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[News Script: NAACP Ouster Suit is Heard at Tyler] (open access)

[News Script: NAACP Ouster Suit is Heard at Tyler]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about hearing proceedings at a court in Tyler, Texas, in which the state of Texas seeks a permanent injunction barring the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from operating.
Date: September 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tyler Fire] (open access)

[News Script: Tyler Fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a forest fire near Tyler, Texas, that started as a result of burning trash.
Date: August 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0236.0411]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Here are two dogs that could win it all at the field trials in progress this week at Lake Murray state park."
Date: March 18, 1956
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: NAACP] (open access)

[News Script: NAACP]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a trial in Tyler, which will decide the fate of the NAACP in Texas. The state asks for a temporary restraining order against the organization, which would freeze their operations until issues are settled in court.
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0316.0307]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: March 11, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0316.0308]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Commander's Hightone Beau, two-time national quail dog champion, is shown with his owner and handler Carl Duffield of Tyler, Texas, as they rest up after Thursday's disastrous run in the national trials at Ardmore."
Date: March 10, 1955
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

General highway map Smith County Texas

Map shows city boundaries, highways and roads, railroads, oil fields, and structures. Includes legend and key to counties, population statistics. Scale not given.
Date: 1958
Creator: Texas. Highway Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1212 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1212

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: Present maximum salaries of justices of the peace in Smith County.
Date: July 23, 1951
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1456 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1456

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: Legality of using County Permanent Improvement Funds to erect a livestock building at East Texas Fair grounds on land owned by the City of Tyler.
Date: May 14, 1952
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-348 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-348

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Under Article 5421i, V.C.S., have the primary terms of two leases been suspended in view of the fact that Humble Oil&Refining Company had a lease not only from the State but also from the City of Tyler and Smith County? And related questions.
Date: January 24, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. D. Sandefer Jr. to H. A. Pender, E. F. Pittard, Dan Moody, Claude McAden, and Barney Carter - February 9, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from J. D. Sandefer Jr. to H. A. Pender, E. F. Pittard, Dan Moody, Claude McAden, and Barney Carter - February 9, 1950]

Letter from J. D. Sandefer Jr. to Mrs. Pender, Mrs. Pittard, Mrs. Moody, Mrs. McAden, and Mr. Carter concerning a photo he found while at his mother’s house in Abilene. He includes a limerick that he describes as “unfair to use.”
Date: February 9, 1950
Creator: Sandefer, J. D., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to the Chamber of Commerce, Tyler, Texas - May 11, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to the Chamber of Commerce, Tyler, Texas - May 11, 1956]

A letter written to the Chamber of Commerce, Tyler, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, dated May 11, 1956. Carswell makes inquiry regarding locating a reliable shipper for Gift Boxes of peaches in season.
Date: May 11, 1956
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, February 17, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, February 17, 1953]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James discussing the Kilgore bill and its potential adverse effect on the taxpayers of independent school districts of cities and counties to vote favorably on further bond issues for any public purpose. It is recommended for people to write their representatives expressing opposition to the bill.
Date: February 17, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Admiral speaks at rose festival] (open access)

[News Script: Admiral speaks at rose festival]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual rose festival in Tyler, with a speech by U.S. Navy Admiral Robert Carney.
Date: October 1, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366B.0256]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Autherine Lucy, Tyler, Texas -First negro student to Enroll in University of Alabama."
Date: May 16, 1956
Creator: Fisher, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1056.0395]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ttler Teans, here are Mr. and Mrs. Homer Pittman and thier pointer bitch Bill's Gypsy Bird scheduled to run at the national amateur quail championship Sunday."
Date: March 11, 1955
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Melvin Sisk to Truett Latimer, February 26. 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Melvin Sisk to Truett Latimer, February 26. 1953]

Letter from Melvin Sisk to Truett Latimer discussing opposition from various parties toward House Bill 207.
Date: February 26, 1953
Creator: Sisk, Melvin
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. E. Jenkins to Truett Latimer, April 23, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from H. E. Jenkins to Truett Latimer, April 23, 1953]

Letter from H. E. Jenkins to Truett Latimer thanking him for his help in passing Section 4 of the Appropriation Act, or the Junior College Appropriation Bill.
Date: April 23, 1953
Creator: Jenkins, H. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Ned Price, April 8, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Ned Price, April 8, 1953]

Letter from Truett Latimer to Ned Price discussing his plans to attend the barbecue dinner that Price invited him to.
Date: April 8, 1953
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ned Price to Truett Latimer, March 31, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Ned Price to Truett Latimer, March 31, 1953]

Letter from Ned Price to Truett Latimer inviting him to a dinner held by the Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association.
Date: March 31, 1953
Creator: Price, Ned
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Rhoden] (open access)

[News Script: Rhoden]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the murder trial of Harold Rhoden at the Smith County courthouse in Tyler, Texas.
Date: April 2, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Inter-Office Letter from R. M. Armstrong to I. H. Kempner, May 31, 1956] (open access)

[Inter-Office Letter from R. M. Armstrong to I. H. Kempner, May 31, 1956]

Inter-office letter from R. M. Armstrong to I. H. Kempner discussing a specific broker and his quality of work.
Date: May 31, 1956
Creator: Armstrong, R. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. L. Whitney to Thomas L. James, April 24, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from R. L. Whitney to Thomas L. James, April 24, 1950]

Letter from R. L. Whitney, broker at Peoples Bank, to Thomas L. James, vice-president at Sugarland Industries, discussing a letter from Onalaska Pickle & Canning Company apologizing for being sold out of Peerless Petit Pois Early June peas.
Date: April 24, 1950
Creator: Whitney, R. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Whitney Brokerage Company to H. W. Rucker, September 28, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Whitney Brokerage Company to H. W. Rucker, September 28, 1951]

Letter from Whitney Brokerage Company to H. W. Rucker of Sugarland Industries, discussing a car bringing upcoming shipments of 303 Peerless #1 Sieve Petit Pois Peas to both companies.
Date: September 28, 1951
Creator: Whitney Brokerage Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History