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Oral History Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, August 18, 1986 transcript

Oral History Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, August 18, 1986

Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, a longtime resident of Baytown since approximately 1920. DuPlantis explains her work in creating a new Episcopalian Church within the city, and their ascension to parish status in 1936. Most of her stories revolve around the church and the original congregation from the early 1920's.
Date: August 18, 1986
Creator: Mayo, Martha & DuPlantis, Blanche
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0279.0261]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "In the finals held here Monday night prior to the opener of the Houston-Oklahoma City series Miss Margaret Hargrove of Houston was selected as the Texas league's baseball beauty queen."
Date: August 18, 1952
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0279.0263]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A shapely attractive 19-year-old University of Texas senior from Houston was queen of Texas league Tuesday, after winning out over seven other candidates."
Date: August 18, 1952
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pipe Wrench. (open access)

Pipe Wrench.

Patent for a double acting pipe wrench with detachable jaws which can be easily removed and replaced, and which will allow a section of pipe to be turned in either direction. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 18, 1914
Creator: Hall, Samuel N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Public News (Houston, Tex.), No. 77, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1983 (open access)

Public News (Houston, Tex.), No. 77, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1983

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas focusing on the local and national underground music scene. Featuring interviews, reviews, concert information, and advertising.
Date: August 18, 1983
Creator: Gibbons, Robert B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soap-Making Apparatus. (open access)

Soap-Making Apparatus.

Patent for improvements in soap-making apparatus by using the “same frames to mix the ingredients and in cooling the prepared mass, thus obviating the necessity of the removal of the mixed mass from the mixing-frame to a cooling-frame.” (Lines 11-15) Illustration
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Grant, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1983 (open access)

South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1983

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local news along with advertising.
Date: August 18, 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1949 (open access)

Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1949

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes news and information of interest to residents of West University Place, Bellaire, Southside Place, Braeswood, Southampton, Southgate and adjacent areas along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1949
Creator: Brackman, Irvin H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 18, 1838 (open access)

Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 18, 1838

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1838
Creator: Cruger & Moore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 38, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 18, 1841 (open access)

Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 38, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 18, 1841

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1841
Creator: Cruger & Moore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1927 (open access)

The Texas Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1927

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1927
Creator: Goldberg, Edgar
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1932 (open access)

The Texas Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1932

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1932
Creator: Goldberg, Edgar
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tri-Cities Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 66, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1932 (open access)

The Tri-Cities Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 66, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1932

Daily newspaper from Goose Creek, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 18, 1932
Creator: Pendergraft, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Cities Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 67, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1931 (open access)

Tri-Cities Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 67, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1931

Daily newspaper from Goose Creek, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 18, 1931
Creator: Matherne, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 66, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1862 (open access)

The Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 66, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1862

Tri-weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Date: August 18, 1862
Creator: Cushing, E. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston Newsletter, [Week Starting] August 18, 1972 (open access)

United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston Newsletter, [Week Starting] August 18, 1972

Newsletter of the United Orthodox Synagogues in Houston, including news and events, upcoming services, member announcements, editorials, and other information of interest to congregants.
Date: August 18, 1972
Creator: United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Vivian Blevins Presenting Medallion to Mary Gribble]

Photograph of Vivian Blevins (left), the president of Lee College, posing next to Mary Gribble (right), a Lee College graphic arts instructor and both are touching the medallion around Gribble's neck, presented for participation in a national study of outstanding community college teachers. Additional information is printed on the back.
Date: August 18, 1989
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 18, 1858 (open access)

The Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 18, 1858

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: August 18, 1858
Creator: Cushing, E. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 21, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1863 (open access)

The Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 21, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1863

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 18, 1863
Creator: Cushing, E. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Bulletin: August 18, 2002] (open access)

[Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Bulletin: August 18, 2002]

Church bulletin listing the order of worship for the 7:30 and 11:00 Sunday morning services at the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, as well as various notes about upcoming events, congregational news, and other information of relevance to church members.
Date: August 18, 2002
Creator: Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church (Houston, Tex.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Die Wöchentliche Texas Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 18, 1872 (open access)

Die Wöchentliche Texas Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 18, 1872

Weekly German-language newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 18, 1872
Creator: Dietzel, Oscar & Dietzel, Henry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a chain wrench "in which both of the jaws are similar and interchangeable and provided with additional sets of teeth whereby the life of the jaws is increased" (lines 12-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 18, 1914
Creator: Hall, Samuel N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History