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Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection
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[Art Forum Pressbook, 1938-1939]
Scrapbook that documents art events over the year with emphasis on local events and those of the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Sixth District of which Abilene, Texas, was a part. This scrapbook won first place at the Sixth District Convention. Included are 49 pages of prints purchased from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and made available for ten cents a piece by the American Committee for Art Appreciation. The brochure includes a history of the different painters. These prints were exhibited at the Abilene Chamber of Commerce and at the Abilene Women's Club.
Date:
1938/1939
Creator:
Carpenter, Allie Mae
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System Pass issued by WM. C. Driscoll and A. J. Bledsoe to T. N. Carswell]
A train pass from The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System, issued to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas - Secretary, West Texas Fair Association, dated good until October 8, 1938. Must be countersigned by WM. C. Driscoll. A. J. Bledsoe, President. The reverse side includes railway limitations.
Date:
1938
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bronco, Yearbook of Hardin-Simmons University, 1938
Yearbook for Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.
Date:
1938
Creator:
Hardin-Simmons University
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combat near the "Mission Concepcion," by Colonel James Bowie's Battalion, October 28, 1835.
Map of combat at the Battle of Concepción during the Texas Revolution, showing lines of assault by Mexican infantry, cannon, and dragoons, and lines held by Captain Fannin's and Captain Coleman's companies. The battlefield is surrounded by wooded terrain and lies next to the San Antonio River. No scale indicated. On verso: Photograph of a family making a sandcastle on a beach on the South Coast of England.
Date:
1938?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double Suction Centrifugal Pumps
Pamphlet providing information about the design, production, and use of the American Well Works double suction centrifugal pumps, including diagrams and models.
Date:
1938~
Creator:
The American Well Works
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Fannin's Fight," March 19, 1836.
Map of Fannin's Fight, showing the Texas Infantry, breastworks, and lines of assault by Mexican Dragoons and Infantry. Lines of march used by Colonel Fannin and General Urrea are also shown. Note: "[shows] rise of six feet, behind which Mexican Artillery fired, on the 20th." There are also notes on the type of cannons used. Distances to various cities are given. No scale indicated. On verso: Photograph of boats docked at harbor in the town of Dover, England.
Date:
1938?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General Highway Map Guadalupe County, New Mexico
Highway map of Guadalupe, New Mexico, showing boundaries, highways and roads (mileage indicated), railroads, towns, land grants, bodies of water, and buildings, such as schools, churches, and hospitals. The map includes a legend and a diagram of the section within New Mexico. Scale [ca. 1:126,720] (2 miles to the inch).
Date:
1938
Creator:
New Mexico State Highway Department
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General Highway Map San Miguel County, New Mexico
Highway map of San Miguel County, New Mexico, showing boundaries, highways and roads (mileage indicated), railroads, towns, land grants, bodies of water, and buildings, such as schools, churches, and hospitals. The map includes a legend (bottom-center) and a diagram of the section within New Mexico. Scale [ca. 1:126,720] (2 miles to the inch).
Date:
1938
Creator:
New Mexico State Highway Department
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Texas, with Coahuila, in 1835-36.
Map of the United States and Mexico, showing territories but not states. Cities and towns representing areas of recruitment are shown, as are Indian villages and forts in Texas. No scale indicated.
Date:
1938?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the Battlefield of San Jacinto
Map of the Texan and Mexican Armies at the commencement of the Battle of San Jacinto, showing the positions of the armies and features of the terrain between Buffalo Bayou and San Jacinto Bay. Distances to various cities are given. No scale indicated. On verso: Photograph of families picking hops to make beer in Kent County, England.
Date:
1938?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Maryland
Topographic map of Maryland and the surrounding area, showing counties, towns, villages, roads, and bodies of water. There is an inset map included in the lower-left corner titled "New Map of the Province of Maryland in North America." The inset is a facsimile of a Maryland map published in February 1780. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:633,600] (10 miles to the inch).
Date:
1938
Creator:
Griffith, Dennis
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Massachusetts (eastern part, i.e., the District of Maine)
Map of Massachusetts and Maine and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing towns, Canadian provinces, bodies of water, and other geologic features. The map includes three inset maps in the lower-left corner showing the district of Maine, with markings for geographic features as well as towns. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,534,400] (40 miles to the inch).
Date:
1938
Creator:
Carleton, Osgood; Doolittle, Amos; Mitchell, John & Jay, John
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Massachusetts (without the District of Maine)
Map of Massachusetts at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing roads, counties, cities, villages, townships, water bodies, and other geographic features. The map includes three inset maps in the lower-left corner. The leftmost map puts Massachusetts within the scope of New England, the middle map shows the eastern portion of Massachusetts in greater detail than the main map, and the map on the right outlines the plan of Boston. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:760,320] (12 miles to the inch).
Date:
1938
Creator:
Green, John; De Coasta, I.; Romans, Bernard & Bradley, Abraham, Jr.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Military Map of Texas and Coahuila, as Mexican Territory, 1835-36
Military map of Texas and Coahuila, showing lines of Mexican and Texan frontier and lines of march to the San Jacinto battlefield during the Texas Revolution. The map also includes rivers, creeks, towns, routes, trails, mines, and Indian villages. No scale indicated.
Date:
1938?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
New-York
Map of New York at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing counties, towns, roads, bodies or water, and other geographic features. These is an inset map of a reduced reprint of a French edition of the Lewis Evans map in the lower-left corner. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,393,920] (22 miles to the inch).
Date:
1938
Creator:
Faden, William; Sauthier, Claude Joseph; Ratzer, B. & Evans, Lewis
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North Carolina (eastern part, without Tennessee)
Map of North and South Carolina and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing counties, towns, roads, mountain ranges, swamps, boundary lines, and water bodies. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:950,400] (approximately 15 miles to the inch).
Date:
1938
Creator:
Mouzon, Henry
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North Carolina (western part, i.e., Tennessee)
Map of Tennessee and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing towns, roads, American-Indian reservations, rivers, creeks, and mountain ranges, with explanatory notes on road conditions. Map includes a legend in the lower-left corner and an inset map, titled "A Map of the United States of America," at the top of the map, below the title. The inset map designates Tennessee (marked as North Carolina) within the larger scope of the United States at the time. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:1,393,920] (22 miles to the inch).
Date:
1938
Creator:
Smith, D.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Simmons Quartet]
Group photograph of the 1938 Simmons College quartet in matching tuxedos, showing two of the men sitting on an arm chair with the other two standing behind them. Note on the back of the photo reads, “Simmons Quartet of 1938 -- Left to right: front - Avery Lee, Jack Dean -- Back - J. E. Dickson, Aaron Grant.”
Date:
1938
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of Seismograph Party in a Field. Illustrating the Path of the Reflection and Record]
Photostat copy of a drawing demonstrating how a seismograph records data in the field, portraying how vibrations moving through the ground, the equipment necessary to record seismographs, and labelling all the elements of the drawing.
Date:
1938
Creator:
Independant Exploration Company
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Picture postcard of Soldiers' Field and the Field Museum, Chicago; from R. H. Carswell addressed to T. N. Carswell - 1938]
A picture postcard showing a rendered aerial view of Soldiers' Field and the Field Museum in Chicago, IL. The reverse side includes correspondence to "Uncle Norwood-" [Mr. T. N. Carswell],, Chamber of Commerce, Abilene, Texas from "your nephew R. H. C" [R. H. Carswell], postmarked Fort Wayne, Indiana, June 14, 1938. R. H. Carswell writes to T. N. Carswell that he is having a good time and advises that he was sent to Chicago by International Harvester Co. of Jacksonville, Fla., his company of two years.
Date:
1938
Creator:
Carswell, R. H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations
Map of Narragansett Bay at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing islands, towns, inlets, coves, rivers, and plantations. The map includes a table of "References to the Batteries" and "A List of the Principal Farms in Rhode Island." The map also includes an inset map of Rhode Island in its entirety, showing counties and water bodies. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:82,368] (approximately 1.3 miles to the inch).
Date:
1938
Creator:
Blaskowitz, Charles & Faden, William
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rough draft of a program for Carswell Day]
A rough draft of a program for Carswell Day. A list of presentations to be made for the program and the names of participants as follows; Chairman Rupert Richardson, Judge Hunter, Dr. T. S. Knox, George S. Anderson, E. T. Compere, Mrs. Will Henry Haney, J. C. Watson, Max Bentley, Tom K. Eplen, H. D. Austin, Dr. Raymond, Dr. Adams.
Date:
1938
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seige of the Alamo
Map of the zone fire between Mexican batteries and the Alamo, showing the San Antonio River, various locations of attach, streets, trees, and places where bodies were burned. Distances to various cities are given. Some twentieth century features of the city are superimposed. No scale indicated.
Date:
1938?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seismograph Party in a Field. Illustrating the Path of the Reflection and Record
Drawing demonstrating how a seismograph records data in the field, portraying how vibrations moving through the ground, the equipment necessary to record seismographs, and labelling all the elements of the drawing.
Date:
1938
Creator:
Independant Exploration Company
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History