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79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 21 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 21

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating the Red Raiders football team of Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler on winning the state Class 5A Division I football championship.
Date: March 11, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anal Speculum. (open access)

Anal Speculum.

Patent for a new and improved anal speculum. This design is "to so construct the several parts that there will be no rough or raised edges to interfere with its insertion in the anal passage; secondly, to so construct [the] improved speculum that it may be readily used as a bi-valve or dilator; thirdly, to form a locking-joint on the meeting edges of the shells forming the speculum, whereby the sections are prevented from overlapping each other to avoid pinching or injury to the walls of the anal passage while the instrument is being inserted; fourthly, to provide a plug for [the] improved speculum" (lines 17-29).
Date: March 25, 1890
Creator: Shuford, Quincy Adams
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Meeting of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 1992 (open access)

Annual Meeting of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 1992

Program for the 97th annual meeting of the Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, held from March 13 through the 15 in the Ramada Hotel, in Tyler, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference. The meeting was called to order by President E. Graham Martin, Jr., in the Ballroom of the Ramada Hotel.
Date: March 1992
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Meeting of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 2002 (open access)

Annual Meeting of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 2002

Program for the 107th annual meeting of the Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, held from March 8 through the 12, 2002 at the Shertaon Tyler Hotel, 5701 S. Broadway, in Tyler, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference. The meeting was hosted by The William Barron Chapter, and was called to order by President Nathan E. White, Jr., in the Constellation Ballrooms of the Hotel.
Date: March 2002
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Brake. (open access)

Automatic Brake.

Patent for automatic wagon brake which removes the strain on draft animals when the vehicle is descending down an incline.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Matthews, Dudley A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carnegie Library]

Photograph of the Carnegie Library in Tyler, Texas.
Date: March 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Hook. (open access)

Clothes Hook.

Patent for a new and improved clothing hook. This design utilizes elastic, vulcanized rubber end-pieces for the hooks to hold the article of clothing more effectively. These end-pieces can be produced more cheaply than their threaded-metal counterparts, which require screwing on.
Date: March 29, 1881
Creator: Delany, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Threshing Machine. (open access)

Cotton Boll Threshing Machine.

Patent for a cotton boll breaking mechanism and a means for breaking cotton bolls which are not opened sufficiently for the cotton to be picked.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Cass, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultural Resources Survey Within the Green Acres South Campus Proposed Expansion Site (open access)

Cultural Resources Survey Within the Green Acres South Campus Proposed Expansion Site

Archaeological survey results of 34 acre area of land for proposed development in Smith County, Texas.
Date: March 22, 2004
Creator: AR Consultants
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Courier. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 167, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1902 (open access)

The Daily Courier. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 167, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1902

Daily newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 18, 1902
Creator: Green, L. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grease-Trap. (open access)

Grease-Trap.

Patent for a grease trap "in which the grease is designed to be removed from the trap automatically and the object of my invention is to cause the water passing through the trap to carry the grease out with it" (lines 8-12).
Date: March 19, 1895
Creator: Henderson, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guard-Rail Clamp. (open access)

Guard-Rail Clamp.

Patent for guard rail clamps to securely clasp guard rails with the main rail with features such as spikes and braces.
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Akers, Harry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Harper's Weekly: Camp Ford, Texas Sketch]

Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford taken from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River.
Date: March 4, 1865
Creator: Simmons, G. W.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Harper's Weekly: Camp Ford, Texas Sketch]

Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford took from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River. George Washington Simmons, pictured holding a pail, was the paymaster of the USS Clifton, captured at Sabine Pass on September 8, 1863. The crew was initially incarcerated at Camp Groce near Hempstead, but the prisoners were all moved to Camp Ford in December 1863. Simmons was in the Prisoner exchange that occurred at Red River Landing on February 25, 1865. The lithograph made from his sketch was published in New York on March 4, 1865, only a week after his exchange.
Date: March 4, 1865
Creator: Simmons, G. W.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House]

Photograph of the House (located at Highway 16) in Smith County, Texas.
Date: March 1980
Creator: Bean, Billy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House]

Photograph of the House (located at Highway 16) in Tyler, Texas.
Date: March 1980
Creator: Bean, Billy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House]

Photograph of the House (located at North side Highway 16) in Smith County, Texas.
Date: March 1980
Creator: Bean, Billy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Howard Brooks to Webb Walker, March 5, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Howard Brooks to Webb Walker, March 5, 1945]

Letter from Howard Brooks to Webb Walker discussing recent conversations about a proposal to keep the Medical School in Galveston, as mentioned in Texas Senate Resolution No. 12. The letter references communication with Mr. I. H. Kemper, a key figure involved, and discusses opposition from various senators regarding the removal of the school due to perceived extravagance and waste.
Date: March 5, 1945
Creator: Brooks, Howard
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Donald Day, March 9, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Donald Day, March 9, 1945]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Donald Day discussing a Texas Senate bill about the University's medical school. It reports that previous controversies about the school lacked factual basis, as confirmed by thorough examinations. He urges Dr. Day to help mobilize opposition to the bill, emphasizing the need for immediate action due to the bill's potential impact and the current wartime context.
Date: March 9, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Julius Markowitz to Mr. I. H. Kempner, March 30, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Julius Markowitz to Mr. I. H. Kempner, March 30, 1951]

Letter from Julius Markowitz to Mr. I. H. Kempner discussing the expansion of his printing business by possibly purchasing a newly available printing plant while asking for a loan of $35,000 for the project.
Date: March 30, 1951
Creator: Markowitz, Julius
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ned Price to Truett Latimer, March 31, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Ned Price to Truett Latimer, March 31, 1953]

Letter from Ned Price to Truett Latimer inviting him to a dinner held by the Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association.
Date: March 31, 1953
Creator: Price, Ned
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Jones to William John Bryan, March 2, 1908] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Jones to William John Bryan, March 2, 1908]

Letter from T. N. Jones to William John Bryan requesting that Bryan help raise campaign funds in Abilene for Senator Bailey.
Date: March 2, 1908
Creator: Jones, T. N.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1993 (open access)

The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1993

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 4, 1993
Creator: Sheppard, Anita
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1993 (open access)

The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1993

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 11, 1993
Creator: Sheppard, Anita
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History