[Letter from Perry Sayles to Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, August 31, 1936] (open access)

[Letter from Perry Sayles to Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, August 31, 1936]

Letter from Perry Sayles to Lincoln National Life Insurance Company discussing proceeds from an insurance policy. Sayles makes one request about how installments are to be made in the event of his daughter's death.
Date: August 31, 1936
Creator: Sayles, Perry
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mark H. Hanna to Perry Sayles, August 28, 1936] (open access)

[Letter from Mark H. Hanna to Perry Sayles, August 28, 1936]

Letter from Mark H. Hanna to Perry Sayles delivering forms for change of payment that are to be signed and returned.
Date: August 28, 1936
Creator: Hanna, Mark H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1936 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 27, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1936 (open access)

Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Coleman, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 27, 1936
Creator: Autry, R. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1936 (open access)

Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Coleman, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 27, 1936
Creator: Pouns, Joe B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note from Perry Sayles to First National Bank, of Strawn, August 27, 1936] (open access)

[Promissory Note from Perry Sayles to First National Bank, of Strawn, August 27, 1936]

Promissory note from Perry Sayles to First National Bank of Strawn, Texas in the amount $200.00 with an interest rate of ten percent until the note is paid. There is a payment of $50.00 dated October 27, 1936 listed and a note in red pencil reading, "Paid by renewal for $150.00" written on the front.
Date: August 27, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Pecos County, Texas: Cabinet and Basketball Details

Architectural plan for a school building in Buena Vista Independent School District. It includes a drawing that details the basketball backboard, another that shows the kitchen cabinet for home economics, and one more showing the laboratory storage case. The drawings in the bottom left corner show the elevations of the domestic art storage case.
Date: August 26, 1936
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Will of Perry Sayles] (open access)

[Will of Perry Sayles]

Last will and testament of Perry Sayles, signed and witnessed by Bernice Dennis and Frank Sparks.
Date: August 26, 1936
Creator: Sayles, Perry
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of O. D. Dillingham's Subdivision of Part of the Anderson Addition to the City of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas.

Map of O. D. Dillingham's Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas bordered by South Fourteenth (formerly Kirkland), Elm (formerly New), Hayden, and Poplar streets, and divided by Country Club Drive and Butternut Street. Each block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:600.
Date: August 25, 1936
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #354 and Car - Shreveport, Louisiana]

Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. The number "354" is visible on the engine. Various parts and debris fill the bottom of the frame. Handwritten text below the image says, "Shreveport, LA. Aug 24th 1936 - P.&MT.P. #354."
Date: August 24, 1936
Creator: Burke, W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documents Relating to Occidental Life Insurance Company's Assumption of Perry Sayles' Life Insurance Policy] (open access)

[Documents Relating to Occidental Life Insurance Company's Assumption of Perry Sayles' Life Insurance Policy]

Documents discussing the Occidental Life Insurance Company's assuming of Perry Sayles' life insurance policy, which had originally been issued by the Union Mutual Life Company. The included documents are a letter, a booklet containing information on Occidental Life Insurance Company, the Certificate of Assumption of Sayles' policy by Occidental Life Insurance, a reinsurance agreement, the new premium rates, and a letter from the Insurance Commissioner of Iowa.
Date: August 22, 1936
Creator: Giannini, L. M.; Murphy, Ray & Giles, Robin J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1936 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 20, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1936 (open access)

Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Coleman, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 20, 1936
Creator: Autry, R. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1936 (open access)

Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Coleman, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 20, 1936
Creator: Pouns, Joe B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1936 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 13, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1936 (open access)

Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Coleman, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 13, 1936
Creator: Autry, R. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1936 (open access)

Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Coleman, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 13, 1936
Creator: Pouns, Joe B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Stevenson's Resubdivision of Lots Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

Plat of a portion of Abilene, Texas showing six lots. The blocks are subdivided to show individual properties and there are notations regarding fences and pipes. There are two signed legal statements at the bottom of the page regarding the way that the lots were re-subdivided. Scale 1:600
Date: August 12, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1936 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 6, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1936 (open access)

Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Coleman, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 6, 1936
Creator: Autry, R. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1936 (open access)

Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Coleman, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 6, 1936
Creator: Pouns, Joe B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of the Last Will and Testament of Perry Sayles] (open access)

[Draft of the Last Will and Testament of Perry Sayles]

The last will and testament of Perry Sayles with edits and corrections in black ink.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Sayles, Perry
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Last Will and Testament of Perry Sayles #1] (open access)

[Last Will and Testament of Perry Sayles #1]

The last will and testament of Perry Sayles. This document is dated August, 1936 and is unsigned.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Sayles, Perry
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Last Will and Testament of Perry Sayles #2] (open access)

[Last Will and Testament of Perry Sayles #2]

The last will and testament of Perry Sayles. This document is dated August, 1936 and is unsigned.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Sayles, Perry
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History