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[Letter from Mr. C. Lincoln Williston to Dr. Haskell M. Monroe, October 25, 1982] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. C. Lincoln Williston to Dr. Haskell M. Monroe, October 25, 1982]

2 copies of a letter from Mr. C. Lincoln Williston to Dr. Haskell M. Monroe in support of Dr. May Owen's nomination for the Mirabeau B. Lamar Medal. He details her work providing loans to 320 medical students from her own resources, establishing the School of Medical Technology at Tarleton State University, establishing the May Owen Chair in Pathology at Texas Tech University School of Medicine, and starting the Physicians Benevolent Fund.
Date: October 25, 1982
Creator: Williston, C. Lincoln
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Haskell M. Monroe to Dr. Joe B. Rushing, September 7, 1982] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Haskell M. Monroe to Dr. Joe B. Rushing, September 7, 1982]

Letter from Dr. Haskell M. Monroe to Dr. Joe B. Rushing asking him for his nomination for the Mirabeau B. Lamar Medal. He discusses past awardees and the guidelines for the award.
Date: September 7, 1982
Creator: Monroe, Haskell M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Article: Obituaries] (open access)

[Article: Obituaries]

A series of obituaries in the Texas Medical Association's June 1988 Texas Medicine journal. Those listed in the obituaries included Dr. May Owen, Dr. William Frank Renfrow, Dr. Louis Reed Robey, Dr. Hampton C. Robinson, Dr. Lowell Edison Rutledge, Dr. Cassie Elizabeth Stuermer, Dr. Robert W. B. Terrell, Dr. Robert H. Thomason, and Dr. Leopoldo Villareal.
Date: June 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Release: Third Annual Texas Women's Hall of Fame, July 28, 1986] (open access)

[News Release: Third Annual Texas Women's Hall of Fame, July 28, 1986]

News release from the office of Texas governor Mark White, announcing the selection of thirteen women for the Third Annual Texas Women's Hall of Fame. The women include: Mary Lavinia Griffith, Jody Conradt, Mary Kay Ash, Ada Simond, Caro Crawford Brown, Wilhelmina Ruth Fitzgerald Delco, Dr. May Owen, Hermine Dalkowitz Tobolowsky, Margaret Cousins, Anne Legendre Armstrong, Alicia R. Chacon, and Frances E. Goff. The release includes information about the induction ceremony, details about each of the inductees, and information about how to get tickets to the ceremony.
Date: July 28, 1986
Creator: Governor's Office
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. F. Ohlemeyer to David Duclos, December 16, 1989] (open access)

[Letter from W. F. Ohlemeyer to David Duclos, December 16, 1989]

Letter from W. F. Ohlemeyer to David Duclos discussing his personal life including his ailments, and barretts that Duclos gave him, which he wore to play pool. The letter is in an envelope addressed to Dave Duclos in Massachusetts (with a postal sticker referring to a new address for Duclos) and a postmark dated December 18, 1989.
Date: December 16, 1989
Creator: Ohlemeyer, W. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. F. Ohlemeyer to David Duclos, February 14, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from W. F. Ohlemeyer to David Duclos, February 14, 1986]

Letter from W. F. Ohlemeyer to David Duclos mentioning that he never received a package that Duclos told him to expect and discussing his recent tragic turn of personal events. The envelope includes addresses for both men and is postmarked June 6, 1987.
Date: June 4, 1987
Creator: Ohlemeyer, W. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. F. Ohlemeyer to Dave Duclos, April 21, 1988] (open access)

[Letter from W. F. Ohlemeyer to Dave Duclos, April 21, 1988]

Letter from W.F. Ohlemeyer to David Duclos discussing personal issues including his health, time spent at the senior center, and a trip to Oro Grande (north of El Paso). The pages are all stamped in red with the text "Confirmation of Phone Order." The letter is dated April 1988, but it is in an envelope postmarked February 1986, addressed to the S. D. Myres Saddle Co. in Massachusetts.
Date: April 21, 1988
Creator: Ohlemeyer, W. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History