodies of water, and state and county lines.
Date: 1889
Creator: Roeser, C., Jr. & Wanamaker, John
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History