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[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, March 4, 1930]
Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for Lutheran Concordia College of Texas.
Date:
March 4, 1930
Creator:
Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College to William Hagen, December 8, 1926]
Letter from Concordia College to William Hagen regarding the construction funding of a new college.
Date:
December 8, 1926
Creator:
Concordia College
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, March 5, 1930]
Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for Lutheran Concordia College of Texas.
Date:
March 5, 1930
Creator:
Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, November 28, 1927]
Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding the construction funding of a new college.
Date:
November 28, 1927
Creator:
Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, July 14, 1928]
Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding the construction funding of a new college.
Date:
July 14, 1928
Creator:
Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, June 4, 1930]
Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for Lutheran Concordia College of Texas.
Date:
June 4, 1930
Creator:
Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, September 21, 1927]
Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding the construction funding of a new college.
Date:
September 21, 1927
Creator:
Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, June 12, 1928]
Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding the construction funding of a new college.
Date:
June 12, 1928
Creator:
Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, September 25, 1928]
Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for a new college.
Date:
September 25, 1928
Creator:
Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for the "new and improved Baling-Press which is very simple and durable in construction, and is very easily operated by hand or other power" (lines 4-10) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new baling-press, including illustrations.
Date:
April 10, 1888
Creator:
Mattijetz, Andreas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for "an exceedingly rapid baling of the hay, to provide for the easy transportation of the press and the power employed in connection therewith, and to provide for the adjustment of the size of the baling-chamber" (lines 9-13).
Date:
February 25, 1890
Creator:
Mattijetz, Andreas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer.
Patent for improvements in car-replacers by using a jack-screw with a swiveled rest secured on top. The swiveled rest consists of an oblong box having rollers projecting above its upper edge. A windlass with a rope is journeyed in the jack-screw, passing through the swiveled rest, over a pulley and out of one end of the rest; the rope end having a hook or other suitable means for connecting it with the car. When the windlass is turned, “the car-body is moved laterally upon the rollers until the car-wheels are in line with the track.” (Lines 46-47) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 8, 1891
Creator:
White, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for improvements in bait-trigger traps for catching small animals, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1891
Creator:
Edwards, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements to a press that bales hay. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1891
Creator:
Mattijetz, Andreas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General highway map Lee County Texas
Map shows city boundaries, highways and roads, railroads, and some structures in Lee County, Texas during the late twentieth century. Includes legend, key to counties, and population statistics. Insets: "Lincoln" and "Dime Box." Scale not given.
Date:
1982
Creator:
Texas State Dept. of Highways and Public Transportation.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Historic plaque, Lee County Courthouse
Photograph of a historic plaque in Giddings, Texas. It reads: "Lee County Courthouse. Designed by J.R. Gordon along lines similar to New York State Capitol and several buildings at Harvard University. Classified as Richardsonian Romanesque style, after the famous Louisiana-born architect Henry B. Richardson. Built by Sonnefield, Emmins and Abright of San Antonion, 1899. Replaced first courthouse, which burned 1897. Located on crest of divide separating the Colorado and Brazos River Basins. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1968."
Date:
October 8, 2006
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lee County Courthouse
Photograph of the Lee County Courthouse in Giddings, Texas. It is a red and white stone building with a clock tower. Trees obscure the view of the building.
Date:
October 7, 2006
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Church in Giddings
Photograph of a church in Giddings. It is a white wooden building with a tall steeple.
Date:
October 8, 2006
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lee County Courthouse, detail of cornerstone
Photograph of a cornerstone at the Lee County Courthouse. The words carved into the cornerstone are difficult to read.
Date:
October 8, 2006
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lee County Courthouse, detail of cornerstone
Photograph of a cornerstone at the Lee County Courthouse. Words have been carved into the stone.
Date:
October 8, 2006
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lee County Courthouse, detail of clock tower
Photograph of the clock tower at the Lee County Courthouse in Giddings, Texas.
Date:
October 7, 2006
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lee County Courthouse, Veterans Memorial
Photograph of the Veterans Memorial at the Lee County Courthouse in Giddings. It says, "Dedicated to all veterans who served our country."
Date:
October 8, 2006
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Report: 2011
Annual report for the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) describing developments and updates on organizational programs.
Date:
2011~
Creator:
Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Lee County, Texas
Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Lee County, Texas.
Date:
January 2007
Creator:
United States. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History