[Photograph 2012.201.B0110.0047]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "EVERY 'SHOOT' EM UP' has to have someone who says, 'he went thataway.' " That is the way Mrs. Caro Brown, wife, mother and food editor from Alice, Texas, described her role in the sensational uncovering of the inner workings of the George Parr empire in Duval county, Texas."
Date: April 30, 1957
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Texas: Orange Grove Quadrangle

Topographic quadrangle map of Orange Grove, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads and highways, borders between counties, water bodies, ranches and farms, railroads, windmills, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 10 feet) and spot heights. A quadrangle location diagram is included in the lower-right corner of the map. Scale 1:62,500
Date: 1954
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas: Mathis Quadrangle

Topographic quadrangle map of Mathis, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads and highways, water bodies, boundaries, pipelines, oil and gas wells, windmills, and landmarks. Includes red overprint of road classifications and a quadrangle location diagram. Relief shown by contours (interval 10 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date: 1956
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas: San Diego Quadrangle

Topographic quadrangle map of San Diego, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, rivers, creeks, railroads, roads and highways, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 10 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date: 1957
Creator: Boggs, F. C.; Kuldell, R. C. & Herr, Frederick
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-984 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-984

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The present maximum compensation of precinct officers in Jim Wells County under the submitted facts.
Date: January 21, 1950
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
And Horns on the Toads (open access)

And Horns on the Toads

Volume of folk stories and tall tales about the horned toad and other Texas folklore. The index begins on page 235.
Date: 1959
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Corpus Christi

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1953
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Jake Floyd] (open access)

[News Script: Jake Floyd]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a speech by political figure Jacob Floyd in support of Governor Allan Shivers, who is seeking reelection.
Date: August 20, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Governor confers with grand jury] (open access)

[News Script: Governor confers with grand jury]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a conference between Texas Governor Allan Shivers and a former Jim Wells County grand jury. The former grand jury petitions the governor to help end political corruption in Jim Wells County.
Date: March 10, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mathis Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1956
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ben Bolt Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1956
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kingsville Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1956
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Crystal City

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1953
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Diego Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1957
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Orange Grove Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1956
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Beeville

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1956
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Corpus Christi

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1956
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kingsville Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1956
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Beeville

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1953
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Department of Public Safety] captions transcript

[News Clip: Department of Public Safety]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 5, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Keep It Under Your Hat-!] captions transcript

[News Clip: Keep It Under Your Hat-!]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 11, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Trial in Jim Wells court] captions transcript

[News Clip: Trial in Jim Wells court]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a legal proceeding at the Jim Wells County Court House.
Date: September 14, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Roland Heldt to Truett Latimer, April 17, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Roland Heldt to Truett Latimer, April 17, 1959]

Letter from Roland Heldt to Truett Latimer thanking him for the part he played in the passage of Senate Bill 11.
Date: April 17, 1959
Creator: Heldt, Roland
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Jake Floyd] captions transcript

[News Clip: Jake Floyd]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a speech by political figure Jacob Floyd in support of Governor Allan Shivers, who is seeking reelection.
Date: August 20, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library