From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History - 23 Matching Results
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- [Campus Theatre]
- Photograph of the Campus Theatre in Denton, Texas. The Denton Square and the County Courthouse are visible in the background. The marquee sign says that the Gin Game is playing from Oct. 26 thru 28.
- [Cranston Hall, Ten Nights in a Barroom]
- Announcement for the performance of "Ten Nights in a Barroom" at Cranston Hall on October 17, 1879. The announcement contains a cast of characters and a synopsis of the drama's scenes.
- The Denton Voter Newsletter, Volume 02, Number 04, October 8, 1962
- League of Women Voters of Denton Newsletter discusses issues about voting and upcoming ballot legislation.
- The Denton Voter Newsletter, Volume 03, Number 04, October 1, 1963
- League of Women Voters of Denton Newsletter discusses issues about voting and upcoming ballot legislation.
- Exchange National Bank Pay to Denton Mill
- Check from Exchange National Bank to Denton Mill & Co. for 8.34 dollars on October 22, 1891. The note above the amount says, "for J. W. Jagoe wheat account." The check is signed by Jagoe & Ponder. In 1892, W. A. Ponder was Vice President of the Exchange National Bank.
- [Executive Committee Membership Campaign for the Y. M. C. A]
- Group portrait of the executive committee membership campaign of the Y. M. C. A., marked Oct. 1934. Dr. E. D. Moten is seated third from the right in profile.
- Hanging of John Quincy Adams Crews
- A large group of unidentified people are at the Denton County Jail awaiting the hanging of J. Q. A. Crews. Crews was the last person to be hanged in Denton County.
- Hanging of John Quincy Adams Crews
- A large group of unidentified people are at the Denton County Jail awaiting the hanging of J. Q. A. Crews. Crews was the last person to be legally hanged in Denton County.
- [Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Don Moten, October 11, 1943]
- Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to his son Don Moten, on October 11, 1943, concerning Don's beign recruited into the army.
- [Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Don Moten, October 24, 1943]
- Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to his son Don Moten, on October 24, 1943, sending him money. There is a write up of Don Moten's schooling career on the back of the letter.
- [Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Dr. Gatch, October 25, 1945]
- Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Dr. Gatch, Dean of the Medical Department of Indiana University, on October 25, 1945, asking them to consider his son as a student after he musters out of the Army.
- [Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to John Lang, October 20, 1943]
- Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to John Lang, on October 20, 1943, about a remodeling job that Lang did not complete. Despite this, Moten pays him for it.
- [Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Josephine Bramlette, October 12, 1940]
- Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Josephine Bramlette, on October 12, 1940. He discusses church and the group Wings over Jordan. He hopes she will one day be his wife.
- [Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Senator R. L. Brokenburr, October 5, 1943]
- Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to his attorney, Senator Robert L. Brokenburr, on October 5, 1943, regarding some real estate.
- [Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Senator R. L. Brokenburr, October 21, 1943]
- Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Senator R. L. Brokenburr, on October 21, 1943, settling his bills.
- [Letter from William H. Wise & Co. to Dr. Edwin D. Moten, October 9, 1946]
- Letter from F. A. Daly at William H. Wise & Co. to Dr. Edwin D. Moten, on October 9, 1946, regarding the order of volumes 1 and 2 of the Pictorial History of the Second World War, with Morocco-grained Artcraft binding.
- [Letter to Colonel John Singleton from L. W. Kemp]
- L. W. Kemp wrote Colonel John V. Singleton in response to a complaint about an inscription on a historical marker in John Simpson Chisum's honor. The discrepancy concerns the actual date of Chisum's death.
- Minutes of the Organization and First Annual Session of the Denton County Baptist Association
- Minutes of the Organization and First Annual Session of the Denton County Baptist Association. The booklet contains the list of delegates and the location of their churches, constitution, rules of order, and the declaration of faith of the association.
- [Portrait of Julia Ann Gober Wright, Age 18]
- Portrait of Julia Ann Gober Wright, age 18, in a long, print dress. Written in black ink on back of photo: "October 1868 age 18 years Julia A. Gober Wright"
- [Postcard to W. B. Chambers from U. W. Edwards]
- Postcard to Mrs. W. B. Chambers from Mr. and Mrs. Edwards regarding the procurement of a case for the traveling library.
- They Had A Job To Do
- Denton Record-Chronicle newspaper clipping of a picture of Misses Gertrude, Hassie, and Nola Doyle of Slidell. The three women grew up on a farm and lived their entire lives working on a farm, never marrying.
- [Two Letters from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Don Moten and Walter Davis, October 10, 1943]
- Two letters from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Don Moten and Walter Davis, both on October 10, 1943. In the first letter, he discusses asking servicemen for news about who is being drafted, and hopes that his son will not be called. In the second, he acknowledges receipt of the Davis' rent, and advises him not to send the Motens a turkey if it will be too much trouble.
- [Two Letters from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to William H. Wise & Co., October 1 & 11, 1946]
- Two letters from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to William H. Wise & Co., on October 1 and October 11, 1946, concerning payment for a book Moten bought from the company in April, and summarizing his dealings with them since then.