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[The Billy S. Cooper Collection, No. 8 - Vacations and Tumbleweed Festivals]

Description: This home movie begins with the Cooper family vacation in California and includes footage of a trip to Knott's Berry Farm and picking oranges. The film continues with a Christmas celebration (7 min., 42 sec.) and a trip to Seven Wells, Texas (10 min., 36 sec.). The film concludes with two Tumbleweed Festival parades in Colorado City, featuring marching bands and parade floats sponsored by local businesses (13 min., 49 sec. and 18 min., 33 sec.).
Date: 1959
Duration: 23 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Cooper, Randy & Cooper, Billy S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 33.844304 -118.000226
Partner: UNT Media Library

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Edna Coe Majors, June 9, 1959]

Description: Letter from Texas State Representative Truett Latimer to Edna Coe Majors discussing her application to become Poet Laureate of Texas. Latimer states that she was selected as Alternate Poet Laureate, informs her that other Representatives would like a copy of her book "Wind of the West," and urges her to reapply for the honor in 1961.
Date: June 9, 1959
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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