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Public Health, Past, Present, and Future (open access)

Public Health, Past, Present, and Future

Text of a speech by Dr. Witten B. Russ to the Health Officers and Health Unit Directors of Texas. Russ discusses his experience with tuberculosis and public health in San Antonio, Texas, and advocates for increasing education of the public on health matters, and for making medicine and disease prevention a civic issue.
Date: April 18, 1944
Creator: Russ, Witten B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Registered Post Office Department Envelope, January 18, 1902] (open access)

[Registered Post Office Department Envelope, January 18, 1902]

A registered envelope from the US Post Office Department, Postage Stamp Agency, addressed to the Splendora, Texas postmaster.
Date: January 18, 1902
Creator: United States Postal Service
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from the Inland White Lead Company to C. C. Cox, April 18, 1924] (open access)

[Envelope from the Inland White Lead Company to C. C. Cox, April 18, 1924]

An envelope from the Inland White Lead Company addressed to C. C. Cox and postmarked April 18, 1924.
Date: April 18, 1924
Creator: Inland White Lead Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Cooking Materials, May 18, 1894] (open access)

[Invoice for Cooking Materials, May 18, 1894]

Invoice for items sold to C. C. Cox by H. Henke and Company, including salt, vinegar, flour, meat, and related foodstuffs.
Date: May 18, 1894
Creator: H. Henke and Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Free Textbooks from Ginn and Company, November 1919] (open access)

[Invoice for Free Textbooks from Ginn and Company, November 1919]

Invoice for free textbooks provided to C. C. Cox by Ginn and Company, as part of Texas' free textbook law.
Date: November 18, 1919
Creator: Ginn and Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Cooking Materials, April 18, 1894] (open access)

[Invoice for Cooking Materials, April 18, 1894]

Invoice for items sold to C. C. Cox by H. Henke and Company, including salt, flour, vinegar, oil, and related items.
Date: April 18, 1894
Creator: H. Henke and Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from R. W. Finley to C. C. Cox, November 18, 1894] (open access)

[Envelope from R. W. Finley to C. C. Cox, November 18, 1894]

A torn and waterdamaged envelope from R. W. Finley addressed to C. C. Cox, postmarked November 18, 1894. Both sides are covered by handwritten arithmetic from Cox.
Date: November 18, 1894
Creator: Finley, R. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Splendora School Census List: March 18, 1895] (open access)

[Splendora School Census List: March 18, 1895]

List of students enrolled at C. C. Cox's school in Splendora, Texas, listing them by family and including their ages.
Date: March 18, 1895
Creator: Cox, Charles Claiborne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press Release: The Murder of Webb Eugene Boyd (open access)

Press Release: The Murder of Webb Eugene Boyd

Press release from the Black Coalition on Mass Media discussing the murder of Webb Eugene Boyd and announcing that the Department of Justice will be called to investigate.
Date: December 18, 1978
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Waynne Rogers, October 18, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Waynne Rogers, October 18, 2017

Transcript of an interview with Waynne Rogers, a rancher from Harper, TX near Kerrville. Rogers talks about family, his work ranching and shearing sheep and goats, his past education at Tivy High School and undergraduate metallurgical engineering degree, and different positions he held as an engineer.
Date: October 18, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Rogers, Waynne
System: The Portal to Texas History