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[Ballad Sheet for a Party at the Fort Polk Officers Club] (open access)

[Ballad Sheet for a Party at the Fort Polk Officers Club]

Document with the names and lyrics of songs to be performed at a party at the "North Fort Polk Officers Club." In total there are four songs with lyrics: "On [Top] of Ole Baldy, R. A. Fight Song, The Dog's Song, Ting-A-Ling."
Date: July 19, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill Myres wearing Jack Thompson's Buscadero belt] (open access)

[Bill Myres wearing Jack Thompson's Buscadero belt]

Newspaper clipping that depicts Bill Myres in a brown suit wearing a Buscadero belt. The article that is under the picture talks about Sam Myres' longevity as a leather maker. His business is known to produce dependable and good quality items. Now that Sam Myres has passed, his son, Bill Myres, has taken over the business and continues to produce S.D. Myres Saddle Company products.
Date: June 2, 1957
Creator: Wilke, L. A.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cover of the U. S. Hand-Gunner Magazine] (open access)

[Cover of the U. S. Hand-Gunner Magazine]

Front cover of the March 1957 issue of U.S. Hand-Gunner magazine featuring an image of a S.D. Myres Saddle Company holster and Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum gun. The back of the cover page has an advertisement for revolvers manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. There is also a smaller clipping from the magazine describing the image on the cover.
Date: March 1957
Creator: U. S. Hand-Gunner Magazine
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Bill Myres about holsters] (open access)

[Interview with Bill Myres about holsters]

Newspaper clipping that interviews Bill Myres about the holsters made by the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. He goes on to tell a story about a man who killed an outlaw by being able to quickly draw his gun due to the high quality of the holster.
Date: March 18, 1957
Creator: Myres, Bill
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jelly Bryce on his Myres gun belt] (open access)

[Jelly Bryce on his Myres gun belt]

Newspaper clipping that delves into the backstory of Sam Myres and the holster that he made for Jelly Bryce, an FBI Agent in Oklahoma. The article goes on to talk about a time where Jelly squared off with an outlaw and survived due to him being able to quickly fire at the outlaw with the help of his Myres gun belt.
Date: March 18, 1957
Creator: DeLaPlane, Stanton
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mose Newman to S. D. Myres Saddle Company, March 25, 1957 (open access)

[Letter from Mose Newman to S. D. Myres Saddle Company, March 25, 1957

Letter from Mose Newman to the S. D. Myres Saddle Company discussing the fact that he has lost fifty pounds and is returning his belts to the S. D. Myres Company to have them taken in four inches due to the fact that his waist is smaller after the weight loss. He also says that he rode using only saddles made by the S. D. Myres Saddle Company due to their superior quality until he stopped riding.
Date: March 25, 1957
Creator: Newman, Mose
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Stanton DeLaPlane to S. D. Myres , April 2, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Stanton DeLaPlane to S. D. Myres , April 2, 1957]

Letter from Stanton DeLaPlane to Bill Myres discussing the ties that DeLaPlane ordered from the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. DeLaPlane discusses how his daughter, Miriam is crazy about the ties and that they go perfectly with the bullfighter shirts that he got her from Mexico.
Date: April 2, 1957
Creator: DeLaPlane, Stanton
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. J. Myres to Mose Newman, April 16, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from W. J. Myres to Mose Newman, April 16, 1957]

Letter from W. J. Myres to Mose Newman expressing his delight that Newman's health was doing better and that they belts that Newman ordered to have shortened were finished. Myres explains that the belt shortening was free of charge due to the fact that the job was so small.
Date: April 16, 1957
Creator: Myres, W. J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Myres' Gun Holsters] (open access)

[Sam Myres' Gun Holsters]

Newspaper clipping that focuses on Sam Myres' history as a maker of holsters for the FBI and the Texas Rangers. The article goes on to say that Bill Myres, Sam Myres son, has gone on after his father's death to run the family business. The article includes two pictures, the top shows a Texas Department of Public Safety Officer wearing a Myres-designed holster. Below that, there is a picture of Myres and Captain John R. Hughes discussing a holster. The title article of the article is "El Paso Firm Helped Carry Guns of West."
Date: June 2, 1957
Creator: Myres, Sam
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History