[Letter from Mrs. H. V. Ashton to Governor Coke Stevenson - September 8, 1941]

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A letter addressed to The Honorable Coke Stevenson, Governor of Texas, from Mrs. H. V. Ashton, Abilene, Texas, dated September 8, 1941. Ashton outlines her qualifications and requests that Stevenson consider her letter as the application for appointment as a member of the Board of Cosmetology.

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Ashton, Mrs. H. V. September 8, 1941.

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A letter addressed to The Honorable Coke Stevenson, Governor of Texas, from Mrs. H. V. Ashton, Abilene, Texas, dated September 8, 1941. Ashton outlines her qualifications and requests that Stevenson consider her letter as the application for appointment as a member of the Board of Cosmetology.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: Carswell, Series 12, Box 4, Folder 1_0028_1
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1398738

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T. N. Carswell Collection

This collection was assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell (1887-1978) and contains correspondence throughout his life. His files hold letters signed by most of the major political leaders of Texas during the 1940s through the 1960s, as well as letters signed by Presidents Harry S Truman, Richard M. Nixon, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and George Washington Carver. It also contains a scrapbook of his time at Simmons College.

Abilene Library Consortium

Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.

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  • September 8, 1941

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  • Oct. 3, 2021, 10:29 p.m.

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Ashton, Mrs. H. V. [Letter from Mrs. H. V. Ashton to Governor Coke Stevenson - September 8, 1941], letter, September 8, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1398738/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.

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