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[Photograph 2012.201.B0318B.0180]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Looking at you from the adjutant general's section of the 90th infantry division, Camp Barkeley, Texas, are these five Oklahomans."
Date:
June 23, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater, Texas and Sweetwater Club News]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about local news in Sweetwater, Texas, including a teacher winning a contest (with the winning poem she wrote included), speakers attending Sweetwater Club meetings, and the operation of the USO in West, Texas.
Date:
1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galleon, Volume 17, Number 2, March 1942
The Galleon literary magazine of McMurry College includes editorials, book reviews, and original short stories, plays, poetry, and artwork.
Date:
March 1942
Creator:
McMurry College
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galleon, Volume 18, Number 1, December 1942
The Galleon literary magazine of McMurry College includes editorials, book reviews, and original short stories, plays, poetry, and artwork.
Date:
December 1942
Creator:
McMurry College
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galleon, Volume 18, Number 2, March 1942
The Galleon literary magazine of McMurry College includes editorials, book reviews, and original short stories, plays, poetry, and artwork.
Date:
March 1942
Creator:
McMurry College
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Cowden Paxton]
Photograph of the Cowden-Paxton Hall at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, showing a portion of the of the front of the brick building and the porch. Large shrubs planted against the walls of the building hide some of the building from view. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph in pencil reads, “Cowden-Paxton Dormitory - Men's Athletics. Built 1942.”
Date:
[1942..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Gip Oldham and Homer Montgomery]
Photograph of Gip D. Oldham, Jr., and Gordon “Homer” Montgomery standing in a grassy area with trees in the background. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, “Gip & Homer Montgomery -- 1942 -- Gip D. Oldham, Jr. -- Class of 1942 -- Gordon (Homer) Montgomery.”
Date:
1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of HSU Symphony Orchestra]
Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University symphony orchestra on stage with their instruments. An audience can be seen in the foreground. Note in the bottom margin reads, "H-SU Symphony Orchestra -- 1942-3 -- Herbert Preston, Conductor."
Date:
[1942..1943]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Student in Chemistry Lab]
Photograph of a man working with beakers and other science equipment in the Hardin-Simmons University chemistry laboratory.
Date:
1942?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Troops Outside Barracks]
Photograph of troops standing at attention outside the barracks at Camp Barkeley. Four officers walk past them.
Date:
February 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hagen Outside Camp Barkeley]
Photograph of SSgt. Curtis Hagen posing in front of barracks at Camp Barkeley.
Date:
[1942..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Troops By Barracks]
Photograph of troops standing at attention outside the barracks at Camp Barkeley. To the left, one set of troops walks forward, and to the right, an officer faces them.
Date:
February 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Troops at Attention]
Photograph of troops standing at attention outside the barracks at Camp Barkeley.
Date:
February 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Roy Rightmire at Camp Barkeley]
Photograph of Roy Rightmire wearing a coat and soft cap while standing near a crossroads in Camp Barkeley. Clapboard buildings with smoking chimneys are visible behind him. An attached note says that he was one of the first men from the 119th Armored Battalion to die overseas.
Date:
1942~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Troops at Camp Barkeley]
Photograph of troops standing at attention outside the barracks at Camp Barkeley.
Date:
February 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Exterior of Chapel]
Photograph of the exterior of Chapel No. 10 at Camp Barkeley.
Date:
November 15, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Raymond Smith at Camp Campbell]
Photograph of Raymond Smith sitting on railing outside a wooden building.
Date:
[1942..1944]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Spears, Bryant, and Caudill Operating a M1917 Browning Machine Gun]
Photograph of Earl Spears, Charlie W. Bryant, and Charles L. Caudill sitting with a M1917 Browning machine gun. Spears sits to the left and wears a camouflaged jacket and helmet. Bryant is firing the gun, and Caudill holds a belt of ammunition to the right.
Date:
1942~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[44th Armored Regiment Band]
Copy photograph of the 44th Armored Regiment band posing with their instruments in dress uniform.
Date:
[1942..1943]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook: Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Volume 2]
Scrapbook of materials documenting the activities and history of the Abilene Fine Arts Museum in Abilene, Texas during the 1940s. It includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, invitations, programs, booklets, letters, and exhibition information.
Date:
1942-08/1946-07
Creator:
Abilene Fine Arts Museum (Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from T. N. Carswell to Fulton Lewis, Jr. - January 28, 1942]
A Western Union telegram sent to Fulton Lewis, Jr., Radio Station WOL, Washington, D. C., from T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, dated January 28, 1942. Carswell requests information from Lewis on sugar restrictions pertaining to the manufacture of alcohol. The reverse side includes Western Union terms, cost, and information regarding The Western Union Telegraph Company, Incorporated. R. B. White, President.
Date:
January 28, 1942
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jeff Davis to T. N. Carswell - January 29, 1942]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Jeff Davis, Executive Secretary, United Texas Drys, dated January 29, 1942. Davis outlines a plan to organize counties into districts then to "reach" counties by using rallys, Field Days, personal contact by Davis and by pastors presenting "matters" to their congregations.
Date:
January 29, 1942
Creator:
Davis, Jeff
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jeff Davis to T. N. Carswell - February 16, 1942]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Jeff Davis, Executive Secretary, United Texas Drys, dated February 16, 1942. Davis complains about the lack of communication from Pastors after services are held in their churches, advises that their Executive Committee approved the plan that they had discussed with Dr. Jenkens when in Abilene and notes an enclosed check to Carswell for reimbursement for his Belton trip. In postscript, Davis requests Carswell's opinion regarding asking Merkel, Tuscola and Caps to join their field day at Abilene.
Date:
February 16, 1942
Creator:
Davis, Jeff
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to M. H. Applewhite - February 20, 1942]
A letter written to Reverend M. H. Applewhite, First Presbyterian Church, Sweetwater, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, dated February 20, 1942. Carswell expresses his appreciation to Applewhite for his telephone call confirming that he will be at the conference in Sweetwater in the First Baptist Church and offers to speak on Sunday morning.
Date:
February 20, 1942
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History