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[Questionnaire filled out by Desree Arrowood Jordan] (open access)

[Questionnaire filled out by Desree Arrowood Jordan]

Questionnaire created by Rosa Walston Latimer and filled out by Desree Arrowood Jordan of Gatesville, Texas, with questions about her experience working at Harvey Houses.
Date: June 2, 1992
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 8, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 8, 1992]

Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which she expresses her intention to write soon with her Harvey Girl information, explaining that she had been sick and unable to write.
Date: June 8, 1992
Creator: Saenz, Madge
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Eloise Lindsey to Rosa Walston Latimer - January 31, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Mary Eloise Lindsey to Rosa Walston Latimer - January 31, 1992]

Letter from Mary Eloise Lindsey to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which she talks about her friend, Laura Worsham, who lived in the Temple Harvey House as a newlywed.
Date: January 31, 1992
Creator: Lindsey, Mary Eloise
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Questionnaire filled out by Maxine G. Cockrell] (open access)

[Questionnaire filled out by Maxine G. Cockrell]

Questionnaire created by Rosa Walston Latimer and filled out by Maxine G. Cockrell, with information about working and living at a Harvey House.
Date: June 12, 1992
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George H. Latimer to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 26, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from George H. Latimer to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 26, 1992]

Letter from George H. Latimer to Rosa Walston Latimer relating information given to him by Erna Johnson, a former Harvey Girl, and speculating about himself and Rosa Walston Latimer having a common ancestor.
Date: March 26, 1992
Creator: Latimer, George H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Obituary for Mayne S. Kopisch] (open access)

[Obituary for Mayne S. Kopisch]

Obituary for Mayne S. Kopisch of Temple, Texas, printed in the Temple Daily Telegram.
Date: April 11, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sarah Moore to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 1, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Sarah Moore to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 1, 1992]

Letter from Sarah Moore of Bryan, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which she tells the story of her mother, Leona Woods Moore of Somerville, Texas, who worked as a Harvey Girl at the Temple Harvey House.
Date: February 1, 1992
Creator: Moore, Sarah
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Helen Potter Harper to Rosa Walston Latimer - May 18, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Helen Potter Harper to Rosa Walston Latimer - May 18, 1992]

Letter from Helen Potter Harper of Wildwood, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which she offers several sources for information about Harvey Houses and Harvey Girls in the area of Silsbee and Beaumont, Texas.
Date: May 18, 1992
Creator: Harper, Helen Potter
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dana Phillips to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 6, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Dana Phillips to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 6, 1992]

Letter from Dana Phillips of Temple, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer telling about her mother, Etta Lanham Williams, who worked at the Temple Harvey House.
Date: February 6, 1992
Creator: Phillips, Dana
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Temple Railroad and Pioneer Museum to Rosa Walston Latimer - April 18, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from the Temple Railroad and Pioneer Museum to Rosa Walston Latimer - April 18, 1992]

Letter from the Temple, Texas Railroad and Pioneer Museum to Rosa Walston Latimer, describing the history of the Temple Harvey House as well as listing names of known Temple Harvey Girls.
Date: April 18, 1992
Creator: Railroad and Pioneer Museum
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Keith Hines to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 2, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Keith Hines to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 2, 1992]

Letter from Keith Hines of Canyon, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock, Texas detailing what he knows about Harvey Houses and Harvey Girls based on his experience working in the old Santa Fe depot in Canyon.
Date: February 2, 1992
Creator: Hines, Keith
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Les Tye to Rosa Latimer - February 5, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Les Tye to Rosa Latimer - February 5, 1992]

Letter written to Rosa Latimer in Lubbock, Texas to Les Tye in Fort Worth, Texas in response to an article published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (enclosed with the letter) asking for stories related to Harvey Houses. In the letter, Les Tye writes about his experience with a Harvey House in Las Vegas, New Mexico on his honeymoon in 1947. Also included is the letter's envelope.
Date: February 5, 1992
Creator: Tye, Les
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Questionnaire filled out by Cleo Wolf] (open access)

[Questionnaire filled out by Cleo Wolf]

Questionnaire created by Rosa Walston Latimer and filled out by Cleo Wolf with questions about the life and work of Harvey Girls at Harvey Houses. Included at the end is a note from Jo Delaney, also a former Harvey Girl.
Date: January 21, 1993
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Rosa Walston Latimer - January 14, 1991] (open access)

[Letter to Rosa Walston Latimer - January 14, 1991]

Letter to Rosa Walston Latimer and signed "Rose," telling about the author's time working as a Harvey Girl in Slaton, Texas.
Date: January 14, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - July 24, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - July 24, 1992]

Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which she briefly describes her experience as a Harvey Girl, and requests that Rosa call her. She also includes addresses and family information for Norman Miller.
Date: July 24, 1992
Creator: Saenz, Madge
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Speck Wilson to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 19, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Speck Wilson to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 19, 1992]

Letter from Speck Wilson of Springtown, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock, Texas, in which he describes the story of his father and mother's courtship and marriage. His mother, Maxine Cockrell Wilson Johnson, was a Harvey Girl in Canadian, Texas and his father, Harold F. Wilson, was a local cowboy.
Date: February 19, 1992
Creator: Wilson, Speck
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - January 20, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - January 20, 1992]

Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which she speaks about her employment as a Harvey Girl in Harvey Houses, as well as her coworkers and their current whereabouts.
Date: January 20, 1992
Creator: Saenz, Madge
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Questionnaire filled out by Etta Lanham Williams] (open access)

[Questionnaire filled out by Etta Lanham Williams]

Questionnaire created by Rosa Walston Latimer and filled out by Etta Lanham Williams regarding experiences working as a Harvey Girl at the Temple Harvey House. The questionnaire includes a note written by her daughter, Dana Phillips, who found the questionnaire after Etta Lanham Williams passed away and sent it to Rosa Walston Latimer.
Date: March 27, 1996
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Article: Harvey House Plan In Corporate Hands] (open access)

[Newspaper Article: Harvey House Plan In Corporate Hands]

Article from the Slatonite newspaper about a bid to save the Slaton Harvey House from being demolished.
Date: November 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History