Oral History Interview with Robert Woods, March 8, 1969 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Woods, March 8, 1969

Interview with Robert Woods, a preacher from Gallatin, Tennessee. The interview includes the broader history of the Christian Church he grew up in, prominent figures, the school he went to, as well as his personal experiences as a black person during that time. The interview also includes Wood's recounting his first preaching tour as a teen.
Date: March 8, 1969
Creator: Boyd, R. Vernon & Woods, Robert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Julie McLeod to Mr. and Mrs. Carswell - December 31, 1969] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Julie McLeod to Mr. and Mrs. Carswell - December 31, 1969]

A letter written to Mr. and Mrs. Carswell [T. N. Carswell and Byrdie Carswell] from Mrs. Julie McLeod, Memphis, Tennessee, dated December 31, 1969. McLeod expresses her appreciation for the lovely letter and her hope that Mrs. Carswell is better. She requests that Carswell please find any small memento that they both have had since the time she has known him and to mail it to her. She discusses her desire to move back to Texas advising that she has applied for a transfer after having worked for the Treasury Department for thirty years, that she still misses Orville and that Mark is at home off-and-on.
Date: December 31, 1969
Creator: McLeod, Julie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Wallace E. Johnson to Truett Latimer, November 20, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Wallace E. Johnson to Truett Latimer, November 20, 1962]

Letter from Wallace E. Johnson to Truett Latimer thanking him for his previous letter in which he enclosed the Holiday Inns of America personal history record. He also talks about Mr. Latimer's record and application.
Date: November 20, 1962
Creator: Johnson, Wallace E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Wallace E. Johnson to Truett Latimer, October 18, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Wallace E. Johnson to Truett Latimer, October 18, 1962]

Letter from Wallace E. Johnson to Truett Latimer; He encloses an application for Mr. Latimer to fill and return. He also informs him that his (Mr. Latimer) letter to Gerald Martin has been referred to the writer.
Date: October 18, 1962
Creator: Johnson, Wallace E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James E. McGarrity to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from James E. McGarrity to Blanche Perry]

Letter plus envelope from James E. McGarrity of the Church of Christ in Ripley, Tennessee to Perry requesting a baptistry painting.
Date: October 7, 1960
Creator: McGarrity, James E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History