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Tegul-Mineralead Pamphlet (open access)

Tegul-Mineralead Pamphlet

Pamphlet for Tegul-Mineralead, including its production and use, with nine photographs demonstrating its uses. The pamphlet includes a table of quantities and a brief history of Mineralead's development.
Date: November 1938
Creator: The Atlas Mineral Products Co.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: $2,433,000 City's Bonded Debt For Water, Sewer Systems] (open access)

[Clipping: $2,433,000 City's Bonded Debt For Water, Sewer Systems]

Newspaper clipping with several articles, including one reporting on the financial picture of Abilene, Texas. In particular, the article discusses a $2,433,000 bonded debt for water and sewer systems.
Date: May 22, 1938
Creator: Roe, Maurine Eastus
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double Suction Centrifugal Pumps (open access)

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
[Letter from Mr. Wiley L. Caffey to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, March 8, 1937] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. Wiley L. Caffey to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, March 8, 1937]

Letter from Abilene, Texas City Attorney Mr. Wiley L. Caffey to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, city engineer of Abilene, discussing building ordinances and the Abilene City Commission's authority to change them. The letter is typewritten on stationary for the City of Abilene.
Date: March 8, 1937
Creator: Caffey, Wiley L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. O. K. Hobbs to Mr. Wiley L. Caffey, March 6, 1937] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. O. K. Hobbs to Mr. Wiley L. Caffey, March 6, 1937]

Letter from Abilene City Engineer Mr. O. K. Hobbs to Abilene City Attorney Mr. Wiley L. Caffey, listing three questions about Abilene's city ordinances and the authority of the Abilene City Commission.
Date: March 6, 1937
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox, 1893-1975
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plat of lots 5 and 6, Block 141, Abilene, Tex.

Plat of lots 5 and 6, Block 141 in the city of Abilene, Texas bordered by North Second, and Bios D'arc streets, and an alley. One part of the block is marked to show the subdivision of property. Scale: 1:240.
Date: February 3, 1937
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plat of the Dixie Baking Company in Abilene, Texas #1]

Map showing the Dixie Baking Company property in Abilene, Texas at 745 Oak Street. The block is marked to show the division of property.
Date: December 26, 1936
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plat of the Dixie Baking Company in Abilene, Texas #2]

Map showing the Dixie Baking Company property in Abilene, Texas at 745 Oak Street. The block is marked to show the division of property.
Date: December 26, 1936
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of O. D. Dillingham's Subdivision of Part of the Anderson Addition to the City of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas.

Map of O. D. Dillingham's Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas bordered by South Fourteenth (formerly Kirkland), Elm (formerly New), Hayden, and Poplar streets, and divided by Country Club Drive and Butternut Street. Each block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:600.
Date: August 25, 1936
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Stevenson's Resubdivision of Lots Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

Plat of a portion of Abilene, Texas showing six lots. The blocks are subdivided to show individual properties and there are notations regarding fences and pipes. There are two signed legal statements at the bottom of the page regarding the way that the lots were re-subdivided. Scale 1:600
Date: August 12, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Executive Order Regarding Hours and Wages] (open access)

[Executive Order Regarding Hours and Wages]

A document titled, "Executive Order: Prescribing Rules and Regulations Relating to Wages, Hours of Work, and Conditions of Employment Under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. File No. 1676-A." Also includes "Executive Order: Prescribing Rules and Regulations Relating to Procedures for Employment of Workers Under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. File No. 1676-B."
Date: May 20, 1935
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Topographic Reservoir Map #1]

Topographic map of the area around a reservoir drawn in black and yellow ink. According to the caption in the upper-left corner, "Topographic map of a reservoir site at the juncture of Kaiser Creek and North Pecan Bayou about nine miles south west of Baird, Callahan County, Texas." Scale 1:12,000
Date: September 1, 1934
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Topographic Reservoir Map #2]

Topographic map of the area around a reservoir drawn in color on a blueprint background. According to the caption in the upper-left corner, "Topographic map of a reservoir site at the juncture of Kaiser Creek and North Pecan Bayou about nine miles south west of Baird, Callahan County, Texas." Scale 1:12,000
Date: September 1, 1934
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map] of the Bowyer Subdivision of Parts of the Northeast, Southeast and Southwest Quarters or Survey Number 50, Blind Asylum Land. Taylor County Texas. [#2]

Plat of a portion of Abilene, Texas showing an area near the Abilene State Hospital around the Abilene Southern Railroad. Various subdivisions and additions are marked and labeled to show property lines. Scale 1:6,000
Date: May 5, 1934
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map] of the Bowyer Subdivision of Parts of the Northeast, Southeast and Southwest Quarters or Survey Number 50, Blind Asylum Land. Taylor County Texas. [#3]

Plat of a portion of Abilene, Texas showing an area near the Abilene State Hospital around the Abilene Southern Railroad. Various subdivisions and additions are marked and labeled to show property lines. Scale 1:6,000
Date: May 5, 1934
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the Plumbing Contracting Industry (open access)

Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the Plumbing Contracting Industry

Text containing the Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the Plumbing Contracting Industry, as approved on May 15, 1934, by President Roosevelt. Includes instructions for plumbing contractors in accordance with New Deal policies.
Date: 1934
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Bowyer Subdivision of Parts of the Northeast, Southeast and Southwest Quarters or Survey Number 50, Blind Asylum Land. Taylor County Texas. [#1]

Plat of a portion of Abilene, Texas showing an area near the Abilene State Hospital around the Abilene Southern Railroad. Various subdivisions and additions are marked and labeled to show property lines. Scale 1:6,000
Date: October 16, 1933
Creator: Riney, W. A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. H. D. Hughes to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, June 7, 1933] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. H. D. Hughes to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, June 7, 1933]

Letter from Mr. H. D. Hughes, of the Cast Iron Pipe Trade Recovery Committee, to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, city engineer of Abilene, Texas, discussing the National Industrial Recovery Act, the Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission's surveys, and waterworks improvements in Abilene, Texas
Date: June 7, 1933
Creator: Hughes, H. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter From B. A. Baugh] (open access)

[Letter From B. A. Baugh]

Letter from B. A. Baugh including survey blanks from the Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission.
Date: June 6, 1933
Creator: Baugh, B. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Works Engineering: The Journal of the Water Works Profession (open access)

Water Works Engineering: The Journal of the Water Works Profession

Article explaining how the Reconstruction Finance Corporation law would help cities wanting to apply for loans for water works plants.
Date: May 17, 1933
Creator: Lockwood, Robert H.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[73rd U. S. Congress, 1st Called Session, House Resolution 5755] (open access)

[73rd U. S. Congress, 1st Called Session, House Resolution 5755]

An act to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works, and for other purposes.
Date: 1933
Creator: United States. Congress (73rd, 1st session : 1933)
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[M-D Cut-In Connections Price List, 1933] (open access)

[M-D Cut-In Connections Price List, 1933]

A printed price list for the M-D Cut-In Connection, which is a house connection built of Terra Cotta, Cement-Concrete, Cast Iron Soil and Water Pipe.
Date: January 1, 1933
Creator: The Atlas Mineral Products Co.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Project Survey] (open access)

[Project Survey]

Blank project survey form. There are spots for financial information and proposed project information.
Date: 1933
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. M. F. Wirtz to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, January 15, 1932] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. M. F. Wirtz to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, January 15, 1932]

Letter from Mr. M. F. Wirtz, president of The Atlas Mineral Products Co., to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, Abilene City Engineer, discussing the company's new warehouse in North Texas and offering the company's services.
Date: January 15, 1932
Creator: Wirtz, M. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History