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New-York

Description: Map of New York at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing counties, towns, roads, bodies or water, and other geographic features. These is an inset map of a reduced reprint of a French edition of the Lewis Evans map in the lower-left corner. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,393,920] (22 miles to the inch).
Date: 1938
Creator: Faden, William; Sauthier, Claude Joseph; Ratzer, B. & Evans, Lewis
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

A Map of the Travels of George Washington

Description: Map of the travels of George Washington in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States between 1732 and 1799, with insets of New York and the lower Hudson Valley, Mount Vernon, the tidewater region of Virginia, Philadelphia, and Boston. The map includes towns, colonial highways, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geological features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,502,720] (39.5 miles to the inch).
Date: 1931
Creator: National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to T. A. Bledsoe, December 2, 1898]

Description: Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to T. A. Bledsoe discussing the various types of men he had in his regiment and how he only cares about the character of men and not where they come from. The letter is written on paper with a Rough Riders Association header, which lists T. A. Bledsoe as the president.
Date: December 2, 1898
Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Glass Slide of a Comic Cartoon

Description: A glass slide showing a cartoon of two young boys in a homemade wooden tank trying to push over a small tree. The caption is "What's teh use of having a tank if you can't push over trees and things the way a regular one does?" The cartoon was drawn by Fontaine Fox and has the following copyright: "Copyrighted. Reproduced by permission of the Wheeler Syndicate." The slide frame reads, "Community Motion Picture Bureau, NY."
Date: [1882..1929]
Creator: Fox, Fontaine Talbot
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from W. N. Tindell to LeRoy Menzing, August 15, 1960]

Description: Letter from W. N. Tindell to LeRoy Menzing discussing the issue of drilling on small tracts in Texas. He says the drilling of such tracts is handled by the Railroad Commission under Rule 31; He thinks the rule is being abused by professionals nicknamed the 'Rule 37 Operators' and hopes the Railroad Commission addresses it.
Date: August 15, 1960
Creator: Tindell, W. N.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from the Committee for Constitutional Government, Inc. to the Members of Congress]

Description: Letter from the Committee for Constitutional Government, Inc. to the Members of Congress discussing an issue they have with the A.F.L.-C.I.O. The Committee says the A.F.L.-C.I.O. is encroaching upon more Congressional Districts in an effort to elect 'friendly' legislators. They say this will lead to an A.F.L.-C.I.O. lead Congress. The Committee raises the need for funds in order to purchase materials that would help prevent this from happening. On the other side of this letter is a letter addr… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Committee for Constitutional Government, Incorporated
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Amusement Park Entrance

Description: Copy negative of two pictures of the amusement park in New York where the Aquacade was on. The first is of the entrance with a large statue, a building, signs, and people walking in. The second picture is of people on a large walkway between buildings with decorative landscaping on each side. There are trees and flowers, and a water fountain at the far end.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Amusement Park Entrance

Description: Copy negative of two pictures of the amusement park in New York where the Aquacade was on. The top picture is of a large walkway with creative landscaping in the middle and two large structures near the end with a building. There are people on the path and trees on each side. The bottom picture is a view from an overlook at the park. On the right are other people at the overlook and part of the building. On the left is a view of many buildings and people on walkways with flags and trees.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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