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[Envelope Addressed to Mr. Rigdon Edwards] (open access)

[Envelope Addressed to Mr. Rigdon Edwards]

Envelope addressed to Mr. Rigdon Edwards in Sweetwater, Texas, from Mr. Joseph Haydu.
Date: 1976-06-24~
Creator: Haydu, Joseph
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bee Haydu to Rigdon Edwards, June 23, 1976] (open access)

[Letter from Bee Haydu to Rigdon Edwards, June 23, 1976]

Letter from Bee Haydu to Rigdon Edwards thanking him for his hospitality in Sweetwater, Texas, and a plaque presentation ceremony in which they both participated. The letter is printed on stationery for the WASP 1976 Reunion.
Date: June 23, 1976
Creator: Haydu, Bernice Falk
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Bull] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bull]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Jerry Cotten, from Blue Mound, Texas and his bull, Bobo, who made the trek from Fort Worth to the New York World's Fair. Having reached New Egypt, New Jersey, the trek is stalled as officials at the Texas Pavilion have not given him a firm word that he can exhibit Bobo at the pavilion despite being named as an ambassador by Governor Connally.
Date: June 3, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Core-Holding Mechanism for Cotton-Baling Machines. (open access)

Core-Holding Mechanism for Cotton-Baling Machines.

Patent for a core-holding mechanism for cotton-baling machines that provides "new and improved means for engaging and disengaging the core, so that it is guided vertically, and the bale is susceptible of being conveniently and rapidly removed from the machine and a core introduced for the formation of another bale" (lines 19-24).
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Smith, Hamilton E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Baling Machine.

Patent for an effective cotton-baling machine that improves on how cotton is compressed and fed into the rotary, that stretches the cotton to its thinnest, that improves on how the core is carried, that raises and lowers the compressor roller, that improves on the rack-and pinion mechanism, that improves on how the ends of the cotton roll are pressed, and that quickly and easily finishes each bale.
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Smith, Hamilton E. & Dare, Benjamin A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Myron Manufacturing Corporation Handy Reorder Form] (open access)

[Myron Manufacturing Corporation Handy Reorder Form]

Copy of Myron Manufacturing Corporation Reorder Form for John J. Herrera. Items ordered include one hundred "slide-a-side with window" and one digital alarm clock.
Date: February 8, 1977
Creator: Myron Manufacturing Corporation
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: 10PM Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: 10PM Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 27, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Labor] (open access)

[News Script: Labor]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 20, 1970, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10PM Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: 10PM Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 26, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 6pm Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: 6pm Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 27, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10PM Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: 10PM Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 28, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 6PM Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: 6PM Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 26, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Midnight news] (open access)

[News Script: Midnight news]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: 1970-08-14T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 6PM Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: 6PM Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 28, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Flying Bombers in World War II: Stories my mother told me.] (open access)

[Clipping: Flying Bombers in World War II: Stories my mother told me.]

Photocopy of a magazine clipping about how Geraldine Jordan became a pilot, how Jacqueline Cochran and Nancy Love created the WASP program, and the history of the WASP.
Date: August 2010
Creator: Jordan, Melissa
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Return Receipt for Registered Mail to Thomas A. Edison, January 18, 1898] (open access)

[Return Receipt for Registered Mail to Thomas A. Edison, January 18, 1898]

Photocopy of a return receipt for registered mail sent to Thomas A. Edison, January 18, 1898 from the post office at Denison, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Post Office Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. C. Starr to T. N. Carswell - January 18, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from D. C. Starr to T. N. Carswell - January 18, 1965]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from D. C. Starr, Executive Service Sales, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N. J. 07632, dated January 18, 1965. Starr expresses his appreciation for the telephone call from Carswell regarding the Tax Guide subscription and the 1965 Federal Handbook. He advises Carswell that the volumes had shipped and apologizes for the manner in which his account had been handled.
Date: January 18, 1965
Creator: Starr, D. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Prentice-Hall, Inc. - October 20, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Prentice-Hall, Inc. - October 20, 1965]

A letter addressed to Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N. J., from T. N. Carswell, dated October 20, 1965. Carswell makes a second inquiry, referencing his letter of October 4, 1965, regarding not receiving the Report to which he subscribed in July.
Date: October 20, 1965
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to The Prudential Press, Newark, N. J. - July 17, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to The Prudential Press, Newark, N. J. - July 17, 1956]

A letter addressed to The Prudential Press, Newark, New Jersy, from T. N. Carswell, dated July 17, 1956. Carswell explains that he read an article printed in the AMERICAN LEGION Magazine about the signers of the Declaration of Independence that was written by Merle Sinclair. He then requests a copy of a booklet published by them that was recommended to him by Sinclair.
Date: July 17, 1956
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere, March 27, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere, March 27, 1953]

Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere discussing the ten heaviest sugar volume states and the U. S. A. deliveries since 1949. The total deliveries are listed for each year for multiple states.
Date: March 27, 1953
Creator: Armstrong, Robert Markle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Summit] (open access)

[News Script: Summit]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date: June 25, 1967
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, March 9, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, March 9, 1998

Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, World War II veteran and owner/operator of a plant nursery in Center Point, Texas. Mr. Mosty tells stories from his service in WWII, including how his unit was one of the first to meet liberated prisoners of war, as well as how he was wounded and taken prisoner. He also discusses studying at A&M, his work for the National Park Service, and running a plant nursery in the 1920s.
Date: March 9, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald & Mosty, Robert Lee
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Nightly sports roundup] (open access)

[News Script: Nightly sports roundup]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 18, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Violence] (open access)

[News Script: Violence]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 20, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library