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WASP News Report (open access)

WASP News Report

Report prepared by Lucile Wise for the WASP board meeting discussing recent changes made to the organization's newsletter.
Date: April 2, 2005
Creator: Wise, Lucile
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell and Byrdie Carswell to Nora Whiting - April 2, 1969] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell and Byrdie Carswell to Nora Whiting - April 2, 1969]

A letter written to "Nonie" [Nora Whiting] from T. N. and Byrdie Carswell, dated April 2, 1969. Carswell offers Easter greetings. "A rainbow from deep in my heart, weighted with all the promise of old. The fabled bags of gold are missing. But in lieu thereof are snow white silver chalices. In the softly tinted and scented ever ascending halo from these chalices you will come better to know the measure and depth of gratitude I convey to you on this Easter Day."
Date: April 2, 1969
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Peggy Carswell to T. N. Carswell - April 2, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Peggy Carswell to T. N. Carswell - April 2, 1941]

A letter written to "Dad" [T. N. Carswell] from "Baby Doll - Peg" [Peggy Carswell], dated April 2, 1941. Peggy discusses her expenses asking if she is spending too much and advises that she wants a job for the summer at the hospital as an assistant for the experience since deciding to be a lab technician. She suggests for Carswell a new business idea and then explains regarding a new type of sign put out by Jack White of the Fleur Ray Sign Company of San Antonio. Handwritten postscript advises that she cannot type or handwrite but he "probably can read bad typing better than bad writing".
Date: April 2, 1941
Creator: Carswell, Peggy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1253.0515]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Miss Aubrey Snodgrass, Fairfax, Va., believes the 12-month school program might work out if students could attend on a rotating basis."
Date: April 2, 1963
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending March 29, 1986 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending March 29, 1986

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending February 22 to the week ending March 29, during 1985 and 1986 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: April 2, 1986
Creator: Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Vista Administration Building at Mary Baldwin College]

Postcard of a two story building with white columns supporting the roof and a red stairway lined with white fencing leading to the entrance. The back of the postcard adds, "A beautiful example of colonial architecture, erected in 1842. Mary Baldwin is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning for women in the United States, and is known as "The college with a background of culture and scholarship." " The message on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Mrs. Carroll E. Ward 1906 McFaddin Beaumont, Texas."
Date: April 2, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Virginia (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Virginia

Report documenting the suitability of Virginia for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: April 2, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Preserving Meat, &c. (open access)

Improvement in Preserving Meat, &c.

Patent for a method of preserving meat, vegetables, and other foods in an air-tight container using hydrogen gas and displaced water.
Date: April 2, 1872
Creator: Gillespie, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History