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[Homespun Cloth]
Oval piece of plain, homespun cloth made during the Civil War, mounted in a wooden frame.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John S. Heard Ledger #4: 1924-1928]
Ledger containing financial records of John S. Heard documenting expenses, deposits, and investments, organized by various fund locations and sellers. There are index entries at the front and a number of loose notes that have been inserted or paperclipped into the book.
Date:
1924/1928
Creator:
Heard, John S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
J.S. Heard's Inventory Book
Ledger documenting various assets held by John Heard including furnishings and personal items, properties, investments, and bills receivable.
Date:
{1913-09-23,1920-01-01}
Creator:
Heard, John S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John S. Heard Ledger #3: 1920-1924]
Ledger containing financial records of John S. Heard documenting expenses, deposits, and investments, organized by various fund locations and sellers. There are index entries at the front.
Date:
1920/1924
Creator:
Heard, John S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John S. Heard Ledger #2: 1913-1919]
Ledger containing financial records of John S. Heard documenting expenses, deposits, and investments, organized by various fund locations and sellers. There are index entries at the front.
Date:
1913/1919
Creator:
Heard, John S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Index to Stock Register]
Book containing an alphabetical listing of selected stock information that can be found in a separate ledger, which documents more information about investment shares and accounting. Each index entry lists the name of the company for the stock and a page number in the register.
Date:
1913~/1920~
Creator:
Heard, John S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John S. Heard Ledger #1: 1893-1913]
Ledger containing financial records of John S. Heard documenting expenses, deposits, and investments, organized by various fund locations and sellers. There is a card for Royal Insurance Company included with the ledger.
Date:
1893-06/1913
Creator:
Heard, John S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stock Certificate Register: 1897-1937]
Ledger containing stock certificate records for investments in several businesses. There are loose papers at the end of the ledger including receipts, notes, and letters.
Date:
1897/1937
Creator:
Heard, John S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Day Book: 1893-1906]
Ledger containing John S. Heard's daily financial transactions, appointments, and notes.
Date:
1893/1906
Creator:
Heard, John S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Name Index to Gwen Pettit Articles]
Spreadsheet index of personal and family names found in the compiled transcriptions of newspaper articles written by Gwen Pettit about the local history of Allen, Texas.
Date:
February 2013
Creator:
Fisher, Lindy
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Between the Creeks"
Compiled transcriptions of newspaper articles written by Gwen Pettit about the local history of Allen, Texas. The articles are organized by topic, including land & prairie, Indians, cattle trails, Republic of Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson, churches, schools, Sam Bass, late 1800s, Civil War, early 1900s, holiday stories, founding families, early roads, early Lucas, early Fairview, H&TC Railroad, photos & sketches, poems, and other articles.
Date:
July 2006
Creator:
Pettit, Gwen
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Woman in white gown
Unidentified woman in a white dress. There is a bow in her hair, and a photo cameo on her neckline with an image of a man. There is a locket around her neck, and she is holding flowers.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Greenwood Blue Gallery
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Man in suit
Unidentified man in a dark suit, photograph process is "Aristo Finish."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Wakely
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Man and woman
Unidentified couple in dress clothes. The woman has a bow in her hair and is wearing a locket. The man has on a narrow tie and a watch fob.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Greenwood Blue Gallery
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
History of McKinney and Collin County
This pamphlet gives an overview of the history of Collin County including important people, agricultural geography, and economic aspects.
Date:
May 1, 1924
Creator:
Wilson, Walter B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A History of Collin County, Texas
This book gives an overview of Collin County, Texas. The text discusses the geography and prehistoric aspects of the county as well as the history of the people in the region (including Native American tribes and settlers). The book has a bibliography (starting on p. 279) and an index (starting on p. 283).
Date:
1958
Creator:
Stambaugh, J. Lee, b. 1889; Stambaugh, Lillian J., b. 1888 & Carroll, H. Bailey
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Personnel, Texas Textile Mills McKinney, Texas, Frank W. Smith, Supt.
Probably WWII era, based on all the female employees, especially when compared to the other photo of the Textile Mill employees in this collection.
Date:
1942~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckner, The County Seat of Collin County Texas
Partial plat map of Buckner, Texas, historically the seat of Collin County, Texas. There is a key on the left listing lots and streets and a legal statement handwritten at the bottom. The map is encapsulated and has been framed; printed text at the bottom of the frame says: "Original plat of the first county seat of Collin County---Fort Buckner---drawn by the early surveyor, H. O. Hedgecoxe date 1846."
Date:
1846
Creator:
Hedgecoxe, H. O.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Employee Personnel, McKinney, Texas, Texas Textile Mills
T. S. Morris, the father of the donor, was born in 1899. He lived and farmed at Rt. 5, McKinney. At night, he worked at the Mill in the weave shop and dye room. In this photo he is a short man, in overalls, with two men to his left in dark jackets. He is near the sixth window from the left.
Date:
1939
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McKinney Junk Company, Spencer Smith Wrecking Yard, 1940
Four trucks lined up in front of Smith Auto Parts store in McKinney. The trucks range from 1920s to late 1930s. Nine men sit on top of the trucks.
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Country Boy Haystacks Calhoun
Haystacks Calhoun, wrestler, publicity photo, Country Boy Haystacks Calhoun. Calhoun was raised and died in McKinney, Texas. Popular in the 1950-1970s.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women Standing in a Barn Doorway
A group of men and women standing in a barn doorway. From the collection of James P. Thomas, Sr., McKinney.
Date:
1903~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Group of People in McKinney
A group of well dressed men and women in a line somewhere in McKinney. From the collection of James P. Thomas, Sr., McKinney.
Date:
1903~
Creator:
McKinney Greenwood Studios
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History