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Building Up a Run-Down Cotton Plantation (open access)

Building Up a Run-Down Cotton Plantation

"This paper is an account of the progress made in three years in changing a run-down cotton plantation into a profitable stock and hay farm. The results obtained from the use of cowpeas and other leguminous crops in restoring the fertility of the land have exceeded the expectations of those in charge of the work." -- p. 5
Date: 1908
Creator: Brodie, D. A. (David Arthur), b. 1868
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Lindsey - May 10, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Lindsey - May 10, 1943]

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Lindsey, recorded in the letter as 'Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Lindsey (?)' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee Elbert Ross Lindsey, recorded in the letter as 'Albert Ross Lindsay'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to parents from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date: May 10, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Thelma White - May 11, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Thelma White - May 11, 1943]

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Thelma White, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. Selma White' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee Dorothy Ludlow, recorded in the letter as 'Dorothy . . . Lee Ludlow, aged 26, U.S. Army, Second Lieutenant'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to Thelma, recorded in the letter as 'Selma', from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date: May 11, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. K. Young to Mr. I. H. Kempner, December 22, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from H. K. Young to Mr. I. H. Kempner, December 22, 1954]

Letter from H. K. Young to Mr. I. H. Kempner providing a list of requested addresses of Charles A. Wooten, Herbert Fitzpatrick, John M. Woods, Dr. James B. Bullitt, E. P. Coles, William H. Keister, William McC. Martin, Emmet Augustus Quarles, and Marion W. Ripy.
Date: December 22, 1954
Creator: Young, H. K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Charles A. Wooten, December 28, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Charles A. Wooten, December 28, 1954]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Charles A. Wooten asking for his address to keep up after seeing his name mentioned in an edition of the Washington and Lee Alumni Association as a contributor to the Alumni Fund.
Date: December 28, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. C. N. Lindsey to Cecelia McKie - May 19, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. C. N. Lindsey to Cecelia McKie - May 19, 1943]

Letter sent from Mary Ross Lindsey (Mrs. C. N. Lindsey) to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message from her son, Elbert Ross Lindsey, and stating they had been notified by the War Department that he is a prisoner. She also states she believes the message is authentic as he mentions names and addresses, they are familiar with. Envelope addressed to Mrs. W. L. McKie, Sacramento, California. Postmarked Helena, Arkansas. Handwritten note reads 'Lindsey'.
Date: May 19, 1943
Creator: Lindsey, Mary Ross
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. H. White to Cecelia McKie - May 19, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from T. H. White to Cecelia McKie - May 19, 1943]

Letter sent from T. H. White, on behalf of Thelma White (Dorothy Ludlow's sister), to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message from her daughter, Dorothy Ludlow, and stating she had been informed by the War Department that Dorothy was a prisoner at Santo Tomas but did not believe she would live long in an internment camp. She mentions her son, Jack Ludlow, is interned in China. Envelope addressed to Mrs. W. L. McKie, Sacramento, California from T. H. White, Lexa, Arkansas. Handwritten in pencil on left side: 'Ludlow'.
Date: May 19, 1943
Creator: White, T. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Reporter. (Helena, Ark.), Vol. 8, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1900 (open access)

The Reporter. (Helena, Ark.), Vol. 8, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1900

Semi-monthly African-American newspaper from Helena, Arkansas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 1, 1900
Creator: Holmes, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from William F. Roberts to Stephen F. Austin, August 7, 1829 (open access)

[Transcript of letter from William F. Roberts to Stephen F. Austin, August 7, 1829

Copy of transcript for a letter from William F. Roberts to Stephen F. Austin requesting Austin draft an order to Chester Ashley, so Roberts can collect Ashley's debt to him and Austin.
Date: August 7, 1829
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History