[Woman with the Parker Bell]

Photograph of Lavinia Ward, née McDaniel, standing outside of her brick house with a small hand bell, known as the Parker Bell, that belonged to her grandfather, Robert Henry Parker. It is resting it on the lip of a planter or urn in front of the house. A handwritten note on the back claims that the bell was once "used to call slaves in each day."
Date: 1985
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Stanley Rentz to Todd Bradford Willis, August 28, 1985] (open access)

[Letter from Stanley Rentz to Todd Bradford Willis, August 28, 1985]

Letter from Stanley Rentz to Todd Bradford Willis on August 28, 1985, informing him of his appointment to the McLennan County Historical Commission. He lays out how meetings are scheduled, and the projects the Historical Commission is currently working on.
Date: August 28, 1985
Creator: Rentz, Stanley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History