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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

Girl in Yard

Copy negative of young Mary Frances Seastrunk in a dark colored dress sitting in a yard with a house on the left and plants.
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
[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
[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 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
[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
[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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
[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

Man and Child Eating by Car on Side of Road

Copy negative of B. F. Sr. and Mary Cox sitting on the side of the road by an automobile eating with woods in the background.
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 Texas - 1876]

Map of Texas and the Indian Territory of what is now Oklahoma, showing towns, roads, railroads, county lines, bodies of water, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Small portions of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and New Mexico are also shown. There is an inset map of West Texas and a portion of Mexico in the lower-left corner, showing El Paso, Pecos, and Presidio Counties.
Date: 1876
Creator: Woodruff, L. C. & Sitgreaves, L.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas with Parts of the Adjoining States.

Map of Texas and parts of Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma (Indian Territory), showing land grants, property lines, and ownership. The map also includes towns, forts, rivers, creeks, and areas of elevations. Includes notes on various geological features as well as a note written and signed by the General Land Office Commissioner, complete with an official General Land Office seal. Relief shown in hachures.
Date: 1837
Creator: Austin, Stephen F.
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

Map Showing the Route of E.F. Beale from Fort Smith, ARK. to Alburquerque, NM.

Three maps showing the route of E. F. Beale from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Albuquerque, New Mexico (left); the leased portion of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nation (upper-right); and country between the Brazos River and the Kansas River (lower-right). Relief shown in hachures. Scale varies.
Date: 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A new map of Arkansas with its canals, roads and distances.

Atlas map of Arkansas, showing finished and proposed canals, railroads, major roads, towns, and rivers. A key at the top of the map shows the steamboat routes and distances from Little Rock to New Orleans, Little Rock to Pittsburgh, and Little Rock to Fort Gibson. Scale [ca. 1:2,280,960] (approximately 36 miles to the inch).
Date: 1850?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowgirl Band at Confederate Veterans Reunion]

Group photograph of the Simmons College Cowgirls at the United Confederate Veterans Reunion in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Confederate, U.S., and Texas flags are flown by flag bearers to the left of the group. Note on the bottom of the photo: "Cowboy Band -- U.C.V. Little Rock"
Date: May 10, 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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