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  Partner: Denton Public Library
 Decade: 1930-1939
Aerial View of the Acme Brick Company

Aerial View of the Acme Brick Company

Date: c. 1935
Creator: unknown
Description: Aerial view of the Acme Brick Plant, located south of Denton.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Eagle Park Bleachers at the North Texas State College

Eagle Park Bleachers at the North Texas State College

Date: c. 1935
Creator: unknown
Description: View of the field bleachers at Eagle Park at North Texas State College. Trees dot the foreground and tall, electric lights line the edges of the playing area. The field was constructed in 1913, and in 1927 steel stands were constructed to seat 2,200 on the west side of the field. The football field was part of "Eagle Park."
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Exterior View of the Front of the Library at the North Texas State College

Exterior View of the Front of the Library at the North Texas State College

Date: c. 1935
Creator: Carruth Studio
Description: Exterior view of the front of the library at the North Texas State College. A black automobile is in the lower right corner and a tree borders the left side of the image.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
F. M. Bralley Library (1935)

F. M. Bralley Library (1935)

Date: c. 1935
Creator: unknown
Description: The F. M. Bralley Library of Texas State College for Women is visible in the background through trees. In the foreground, some women are sitting on benches beside a waterway.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Front of Marquis Hall with Two Superimposed Portraits

Front of Marquis Hall with Two Superimposed Portraits

Date: c. 1935
Creator: unknown
Description: Exterior view of the front of Marquis Hall on the North Texas State College Campus. Collaged onto the photograph in the upper right and bottom left corners are portraits of President W. J. McConnell and former president, R. L. Marquis.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
[Letter to Colonel John Singleton from L. W. Kemp]

[Letter to Colonel John Singleton from L. W. Kemp]

Date: 1938-10-10
Creator: Kemp, L. W.
Description: 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.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
[Letter to Lota M. Spell]

[Letter to Lota M. Spell]

Date: c. 1936-04-25
Creator: Williams, William
Description: Mrs. William Williams wrote Lota M. Spell of Austin, Texas concerning the installation of a historical marker at the site of John Simpson Chisum's home. John Chisum was a cattle king in Denton County in the mid-1800s.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
[Letter to Mrs. Chambers from Texas State Library]

[Letter to Mrs. Chambers from Texas State Library]

Date: 1934-09-14
Creator: Goree, Edwin Sue
Description: Letter from Edwin Sue Goree, field worker of Texas State Library, to Mrs. W. B. Chambers, Chair of Library Club, Denton County Council, P.T.A., regarding the procurement of school books. Goree replied that the Texas State Library was not able to loan books or further assistance at present but suggested establishing a Denton county library.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
[Letter to Mrs. William Williams concerning John Chisum]

[Letter to Mrs. William Williams concerning John Chisum]

Date: 1936-04-23
Creator: Spell, Lota M.
Description: Lota M. Spell of the Advisory Board of Texas Historians wrote Mrs. Will Williams concerning the installation of a historical marker at John Simpson Chisum's home in Denton County.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
[Letter to Record-Chronicle from Mrs. W. B. Chambers]

[Letter to Record-Chronicle from Mrs. W. B. Chambers]

Date: 1935-05-15
Creator: Denton County Council of P.T.A.
Description: Letter to the Record-Chronicle newspaper in Denton, Texas from the Library Extension Committee of the Denton County Council of Parents and Teachers. The letter contains information about a traveling library that was created to provide books to rural schools.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
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