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[Accounts and Personal Notebook: J.J. Click] (open access)

[Accounts and Personal Notebook: J.J. Click]

Small ledger book containing personal notes and financial records, including lists of expenses, calculations, grocery lists, sketches, and other information.
Date: 1888~/1891~
Creator: Click, John Jones
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement: The Texas Automatic Wagon Brake] (open access)

[Advertisement: The Texas Automatic Wagon Brake]

Flyer advertising an automatic wagon brake, with an illustration and text about the brake and an offer to sell it.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for Subdivision of Property] (open access)

[Agreement for Subdivision of Property]

Statement selling a parcel of 160 acres owned by John J. and Mollie Click to three women for $1000, to be paid down $5 per month. It is signed at the bottom by the buyers: Mrs. Minnie Barrett Grant, Mrs. Lotus Click Byus, and Mrs. Fannie Click Chambers.
Date: November 30, 1912
Creator: Mill Edwards Mill
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[American Carpenter and Builder Envelope] (open access)

[American Carpenter and Builder Envelope]

Envelope pre-printed with the Chicago address and advertising information for the American Carpenter and Builder company, the "Largest Corps of Competent Editors and Contributors."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Application for Honorary Membership in Association American Inventors, Philadelphia [#1] (open access)

Application for Honorary Membership in Association American Inventors, Philadelphia [#1]

Blank application to join the Association American Inventors of Philadelphia, signed by the president, George (Geo.) H. Holgate.
Date: unknown
Creator: Assciation American Inventors of Philadelphia
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Application for Honorary Membership in Association American Inventors, Philadelphia [#2] (open access)

Application for Honorary Membership in Association American Inventors, Philadelphia [#2]

Blank application to join the Association American Inventors of Philadelphia, signed by the president, George (Geo.) H. Holgate.
Date: unknown
Creator: Assciation American Inventors of Philadelphia
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Brochure Advertising Shares for Duke of Dublin Oil Company] (open access)

[Brochure Advertising Shares for Duke of Dublin Oil Company]

Pamphlet outlining information about the Duke of Dublin Oil Company including the organization and officers, holdings, and business proposal, with a form for investors to buy shares of the stock.
Date: unknown
Creator: Duke of Dublin Oil Company
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Business Card for Quick Service Garage] (open access)

[Business Card for Quick Service Garage]

Business card with the company name "Quick Service Garage" above the text "We Repair, Wash and [Re]store Cars" as well as an address in Dallas and a phone number that has been handwritten on the lower left corner.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Calling Card: Harry Lazarus] (open access)

[Calling Card: Harry Lazarus]

Card with the name "Harry A. Lazarus" printed in the center. Written below in purple ink: "302 1/2 N. Ak[...] St. 2nd Floor."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of Membership in the Retirement Plan for Employees of Simmons Company and its participating subsidiaries (open access)

Certificate of Membership in the Retirement Plan for Employees of Simmons Company and its participating subsidiaries

Certificate regarding the employee retirement plan for Donald Johnson as an employee of Simmons Company, documenting a change of beneficiary to his wife (Betty Jean), along with an overview of details.
Date: May 1, 1956
Creator: Chase Manhattan Bank
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check Receipt Book: 1920-1921] (open access)

[Check Receipt Book: 1920-1921]

Booklet of check stubs listing information about each check that was written and account balances.
Date: 1920-12/1921-12
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check Receipt Book: 1921] (open access)

[Check Receipt Book: 1921]

Booklet of check stubs listing information about each check that was written and account balances.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check Stubs] (open access)

[Check Stubs]

Collection of check stubs listing the dates and amounts of checks written.
Date: 1920/1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: {{{article title}}}] PCJKJ_02-68 (open access)

[Clipping: {{{article title}}}] PCJKJ_02-68

Newspaper clipping of a photo of five men wearing leis and holding golf clubs, identified as golfers preparing for a practice round before the National Publinx Tournament.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Stores Rented by 'The Inch'] (open access)

[Clipping: Stores Rented by 'The Inch']

Newspaper clipping describing display cases that serve as the extremely small storefronts, highlighting the Jaffe Candy store.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Connecticut General Life Insurance Certificate 4833-12] (open access)

[Connecticut General Life Insurance Certificate 4833-12]

Life insurance certificate outlining the terms of a policy for Donald C. Johnson as an employee of Simmons Company. The policy is for $6200 and lists his wife (Betty Jean) as the beneficiary.
Date: July 30, 1956
Creator: Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Connecticut General Life Insurance Certificate T-341-12] (open access)

[Connecticut General Life Insurance Certificate T-341-12]

Life insurance certificate outlining the terms of a policy for Donald C. Johnson as an employee of Simmons Company. The policy is for $3400 and lists his wife (Betty Jean) as the beneficiary.
Date: August 29, 1952
Creator: Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Connecticut General Life Insurance Rider for T-341-12] (open access)

[Connecticut General Life Insurance Rider for T-341-12]

Rider issued by the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company regarding the policy of Donald Johnson, changing the coverage amount to $4200.
Date: 1953~
Creator: Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract for Lot Sale in Oklahoma] (open access)

[Contract for Lot Sale in Oklahoma]

Printed "Special Lot Contract" with handwritten information selling a 40-acre tract (lot 3, block 36) to Mrs. J. S. Chambers, with a list of conditions on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: Guarantee Development Company
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy Book of Letters by J. J. Click] (open access)

[Copy Book of Letters by J. J. Click]

Book containing handwritten copies of letters written by J.J. Click as well as various items that were collected in the book including newspaper clippings, photos, and notes on scrap paper. Most of the pages in the book are blank.
Date: 1898~
Creator: Click, John Jones
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Courrespondence Regarding Cleaning Plates] (open access)

[Courrespondence Regarding Cleaning Plates]

Partial handwritten correspondence without any names in which the writer asks about becoming a seller of "cleaning plates."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document Regarding Sale of Patent Rights] (open access)

[Document Regarding Sale of Patent Rights]

Legal document related to a quilting machine invented by J. J. Click outlining the sale of partial (1/2) rights to J. H. Major.
Date: 1895
Creator: Click, John J.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documents Related to Heirship of Betty Jean C. Johnson] (open access)

[Documents Related to Heirship of Betty Jean C. Johnson]

Collection of documents related to the estates and mineral rights transferred to Betty Jean Johnson including affidavits of heirship from her mother (Frances Chambers) and aunt (Lotus Gohmert), receipts documenting the court recording for these forms, a copy of the official warranty deed regarding mineral rights owned by Chambers and Gohmert, and related notes. The documents were in an envelope sent from the Roosevelt County clerk (New Mexico) to Mrs. Donald C. Johnson Sr. in Texas, with a handwritten label identifying the documents.
Date: 1991~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Drawing of Staircase]

Technical drawing of a single flight of stairs going from a ground floor to the second floor, with 22 rises.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History