The Apparel Mart Tapestries in Dallas by Bjørn Wiinblad (open access)

The Apparel Mart Tapestries in Dallas by Bjørn Wiinblad

Series of folded pages that describe the tapestries commissioned to hang in the great hall of the Dallas Apparel Mart, based on the Arabian Nights stories. The first page provides background, with the handwritten text of the letter written by artist Bjørn Wiinblad describing the inspiration for the images; the second page discusses the process and shows images of the illustration versus the tapestry. The other pages provide text from the Arabian Nights for each of the five themes selected for the tapestries, along with images of the illustration and the final tapestry.
Date: October 1973
Creator: Wiinblad, Bjørn
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1915-1934] (open access)

[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1915-1934]

Ledger containing the minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including proceedings of meetings, decisions and projects, and financial records.
Date: 1915-04-13/1934-02-06
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1934-1949] (open access)

[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1934-1949]

Ledger containing the minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including proceedings of meetings, decisions and projects, and financial records.
Date: 1934-07-11/1949-12
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1950-1956] (open access)

[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1950-1956]

Ledger containing the minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including proceedings of meetings, decisions and projects, and financial records.
Date: 1950-01-18/1956-01
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letterhead for Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society] (open access)

[Letterhead for Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society]

Blank sheet of stationery with letterhead for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society listing the names of the president and three vice presidents in the upper-left corner and the treasurer and secretary with address in the upper-right corner. The name of the organization is written in cursive at the top of the page with the text "We meet at the Hebrew Institute, 819 Taylor Street" above blank lines to add the date, pre-printed with "19__."
Date: 19XX
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Brief History of Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society] (open access)

[Brief History of Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society]

Short text describing the discovery of records for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society with a brief history of the group, their work, and connection to similar organizations.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Weiner, Hollace
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Financial Ledger for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1954-1960] (open access)

[Financial Ledger for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1954-1960]

Ledger containing financial records for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including deposits, collected dues, disbursements, and other financial transactions.
Date: 1954-01/1960-06
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Fannin County featuring Pioneer Families (open access)

A History of Fannin County featuring Pioneer Families

Book outlining the early history of Fannin County, including detailed descriptions of the main city (Bonham); churches, schools and community centers; ranching; settler families; and other related informtaion.
Date: October 1966
Creator: Hodge, Floy Crandall
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fort Inglish Story: A History of Bailey Inglish, the Inglish Family and the Founding of Bonham, Texas (open access)

The Fort Inglish Story: A History of Bailey Inglish, the Inglish Family and the Founding of Bonham, Texas

Booklet outlining biographical information about the Inglish family and narratives about the early history of Miller County, including clashes with the local Native American tribes.
Date: 1986
Creator: Scott, Tom
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Brief History of Dodd City, Texas (open access)

A Brief History of Dodd City, Texas

Booklet providing a brief history of Dodd City in Fannin County, Texas, including a summary biography of namesake Major E. H. Dodd as well as information about important people and families, businesses, churches, newspapers, schools, and other aspects of the city's history
Date: 1962
Creator: Brent, Millard Doan
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Helen Jane Walker]

Photograph of Helen Jane Walker as a baby. She wears a white gown and a bonnet.
Date: unknown
Creator: Stauts, J. C.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Edgar Ragland]

Photograph of Mr. Edgar Ragland, wearing a military uniform with a saber, a pair of epaulettes, and two medals sewn into the front of the vest. He holds out a pyramidal white cap with dark-colored feathers hanging from the top. A symbol, possibly Masonic, seems to be sewn onto the cap. Edgar faces forward with combed hair and a curled mustache.
Date: March 1891
Creator: Deane
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Man]

Photograph of an unidentified man, facing the left. He wears a dark-colored coat, a bow tie, and has curled hair and a drooping mustache.
Date: unknown
Creator: Marks, H. R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Eva?]

Photograph of Eva[?], pictured in a high-collared dark-colored dress, looking to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Barr, D. P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Family of Three]

Photograph of an unidentified family of three. At left is the family's mother, who is wearing a corseted dark-colored dress with a pendant on her collar, and at right is the family's father, facing to the left and wearing a coat and a bowtie. At center is a baby, wearing a white gown and facing forward. .
Date: unknown
Creator: Keasler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Child Sitting in a Chair]

Photograph of an unidentified child on a seat covered with a blanket. He wears a white gown, has his hand on the seat's backrest, and faces forward.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hillyer, H. B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Two Unknown Children in White Gowns]

Photograph of an unidentified pair of children, both wearing white gowns. At left is the older child, standing next to the younger child, a baby, at right. The baby sits in a chair.
Date: unknown
Creator: Heiman, Henry B. & Schlueter, Frank Joseph
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Woman]

Photograph of an unidentified woman in a simple black dress, facing forward.
Date: unknown
Creator: Reid
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Man Facing Backwards]

Photograph of an unidentified man, facing backwards and looking rightwards. He wears a suit, and has short, light-colored hair.
Date: unknown
Creator: Stauts Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Man]

Photograph of an unidentified man in a suit and tie. He is bald and faces forward.
Date: unknown
Creator: Baugh Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Anna Korenek]

Photograph of Anna Korenek, smiling and facing forward. She wears a pink dress and rests her left hand on her neck. The pink of her cheeks and her dress has been handcolored.
Date: unknown
Creator: McCall's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Man]

Photograph of an unidentified man with short hair and a suit and tie, facing forward.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cones
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Annual Deer Hunt with Men from Taft]

Photograph of several hunters posing together with a dog and several deer carcasses. The hunters wear hats, jackets, and long pants, with some along the front of the group kneeling. Three in the group, near the front at center, pose with a dog with a light-colored coat and dark spots. Behind the hunters are several deer carcasses mounted on a long board, their heads raised upward. The hunters stand in a field of grass, behind a car.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children in a School Play]

Photograph of a school play in Waco, Texas. Several children stand in costume on a stage decorated with three cardboard cutouts of buildings. At left, near a hut of some sort, is a girl in a plaid dress, another in a black dress and bonnet, a child held by another girl in a white hat, and another girl holding a toddler in her arms, followed by a boy looking out of a window in the hut. All near the hut watch the proceedings with shock and interest. At center is a judge with a wig and gavel, his hand on a low wooden desk. Behind the judge is "J. Mason Barber", with a boy covered in shaving foam looking at a barber, dressed in a plain white shirt. At far right is "Donaldson Grocer", with a police man with a painted mustache holding a baton, a witch with a pointed hat sitting on a barrel, and a grocer boy in an apron looking to the left. The autographs of the actors are written on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hubbard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History