[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 23, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 23, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife wishing happy holidays to her and their daughter Sharon.
Date: December 23, 1943
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 28, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 28, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing his opinions about the year coming to an end.
Date: December 28, 1943
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 13, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 13, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife informing her that he is no longer in Fiji and is now on a different island that he cannot disclose.
Date: January 13, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 17, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 17, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife updating her on the weather and life on deployment.
Date: January 17, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 19, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 19, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing construction going on in his area.
Date: January 19, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 21, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 21, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing the completion of the showers in his area and that he is still working hard in the camp's construction.
Date: January 21, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 27, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife about life on his deployment and the beach.
Date: January 27, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 2, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 2, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife about the continuous rain and work left to do.
Date: February 2, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 6, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 6, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing progress in his camp's construction and Sharon's temper.
Date: February 6, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 12, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 12, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing her using the name "Catherine Smith" instead of "Mrs. Merrill Smith" and life in his deployment.
Date: February 12, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 16, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 16, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife about carving and the climate.
Date: February 16, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - March 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - March 11, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing the photograph of Sharon, the poem, and letter he received from her recently.
Date: March 11, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - March 13, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - March 13, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing a letter he received from Betty, her enjoyment of married life, and his continual labor in constructing the camp.
Date: March 13, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - May 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - May 20, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing his mother's bonds in Lockhart.
Date: May 20, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - June 13, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - June 13, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife about a photograph that his mother sent him and his cold.
Date: June 13, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Fayette County Court House, August 29, 1944]

Postcard with a photograph of the Fayette County Court House in La Grange, Texas and a handwritten message on the back from "Pastor" to Mr. H. E. Hill saying that he will see him when he gets back.
Date: August 29, 1944
Creator: Fox Company
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - May 11, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - May 11, 1945]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing two books he has been reading and thanking her for what she recently sent him.
Date: May 11, 1945
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Mabel and Irwin Colgin]

Photograph of Mabel and Irwin Colgin (Dr. I. E. Colgin) with two dogs outdoors.
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Colgin Home From the Left, February 1949]

Photograph of the Colgin home from the left side at 2611 Austin Avenue, Waco. It is shown covered in snow.
Date: February 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Advertisement Cutout for Luecke & Co. General Merchandise Store]

Advertisement cutout of a rabbit holding a basket of colored eggs, with text on the basket that says: "P.H. Luecke & Co General merchandise, Giddings, Texas. Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the fastest and brightest dyes made."
Date: unknown
Creator: P. H. Luecke & Co.
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Album of Photographs Picturing Joel and Emma Shumard] (open access)

[Album of Photographs Picturing Joel and Emma Shumard]

Photograph album with forty photographs of the friends and family of Joel W. Shumard (1847-1934) and Emma Johnson Shumard (1858-1934) from an Austin, Texas estate.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blank Waco Bridge Company Pass] (open access)

[Blank Waco Bridge Company Pass]

Blank pass for the Waco Bridge Company, valid until December 31 of that year.
Date: 18uu
Creator: Waco Bridge Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cased Portrait of a Young Man]

Portrait of a young man wearing a dark-colored suit with a jacket, vest, and bow tie with a light-colored shirt. He is posed with his left wrist propped on a chair arm and his other arm folded across his body. The ambrotype is in a case that includes a gold-colored frame with decorative etching and similar decorations on the outside.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Obituary for Joseph Lynn Clark] (open access)

[Clipping: Obituary for Joseph Lynn Clark]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the recent death of a historian, Dr. Joseph Lynn Clark, who was a member of faculty at Sam Houston State University.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History