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Family Portrait

Description: 1 copy negative of a family portrait. There are three children and an elderly man in the front of the group. The identified people in the photograph are: George L. Paxton, Dan Moody Jr., H.A. Pender, Weaver, Helen Paxton Moore, George L. Paxton Sr., Mattie Warren, Joy Pender Kutik, Hal Pender and Gabriel Burrus Paxton.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Postcard of Community

Description: Copy negative of two postcard pictures. The first is of the Texas State Capitol building in Austin, Texas at nighttime, with a statue, trees, and landscaping in front. The second picture is of a small building in Langtry, Texas with signs reading "Judge Roy Bean," "Notary Public," "Justice of the Peace," "Law West of the Pecos," "Jersey Lilly," and "Ice Beer." There are four men on horseback on the left, one on the right, and four men on the porch. There is a note about Judge Roy Bean at the to… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Man and Woman With Military Honor Guard

Description: Copy photograph of Texas Governor William Perry "Bill" Clements, Jr. with his wife Rita Clements and a military honor guard. The honor guard is making a walkway with their sabers, under which the Governor and his wife are walking. Mrs. Clements is holding a bouquet of flowers.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

People on Building Steps

Description: Copy negative of a City Division Public Speaking State Meet in Austin, Texas. The fourteen young team members are standing on stairs in front of a building with pillars and other people are standing in the background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Women on Lawn

Description: Copy negative of two images. The picture on the left is of two women on a yard wearing dresses. One of them is kneeling down petting a dog. In the background a house is partially visible as well as trees. The image on the right is of a woman wearing a dress with an umbrella. In the background there are bushes and a stone wall.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Travis Co.

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Travis County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. A handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil: "Traced Burnet Co. Photo. 1854." Scale [ca. 1:213,333] (4000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).
Date: 1914
Creator: Pressler, Herman & Bramlette, H. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

General Highway Map Travis County, Texas

Description: Highway map of Travis County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, lakes, dwellings, cities, towns, communities, churches, cemeteries, oil wells and fields, state and federal highways, railroads, bridges, and schools. Map includes a key to counties diagram a key to city map sheets diagram, and an extensive legend indicating geographical and human-made features. Scale [ca. 1:126,720] (2 miles to the inch).
Date: 1963
Creator: Texas State Highway Department Planning Survey Division
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Caldwell and Surrounding Counties: Texas]

Description: Road map of portions of Blanco, Hays, Travis, Comal, Bexar, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Bastrop, Fayette, Washington, Colorado, Lavaca, and Gonzales Counties, showing towns, roads, railroads, mountains, post offices, rivers, creek, and springs. No scale information given.
Date: unknown
Creator: Luer, A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Texas Blanco sheet

Description: Topographic quadrangle map of Blanco, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing parts of Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Travis, and Hays Counties. The map indicates county lines, towns, roads, rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation. Relief shown by contours (interval 50 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:125,000 On verso: Explanation and history of topographic maps of the U.S. and standard symbols used.
Date: 1940
Creator: Gannett, Henry; Thompson, A. H.; Douglas, E. M. & Fitch, C. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Travis County

Description: Blueline format of survey map of Travis County, Texas, showing blocks of land, roads, rivers, land grants, and rivers. No scale information is given.
Date: 1852
Creator: Upishur, Horace L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Certificate of Accomplishment]

Description: Certificate awarded by the University of Texas to Ridgon Edwards acknowledging his participation in a course offered by the Division of Extension.
Date: February 25, 1966
Creator: University of Texas at Austin. Division of Extension.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter From Roger Moore & More]

Description: Letter from Roger Moore & More about donated calendars in honor of WASP, pointing out that the calendars include the opening of the WASP training center at Avenger Field. The letter mentions that the WASP will have a historic marker dedication Oct. 6 at Mulberry Canyon.
Date: unknown
Creator: Roger Moore and More
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Secret role of women fliers recalled]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP being hidden from public knowledge, including the U.S. Department of Defense withholding veteran status from the women who served in WWII. The article includes a photograph of a group of young women in jumpsuits walking away from a small propeller plane. On the back of the clipping is a large advertisement for a sale, and part of an article about Fort Concho.
Date: November 24, 1991
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Golden moment here at last for war pilots]

Description: Newspaper clippings of an article about WASP members being honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for their service in WWII. The article focuses primarily on a member named Susie Bain, including two photographs. On the back of the first clipping are advertisements, and on the back of the second clipping are articles about Texas politics and the death penalty.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Rosales, Christina
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from J. D. Sandefer Jr. to H. A. Pender, E. F. Pittard, Dan Moody, Claude McAden, and Barney Carter - February 9, 1950]

Description: Letter from J. D. Sandefer Jr. to Mrs. Pender, Mrs. Pittard, Mrs. Moody, Mrs. McAden, and Mr. Carter concerning a photo he found while at his mother’s house in Abilene. He includes a limerick that he describes as “unfair to use.”
Date: February 9, 1950
Creator: Sandefer, J. D., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Honorable Mention Photo AFT Contest]

Description: 2 clippings of a photo of T&P train #610 and The Freedom Train Photo Contest logo. Some white steam is rising from the engine. Written underneath the clipping are "- Railfan pg 32 - Photo taken at Austin, Texas Feb 17th 1976 using a 6x7 Pentax; Photo took honorable mention in AFT photo contest." and "Tom Kelcec."
Date: October 1977
Creator: Kelcec, Tom
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: The Grace Museum
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