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[Postcard of West Rusk Street in Marshall]
Postcard image of the front and west sides of the homes located at 799 and 703 W. Rusk Street in Marshall. Both house are two stories with steep, hipped roofs and a number of chimneys around the outer walls. The house on the right has a small extended room to the right of the front door with a decorative balcony above, and a window box over the door; the house at right has an extended porch across the full front of the home and a dormer window above the second floor, as well as striped awnings over the windows. A caption printed below the image says, "Residence--West Rush St., Marshall, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Masonic Institute in Marshall]
Photograph of two sides of a long, two-story building with a hipped roof and a series of evenly-spaced rectangular, paned windows. The right side of the building is partially open with square columns, as well as a staircase and a railing along the top floor. The long side of the building is facing a yard enclosed by a metal fence along a dirt road; there are backboards on posts and trees growing in the yard. A number of the window panes and part of the fence are broken. Handwritten on back: "Masonic Institute Marshall, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Daily Messenger Subscription Receipt]
Subscription receipt to A. S. Fields for 50 cents to pay for one month of the newspaper "The Daily Messenger" beginning June 1, 1892, signed by T. A. Ardis. An accompanying note by the dealer from whom the receipt was purchased states that A. S. Fields was a longtime Harrison County Clerk. Printed at the top left of the form: W. A. Adair, Proprietor. The receipt is a printed form with blanks for names and dates, which have been completed in pencil.
Date:
1892
Creator:
Daily Messenger (Marshall, Texas)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph Album and Scrap Book of Laurita A. Lyttleton, 1920-1922]
Nine disbound leaves from an album of Laurita Addison Lyttleton (later Mrs. John Hugh Hill), covering the years 1920-1922. The major part of the content is snapshots pasted on the pages of an album with printed headings. The photographs of Laurita and her friends are cut into a variety of shapes, and handwritten notes accompany the photos. Some of the photographs were taken in Marshall, where Laurita attended high school, and others are from her year (1921-22) at Randolph Macon College in Ashland, VA. Photos include many shots of girls posing or playing together, including wearing costumes for the 1922 New Year's Ball. It also includes the printed list of Randolph Macon freshmen, and a handwritten poem by Laurita about her 1920 high school class and a newspaper clipping about class spirit.
Date:
1920/1922
Creator:
Hill, Laurita Addison Lyttleton Hill (1903-1976)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marion Sims McCutchan Sr. Family Album ca. 1900-1915]
Photograph album of the Marion Sims McCutchan, Sr. family, missing its cover. The photos are pasted on the gray paper pages. Photographs include interior and exterior shots of the family home at 2105 Rosborough Springs Road, Marshall, Texas, and the barn. Most of the photos show the three sons of the family, Robert Lewis McCutchan, born 1903, Marion Sims McCutchan, Jr., born 1905, and Kenneth Shannon McCutchan, born 1912, but a few photos also include their parents Sims, Sr. and Mary.
Date:
1900/1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hand-drawn map by Mary McAllister, School Assignment]
Hand-drawn map on card stock showing Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. It was drawn by Mary McAllister in Marshall, Texas, for a school assignment. She signed it in the lower left corner and dated it May 5, 1893. Written in pencil in a different hand on the right side of the map is the grade 99 1/2. McAllister was born in June 1889 and would have been 12 years old when she drew the map. On the other side of the card is lithographed: "From M. A. Fine Merchant Tailoring, Sample No." with the number 2959 stamped next. Printed below that are names of different types of clothing with blank lines where the cost of constructing them in the sample fabric could have been filled in. Mary McAllister has written her name twice in pencil on that side of the card, and some additional letters are written on the top, possibly by her. The upper left and lower right corners of the card have been broken off.
Date:
1893
Creator:
McAllister, Mary.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lewis McCutchan to Mary McAllister McCutchan and Marion Sims McCutchan - June 28, 1922]
Letter from Lewis McCutchan to his parents Mary and Marion Sims McCutchan discussing his work at the Harrison County Y.M.C.A. Camp for Boys, Taylor's Island, Karnack, Texas. He describes his duties, including being in charge of the cook's tent and dining hall. He mentioned that they went for a motor boat ride, and that it was his first. He comments on the boys' opinions of him as being strict, and his opinion that many of the boys had had very little discipline at home. The letter is written on camp stationery that includes a halftone image of camp staff and boys standing in a double line.
Date:
June 28, 1922
Creator:
Lewis McCutchan
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Card for Rev. Aarthur B. Chaffee with Images of Bishop College Buildings on the Other Side]
Business card for Arthur B. Chaffee, president of Bishop College in Marshall, Texas. On one side are black and white halftone photographs of buildings on the Bishop College campus: Marston Hall, Wolverton Shop, Bishop Hall, "The Mansion," and Morehouse Hall. On the other side is printed: "Rev. Arthur B. Chaffee, D. D., President." Written in pencil above Chaffee's name: "Nannie J. Brackens, Waxahachie, Tex @ home Olive, Tex." Bishop College was established in 1881 as a Baptist college for African Americans in Texas. The school moved to Dallas in 1961. The campus was sold the same year. Its buildings were demolished.
Date:
190X
Creator:
Bishop College, Marshall, Texas
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Facts about Marshall, Texas: Industrial, Agricultural and Commercial Center of East Texas
Booklet includes many statistics and halftone photographic images of Marshall, Texas, in the 1940s. An aerial view of the city is included near the beginning of the booklet. Contents include lists, descriptions, and illustrations of manufacturing, industrial, and commercial companies and facilities, as well as schools, churches, and homes. Agricultural activities and opportunities in Harrison County are also included, as well as recreational assets, particularly Caddo Lake State Park. A drawing of the airport building, under construction at the time, is also included.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Chamber of Commerce, Marshall, Texas
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Amaryllis Beatty Garden Club, Marshall, Texas, Program and List of Members for 1940-1941]
Handmade booklet tied with string on the left side. The cover is of dark green, heavy, textured paper with the title and an image of a flower printed on the front. Written in ink at the top of the cover is the name Mrs. Sims McCutchan. The sixteen pages within the cover are typewritten and list the club's officers, members, and dates and subjects of the year's meetings.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Amaryllis Beatty Garden Club, Marshall, Texas
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation to the Joint Session of the Literary Societies of the Sam Houston Normal Institute, Huntsville, Texas, May 26, 1900]
The three pages of this invitation and program are tied into a folded cover of linen paper. The front cover has intertwined raised initials, S, H, N, I (for Sam Houston Normal Institute), and above them is printed an image in red and blue ink of a Texas flag with the initials S.H.N.I. flying from the top of the flag pole. The first page within the cover is the printed invitation to the Joint Session of the Literary Societies of the Sam Houston Normal Institute, held in Memorial Hall, Huntsville, Texas, May 26, 1900. In the top left corner of the invitation page is a lithographic image by C. A. Wright, Philadelphia, that depicts a variety of scholarly and literary objects arranged on a cloth-covered table. The second page consists of the program for the event. The third page lists the names of nine literary societies: Lone Star, Athena, Baldwin, Houstonian, Philomathean, Eclectic, House, Ross, and Senate. Handwritten in ink on the back of the cover are the words "Mom's graduation program Mary McAlister McCutchan," probably written at a later date by her daughter-in-law Johnnie McCutchan.
Date:
1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Gables Café, Marshall, Texas
Menu for the Gables Café in Marshall, Texas. It consists of one sheet of textured gray paper folded in half. The type is printed in green ink. The cover includes the name, its location, "Highways 43 and 59, South," that it was adjacent to the Burnett, Henderson, and Bel-Air Motels, that it provided room service to those motels at no additional cost, and that it was open from 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight. On the interior, in addition to providing food items and prices, it identifies "your hosts" as Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Elsberry. It also promises "organ melodies on the Hammond organ, 6:00 to 8:00 P.M." Prices range from 15 cents for a piece of pie to $4.00 for K. C. Sirloin for two. The menu is worn, with some bends, tears, and staining.
Date:
195X
Creator:
Gables Café
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: 1920 performance of the play Ye Village Skewl of Long Ago in Marshall, Texas]
Program for the performance of the play "Ye Village Skewl of Long Ago," presented by the Parent-teachers' Association of South Marshall School, April 30, 1920 at 8:15 P.M. Advertisements for local business above and below the cast listings.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Parent-teachers' Association, South Marshall School
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Dediction Program, Marshall, Texas Post Office, April 21, 1962]
One-page program for the dedication of the new Marshall, Texas, post office building, which was held on April 2, 1962. The front lists the program and the speakers. The back lists all the post office personnel and also gives a short history of Marshall's post office beginning in 1841.
Date:
1962
Creator:
Marshall, Texas Post Office
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Houston School Booklet, 1959-60]
This pamphlet provides basic information about Sam Houston School, an elementary school in Marshall, Texas, for the 1959-60 school year. It includes the names of the teachers and the grades they taught, a history of the school, and a list of the school's principals and the years they served. It was intended for distribution to the parents of the pupils. The paper cover has a photograph of the school building provided by the Marshall New Messenger. On the back is a photo of the principal, W. H. Segraves. The text was reproduced by a spirit duplicator, and the purple ink has faded over time.
Date:
1959
Creator:
Sam Houston School, Marshall, Texas
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Community Concert Association Presents Michael Rabin, Violinist]
Program for a concert by Michael Rabin, violinist, with Raymond Lambert, piano, presented by the Community Concert Association. The performance in Marshall, Texas, was November 23, 1953.
Date:
1953
Creator:
Community Concerts Inc., New York.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Report of deportment, attendance, scholarship and examination grades of Mary McAllister]
Report card of the City Public Schools of Marshall, Texas, for Mary McAllister, eighth grade, High School Department. Signed by J. B. Madden, Teacher. Marks are given for attendance, conduct, reading, writing, arithmetic, etymology, geography, grammar, Latin, algebra, and physiology. Mrs. G. L. McAllister signed as parent. The form was printed by "Jennings Printer Marshall."
Date:
1894/1895
Creator:
Marshall, Texas. City Public Schools.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Election Card for G. P. Steadman]
Campaign card on a pale pink card for G. P. Stedman, "candidate for re-election to the office of County Treasurer of Harrison County, subject to the action of the Citizens Party Primary, July 25th, 1914. Respectfully solicits your vote and influence." There is a small oval logo in the lower left corner: "Typographical Union Label, Marshall, Tex." Someone wrote what appear to be unrelated notes on the back of the card.
Date:
1914
Creator:
Stedman, G. P.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Basic Mileage Ration Coupons for M. S. McCutchan Jr.]
Basic mileage ration card and coupons for the automobile of M. S. McCutchan, Jr., of Marshall, Texas. Ten coupons remain attached to the card.
Date:
1942?
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Administration.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book One for M. S. McCutchan III]
War Ration Book One that belonged to Marion Sims McCutchan, III, of Marshall, Texas. His address and physical description is recorded. McCutchan was one week old when the book was issued to him and was recorded as being 20 inches tall and weighing 7 1/4 pounds. the form is signed by Elizabeth Brown, Registrar. All of the stamps are gone.
Date:
1942
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Administration.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book One for Marion Sims McCutchan Jr.]
War Ration Book One that belonged to Marion Sims McCutchan, Jr., of Marshall, Texas. His address and physical description is recorded. It is signed by Dorothy Porter, Registrar. There are three unused stamps remaining.
Date:
1942
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Administration.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book Two for Sims McCutchan III]
War Ration Book Two that belonged to Marion Sims McCutchan, III, of Marshall, Texas. His address and physical description is recorded. It is signed by Mrs. Frank Resch, Jr., issuing officer. All of the stamps are gone.
Date:
1942
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Administration.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Elsberry Café]
Menu for the Elsberry Café, Marshall, Texas. It consists of a cover, glossy black on one side, with gray letters printed on it. The list of offerings of the menu was printed with black ink on cream paper that was glued onto the back of the cover. On the cover, under the title of the menu, is the phrase "Just Good Food" and "Open 24 Hours." The location is given as 407 Pinecrest Drive East, Marshall, Texas. Inside the menu the hosts are identified as Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Elsberry. Categories listed include Mexican Foods, Sandwiches, Desserts, Omelettes, Steaks-Chops, Chicken, Sea Foods, Cold Plates, Cocktails [non-alcoholic ], Salads, and Specialty Italian Foods. Prices range from a slice of pie for 15 cents to an "extra cut sirloin-for two" for $5.00. Frog legs were priced at $2.00.
Date:
195X
Creator:
Elsberry Cafe
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of a 1920s Photograph of Fire Trucks Parked in the Square, Marshall, Texas]
Copy print of part of the Harrison County courthouse square in Marshall, Texas, with fire department vehicles and staff in the foreground and buildings in the background. Businesses visible in the background include Garrett's Furniture & Stoves and McPhail Hardware. Painted on the side wall of the furniture store is a large "Drink Dr. Pepper" sign.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History