[Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, August 21, 1973] (open access)

[Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, August 21, 1973]

Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing a letter she received a letter from Gip D. Oldham, Jr., to which she's not sure how to respond. She asks Mr. Edwards for help with how to respond, and mentions that she has fond memories of Sweetwater, Texas. The letter she discusses, which is included, asks for information from ex-instructors in the WASP air school for the WASP newsletter. Also included is the envelope addressed to Mr. Edwards from Betty Riddle.
Date: August 21, 1973
Creator: Riddle, Betty
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Ashby Cheek to T. N. Carswell - December 16, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Mary Ashby Cheek to T. N. Carswell - December 16, 1941]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Parramore Post No. 57, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Mary Ashby Cheek, President, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, dated December 16, 1941. Mary Ashby Cheek defines Americanism.
Date: December 16, 1941
Creator: Cheek, Mary Ashby
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oral history interview with Betty King] transcript

[Oral history interview with Betty King]

Oral history interview with Betty King, born Betty Warren. She discusses her upbringing in a small, non-diverse town in Illinois, her educational and professional history, and her involvement with Gayline, the Resource Center, and the Coalition for Aging, LGBT.
Date: June 30, 2019
Creator: Testa, Nino
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wheeled Plow. (open access)

Wheeled Plow.

Patent for a wheeled plow with multiple accessories attached to it that allows for adjustment of each accessory separately, holds the weight of the parts better, and keeps the parts more securely connected to the plow.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Hendon, Walter P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for improvement in plows: "The invention consists in so attaching a revolving disk, cutter, or colter to the beam of the plow that it will rotate on its own axis, and vibrate laterally, to accommodate itself to the line of draft or direction of the beam of the plow; also, in the means used by which the revolving cutter or colter is attached to the beam of the plow, and having the means of swiveling or turning in the beam to accommodate itself to the line of draft of the plow" (lines 22-31) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: December 28, 1869
Creator: Hall, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for plow. Illustration included.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Hendon, Walter P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History