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Clothes Pounder (open access)

Clothes Pounder

Patent for a clothes pounder. Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Turner, James S. & Campbell, John Luther
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn that can produce butter in very short period of time with minimal effort.
Date: May 19, 1913
Creator: Hoefer, Charles Jr.; Belt, Marcus L. Jr. & Belt, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waste of Oil and Gas in the Mid-Continent Fields (open access)

Waste of Oil and Gas in the Mid-Continent Fields

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of waste in oil and gas fields in the mid-continent area. As stated in the introduction, this report "describes the general amounts and kinds of waste, and attempts to show the importance of conserving these natural resources" (p. 5). This paper includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1914
Creator: Blatchley, Raymond S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Fuse Plug (open access)

Automatic Fuse Plug

Patent for "improvements in automatic fuse plugs" (lines 12-12). These are "adapted to be successively engaged by a swinging contact arm" (lines 16-17).
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Bowman, Levi M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Auger (open access)

Post Hole Auger

Patent for an improved post-hole digger/auger with multiple blades that cut in a spiral pattern and has the blades adjust and lock on the base. The blade shanks form a cage and keeps dirt from clogging the blades.
Date: May 22, 1915
Creator: Hoover, Orville M. & Ardery, Sarah, J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garbage Burning Furnace (open access)

Garbage Burning Furnace

Patent for a new and useful garbage burning furnace that burns garbage efficiently in a combustion chamber. Illustrations are included.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Stokes, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of William Henry Gordon and Fred Smith]

Postcard of William Henry Gordon of Porter, Oklahoma and Fred Smith wearing striped shirts, dark vests, and hats. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard says "Compliment of William Gordon to Ida Leroy." This collection of photographs of African Americans was purchased from an estate in Dallas, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. T. Lupton to C. C. Cox, May 22, 1922] (open access)

[Letter from J. T. Lupton to C. C. Cox, May 22, 1922]

Letter from J. T. Lupton of Thatcher Medicine to C. C. Cox discussing a recent payment.
Date: May 22, 1922
Creator: Lupton, J. T.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice from the United States Torpedo Company to Jake L. Hamon, Jr., May 6, 1925] (open access)

[Invoice from the United States Torpedo Company to Jake L. Hamon, Jr., May 6, 1925]

Invoice from the United States Torpedo Company to Jake L. Hamon, Jr. for $158.00.
Date: May 6, 1925
Creator: United States Torpedo Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. M. Sapp to Mr. Kempner, May 6, 1937] (open access)

[Letter from H. M. Sapp to Mr. Kempner, May 6, 1937]

Letter from H. M. Sapp to "H. Kempner" regarding the state and cost of repairing the Walters, Oklahoma Cotton County property.
Date: May 6, 1937
Creator: Sapp, H. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Colonial Art Company brochure] (open access)

[Colonial Art Company brochure]

Photocopy of a brochure sent to Carl Compton from the The Colonial Art Company showcasing various prints from famous artworks.
Date: May 12, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Milt Phillips to T. N. Carswell - May 22, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Milt Phillips to T. N. Carswell - May 22, 1942]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Milt Phillips, Department Adjutant, The American Legion, Department of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, dated May 22, 1942. Phillips advises that he was given an assurance from Fred Young that Carswell would provide information on the standing of J. W. Reid as a lawyer, that he accepted a fee to secure a divorce for a soldier, the son of a splendid legionnaire, but an allottment made to the girl and was later cancelled has not yet been stopped.
Date: May 22, 1942
Creator: Phillips, Milt
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Milt Phillips - May 25, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Milt Phillips - May 25, 1942]

A letter written to Hon. Milt Phillips, Dept. Adjutant, The American Legion, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, from T. N. Carswell, dated May 25, 1942. Carswell replies to a request for information regarding J. W. Reid and his brother. He advises that they practice law in Abilene, the brother is already in the Marine Corp and that, in the opinion of two good lawyers with whom Carswell talked, "J. W. Reid means well and does right".
Date: May 25, 1942
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 23, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 23, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent letters, ferrying a P-51 to Newark, being grounded by poor weather, politics affecting the WASP, and the possibility of Army Air Force commissions. Written on Mayo Hotel (Tulsa) stationary.
Date: May 23, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Texas news review] (open access)

[News Script: Texas news review]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories from the past week.
Date: May 6, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Conoco Touraide Headquarters, May 31, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Conoco Touraide Headquarters, May 31, 1952]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the Conoco Touraide Headquarters asking for some assistance in planning a road trip from Galveston to New York with a few specific stops in between.
Date: May 31, 1952
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. L. James to D. W. Kempner, May 11, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from T. L. James to D. W. Kempner, May 11, 1953]

Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner discussing new suggestions from hay suppliers and their prices.
Date: May 11, 1953
Creator: James, Thomas Leroy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 94, May 27, 1953 (open access)

Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 94, May 27, 1953

Weekly newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: May 27, 1953
Creator: Esenwein, August C.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Roy Rogers off on Red River jaunt] captions transcript

[News Clip: Roy Rogers off on Red River jaunt]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Roy Rogers going on a week-long trip down the Red River and Mississippi to New Orleans.
Date: May 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Reed Larson to Harris Leon Kempner, May 14, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Reed Larson to Harris Leon Kempner, May 14, 1963]

Letter from Reed Larson to Harris Leon Kempner discussing how right to work law has progressed over the past year. And few new non right to work states also initiated this law. He also wrote about how Harris Financial support helped achieve this and hopes that Harris does the same the next following years.
Date: May 14, 1963
Creator: Larson, Reed
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Car Thieves] (open access)

[News Script: Car Thieves]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 8, 1969, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Drought] (open access)

[News Script: Drought]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about drought condition in the United States, such as in Texas, Florida, and in Oklahoma.
Date: May 2, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Weather intro] (open access)

[News Script: Weather intro]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a string of storms and tornados in Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Texas.
Date: May 6, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Identifiable Attributes and Decision-Making Ability of Purchasing Personnel as Measured by the Results of a Management Game (open access)

The Relationship between Identifiable Attributes and Decision-Making Ability of Purchasing Personnel as Measured by the Results of a Management Game

This study investigated the relationship between certain biographical and personality characteristics and decision-making ability of purchasing personnel as measured by the results achieved in a complex management game.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Ellis, Norman Dean, 1933-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library