Peoples Home Telephone Company (open access)

Peoples Home Telephone Company

The Peoples Home Telephone Company Directory contains phone numbers and addresses of businesses and residents in Denton and the surrounding area. The directory also includes advertisements for local businesses. The Peoples Home Telephone Company compiled the directory on December 1, 1918.
Date: December 1, 1918
Creator: Peoples Home Telephone Company
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton--Benjamin Lyon Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (open access)

Denton--Benjamin Lyon Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution

The Benjamin Lyon Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution wrote a brief summary of their organizing meeting and seven regular meetings. The document includes a list of members and pledges.
Date: December 19, 1928
Creator: Benjamin Lyon Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cemetery permit for Dr. M. L. Holland] (open access)

[Cemetery permit for Dr. M. L. Holland]

The permit certifies Ed Richards the authorization to erect a monument in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery for Dr. M. L. Holland on December 10, 1954. The document was witnessed by Chas. C. Orr, Jr., City Secretary.
Date: 1954-12-10~
Creator: City of Denton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Williams Family on Christmas Day]

Posed group photo taken on a porch of the Williams family on Christmas Day, 1925. None of the individuals are identified. The house number is 801. (Note House Number is actually 1801). Entered on back in black and blue ink: Christmas Day Dec. 25th 1925 Williams Family (Williams family written twice on back , once in blue ink in bottom left corner, once in green ink in top right corner).
Date: December 25, 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Inauguration of the Santa Fe Railroad Line

Inauguration of the Santa Fe Railroad Line linking Dallas, Denton, and Chicago. It was raining, and the photo was taken in north Dallas, near Garland. Among the men heading the groundbreaking ceremony were Railroad president Fred Gurley who is at the podium, Jerome Crossman, president of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce is standing to his left, E. W. Morrison, a Denton businessman who strongly supported the line, Dallas Mayor R. L. Thornton, and Denton Mayor J. L. Yarbrough.
Date: December 11, 1954
Creator: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gay 90 Club on the lawn at the home of Mrs. Annie Young Hughey

Photograph of a large group of unidentified women posing on a lawn on Oak St. in Denton, Texas. Also, photographs of the Gay 90 Club in Little Elm circa 1956.
Date: December 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Woman's Shakespeare Club Programme (open access)

Woman's Shakespeare Club Programme

The program for the Woman's Shakespeare Club meeting on December 27, 1900 contains words of welcome from Mrs. W. A. Ponder, vocal solos, readings, papers, and instrumentals.
Date: 1900-12-27~
Creator: Woman's Shakespeare Club
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Euterpean Society program of recital for Dec. 18, 1896 (open access)

Euterpean Society program of recital for Dec. 18, 1896

The program of recital by the Euterpean Society includes information regarding the musical performances scheduled on Dec. 18th, 1896.
Date: December 18, 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Celebrated golden wedding here Saturday (open access)

Celebrated golden wedding here Saturday

Description of the fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Boone Daugherty. Includes photograph of the couple.
Date: December 18, 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Walter Davis, December 24, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Walter Davis, December 24, 1945]

Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Walter Davis, on December 24, 1945, thanking him for a gift of pecans and a turkey, and hoping that Davis would plant a crop on his land the upcoming year.
Date: December 24, 1945
Creator: Moten, Edwin D., Sr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Don Moten, December 9, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Don Moten, December 9, 1945]

Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to his son Don Moten, on December 9, 1945, who is back in the U.S., and will soon be mustered out of the army.
Date: December 9, 1945
Creator: Moten, Edwin D., Sr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
College Bulletin, Number 28, December, 1909 (open access)

College Bulletin, Number 28, December, 1909

This bulletin includes calendars, lists of important people, and articles written about the school including articles published in the Fort Worth Star, Fort Worth Record, Denton Record and Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, Kansas City Journal, and Clay's Review.
Date: December 1909
Creator: College of Industrial Arts
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
National Current Agenda - Resource Material: Unit Meeting - January 10-11, 1962 (open access)

National Current Agenda - Resource Material: Unit Meeting - January 10-11, 1962

Resource Material on the National Current Agenda from the League of Women Voters of Denton's Unit Meeting on January 10 - 11, 1962.
Date: December 11, 1961
Creator: Provisional League of Women Voters of Denton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Denton Voter Newsletter, Volume 02, Number 06, December 8, 1962 (open access)

The Denton Voter Newsletter, Volume 02, Number 06, December 8, 1962

League of Women Voters of Denton Newsletter discusses issues about voting and upcoming ballot legislation.
Date: December 8, 1962
Creator: Provisional League of Women Voters of Denton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History