School Building, Kermit, Texas: Detailed Elevations

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. It includes detailed drawings of the building's front and side elevations; the large drawing only shows part of the front of the elevation.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: First Floor Framing Plan

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. This drawing includes plans for the framing on the first floor of the building; there are specifications written within the framing plan detailing the materials to be used. There is a "first floor beam schedule" created on the right side of the sheet that specifies the concrete, reinforcement, and stirrup dimensions.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: First Floor Plan

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. This particular drawing shows the floor plan for the first level, including the auditorium, stage, and various classrooms. The plan also displays the electrical, plumbing, and heating setup/codes.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: First Floor Plan and Work Schedules

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. It includes a drawing of the building's first level floor plan, as well as schedules for the windows and doors; in between the schedules is a room finish schedule for the floor showing the types of materials to be used for the rooms' floors, and walls.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Front and Left Elevations

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. It includes two drawings, one showing the building's left side elevation and one showing the elevation of the front side of the building.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Front and Rear Elevations

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. It includes two drawings of the building's elevations, as seen from the front and rear.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Ground and Basement Floor Plans

Architectural floor plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. This design shows the floor plans for both the ground level and basement, as well as a drawing of the stairs leading from the corridor to the gymnasium. The basement floor plan is simple, and mostly contains the furnace room; the ground level plan shows the gym, corridor, and surrounding class rooms.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Ground Level Floor Plan

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. This particular drawing shows the floor plan for the ground level, including the gymnasium, and various classrooms. The plan also displays the electrical, plumbing, and heating setup/codes.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Ground Level Framing Plan

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. It includes designs for the building's ground floor framing plan, such as dimensions of the concrete slabs, walls, and work schedules outlining materials to be used.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Lockers and Transom

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. It includes drawings of a "section [through] lockers and transom" as well as details of double hung windows. Other drawings include details of sections of rooms, as well as a look at the elevation of toilet stalls.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Right and Left Elevations

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. It includes drawings of the right and left elevations of the building as well as drawings of door frames, the front entrance, and a stone ornament in "parapet wall."
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Roof and Trophy Case Plans

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. It includes a plan for the roofing, details for the trophy case, and sections of staircases and the lecture hall floor. The three drawings at the top of the sheet are grouped together by a faint circle drawn to separate them from the rest.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Roof Framing Plan

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. This drawing includes plans for the framing on the roof of the building; there are specifications written within the framing plan detailing the materials to be used. There is a "roof beam schedule" created on the right side of the sheet that specifies the concrete, reinforcement, and stirrup dimensions.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Schedules

Schedule plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. It includes the steel and stirrup bending schedules with mark, size, and length.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Second Floor Framing Plan

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. This drawing includes plans for the framing on the second floor of the building; there are specifications written within the framing plan detailing the materials to be used. There is a "second floor beam schedule" created on the right side of the sheet that specifies the concrete, reinforcement, and stirrup dimensions.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Second Level Floor Plan

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. This particular drawing shows the floor plan for the second level, including the study hall, and various classrooms. The plan also displays the electrical, plumbing, and heating setup/codes.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Second Level Plan and Finish Schedule

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. This particular drawing shows both the second level floor plan and a room finish schedule. The floor plan notes each room, hallways, stairways, laboratories, etc. The room finish schedule details the materials used for each room such as the types of wood or stone to be used for the floors.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Building, Kermit, Texas: Wall and Stair Sections

Architectural plan for a three-story school building in the Kermit, Texas. This plan shows drawings for various sections of the building such as staircases, and walls. Most of the drawings show stairs though three drawings on the far right of the sheet show the wall sections for the basement.
Date: December 1, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Winkler County Jail, Kermit, Texas: Elevation

Building plan for the Winkler County Jail in Kermit, Texas. It includes front elevation, left elevation, right elevation, rear elevation, front door, and front window.
Date: 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Winkler County Jail, Kermit, Texas: Floor Plan

Floor plan for the Winkler County Jail in Kermit, Texas. It includes a symbol chart, schedule of windows, and a roof plan.
Date: 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Winkler County Jail, Kermit, Texas: Foundation and Footing Plan

Building plan for the Winkler County Jail in Kermit, Texas. It includes a foundation and footing plan, detail of wood roof trusses, notes, small sections, and a plan showing concrete, ceiling, walls, and tie beams.
Date: 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, possibly to her father, discussing a cross-country flight to finish basic flight training, schedules, advanced courses, the recipient's health, packages from home, a plane catching fire, and news about friends/family.
Date: June 25, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. L. "Button" Roberson to Herman F. Fuchs, October 10, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from H. L. "Button" Roberson to Herman F. Fuchs, October 10, 1986]

Letter from Button Roberson to Herman Fuchs discussing a recent visit, their respective medical problems, and a photo. The envelope is included.
Date: October 10, 1986
Creator: Roberson, H. L. (Button)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. L. Roberson to Herman Fuchs, August 8, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from H. L. Roberson to Herman Fuchs, August 8, 1986]

Letter from H. L. Roberson to Herman Fuchs enclosing a copy of a letter from Don Smith (not included) and discussing some recent flying and Fuchs' time as a WASP instructor.
Date: August 8, 1986
Creator: Roberson, H. L. (Button)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History