Interview with Shigemi Ando, August 25, 1987 captions transcript

Interview with Shigemi Ando, August 25, 1987

Interview with Shigemi Ando, Consul General of Japan from Houston, Texas. In the interview, he discusses his work and responsibilities as Consul General.
Date: August 25, 1987
Creator: Ando, Shigemi & McCaleb, Gary
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jack Legett to Ruth Legett Jones - August 30, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Jack Legett to Ruth Legett Jones - August 30, 1968]

Letter written by Jack Legett to Ruth Legett Jones, asking for information about her branch of the Legett family. Included is a blank family tree diagram, and the addressed envelope.
Date: August 30, 1968
Creator: Legett, Jack
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Paul Benbrook to Truett Latimer, August 13, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Paul Benbrook to Truett Latimer, August 13, 1959]

Letter from Paul Benbrook to Truett Latimer thanking him for the work he did as a member of the insurance committee. He also thanks him for his help in the defeat of House Bills 321 and 391.
Date: August 13, 1959
Creator: Benbrook, Paul
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 19, 1946?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 19, 1946?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing travelling from New Orleans to Houston and Dallas, and visiting and correspondence with friends. Written on White Plaza Hotels (Dallas) stationary.
Date: 1946-08-19?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 22, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 22, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a trip from Houston to Dallas, new bedspreads, recent correspondence, and ferrying planes.
Date: August 22, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 22, 1944]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing traveling between Selma, AL, and Houston. The postcard features an image of an AT-6 in flight.
Date: August 22, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Form letter from Sam D. Forman, Jr. addressed TO ALL LEGIONNAIRES, DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS - August 3, 1944] (open access)

[Form letter from Sam D. Forman, Jr. addressed TO ALL LEGIONNAIRES, DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS - August 3, 1944]

A form letter addressed to Buddies--TO ALL LEGIONNAIRES, DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, from Sam D. Forman, Jr., Department Commander, The American Legion, Department of Texas, Houston, Texas, dated August 3, 1944. Forman reminds the Legionnaires of the housing conditions and that things are abnormal in Fort Worth, the same as in any other city in the Nation due to the war effort, and to make all reservations with Mr. Herbert Joseph, Chairman of the Housing Committee.
Date: August 3, 1944
Creator: Forman, Sam D., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 26TH YEAR, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1910 (open access)

The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 26TH YEAR, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1910

Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 26TH YEAR, Ed. 1 Monday, August 1, 1910 (open access)

The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 26TH YEAR, Ed. 1 Monday, August 1, 1910

Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 1, 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Leila McClellan and Three Other Girls]

Photograph of four young women taken from the shoulder up. The reverse side of the image provides some names, though a piece of paper is glued over some of the writing. The woman in the lower center is identified as Leila McClellan.
Date: August 1894
Creator: Guy & Cooke
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History