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School Buildings
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High School Building, Rotan, Texas
16
Commercial Buildings
13
Midwest Electric Cooperative Office, Roby, Texas
9
Office Buildings
9
School Building Alterations, Royston, Texas
6
Church Buildings
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First Methodist Church, McCaulley, Texas
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School Building, Hamlin, Texas
5
Callan Residence, Rotan, Texas
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Man and Woman with Sheep; Woman with Sheep
1 copy negative of 2 images. The first is of Alpha Theta Cummings holding a sheep while John Robinson looks on. A barn can be seen in the background. The second is of Alpha Theta Cummings reaching over a fence and petting the head of a sheep.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Men by Barn; Man Holding Sheep
1 copy negative of 2 images. The first is of 4 members of the Robinson family - Jim, Joe, John, and Boss - standing next to a barn wearing work boots, jeans, and hats. The second is of John Robinson holding a sheep. A barn and wagon loaded with hay can be seen in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Derrick and Tank; Woman on Oil Well
1 copy negative of 2 images. The first (on the right) is of an oil derrick near Rotan, Texas. The second (on the left) is of Mary Virginia Hefner Robinson in a dress standing on the steps of an oil well.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Field and Farmhouse
Copy negative of Alex Davis' house in Roby, Texas. There are trees on both sides of the house. There are several people sitting on the porch and there is a horse on the left.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Field and Farmhouse
Copy negative of Alex Davis' house in Roby, Texas. There are trees on both sides of the house. There are several people sitting on the porch and there is a horse on the left.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Girl on Donkey
Copy negative of two photographs. In the image on the left is Galen Davis Orr as a young girl riding a donkey. She is wearing a dress and bow in her hair. In the image on the right is Audie Cornelia Davis as a young girl in a dress and bow in her hair. She is standing on a porch with a doll in a stroller.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Man By House
Copy negative of J Frank Cummings standing outside a house. He is wearing a shirt, tie and slacks. Behind him is a house with a porch and a single window on one of the sides.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portrait of Man
Copy negative of two portraits of Walter E. Smith. The photograph on the left was taken in 1910 in Fort Worth, and the one on the right was taken in 1907 in Roby.
Date:
{1907,1910}
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fisher County, Texas
Blueline format of survey map of Fisher County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and blocks of land. A diagram of a section is included in the upper-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date:
187u
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Big Springs
Topographic quadrangle map of Big Spring, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, landmarks, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. A location diagram is included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date:
1954
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fisher County
Blue line print of survey map of Fisher County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (2000 varas to 3/8 of an inch).
Date:
1921
Creator:
Hedick, J. D. & Giles, J. Bascom
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Map of Parts of Jones, Taylor, Fisher, and Nolan Counties.
Survey map of parts of Jones, Taylor, Fisher, and Nolan Counties, showing rivers, towns, boundaries, creeks, original land grants or surveys, roads, and blocks of land. A legend indicating drilling wells, gas wells, abandoned wells, and dry holes is included in the lower-left corner of the second sheet. Handwritten notes have been made on the map in red pencil to outline specific tracts of land. Scale [ca. 1:66,667] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Girl Barrel Racing
Copy negative of Pat McDaniel barrel racing in an arena with a crowd in the stands behind her.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barrel Racer
Copy negative of a barrel racer rounding the barrel and riding away from the camera in a large arena at night.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thos. J. Young to J. D. Riddle - January 17, 1941]
A letter written to J. D. Riddle, Abilene, Texas, from Thos. J. Young, Roby, Texas, dated January 17, 1941. Young discusses the support of the movement which they received from the local people advising Riddle that they have some real problems in Fisher County.
Date:
January 17, 1941
Creator:
Young, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. T. Johnson to T. N. Carswell - February 23, 1955]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from W. T. Johnson, President, Lions Club Hamlin, Texas, dated February 23, 1955. Johnson expresses his appreciation for Carswell's address to the club on its Silver Anniversary.
Date:
February 23, 1955
Creator:
Johnson, W. T.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Mayor L. E. Newton - February 2, 1942]
A letter written to Mayor L. E. Newton, Mayor, Rotan, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, dated February 2, 1942. Carswell discourses on the gossip regarding remarks purportedly made by himself with reference to Newton and the Defense Guard at Rotan and advises Newton that those remarks "are so foreign of my high opinion of you that I never even imagined them".
Date:
February 2, 1942
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Tate May to T. N. Carswell - June 7, 1952]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from Tate May, President, The Farmers and Merchants National Bank dated June 7, 1952. May acknowledges his receipt of the letter from Carswell notifying him of a meeting and dinner to be held on June 12 and accepts the invitation.
Date:
July 7, 1952
Creator:
May, Tate
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. T. Wilson to T. N. Carswell - April 11, 1944]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from M. T. Wilson, Fisher County, Roby, Texas, dated April 11, 1944. Wilson requests to be instructed regarding how to keep records for men forwarded for preinduction examination. He advises that as it is now the IV-F classification is the only indication that the men have been up for examination. The letter is typewritten on SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM letterhead bearing stamp of Local Board No. 1, Fisher County, Roby, Texas.
Date:
April 11, 1944
Creator:
Wilson, M. T.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - September 30, 1943]
An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor for work in District 18-A, dated September 30, 1943, for work performed from September 1-30, 1943.
Date:
September 30, 1943
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lon R. Adams to T. N. Carswell - June 10, 1941]
A letter written to Commander T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Lon R. Adams, Commander Post 194, Rotan, Texas, dated June 10th 1941. Adams advises of an outdoor program to be held advising that their state commander Ed Ridel will attend and issues an invitation for Carswell to "round up your boys and bring them over".
Date:
June 10, 1941
Creator:
Adams, Lon R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Eula Clark to T. N. Carswell - January 17, 1943]
A postal telegraph sent to Thomas N. Carswell, Roby, Texas from Eula Clark, Denver, Colorado, dated Jan. 17, 1943. Eula requests forty or fifty dollars assuring Carswell that she is starting a permanent job and is fine.
Date:
January 17, 1943
Creator:
Clark, Eula
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postal Telegraph-Cable Company billing to T. N. Carswell]
A postal telegraph-cable company bill charged to Thomas N Carswell, Roby, Tex. for collect telegram from Denver, Colorado, dated January 17, 1943.
Date:
January 1943
Creator:
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Roster and January 1941 Activity meeting minutes of Fisher County Unit, Texas Defense Guards, Rotan, Texas]
A roster of Fisher County Unit, Texas Defense Guards of Rotan, Texas. Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Company Roll. Report includes January 1941 Activity of the Fisher County Unit and minutes of January meetings.
Date:
January 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History