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[Personal Bank Loan for Ford Automobile]
Personal bank loan for a Ford 1936 model automobile. The total amount for the loan is $1,080.00
Date:
November 30, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Young Man Posing in the Snow]
Photograph of young man posing in the snow holding a snow ball. There is brush and buildings in the background. The man has coat and gloves on.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portait of Man and Woman on Snowball]
Portrait of man and woman posing in the snow while both are on a large snowball. The man squatted down with hands on woman's shoulders, while holding a snowball in one hand. The woman has her eyes close while sitting on the snow ball and holding a small snow ball.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Rear Admiral Charles Adams Baker]
Portrait of Rear Admiral Charles Adams Baker in his dress uniform.
Date:
[1944-03-10..1945-08-17]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Lieutenant H. W. Phillips]
Photograph of Lieutenant H. W. Phillips standing in front of a chain-link fence. He is holding a cigarette in his left hand, and wearing a heavy overcoat.
Date:
April 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Admiral Bryant and Captain Baker]
Photograph of Rear Admiral Carleton Bryant standing with Captain Charles Baker on board the U.S.S. Texas in the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. According to the photo, the large shell between the men was one that "penetrated the ship off Cherbourg." Both men are wearing their black dress uniforms, with the ship's large guns looming overhead.
Date:
October 12, 1944
Creator:
United States. Navy.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Naval Awards Ceremony]
Photograph of three major U.S. Navy officers in San Francisco, California. The photo says that these men are gathered together for a "presentation of Distinguished Service Medal to Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz." Nimitz is standing with (left to right) "Mrs. Nimitz, Admiral King, Admiral Halsey, and Mary Nimitz." Nimitz is seen shaking hands with Admiral King.
Date:
May 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from V. W. B. Wales to Robert B. Wylie, April 6, 1944]
Letter from V. W. B. Wales to Robert B. Wylie, giving thanks for her performance with the McMurry Chanters and St. Paul Choir at (Camp Barkeley's?) Chapel No. 7.
Date:
April 6, 1944
Creator:
Wales, V. W. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Kenneth W. Copeland to Robert Wylie, May 9, 1944]
Letter from Kenneth W. Copeland to Robert Wylie, giving thanks for the McMurry Chanters' visit to the First Methodist Church.
Date:
May 9, 1944
Creator:
Copeland, Kenneth W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alsie H. Carleton to Robert B. Wiley, May 25, 1944]
Letter from Alsie H. Carleton to Robert B. Wiley (sic.), recognizing her group's performance of the "Nautical Knot.", marveling at the "limited number of boys" used that day.
Date:
May 25, 1944
Creator:
Carleton, Alsie H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 8: Land Use
Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes maps and tables showing the existing land uses in Dallas as well as descriptions for each type of land use; one of the maps shows the buildings erected from 1935 to 1939, the other map shows buildings erected from 1940 to 1943. Other sections discuss the existing zone ordinance and the requirements of future land use.
Date:
October 1944
Creator:
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 6: Transportation Facilities, Rail-Air-Highways-Water
Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report is broken up into four sections: "Railroad Transportation; Air Transportation; Highway Transportation; Water Transportation," and discusses the existing conditions of each, and proposed plans to improve the transportation system. Also included are maps and a table showing transportation facilities and the "[v]olume and Direction of Passenger and Freight Train Movements - Average Normal Day."
Date:
July 1944
Creator:
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 10: Housing
Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes findings on the existing housing in Dallas, the minimum standards for the housing, and a "Proposed Comprehensive Housing Plan for Dallas." Also included are maps and tables exhibiting the housing areas and population statistics in certain housing areas.
Date:
December 1944
Creator:
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Choral Concert, 1944]
Program for a concert held at the McMurry College Chapel on Friday, May 12, 1944, listing the songs and composers with the performers.
Date:
May 1944
Creator:
McMurry College
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate from the Texas Federation of Music Clubs - War Service Department]
Certificate from the Texas Federation of Music Clubs - War Service Department, recognizing the McMurry College Music Department "for exceptional service in promotion of the war effort."
Date:
April 11, 1944
Creator:
Texas Federation of Music Clubs
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Musician, Volume 11, Number 1, September, 1944
Quarter-yearly publication describing local events and developments for music and its education in Texas; also includes local ads relating to music.
Date:
[1944-09..1944-10]
Creator:
Texas Music Educators Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Katharine Burns to Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylie, February 10, 1944]
Letter from Mary Katharine Burns to Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylie giving thanks for her and the Chanters' "participation in the Third Anniversary program at the Fifth Street USO Club."
Date:
February 10, 1944
Creator:
Burns, Mary Katharine
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 3, 1944]
Minutes from the Spring 1944 meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, held in Houston, Texas. Included is a list of members present, papers that were read and discussed, and other events during the meeting.
Date:
April 3, 1944
Creator:
Stuck, Walter
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Walter G. Stuck - 1944]
Letter written to an unnamed doctor from Walter G. Stuck, informing him of events during a recent meeting for the Texas Surgical Society.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Stuck, Walter G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: Ocotber 3, 1944]
Minutes from the Fall 1944 meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, held in Galveston, Texas. Included is a list of members present, papers that were read and discussed, and other events during the meeting, as well as a treasurer's report.
Date:
October 2, 1944
Creator:
Stuck, Walter
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
East Sweden Tidings, Volume 1, Number 1, December, 1944
The first issue of "East Sweden Tidings", a monthly church newsletter, explaining the purpose of the Tidings to be communication with the troops of World War II; sending individual holiday greetings from the men of the congregation; and containing a sermon that encourages an "All Out" commitment of both the troops and the congregation to "restore God's peace on earth" and to "win the spiritual conflicts between right and wrong on the battlefields of the soul."
Date:
December 1944
Creator:
Dewey, Anson T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Lone Star Lutheran (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 6, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 14, 1944
Monthly student newspaper from Texas Lutheran College in Seguin, Texas that includes news of interest to students and staff along with advertising.
Date:
March 14, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Lone Star Lutheran (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 11, 1944
Monthly student newspaper from Texas Lutheran College in Seguin, Texas that includes news of interest to students and staff along with advertising.
Date:
April 11, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Lone Star Lutheran (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 8, 1944
Monthly student newspaper from Texas Lutheran College in Seguin, Texas that includes news of interest to students and staff along with advertising.
Date:
February 8, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History