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Map of the great North West showing Peoria, Illinois, the geographical centre.
Map shows existing and proposed railroads, major cities and towns, and major rivers through the midwestern states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, and parts of Ohio, Tennessee, Kansas, Minnesota, and Nebraska. Scale not given.
Date:
1861
Creator:
Wheaton, W. G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Peoria, Ill.
Map shows ward boundaries, street names, lot and house numbers, landowners, additions, subdivisions, railroads, steamboat landings and fairgrounds; structures and some businesses annotated in pencil. Includes note, street index, and key to named additions and subdivisions. Scale not given.
Date:
[1880..1900]
Creator:
Thurlow, E.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0228.0314]
Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "signed to present daily performances through the summer at Lincoln park zoo is Dick Clemens, Peoria, Ill."
Date:
March 28, 1956
Creator:
Gumm, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a cotton and corn planter that does not put as much pressure on the tongue of the machine as previous models and that allows the plow attachment to be lifted higher off the ground to avoid obstacles.
Date:
June 4, 1907
Creator:
Goodnight, Frank H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1251.0157]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Elmer L. Smith, agricultural representative for Peopria, Ill., tractor deal won the man of the year award for his one man campaign on watershedd in his area."
Date:
May 18, 1966
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1289.0103]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Coaches of the past two U.S. Olympics basketball champions will be rival mentors Thursday night when Phillips 66ers meet Peoria at the Auditorium."
Date:
1958
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1329.0499]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tom Verhake, a 30-year veteran of the Caterpillar Corp. in Peoria, Ill., has the assignment of bringing into Caterpillar's giant network of dealers the highly automated equipment made at the CMI plant."
Date:
August 2, 1984
Creator:
Klock, Roger
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Triplets have early birthday party]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Deanna, Debra, and Denise Oddewalt, a set of triplets from Illinois, visiting their aunt and uncle in Fort Worth, who threw them an early birthday party.
Date:
June 10, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Postcard from E. Lucas to Lucy Dodge, October 28, 1917]
Postcard from E. Lucas to Lucy Dodge, discussing the safety of a boxy Lucy sent her, her own illness, and the city of Boerne, Texas. The postcard features a photograph, colored in with ink, of a driveway along the side of a tall sloping hill and the surrounding area. Further down the winding dirt drive, there is a suspension bridge across the road. The environment has lots of scrub brush and small, bushy trees.
Date:
October 28, 1917
Creator:
Lucas, E.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Speck trial]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
February 20, 1967
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dead lion]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
July 14, 1969
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tracks]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
August 14, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10PM Sports update]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
March 7, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Walter D. Moore to M. O. Laisure, December 30, 1915]
Letter from Walter D. Moore to M. O. Laisure discussing the constitutional rules of consolidation of two seniority districts and where the information is found. Also discussed is the individual to contact (Brother Carter) if the recipient needs more definite information.
Date:
December 30, 1915
Creator:
Moore, Walter D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. S. Carter to M. O. Laisure, January 4, 1916]
Letter from W. S. Carter to M. O. Laisure discussing that Laisure's inquiry as to the authority to enable the 11th and 12th seniority districts to consolidate. Carter reiterates that Laisure does not have the permissions to authorize the consolidation, and to do so would call for objections from the company.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Carter, W. S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: School hostages]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a school hostage situation in Peoria, Illinois. Three gunmen feeling from the police took refuge in St. Cecilia Roman Catholic school and held 23 students and two teachers hostage. None of the students were injured but one of the gunmen was shot to death.
Date:
May 1, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shooting]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a shooting in Peoria, Illinois. Three men seized a school after robbing a nearby store of a number of guns.
Date:
May 2, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Samuel Rothberg to Daniel W. Kempner, February 3, 1950]
Letter from Samuel Rothberg to Daniel W. Kempner with attached excerpts from the United Nations Economic Survey Mission as promised.
Date:
February 3, 1950
Creator:
Rothberg, Samuel
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Samuel Rothberg to Mr. I. H. Kempner, January 31, 1950]
Letter from Samuel Rothberg to Mr. I. H. Kempner requesting for early contribution of monetary funds to stand as an example of inestimable value.
Date:
January 31, 1950
Creator:
Samuel Rothberg
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
NOW, Plant Dedication Issue, September 1936
Special issue of a weekly newsletter for employees of R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. documenting the dedication of a new plant addition in Peoria, Illinois.
Date:
September 2, 1936
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
NOW, Special Edition, August-September 1936
Special issue of a weekly newsletter for employees of R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. announcing events related to the plant addition dedication in Peoria, Illinois, including a feature presentation by radio evangelist Dr. R. R. Brown.
Date:
August 1936
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. L. Ashmore, March 8, 1989
Interview with J. L. Ashmore, a United States Navy veteran from Peoria, Illinois, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia.
Date:
March 8, 1989
Creator:
Richardson, Louis Gene & Ashmore, J. L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Early tournapull Box 3, Museum,B
Photograph of a Model C Tournapull, likely from the 1940s based on similar images found online and "LeTourneau Heavy Equipment" by Eric C. Orlemann. According to him, the Model C was the most popular of the scrapers built by the company.
Date:
Date unknown. Likely in the 1940s.
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Model D Tournapull with Model Q Carryall
Photograph of a Model-D Tournapull attached to the Carryall Model Q. According to information found online (https://contract295dev.wpenginepowered.com/classic-machines/model-d-tournapull/), the company built this combination, an "air transportable earthmover," for the U.S. Army from 1942-1946, during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, LeTourneau built over 600 of these machines and continued production after the war. This photograph was clearly meant for a brochure or catalog, since the background has been eliminated.
Date:
1942/1946
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History