Camp Swift -- Induction Ceremony of the Old 95th

Photograph of a large military group marching in a field and saluting to the right. During WWII Camp Swift was an infantry and medical training camp. It also served as a POW camp, primarily for Germans soldiers from Rommel's Afrika Korps.
Date: July 15, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Swift -- Induction Ceremony of the Old 59th

Photograph of men in uniform with civilians standing in the background.
Date: July 15, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Swift -- Induction Ceremony of the Old 59th

Photograph of soldier standing before microphones. Others stand at ease in the background.
Date: July 15, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ariel view of Camp Swift including Headquarters, Post Finance Office, U. S. Post Office and north cantonment area]

Photograph of an aerial view of Camp Swift Headquarters, Finance Building, U. S. Post Office and a portion of the north cantonment area. The long wooden buildings are arranged parallel to each other, with the two-story Headquarters building in the center and the one-story Finance and Post Office buildings to each side. A flag pole with flag is visible in the foreground, and the cantonment area buildings are in the background.
Date: 1942/1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence/petition to Governor E.M. Pease] (open access)

[Correspondence/petition to Governor E.M. Pease]

A letter/petition, signed by multiple parties, asking Governor E.M. Pease for executive clemency for Mathias Lindberg, who had been convicted of perjury. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter/petition.
Date: 1855
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People] (open access)

[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People]

An agreement for the sale of multiple enslaved people of the following names and ages: Adam (25), Major (25), Tom (25), Charley (18), James (18), Hannibal (16), Charles (15), Julius (15), Ned (14), Samuel (14), Sandy (14), Scott (7), Frank (7), Mason (4), Mayo (4), Lucinda (26), Mary (18). Eliza (22), Catherine (14), Francis (12), Matty (10), Rovina (10), Martha (9), Joanna (7), Louis (15), Richard (14), Nash (18), and Marella & child.
Date: January 1, 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History