Wilkinson Office Building and Parking Garage, Midland, Texas: 2nd & 3rd Floor Plans

Second and third floor plans for an office building and parking garage commissioned by Jack B. Wilkinson in Midland, Texas. They feature wall edge lines, measurements, labels, and room names. Other sections include frame details for sliding doors in plaster partitions, door sites & frames, and general notes.
Date: August 24, 1955
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wilkinson Office Building and Parking Garage, Midland, Texas: Floor Plan

Floor plan for an office building and parking garage commissioned by Jack B. Wilkinson in Midland, Texas. It features wall edge lines, column placement, and labels.
Date: August 24, 1955
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wilkinson Office Building and Parking Garage, Midland, Texas: Floor Plan

Floor plan for an office building and parking garage commissioned by Jack B. Wilkinson in Midland, Texas. It features wall edge lines, column placement, and labels.
Date: August 24, 1955
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hulon Brown to Truett Latimer, August 1, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Hulon Brown to Truett Latimer, August 1, 1953]

Letter from Hulon Brown to Truett Latimer discussing a group gathering they are both attending in Odessa.
Date: August 1, 1953
Creator: Brown, Hulon B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Superior Oil Company Office, Midland, Texas: Details of Fins

Details of fins for an office building commissioned by Superior Oil Company in Midland, Texas. Sections include a plan of typical intermediate fins below window sill, section at base of column, plan of fin at end walls below window sill, and plan of typical intermediate fins above window sill.
Date: August 24, 1950
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Superior Oil Company Office, Midland, Texas: Typical Column Base Details

Typical column base details for an office building commissioned by Superior Oil Company in Midland, Texas. Sections include elevation and a plan,and they have with measurements.
Date: August 22, 1950
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wilkinson Office Building and Parking Garage, Midland, Texas: 1st Floor Marble Walls

1st floor marble wall details for an office building and parking garage commissioned by Jack B. Wilkinson in Midland, Texas. Details include partition plan for first floor foyer & lobby showing extent of marble walls for bid number 1, partition plan for first floor corridor showing marble walls for alternate bid number 2, partition plan for first floor corridor showing marble for alternate bid number 2, and notes.
Date: August 1947
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 27-28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 27-28, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing traveling to Long Beach, food, landing in El Paso with a major crosswind and nearly colliding with another plane, staying the night in El Paso, and flying on to Midland.
Date: 1944-08-27/1944-08-28
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 25, 1944?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 25, 1944?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying P-51s, a hurricane and bad weather, and a friend's divorce. Written on Neil House (Columbus, Ohio) stationary.
Date: 1944-08-25?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. A. Palmer to T. N. Carswell - August 9, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from H. A. Palmer to T. N. Carswell - August 9, 1941]

A letter written to T. N. Carswell, Commander, Parramore Post No. 57, The American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from W. B. Preston, Post Commander by H. A. Palmer, Post Adjutant, Midland, Texas, dated August 9, 1941. Preston acknowledges the announcement by Carswell that the Post has Abilene's hat in the ring for the 1942 Departmental Convention assuring Carswell that he is "rootin' for you all the way".
Date: August 9, 1941
Creator: Palmer, H. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Superior Oil Company Office, Midland, Texas: First Floor Framing Plan

First floor framing plan for an office building commissioned by Superior Oil Company in Midland, Texas. It features measurements, labels, wall edge lines, and notes. Other sections include beam sections, a stair rendering, and a concrete beam & joist schedule for the first floor.
Date: August 28, 1937
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History