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[Animal Surgery]

Photograph of two people performing surgery on an animal. Cedar Valley College offers veterinary classes.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Board of Trustees]

Photograph of Board of Trustees about 1978. Seated from left: Mrs. Eugene McDermott, R.L. Thornton, Jr., Pattie Powell. Standing from left: Robert H. Power, Durwood A. Sutton, Carie Welch, Jim Scoggins. Mrs. McDermott has on a patterned dress and Pattie Powell has on a solid colored dress. There are three flags in photograph. There is a brick wall behind the people.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bookmobile]

The new bookmobile at Marshall Public Library, c. 1978, is readied for use by two helpers (unidentified).
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bookmobile for Marshall Public Library]

Library Director Dorothy Morrison shown discussing the Bookmobile project with Mike Wood, left, Friends of a Public Library president, and Fenn Lewis, Friends fund drive chairman. Behind them is the Winnebago used for the project.
Date: March 5, 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brookhaven from distance with topless windmill]

Photograph of Brookhaven College taken from a distance. Entire college is visible. The windmill base if prominent in the center of the campus. The top is not on the windmill. It appears the campus is nearly completed.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Burro, Yearbook of Mineral Wells High School, 1978 (open access)

The Burro, Yearbook of Mineral Wells High School, 1978

Yearbook for Mineral Wells High School in Mineral Wells, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 1978
Creator: Mineral Wells High School (Mineral Wells, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children's Storytime at the Library]

Children's storytime at Marshall Public Library usually includes a story with crafts or music. In 1978 the story was occasionally presented by slides, filmstrip, or 16mm film, if licensing permitted.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Church Minute Book (open access)

Church Minute Book

Book containing minutes from deacons' and community meetings of a church. Topics include church politics, membership, staff recommendations, and financial issues.
Date: January 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Class Meets at Library]

A career education class meets in the Gold Auditorium at Marshall Public Library. The auditorium was equipped with the latest audio-visual technology when the library was built in 1973. This class, meeting in 1978, made use of that technology shown in the picture. The auditorium has been in demand almost continuously for many purposes since the library was built.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1978] (open access)

[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1978]

Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1978 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.
Date: 1978
Creator: Congregation Ahavath Sholom
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Construction with white pickup]

Color slide of Brookhaven College construction site. Unidentified building with scaffolding. A white pickup truck is visible to the right. No landscaping. The building has a angular roofline.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Deon Holt and First Brookhaven Student]

Black and white photograph of Deon Holt on the left and the first enrollee of Brookhaven College. It looks like it's at the dedication of the college. They are uncovering a plaque.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Diamondback, Yearbook of St. Mary's University, 1978 (open access)

Diamondback, Yearbook of St. Mary's University, 1978

Yearbook for St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 1978
Creator: St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Diesel Class]

Student working on diesel motor in classroom at North Lake College in Irving, Texas.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Don Newport speaking boots in photo]

Black and white photograph of Don Newport speaking at podium. He is wearing a light colored suit jacket and black tie. There is a pair of cowboy boots on the table in front of the podium.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Downtown Street Scene, Marshall]

As the sign attests, N. Wellington Street runs one way to the south in Marshall. The street intersects with Houston (right foreground) after crossing W. Austin Street one block to the north. Businesses located along the section of N. Wellington shown in the picture would have included the Marshall National Bank motor branch, Birmingham Shopping Mart, Paxtons Appliances, Blairs TV Service, River's Seed Bin, McKay's Furniture Co., City Finance So., and Denney Cleaners. Along W. Austin Street right to left, were Marshall Barber Shop, Mays Studio, the Blalock Building, Joe Woods Radio & TV Service, Stacy Shoe Repair, Blue Bonnet Beauty Shop, Desota Imports-Exports, Austin Furniture Co., McGibbon Watch Repairing, Barkett Shoe Repairing, Parish Taxi Stand, and finally Marshall Public Library at the extreme left side of the picture. The picture likely dates from 1978 or later. The blue Oldsmobile vehicle on the left is a 1978 model.
Date: 1978~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Enrique Chamberlain]

Black and white photograph shows Enrique Chamberlain in dark suit and tie. He has black hair and dimples.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Friends of a Public Library Gives Bookmobile to the City of Marshall]

Marshall, Texas, Mayor William Huffman (center) accepts the keys to the new bookmobile from Dr. A. F. Veau, (right), president of the Friends of a Public Library as City Manager Ray Jackson (left) looks on. In the background, W.C. Wallace, bookmobile driver, supervises a tour of the vehicle. Caption and photo from the Marshall News Messenger newspaper, Wednesday, April 12, 1978.
Date: April 12, 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Friends of the Library Inspect the New Bookmobile]

Lou Gaw, left, and Audrey Kariel, right, inspect the Marshall Public Library's new bookmobile. The Friends of a Public Library group acquired a motor home for the purpose. It was refurbished and re-constructed inside for library books. It was ready for use by April, 1978. According to the caption, Hallsville was the first stop on the schedule.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Crosby County 1876-1977 (open access)

A History of Crosby County 1876-1977

This text is a history of various economic and social aspects of Crosby County, described on the title page as, "A collection of historical sketches and family histories composed by County Residents; compiled by the staff of the Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum under the supervision and with the cooperation of the Crosby County Historical Commission" (p. 1). Index starts on page 597.
Date: 1978
Creator: Crosby County Pioneer Museum
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, the United Methodist Church: 1978 (open access)

Journal of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, the United Methodist Church: 1978

Journal of the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, including the proceedings of the annual conference, committee reports, updates to conference leadership and contact information, and other related information. Index starts on page 311.
Date: 1978
Creator: United Methodist Church (U.S.). Northwest Texas Conference.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lester Calvert Doing 3 Things at 1 Time]

Black and white photograph which has Lester Calvert trimming a bush, trimming the grass and pushing a lawnmover all in the same photo. The photograph has had two images of him working glued to an original base of him doing one job. He was on of the the maintenance men or groundskeepers for Eastfield College. The college is in the background. Lester is wearing a uniform and a cap.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Library Circulation Desk Staff]

Two library staff members, unidentified, discuss business at Marshall Public Library's circulation desk in 1978.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Library Director Dorothy Morrison with a Small Patron]

Dorothy Morrison, early director of the Marshall Public Library, shows a toy to a young patron during the Christmas season. The library is shown festively decorated for the holidays.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History