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[Letter Discussing Location of Library]
Letter to city council from the Gainesville Business and Professional women discussing the best location for the new library.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Gainesville Business and Professional Women
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Councilman]
Letter to city councilman from Mrs. E. E. Wright, Jr. discussing information about Cooke County Library.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Wright, Mrs. E. E., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Miss Lillian Gunter]
Letter to Miss Lillian Gunter from John S. Hardy. The letter discusses Miss Lillian Gunter being the first woman to purchase a poll tax in Cooke County, and women's suffrage.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hardy, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to a Gold Star Mother]
Typed letter from Amon Carter and his son, Amon Carter Jr. to "a Gold Star Mother." Gold Star Mothers is a support organization formed for mothers who lost a son or daughter in World War II. The letter expresses condolences and comfort to Rose Gilbert and was accompanied by a gift basket of grapefruits, as noted in the letter.
Date:
December 22, 1947
Creator:
Carter, Amon Giles, 1879-1955 & Carter, Amon G., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harry Goldstein]
Typed letter to the family of Private Harold Gilbert from a fellow soldier named Harry Goldstein, sent from Marseilles. The letter describes the sinking of a troop transport ship, Dec. 25, 1944, in which in which Gilbert was killed.
Date:
August 9, 1945
Creator:
Goldstein, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Gilbert Family]
Two photostat copies of a typed letter from William J. Voelker Jr. to Mrs. Max Gilbert, mother of Private Harold Gilbert. The letter describes the attack that killed Harold Gilbert, and discusses the details of Gilbert's burial in Normandy, France on on Dec. 27, 1944.
Date:
April 30, 1945
Creator:
Voelker, William J., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Gilbert Family]
Photostatic copy of a typed letter from the United States Secretary of War, Henry Stimson, to Max Gilbert. The letter awards Gilbert's son, Harold Gilbert with a Purple Heart for his service, and it expresses Stimson's condolences for the death of Harold Gilbert.
Date:
February 13, 1945
Creator:
Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Western Union Telegram]
Photostat of a telegram from the United States Secretary of War to Mrs. Rose H. Gilbert, expressing his condolences for the death of her son, Private Harold Gilbert.
Date:
January 14, 1945
Creator:
United States Secretary of War & Dunlop
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. B. Houston to M. R. Tillotson, November 9, 1942]
Letter from L. B. Houston, Director of Parks in Dallas, to M. R. Tillotson, the Regional Director of National Park Service, describing work that the park service had completed at White Rock Lake and other points in the Dallas area.
Date:
November 9, 1942
Creator:
Houston, L. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Ahavath Sholom]
Typed letter from B. Max Mehl to the Ahavath Sholom Congregation. In the letter, Mehl responds to a dues statement sent to him from the congregation. The letter is requesting a corrected dues statement due to the congregation overcharging Mehl. The stationery includes a colored illustration at the top of the page that says, "Importer of and Dealer in Rare Coins, Medals, and Paper Money of all Countries and Periods"
Date:
November 11, 1930
Creator:
Mehl, B. Max
System:
The Portal to Texas History