[Abilene Firefighter Billie Ray Smith]

Photograph of Abilene Firefighter Billie Ray Smith wearing a short-sleeved button-down shirt with a badge and name tag on the front left side; he is smiling at the camera and an American flag is partially visible in the background.
Date: August 13, 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Tom W. Arbaugh to Mary F. Tilton, April 13, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Tom W. Arbaugh to Mary F. Tilton, April 13, 1979]

Letter from Tom W. Arbaugh to Mary F. Tilton responding to her inquiry about the application process for active military service determination and discharge for Civilian or Contractual Personnel (PL 95-202).
Date: April 13, 1979
Creator: Arbaugh, Tom W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Aubrey L. Bullard to Catherine Parker, April 13, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Aubrey L. Bullard to Catherine Parker, April 13, 1979]

Letter from Aubrey L. Bullard to Catherine Parker discussing the details of the law which granted the Women Airforce Service Pilots eligibility to apply for honorable discharge as veterans.
Date: April 13, 1979
Creator: Bullard, Aubrey L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Birthday Bonanza: S.A.'s Historic Legacy] (open access)

[Clipping: Birthday Bonanza: S.A.'s Historic Legacy]

Newspaper clipping featuring a map and descriptions of San Antonio's notable landmarks. The bottom of the page includes an illustration of Mission San Jose. The back of the clipping includes photographs, articles, and an ad from Frost Bros. department store.
Date: June 13, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Aubrey L. Bullard to Eleanor Brown, April 13, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Aubrey L. Bullard to Eleanor Brown, April 13, 1979]

Letter from Aubrey L. Bullard to Eleanor Brown discussing the steps Brown needs to take to receive an honorable discharge from the Department of Defense. Once she has obtained an honorable discharge, she will be eligible to receive federal and state veterans' benefits.
Date: April 13, 1979
Creator: Bullard, Aubrey L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Unveiling Set Here Monday for "Fifinella"] (open access)

[Clipping: Unveiling Set Here Monday for "Fifinella"]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the unveiling of the Fifinella statue at Avenger Field.
Date: June 13, 1976
Creator: Boyd, Alice
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Were WASPs Paid Benefits?] (open access)

[Clipping: Were WASPs Paid Benefits?]

Newspaper clipping of a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the Veterans' Administration claims that the WASP had been paid benefits through the Civil Service Administration. The reverse of the clipping contains the newspaper's masthead and the continuation of an article from page 3.
Date: October 13, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Representative John Young to Eleanor Brown, May 13, 1977] (open access)

[Letter from Representative John Young to Eleanor Brown, May 13, 1977]

Letter from Representative John Young to Eleanor Brown discussing support for legislation to give veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions that the Veterans' Affairs Committee has advised him that hearings on the legislation will be scheduled soon.
Date: May 13, 1977
Creator: Young, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Register, Volume 43, Number 178, September 13, 1978 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 43, Number 178, September 13, 1978

Federal Register proposed rules of the Drug Administration regarding the scheduling of controlled substances, and of the Department of Defense establishing rules and procedures for a Department of Defense review board to implement the provisions of the G.I. Bill Improvement Act of 1977. An arrow can be seen drawn on the right edge of the first page pointing to the beginning of the latter.
Date: September 13, 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Actors from My Fair Lady, 1977]

Photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set outside Higgins' house on Wimpole Street. The four actors on stage are, from left to right: John Verlin (Constable), Don Piper (Freddy Eynsford-Hill), Ev Fowler (Mrs. Pearce), and Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle).
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 1, Scene 10 of My Fair Lady, 1977 #5]

Photograph from act 1, scene 10 of "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set at the Embassy Ball. Twenty couples dance or stand around the ballroom.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph from My Fair Lady, 1977 #3]

Photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set in Henry Higgins' study. Four maids and two butlers are in the spotlight on the left side of the stage. Two unidentified characters are in the shadows at the center of the stage. The maids and butlers are (in alphabetical order, not as pictured): Dave Durham, Shelley Fare, Dezarae Gaines, Debbie Jay, Larry McDaniel, and Susan Root.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Actors from My Fair Lady, 1977 #2]

Photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set in Henry Higgins' study. The actors are from left to right: Mike Dennis (Henry Higgins), an unidentified woman, Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle), and Nelson Wilson (Colonel Pickering).
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph from My Fair Lady, 1977 #4]

Photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set in Henry Higgins' study. Mike Dennis (Henry Higgins, left) and Nelson Wilson (Colonel Pickering, right) look at A. C. Hester (Alfred P. Doolittle) who stands in the middle with his hat in his hand and his arms extended.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 1, Scene 3 of My Fair Lady, 1977]

Group photograph from act 1, scene 3 of "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set at the tenement section at Tottenham Court Road. There is a group of around thirty people on stage.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph from My Fair Lady, 1977 #2]

Photograph of maids and butlers from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set in Henry Higgins' study. The actors are in the spotlight on the left side of the stage and are holding mops, dusters, and other cleaning equipment. The maids and butlers are (in alphabetical order, not as pictured): Dave Durham, Shelley Fare, Dezarae Gaines, Debbie Jay, Larry McDaniel, and Susan Root.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Photograph from My Fair Lady, 1977 #3]

Photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. Several costermongers are on the left looking on as four men at the center stage are talking. Three of the men are standing and one is supporting himself by his hands while someone behind him holds his ankles. A man in a white smock stands at the right of the stage.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 1, Scene 1 of My Fair Lady, 1977 #4]

Photograph from act 1, scene 1 of "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set outside the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle) is smiling and singing with four costermongers. From left to right is: Larry McDaniel (Costermonger), Norman Spivy (Costermonger), Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle), Donald Booker (Costermonger), and Dave Durham (Costermonger).
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 1, Scene 1 of My Fair Lady, 1977 #2]

Photograph from act 1, scene 1 of "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set outside the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle) is smiling and singing with four costermongers. From left to right is: Larry McDaniel (Costermonger), Norman Spivy (Costermonger), Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle), Donald Booker (Costermonger), and Dave Durham (Costermonger).
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 1, Scene 6 of My Fair Lady, 1977 #2]

Photograph from act 1, scene 6 of "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set at a race meeting at Ascot. Twenty-two people are on the stage and are standing around in groups talking to each other.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Six Actors from My Fair Lady, 1977]

Photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. Two women stand in the spotlight on the stairs at the center of the stage. The men on either side of the stage are looking at the women on the stairs. The six actors pictured are from left to right: Dave Durham (Butler), Nelson Wilson (Colonel Pickering), unidentified woman, Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle), Mike Dennis (Henry Higgins), and Don Piper (Freddy Eynsford-Hill).
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph from My Fair Lady, 1977]

Photograph of maids and butlers from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set in Henry Higgins' study. The actors are in the spotlight on the left side of the stage. The maids and butlers are (in alphabetical order, not as pictured): Dave Durham, Shelley Fare, Dezarae Gaines, Debbie Jay, Larry McDaniel, and Susan Root.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 1, Scene 1 of My Fair Lady, 1977]

Photograph from act 1, scene 1 of "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set outside the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle) is smiling and singing with four costermongers. From left to right is: Norman Spivy (costermonger), Donald Booker (costermonger, standing), Larry McDaniel (costermonger, sitting), Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle), and Dave Durham (costermonger).
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 2, Scene 3 of My Fair Lady, 1977 #4]

Group photograph that appears to be from act 2, scene 3 from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set in Covent Garden. There are five men on stage. The second actor from the right is A. C. Hester (Alfred P. Doolittle) who is holding a top hat in his hand.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History