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[Photograph 2012.201.B0298B.0561]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Banjo," an original painting by M. C. Hullender, won first prize at a Wichita Falls exhibit."
Date: January 19, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: No Negroes Enroll at Wichita Falls] (open access)

[News Script: No Negroes Enroll at Wichita Falls]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the lack of enrollment of African American students in Wichita Fall's schools, despite the recent integration of the school system.
Date: September 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Military Funeral for Carswell Co] (open access)

[News Script: Military Funeral for Carswell Co]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a funeral with full military honors for Colonel Roland R. Haile.
Date: August 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Petroleum-Engineering Study of K.M.A. Reservoir, Southwestern Part K. M. A. Oil Field, Wichita and Archer Counties, Texas (open access)

Petroleum-Engineering Study of K.M.A. Reservoir, Southwestern Part K. M. A. Oil Field, Wichita and Archer Counties, Texas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing investigations conducted on the K.M.A. oil field in Wichita and Archer Counties, Texas. History, geology, production data, and drilling methods used in the field are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: June 1952
Creator: Dobyns, Rollie P.; Ayers, Marion L. & Lewis, Roger E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0244.0362]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Julius Petty (right) of Stuttgart, Ark., and Betty Cox of Wichita Falls are a pair of sharpshooting out-of-staters competing in the annual Oklahoma meet."
Date: May 20, 1955
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0298]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 17, 1952
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0226.0811]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Should the days of the horse and buggy ever return, a Wichita Falls man will be "in business" with a horse-drawn hearse made in Canada in 1910."
Date: September 19, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0292.0256]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "TRAP SHOOTER"
Date: July 13, 1957
Creator: Gumm, John
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0244.0591]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One of the the feminine contestants to compete in the state trapshoot this weekend was Mrs. Jack Cox of Wichita Falls , Texas, shown above loading her shotgun."
Date: July 24, 1954
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Brazos-Red River Historical Society's Map of Wichita County, Texas

Map of Wichita County, Texas, showing blocks of land, towns, creeks, rivers, railroads, roads, oil wells, post offices, schools, churches, airports, cemeteries, historic trails and routes, and landmarks. Map includes notes on the six countries (Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America) that have had sovereignty over Texas and the route of Monsieur Brevel. The map is surrounded in a border of old cattle brands from the 1880s. Scale [ca. 1:47,520] (approximately 1 mile to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1957~
Creator: Kay, John A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls

Topographic quadrangle map of Wichita Falls, Texas, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet) and spot heights and includes a location diagram. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lawton

Topographic quadrangle map of Lawton, Oklahoma, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. Location, reliability, sectionalized township diagrams are included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George Anderson to George Beto, July 14, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from George Anderson to George Beto, July 14, 1950]

Letter from George Anderson to George Beto regarding 1,000 enclosed shares of J. C. Penney stock being given by the Hirschi family.
Date: July 14, 1950
Creator: Anderson, George W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Joe Ortiz - 1953-01-08] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Joe Ortiz - 1953-01-08]

Copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC National President to Joe Ortiz of Fort Worth, Texas dated January 8, 1953. Herrera offers to travel to Fort Worth, Dallas and Wichita Falls to help organize LULAC councils for these areas.
Date: January 8, 1953
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Ivey Gonzalez - 1953-01-08] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Ivey Gonzalez - 1953-01-08]

Onionskin carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, to Ivey Gonzalez, Superintendent of the Identification Bureau, Police Department, Wichita Falls, Texas dated January 8, 1953. Herrera inquires about setting up a meeting to discuss LULAC and possibly organizing a LULAC council in Wichita, Falls. Herrera mentions the eight new councils set up so far in his presidency of LULAC: El Paso; Port Arthur; Wharton; Seguin; Smeltertown, and Victoria, Texas; and Deming and Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Date: January 8, 1953
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacob I. Rodriguez to Ivey Gonzalez - 1952-12-20] (open access)

[Letter from Jacob I. Rodriguez to Ivey Gonzalez - 1952-12-20]

Carbon copy of a letter from Jacob I. Rodriguez, LULAC National Publicity Director, to Ivey Gonzalez, Superintendent of the Wichita Falls Police Department Identification Bureau, dated December 20, 1952. Rodriguez inquires about reviving the LULAC Council in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: December 20, 1952
Creator: Rodriguez, Jacob I.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Jacob I. Rodriguez - 1953-01-08] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Jacob I. Rodriguez - 1953-01-08]

Onionskin carbon copy of a letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, to Jacob I. Rodriguez, Editor of the LULAC News, dated January 8, 1953. Requests a speedy printing of the next LULAC News newsletter. Herrera discusses upcoming LULAC events in Victoria, Texas, and travel plans for Carlsbad, New Mexico and San Angelo, Texas. Herrera also mentions writing to Ivey Gonzalez of Wichita Falls, Texas and Joe Ortiz of Fort Worth about organizing councils in these cities.
Date: January 8, 1953
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-662 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-662

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: The authority of the Commissioners' Court of Wichita County, Texas to reimburse the Sheriff for certain expenses.
Date: July 9, 1959
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cook Book Cake at Prines Bar-B-Q]

Photograph of a man and a woman standing on either side of a Cook Book Cake display at Prines Bar-B-Q in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: April 15, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Robert Parker Willis]

Photograph of Robert Parker Willis in 1956. He is visible from the chest up, and wears a suit and tie.
Date: 1956
Creator: Soderlund
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Nelson Family Films, No. 7 - At Home with the Nelson Family] captions transcript

[Nelson Family Films, No. 7 - At Home with the Nelson Family]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Nelson children including footage of children playing in a wagon, older family members on the front porch, and family members playing on a swing set, seesaw, and slide.
Date: 1950?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Allred funeral] (open access)

[News Script: Allred funeral]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the former Texas Governor and Federal Judge James V. Allred, who passed away due to a heart attack.
Date: September 28, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Lyndon] (open access)

[News Script: Lyndon]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual fair at Iowa Park. There are big crowds who come to see the fair that will open until Saturday.
Date: September 29, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Products at a Wichita Falls Food Store]

Photograph of a man and a woman holding up a devil's food sandwich. They are standing in front of a Cook Book Cake display at a food store in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: April 15, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library