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[Letter from John Black to Sam Myres, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from John Black to Sam Myres, 1951]

Letter from John Black to Sam Myres discussing an order for a holster and discussing possible linings that he would prefer. The envelope is addressed to the S. D. Myres Saddle Company and postmarked 1951.
Date: 1951
Creator: Black, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harriet Cunningham to Dr. May Owen, October 25, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Harriet Cunningham to Dr. May Owen, October 25, 1951]

Letter from Harriet Cunningham to Dr. May Owen asking for biographical information and a photo for an editorial in the Texas State Journal of Medicine.
Date: October 25, 1951
Creator: Cunningham, Harriet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Miss Frankie Waits to Miss Glenda Sartain, November 25, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Miss Frankie Waits to Miss Glenda Sartain, November 25, 1953]

Letter from Miss Frankie Waits to Miss Glenda Sartain, discussing Miss Sartain's request for clippings about her school, L. V. Stockard Middle School, from the Daily Times Herald's records. She suggests Miss Sartain come to the Times Herald Building to look through the clippings personally, and asks her to call ahead. The letter is folded inside an official Daily Times Herald envelope, that has been torn open along the top edge.
Date: November 25, 1953
Creator: Waits, Frankie
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harriet Cunningham to Dr. May Owen, December 16, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Harriet Cunningham to Dr. May Owen, December 16, 1954]

Letter from Harriet Cunningham to Dr. May Owen discussing a request from the editors of Beauty and Health (a publication from the National Association of Retail Druggists) for material from Texas physicians to use in the publication. She asks Dr. Owen to check a write-up she is sending to the publication.
Date: December 16, 1954
Creator: Cunningham, Harriet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. May Owen to Harriet Cunningham, December 18, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. May Owen to Harriet Cunningham, December 18, 1954]

Letter from Dr. May Owen to Harriet Cunningham rejecting Miss Cunningham's request for approval to send in information on Dr. Owen to a publication. She also states she does not want any biographical information on her to appear in any publication.
Date: December 18, 1954
Creator: Owen, May
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. C. Lincoln Williston to Dr. May Owen, March 18, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. C. Lincoln Williston to Dr. May Owen, March 18, 1955]

Letter from Mr. C. Lincoln Williston to Dr. May Owen extending wishes for a quick recovery after hearing of Dr. Owen taking a fall.
Date: March 18, 1955
Creator: Williston, C. Lincoln
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. P. Sanders to the Graduates of 1926, March 16, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from J. P. Sanders to the Graduates of 1926, March 16, 1956]

Letter from J. P. Sanders to classmates of 1926 announcing the date for their annual meeting in 1956. Sanders hopes that all will attend though he knows that some have passed, and that over time they will slowly lose contact with one another.
Date: March 16, 1956
Creator: Sanders, J. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. P. Sanders to Classmates of 1926, April 16, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from J. P. Sanders to Classmates of 1926, April 16, 1956]

Letter from Dr. J. P. Sanders to his classmates of 1926, telling of those that he knows will not be able to make it to the annual meeting in Galveston.
Date: April 16, 1956
Creator: Sanders, J. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Arthur E. Summer to Thomas F. Forrest, October 21, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Arthur E. Summer to Thomas F. Forrest, October 21, 1956]

Letter from Arthur E. Summerfield, US Postmaster General, to Thomas F. Forrest, commending him for his 42 years service as a postal worker, and presenting him with a certificate of honorary recognition.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: Summerfield, Arthur E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. B Hudson to Thomas F. Forrest, November 2, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from W. B Hudson to Thomas F. Forrest, November 2, 1956]

Letter from W. B. Hudson to Thomas F. Fisher, discussing a certificate of honorary recognition that Mr. Hudson had planned to give him at a retirement party. He writes that he has enclosed the certificate with his letter.
Date: November 2, 1956
Creator: Hudson, W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. B. Hudson to Thomas F. Forrest, November 6, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from W. B. Hudson to Thomas F. Forrest, November 6, 1956]

Letter from W. B. Hudson to Thomas F. Forrest discussing the replacement of a temporary certificate of honorary recognition with a permanent one. He explains that he had sent Mr. Forrest the temporary one because the certificate from the postmaster general in Washington had not arrived yet. He writes that he has enclosed it with his letter, along with a commendatory letter from the postmaster general.
Date: November 6, 1956
Creator: Hudson, W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mose Newman to S. D. Myres Saddle Company, March 25, 1957 (open access)

[Letter from Mose Newman to S. D. Myres Saddle Company, March 25, 1957

Letter from Mose Newman to the S. D. Myres Saddle Company discussing the fact that he has lost fifty pounds and is returning his belts to the S. D. Myres Company to have them taken in four inches due to the fact that his waist is smaller after the weight loss. He also says that he rode using only saddles made by the S. D. Myres Saddle Company due to their superior quality until he stopped riding.
Date: March 25, 1957
Creator: Newman, Mose
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Stanton DeLaPlane to S. D. Myres , April 2, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Stanton DeLaPlane to S. D. Myres , April 2, 1957]

Letter from Stanton DeLaPlane to Bill Myres discussing the ties that DeLaPlane ordered from the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. DeLaPlane discusses how his daughter, Miriam is crazy about the ties and that they go perfectly with the bullfighter shirts that he got her from Mexico.
Date: April 2, 1957
Creator: DeLaPlane, Stanton
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. J. Myres to Mose Newman, April 16, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from W. J. Myres to Mose Newman, April 16, 1957]

Letter from W. J. Myres to Mose Newman expressing his delight that Newman's health was doing better and that they belts that Newman ordered to have shortened were finished. Myres explains that the belt shortening was free of charge due to the fact that the job was so small.
Date: April 16, 1957
Creator: Myres, W. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sidney R. Kaliski to the American Academy of Pediatrics, May 16, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from Sidney R. Kaliski to the American Academy of Pediatrics, May 16, 1958]

Letter from Sidney R. Kaliski to the American Academy of Pediatrics with recommendations and acknowledgement of Edith Bonnet, and hopes her application for membership is to be accepted.
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: Kaliski, Sidney R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Max R. Woodward to Edith Bonnet, June 6, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from Max R. Woodward to Edith Bonnet, June 6, 1958]

Letter from Max R. Woodward to Edith Bonnet expressing his desire to have her name put up for membership into the American Academy of Pediatrics. Woodward asks for her to send "a detailed record of your preliminary and graduate training and your various honors and offices in pediatrics."
Date: June 6, 1958
Creator: Woodward, Max R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Max R. Woodward to Edith M. Bonnet, June 23, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from Max R. Woodward to Edith M. Bonnet, June 23, 1958]

Letter from Max R. Woodward to Edith M. Bonnet saying that her application for membership into the American Academy of Pediatrics will have to wait until he returns from Europe. He also mentions that she is invited to attend his son's wedding in Paris as Edith will be in Europe then.
Date: June 23, 1958
Creator: Woodward, Max R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from B. H. Stewart to W. J. Myres, July 31, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from B. H. Stewart to W. J. Myres, July 31, 1958]

Letter from B. H. Stewart to W. J. Myres discussing that the city of Sweetwater accidentally made a mistake on the deed of the plot of land in the local cemetery that W.J. Myres purchased. They ask that Myres returns the deed to their office and they will make the appropriate corrections on it.
Date: July 31, 1958
Creator: Stewart, B. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edith Bonnet to Max R. Woodward, November 12, 1958 (open access)

[Letter from Edith Bonnet to Max R. Woodward, November 12, 1958

Letter from Edith Bonnet to Max R. Woodward explaining her gratitude for his efforts in getting her admitted into the American Academy of Pediatrics. She goes on to say that she missed his son's wedding by about a month as she was in Paris in late August.
Date: November 12, 1958
Creator: Bonnet, Edith Marguerite
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Max R. Woodward to Edith Bonnet, November 14, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from Max R. Woodward to Edith Bonnet, November 14, 1958]

Letter Max R. Woodward to Edith Bonnet appreciating her November 12th letter but saying that "Mel Thornton had more to do" with clearing the way for her to be admitted into the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Date: November 14, 1958
Creator: Woodward, Max R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Betty Anne Thedford to William Myres, December 17, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from Betty Anne Thedford to William Myres, December 17, 1958]

Letter from Betty Anne Thedford to William Myres discussing her appreciation for the five hundred dollars to go towards a scholarship on behalf of the Junior Rodeo Association. The scholarship money was given to Texas Western College for the 1958 Fall Semester.
Date: December 17, 1958
Creator: Thedford, Betty Anne
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Richard Webb to Sam Myres, March 24, 1959 (open access)

[Letter from Richard Webb to Sam Myres, March 24, 1959

Letter from Richard Webb to Sam Myres discussing his appreciation for the merchandise that Myers made for him and how well they have held up after filming his television series, "U.S. Border Patrol" where he plays the role of Don Jagger. Webb tells Myres that he always refers people to him with gusto and that he hopes they can see each other the next time that Webb finds himself in El Paso.
Date: March 24, 1959
Creator: Webb, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harriet Cunningham to Dr. May Owen, March 31, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Harriet Cunningham to Dr. May Owen, March 31, 1959]

Letter from Harriet Cunningham to Dr. May Owen asking her to fill out personnel data. She also mentions their office is busy preparing for an annual session in San Antonio, and wonders where Dr. Owen is going on vacation in the summer.
Date: March 31, 1959
Creator: Cunningham, Harriet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. May Owen to Harriet Cunningham, April 8, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. May Owen to Harriet Cunningham, April 8, 1959]

Letter from Dr. May Owen to Miss Harriett Cunningham discussing information Miss Cunningham requested.
Date: April 8, 1959
Creator: Owen, May
System: The Portal to Texas History