[Advertisement for the New American Readers Series] (open access)

[Advertisement for the New American Readers Series]

A set of mailers advertising the New American Readers series, which was adopted by Texas as an option for free supplementary reading in public schools. Envelope is included.
Date: September 1919
Creator: DeWitt, E. A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Application for State Aid: Rural and Small Town School - Scholastic Year 1921-1922 (open access)

Application for State Aid: Rural and Small Town School - Scholastic Year 1921-1922

A blank application for state aid funding in Texas. The application includes detailed information about the school's employees, students, grounds, sanitation, library, and other relevant information. Envelope is included.
Date: September 1, 1921
Creator: Texas. State Board of Education.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Application for State Aid: Rural and Small Town Schools - Scholastic Year 1919-1920 (open access)

Application for State Aid: Rural and Small Town Schools - Scholastic Year 1919-1920

An application for state aid funding filled out by C. C. Cox for the Splendora school in Montgomery County, Texas, Common School District 15. The application includes detailed information about the school's employees, students, grounds, sanitation, library, and other relevant information.
Date: August 18, 1919
Creator: Texas. State Board of Education.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[L. B. Tindall Campaign Card] (open access)

[L. B. Tindall Campaign Card]

A campaign card for L. B. Tindall, Democratic candidate for Montgomery County Superintendent in the 1922 county election.
Date: July 1922
Creator: Tindall, L. B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill from Dumble, Armistead and Cronon to C. C. Cox, April 1st, 1895] (open access)

[Bill from Dumble, Armistead and Cronon to C. C. Cox, April 1st, 1895]

Bill for items sold to C. C. Cox by Dumble, Armistead & Cronon in Houston, Texas.
Date: April 1, 1895
Creator: Dumble, Armistead and Cronon
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bond Note for C. C. Cox from First National Bank of Cleveland, Texas, November 6, 1919] (open access)

[Bond Note for C. C. Cox from First National Bank of Cleveland, Texas, November 6, 1919]

A bond note worth $229.20 issued to C. C. Cox by the First National Bank of Cleveland, Texas.
Date: November 6, 1919
Creator: First National Bank of Cleveland (Texas)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Book List] (open access)

[Book List]

A list of school books by subject.
Date: 1920~
Creator: Cox, Charles Claiborne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Book Order Invoice for C. C. Cox, February 5, 1920] (open access)

[Book Order Invoice for C. C. Cox, February 5, 1920]

An invoice for school books and notice slip from the Texas School Book Depository to C. C. Cox, who signed it. Envelope is included.
Date: February 5, 1920
Creator: Texas School-Book Depository
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Case contents list from the Sourthern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, January 15, 1920] (open access)

[Case contents list from the Sourthern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, January 15, 1920]

A case contents list from the Southern School-Book Depository listing books in a shipment to C. C. Cox.
Date: January 5, 1920
Creator: Southern School-Book Depository
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Case contents list from the Sourthern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, January 24, 1920] (open access)

[Case contents list from the Sourthern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, January 24, 1920]

A case contents list from the Southern School-Book Depository listing books in a shipment to C. C. Cox. The envelope is included.
Date: January 24, 1920
Creator: Southern School-Book Depository
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Trusteeship for C. C. Cox, September 12, 1895] (open access)

[Certificate of Trusteeship for C. C. Cox, September 12, 1895]

A "form P" document of Montgomery County, Texas, certifying C. C. Cox as school trustee for "the Cox community" (Cox's Switch, later changed to Splendora).
Date: September 12, 1895
Creator: Powell, B. H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clippings: Splendora Oil Lease]

Several newspaper clippings from stories on oil exploration, wells, and leases in Montgomery County, Texas, near Splendora in the 1930s.
Date: 1934-01-24/19XX
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Collection
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract and Bond for Construction of Splendora School] (open access)

[Contract and Bond for Construction of Splendora School]

Contract between the trustees of Montgomery County School District 15 and Joel Gilmore, for Gilmore to construct a new school building in Splendora, and the related bond.
Date: June 27, 1914
Creator: Terry, J. T.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract for Sale of Land by C. F. Maynard to Montgomery County School District 15] (open access)

[Contract for Sale of Land by C. F. Maynard to Montgomery County School District 15]

A contract recording the sale of 2 and a half acres of land by C. F. Maynard to Montgomery County School District 15. An envelope is included with some arithmetic in C. C. Cox's handwriting on it.
Date: May 20, 1922
Creator: Maynard, C. F.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Invoice for Free Textbooks from Practical Drawing Company, September 1919] (open access)

[Copy of Invoice for Free Textbooks from Practical Drawing Company, September 1919]

Invoice for free textbooks provided to C. C. Cox by the Practical Drawing Company and the Texas State Board of Education.
Date: October 19, 1919
Creator: Practical Drawing Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Mortgage Filing from C. C. Cox to First National Bank, Cleveland, Texas] (open access)

[Copy of Mortgage Filing from C. C. Cox to First National Bank, Cleveland, Texas]

Duplicate copy of a chattel mortgage filing from C. C. Cox in Montgomery County, Texas, to the First National Bank of Cleveland, Texas. The filing is signed by W. F. Griffin, Montgomery County clerk.
Date: December 28, 1919
Creator: First National Bank of Cleveland (Texas)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cover of Texas State Department of Education Bulletin No. 98, March 1, 1919] (open access)

[Cover of Texas State Department of Education Bulletin No. 98, March 1, 1919]

Cover of Bulletin 98 from Annie Webb Blanton, presenting the text of the State Free Text Book Law that was enacted on February 25, 1919. Included is an envelope from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox.
Date: March 1, 1919
Creator: Blanton, Annie Webb
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Crown Card Company Card Set and Order Form] (open access)

[Crown Card Company Card Set and Order Form]

A set of illustrated cards and a blank order form from the Crown Card Company.
Date: [1900..1925]
Creator: Crown Card Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for Land Sold by C. C. Cox to Evan Thomas, 1898] (open access)

[Deed for Land Sold by C. C. Cox to Evan Thomas, 1898]

Copy of a deed for land sold by C. C. Cox and his wife to Evan Thomas on February 9th, 1898 in Splendora, Texas.
Date: February 9, 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for Land Sold by C. C. Cox to F. E. Fritzsching, 1915] (open access)

[Deed for Land Sold by C. C. Cox to F. E. Fritzsching, 1915]

Copy of a deed for land sold by C. C. Cox and his wife to F. E. Fritzsching on July 31st, 1915 in Splendora, Texas.
Date: July 31, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for Land Sold by C. C. Cox to John Lovejoy, 1909] (open access)

[Deed for Land Sold by C. C. Cox to John Lovejoy, 1909]

Copy of a deed for land sold by C. C. Cox and his wife to John Lovejoy on January 30, 1909, in Splendora, Texas.
Date: January 30, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for Land Sold by J. Yarborough to John Lovejoy, 1909] (open access)

[Deed for Land Sold by J. Yarborough to John Lovejoy, 1909]

Copy of a deed for land sold by J. Yarborough to John Lovejoy on January 30, 1909, in Splendora, Texas.
Date: January 30, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for Land Sold by W. and M. C. Patton to R. L. Wooten, 1899] (open access)

[Deed for Land Sold by W. and M. C. Patton to R. L. Wooten, 1899]

A handwritten deed for land in Montgomery County, Texas, sold from William Patton and his wife to R. L. Wooten.
Date: April 12, 1899
Creator: Patton, William & Patton, M. C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Emgee Sales Company Catalog] (open access)

[Emgee Sales Company Catalog]

A mailed catalog from the Emgee Sales Company, featuring sets of various products for buyers to resell, including jewelry, pistols, deluxe cigarette cases and cigar holders, and gold coins. A return envelope and the sending envelope are included.
Date: [1900..1925]
Creator: Emgee Sales Company
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History