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[Approval Form for WASP Inscription] (open access)

[Approval Form for WASP Inscription]

Form with space for a signature approving the inscription of a WASP Training Base historic marker at Avenger Field, in postcard form, addressed to Mr. Truett Latimer.
Date: February 29, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Approval Form for WASP Inscription] (open access)

[Approval Form for WASP Inscription]

Form with space for a signature approving the inscription of a WASP Training Base historic marker at Avenger Field, in postcard form, addressed to Mr. Truett Latimer.
Date: February 29, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
List of Members of the Simmons College Unit S. A. T. C., Abilene, Texas, Who Have Back Pay Due and Amount Due, in Accordance With Decision of the Provost Marshall General, Dated January 6, 1919 (open access)

List of Members of the Simmons College Unit S. A. T. C., Abilene, Texas, Who Have Back Pay Due and Amount Due, in Accordance With Decision of the Provost Marshall General, Dated January 6, 1919

Document listing the men of the Abilene Christian College unit, of the S. A. T. C who are owed backpay and the amount they are owed.
Date: January 29, 1919
Creator: Hare, L. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Names and Addresses of Men of Simmons College Unit S. A. T. C., entitled to back pay, as per accompanying list. (open access)

Names and Addresses of Men of Simmons College Unit S. A. T. C., entitled to back pay, as per accompanying list.

Document listing the names and addresses of men of the Simmons College Unit, S. A. T. C., who are entitled to back pay.
Date: January 29, 1919
Creator: Hare, L. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hard Work Without Results (open access)

Hard Work Without Results

A typewritten manuscript for a sermon using the text Mark 9:28. The message is that prayer is the answer in completing difficult tasks. Preached in Cisco, Texas.
Date: July 29, 1919
Creator: Baten, A. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Deadly Exchange (open access)

The Deadly Exchange

A typewritten manuscript for a sermon using the text Matthew 16:26. The listener is encouraged to consider what they are following in life, and are they distracted from Christianity by the "sparkle" of Satan in disguise. Preached in Cisco, Texas.
Date: December 29, 1918
Creator: Baten, A. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Proclamation by Texas Governor Allan Shivers Granting Conditional Pardon - April 29, 1955] (open access)

[Proclamation by Texas Governor Allan Shivers Granting Conditional Pardon - April 29, 1955]

A proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas granting a conditional pardon to Subject No. 130,969 dated April 29, 1955 (received May 12, 1955), Texas Prison System, Huntsville, Texas. Signed by Allan Shivers, Governor of Texas, and Al Muldrow, Secretary of State.
Date: April 29, 1955
Creator: Shivers, Allan
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from T. N. Carswell to Representative George Mahon - April 29, 1942] (open access)

[Telegram from T. N. Carswell to Representative George Mahon - April 29, 1942]

A Western Union telegram sent to Honorable George Mahon, Member of Congress, Washington, D. C., from T. N. Carswell, dated April 29, 1942. Charge: Parramore Post, American Legion. Carswell requests that Mahon give the main address for "I am an American Day".
Date: April 29, 1942
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt by Big Spring State Hospital for payment from T. N. Carswell for the account of Byrdie Carswell] (open access)

[Receipt by Big Spring State Hospital for payment from T. N. Carswell for the account of Byrdie Carswell]

An official cash receipt from Big Spring State Hospital, Big Spring, Texas, dated September 29, 1961. In Payment of Board & Treatment of Byrdie Carswell. Received of T. N. Carswell.
Date: September 29, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reported Missing (open access)

Reported Missing

An article printed by the Clinch County News (Iverson H. Huxford, Editor & Publisher), Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia, titled "Reported Missing," dated December 29, 1944. The article is regarding 2nd Lieutenant Ashley J. Carswell, reported as "missing" this week, according to advices reaching his parents here; that he was commissioned a bombardier in the Air Force in September and has been in action in Europe.
Date: December 29, 1944
Creator: Huxford, Iverson H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blanche Perry Painting for Bristol, Oklahoma] (open access)

[Blanche Perry Painting for Bristol, Oklahoma]

Black and white photograph of baptistry painting done by Perry for a church in Bristol, Oklahoma. Scene depicts wide river with large trees and clouds. The back of the photograph is inscribed with several names, dates, and places: Bristol, Oklahoma, May 29, 1950, Homer Wolfe, Jr.; Hondo, Texas, May 15, 1950; Hooker, Oklahoma, May 29, 1950, Ira Hickox.
Date: May 29, 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sadie Darby to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from Sadie Darby to Blanche Perry]

Letter from Sadie Darby to Perry functioning to return the interpretation for the baptistry painting made for the church in Lewis, Kansas.
Date: February 29, 1948
Creator: Darby, Sadie
System: The Portal to Texas History
[McMurry College Choral Club "The Bohemian Girl" Program] (open access)

[McMurry College Choral Club "The Bohemian Girl" Program]

Program for the McMurry College Choral Club's production of "The Bohemian Girl." The program includes characters of the drama, chorus of gypsies, hunters, guests, etc., and synopsis of story.
Date: April 29, 1924
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Taylor County Taxes, 1907] (open access)

[Receipt for Taylor County Taxes, 1907]

Receipt for taxes paid to Taylor County by Henry Sayles, Sr. for the year 1907. The receipt includes assessed value of Sayles' property and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: January 29, 1908
Creator: Crawford, Baylor
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Receipts for San Jacinto County] (open access)

[Tax Receipts for San Jacinto County]

Tax receipts for property in San Jacinto County, filed for record January 29, 1930. The tax receipts are for the years, 1891, 1890, 1894, and 1902, and were paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company on behalf of S. J. McAlpine, and Henry Sales.
Date: January 29, 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1902] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1902]

Photostat copy of a receipt for property taxes paid to San Jacinto County by Henry Sales for the year 1902. The receipt includes the assessed property of the property in San Jacinto County and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: November 29, 1902
Creator: Robinson, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 9223-A: Document Dated April 29, 1932] (open access)

[Cause No. 9223-A: Document Dated April 29, 1932]

Document in cause no. 9223-A dated April 29, 1932 which mentions N. E. Fielding.
Date: April 29, 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Abilene City Taxes, 1892] (open access)

[Receipt for Abilene City Taxes, 1892]

Receipt for Ad Valoran and poll taxes paid to the City of Abilene by Henry Sayles for the year 1892. The receipt includes a list of Sayles' property and its assessed value and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: December 29, 1892
Creator: Thompson, W. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 81, Extract 21] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 81, Extract 21]

Special orders reassigning several Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) from Romulus Air Force Base to AAF Tactical Center in Orlando, Florida.
Date: June 29, 1944
Creator: 553d AAF Base Unit
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agenda: WASP Memorial Committee Meeting, November 29, 1989] (open access)

[Agenda: WASP Memorial Committee Meeting, November 29, 1989]

Agenda for the WASP Memorial Committee listing action items and discussion points for the November 29, 1989 meeting, followed by a sample flyer for a WASP 1992 reunion and a drafting sample of the memorial project.
Date: November 29, 1989
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Employee Earnings and Deductions Statement for Eleanor Brown from 44-02-29] (open access)

Employee Earnings and Deductions Statement for Eleanor Brown from 44-02-29]

Employee's statement of earnings and deductions from the Air Force War Department for WASP member, Eleanor McLernon.
Date: February 29, 1944
Creator: United States. Air Force.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum #2] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum #2]

Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry an AT-6 aircraft from Dallas, Texas to Spence Field Air Force base in Moultrie, Georgia.
Date: May 29, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of an Interview with Dr. Rupert Richardson] (open access)

[Transcript of an Interview with Dr. Rupert Richardson]

Transcript of an interview of Dr. Rupert N. Richardson on Abilene, Texas' early history.
Date: January 29, 1968
Creator: Richardson, Rupert N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Deed Transfer from William M. Cunningham to to L.L. Alexander] (open access)

[Copy of Deed Transfer from William M. Cunningham to to L.L. Alexander]

Legal document transferring a land deed from William M. Cunningham to L.L. Alexander.
Date: August 29, 1884
Creator: Cunningham, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History