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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 11, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 11, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing delivering a plane and flying back to Dallas, chores, seeing For Whom the Bell Tolls, seeing Tito Guízar in concert, and flying to Camden, AK. Typed and written on Hutson Hotels stationary.
Date: October 11, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 18, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 18, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying between various points in Texas.
Date: 1943-10-18?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Marshall Q. Cauley to Truett Latimer, February 10, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Marshall Q. Cauley to Truett Latimer, February 10, 1953]

Letter from Marshall Q. Cauley to Truett Latimer discussing support for Texas House Bill #5, regarding updated laws and regulation for the field of optometry.
Date: February 10, 1953
Creator: Cauley, Marshall Q.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas HSJ 111 Honoring Thomas Franklin Grisham] (open access)

[Texas HSJ 111 Honoring Thomas Franklin Grisham]

Texas House Simple Resolution # 111 written by Truett Latimer honoring the life and career of Thomas Franklin Grisham.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. Travis Gibson to Truett Latimer, March 23, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from J. Travis Gibson to Truett Latimer, March 23, 1953]

Letter from J. Travis Gibson to Truett Latimer congratulating Latimer for introducing House Bill 688, regarding the ban of public drinking in dry territories.
Date: March 23, 1953
Creator: Gibson, J. Travis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R. C. Crane, March 27, 1908] (open access)

[Letter to R. C. Crane, March 27, 1908]

Letter from an unknown author to R. C. Crane discussing the author's promise to vote for William John Bryan of Abilene int he senatorial race and discussing political conflict surrounding Senator Bailey.
Date: March 27, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J.W. Ward to K.K. Legett - January 12, 1900] (open access)

[Letter from J.W. Ward to K.K. Legett - January 12, 1900]

Letter written by J.W. Ward of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company to K.K. Legett, concerning passage for his cattle underneath the railroad tracks on his land.
Date: January 12, 1900
Creator: Ward, J. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J.W. Ward to K.K. Legett - December 22, 1899] (open access)

[Letter from J.W. Ward to K.K. Legett - December 22, 1899]

Letter written to K.K. Legett in Abilene Texas from J.W. Ward, Division Superintendent at the Texas and Pacific Railway Company. The letter says: "In reference to your letters to Maj. Abrams relative to a crossing near Elmdale, have instructed Mr. Stamper, our Roadmaster, to meet you at Abilene Dec. 27th., and go over the situation with you."
Date: October 22, 1899
Creator: Ward, J. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rusk Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Rusk County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1895
Creator: Pressler, C. W.
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