[Photograph 2012.201.B0240.0319]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Sen. Kilmer Corbin of Lubbock was still going strong this morning in his filibuster against 100 million dollar water bond issue."
Date: May 18, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Brownfield

Topographic quadrangle map of Brownfield, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, landmarks, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. Location and sectionalized township diagrams are included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lubbock

Topographic quadrangle map of Lubbock, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. A location diagram is included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Southwest Conference Highlights captions transcript

Southwest Conference Highlights

Presented by the Humble Oil & Refining Company, this production reviews college football highlights from the Southwest Conference during the 1956 season. Narrator Kern Tips recaps regular season conference games between the Baylor University Bears, Texas Tech University Red Raiders, University of Arkansas Razorbacks, Southern Methodist University Mustangs, Rice University Owls, University of Texas at Austin Longhorns, Texas A&M University Aggies, and Texas Christian University. It also takes a break from game highlights to feature several members of the 1956 All-Southwest honor team. At the conclusion, the film follows Southwest Conference champion TCU to the Cotton Bowl Classic game against Syracuse University.
Date: 1956/1957
Creator: Humble Oil & Refining Company
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: SWC] (open access)

[News Script: SWC]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Southwest conference faculty representatives meeting with a committee from Texas Tech to take the first steps toward integrating the school into the larger athletic body.
Date: May 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Luciano Santoscoy to John J. Herrera - 1955-03-17] (open access)

[Letter from Luciano Santoscoy to John J. Herrera - 1955-03-17]

Letter from Luciano Santoscoy to John J. Herrera. Santoscoy thanks Herrera for his support on the LULAC Refugio Council. Santoscoy informs Herrera that Tony Campos, of Lubbock, Texas, was interested in the formation of a council and asks Herrera to follow up with Campos to give guidance and more information on the formation of a council. In a handwritten note at the bottom, Santoscoy says, "P.S. Please give me your valued opinion on the LULAC Committee their Duties and Functions booklet that I wrote and National Office distributed to all councils."
Date: March 17, 1955
Creator: Santoscoy, Luciano
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Tony Campos to John J. Herrera - 1955-06-01] (open access)

[Letter from Tony Campos to John J. Herrera - 1955-06-01]

Letter from Tony Campos to John J. Herrera asking for Herrera's support for Frank Pinedo's re-election as National President. Campos is Pinedo's campaign manager and is asking Herrera to give the supporting or closing nomination speech. "In your hands you have the future of LULAC." Campos also writes to catch up and let Herrera know of how he is doing in Lubbock, Texas. "I am doing o.k. I got two secretaries. Not bad, eh Johnny [...] You know yourself Johnny...that when the people of Mexican descent need us, sometimes we have to sacrifice our personal life in order to help those who mostly need help."
Date: June 1, 1955
Creator: Campos, Tony
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Tony Campos - 1955-06-04] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Tony Campos - 1955-06-04]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to Tony Campos, District Governor, District I discussing candidates for the candidates running for National President of LULAC. Herrera writes that he supports Felix Tijerina as his council had been instructed to vote for Felix but his loyalty would be to Frank Pinedo. Herrera congratulates Campos on the formation of two councils and expresses his desire to see Campos at the National Convention.
Date: June 4, 1955
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1303 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1303

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the salary increase authorized by Section 2, Article 3912g, V. C. S., is applicable to assistant district attorneys in Lubbock County appointed under Article 326k-12, V. C. S.
Date: October 8, 1951
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1558 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1558

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Texas State Parks Board to lease concessions in MacKenzie State Park to the City of Lubbock for a period of ninety-nine years.
Date: December 19, 1952
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-588 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-588

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the office of county superintendent for Lubbock County was abolished by Article 2688c of Vernon's Civil Statutes.
Date: April 6, 1959
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of HSU Cowboy Band on Field]

The 1953 Hardin-Simmons Cowboy Band performing at a football game against Texas Tech at Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. This photo was taken from high up in the stands of the stadium, and the band members are congregated near the goalpost to the right.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. R. White, 1957~] (open access)

[Letter from W. R. White, 1957~]

Letter from W. R. Wright, chairman of Crusaders Against Delinquency, urging its recipients to contact their local statesman about outlawing the sale of beer and wine in Texas after 10 PM and on Sundays.
Date: 1957~
Creator: White, W. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to J. Roy Wells, January 17, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to J. Roy Wells, January 17, 1957]

Letter from Truett Latimer to J. Roy Wells of Texas Tech thanking him for sending football tickets.
Date: January 17, 1957
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Imperial Sugar Company, Sugar Stock and Sales Report, February 25, 1954] (open access)

[Imperial Sugar Company, Sugar Stock and Sales Report, February 25, 1954]

Imperial Sugar Company sugar stock and sales report featuring sections for warehouses and sugar in transit.
Date: February 25, 1954
Creator: Imperial Sugar Company
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: D. B. Thomson of Lubbock Describes 1883 Trail Drive] (open access)

[Clipping: D. B. Thomson of Lubbock Describes 1883 Trail Drive]

Newspaper clipping of D.R. Thomson describing some of his adventures as a cattle driver. The name, Raider Thomson, is penciled at the top edge, and a partial advertisement is printed on the back.
Date: December 6, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. M. Armstrong to Texas Brokers, List #3, August 3, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from R. M. Armstrong to Texas Brokers, List #3, August 3, 1953]

Letter from R. M. Armstrong to Texas Brokers, list #3 discussing the "Texas in Review" show and the featuring of Imperial Sugar Company on the show. The stations and times of Imperial Sugar Company's showings are listed.
Date: August 3, 1953
Creator: Armstrong, Robert Markle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959] captions transcript

[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959]

This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour and performing in Texas and the Southern United States in 1952 - 1959. Footage includes performers at the Bob Wills Ranch House in Dallas, Texas on November 27, 1951 (3 min., 06 sec.); a performance in Houston, Texas on June 25, 1952 that includes actors Tim Holt and Preston Foster (6 min, 44 sec.); a visit with actor Noah Beery, Jr. on September 30, 1952 in Little Rock, Arkansas (8 min, 07 sec.); a trip to historic sites in Vicksburg, Mississippi (8 min., 58 sec.); the exterior of the WFAA studio (11 min., 48 sec.); pianist Knocky Parker and guitarist Zeke Campbell playing together in 1954 (12 min, 07 sec.); a trip to the Port of Beaumont (12 min., 36 sec.); a stop in Lubbock for a parade and performance with Jack Perry at the ABC Rodeo (13 min., 40 sec); the LCD in Cedar Ridge recording studio (15 min., 48 sec.); the LCD and other performers filming a television show at Cross Road Store in May 1957 (16 min., 24 sec.); another performance at the ABC Rodeo in Lubbock in May 1957 (17 min., 47 sec.); the LCD …
Date: 1952/1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.b1402.0523]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "It took only one look for Bill West to become a convert."
Date: November 16, 1956
Creator: Tapscott, George
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.b1433.0449]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A machete is tool and weapon both in the jungle, linguistics courses at the University of Oklahoma this summer in preparation for assignment as translators among primitive jungle tribes."
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0295.0169]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "They're going to name a wing of the hospital after me," says E. J. Holub, center of the Kansas City Chiefs."
Date: December 4, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0164]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This road at the edge of Lubbock, Texas, is blocked by snow-frosted tumble weeds piled up by the gale-like winds from the storm in the panhandle area to the north."
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0294B.0378]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Taking a break during the world championship motorboat races at Lake McAlester is Lubbock, Texas pilot Bobby Holmes, who gets a soft drink from his wife, Beverly."
Date: August 30, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1052.0388]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Malcolm Phelps, El Reno, is a breeder and judge of Bulldogs."
Date: September 13, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History