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[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Elaine, October 8, 2004] (open access)

[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Elaine, October 8, 2004]

Letter from Eleanor Brown to Elaine discussing her volunteer activities, recent travel, and other news.
Date: October 8, 2004
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Super Chief" in Raton Pass]

Santa Fe's "Super Chief" rolls through scenic Raton Pass on the New Mexico - Colorado border on September 7, 1959.
Date: September 7, 1959
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Thad Cobb and Five Cowboys]

Photograph of Thad Cobb and five young cowhands on horses with other horses, a wall, and hills in the background.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of an Oil and Gas Mining Lease Between Maude B. Johnson and Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, 1940] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of an Oil and Gas Mining Lease Between Maude B. Johnson and Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, 1940]

Photostat copy of an oil and gas mining lease from Maude P. Johnson to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company regarding property in Hemphill County, Texas.
Date: July 29, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of an Oil and Gas Mining Lease Between Maude B. Johnson and Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, 1939] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of an Oil and Gas Mining Lease Between Maude B. Johnson and Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, 1939]

Photostat copy of an oil and gas mining lease from Maude P. Johnson to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company regarding property in Hemphill County, Texas.
Date: July 29, 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of Affidavit of Possession of Ellis Locke and Maude B. Johnson] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of Affidavit of Possession of Ellis Locke and Maude B. Johnson]

Photostat copy of an affidavit of possession sworn by Ellis Locke which states he is the tenant on land owned by Maude B. Johnson in Hemphill County, Texas and his lease ends on May 1, 1940. The affidavit includes a sworn statement by Maude B. Johnson that states an oil and gas lease has been executed to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company beginning July 29, 1939.
Date: August 8, 1939
Creator: Locke, Ellis & Johnson, Maude B.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Radioactive Phonolite and Associated Thorium - Rare Earth - Niobium Veins in the Laughlin Peak Area, Chico Hills, Colfax County, New Mexico (open access)

Radioactive Phonolite and Associated Thorium - Rare Earth - Niobium Veins in the Laughlin Peak Area, Chico Hills, Colfax County, New Mexico

Report discussing the investigation of possibly commercial amounts of thorium, niobium and rare earths which were found in veins of igneous rock areas in Laughlin Peak, New Mexico.
Date: December 1958
Creator: Tschanz, Charles M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard of Mountain Horseback Riding]

Postcard with a photograph of several people on horseback at Philmont Scout Ranch and Explorer Base near Cimarron, New Mexico.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dunham, Howard
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses

From Significance and value of Analyses of Coal: "The analyses published in this report cover samples of coal collected in many different parts of the country with unusual care by experiences men, in such manner as to make them representative of extensive beds of coal."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples

From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safety Cars of the United States Bureau of Mines (open access)

Safety Cars of the United States Bureau of Mines

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the mine stations and safety cars used to reach miners in distress. As stated in the report, "the purpose, equipment, personnel, and construction of its safety cars" is presented. This report includes an illustration, and a map.
Date: March 1931
Creator: Forbes, J. J. & Ankeny, M. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Scrapbook Page: Philmont Camp] (open access)

[Scrapbook Page: Philmont Camp]

Page from a scrapbook album containing an itinerary for events during an extended hiking expedition at the Philmont Camp on one side and a map of the area on the back.
Date: 1989
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. L. "Button" Roberson to Herman F. Fuchs, October 10, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from H. L. "Button" Roberson to Herman F. Fuchs, October 10, 1986]

Letter from Button Roberson to Herman Fuchs discussing a recent visit, their respective medical problems, and a photo. The envelope is included.
Date: October 10, 1986
Creator: Roberson, H. L. (Button)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: New Mexico Death Penalty] (open access)

[News Script: New Mexico Death Penalty]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the execution of Enos Larry Trivitt under a new death penalty in New Mexico which required the execution of all individuals convicted of first degree murder.
Date: January 11, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library