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[Souvenir Program: Second District of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, 1903]
Souvenir program for a convention of the Second District of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, including a list of the district's cities, list of events for each session, and a list of the clubs belonging to the district.
[Program: Dedication of "Whispering Oaks" Camp]
Program for the dedication of Girl Scout Camp Whispering Oaks near Denton, Texas. It includes a history of the camp, lyrics to two songs ("Whispering Oaks" and "Our Chalet Song"), the order of events, and a list of committee members. The camp was designed by Mount-Miller Architects of Denton.
[Scrapbook Page: Brownie Investiture]
Scrapbook page with information about the investiture ceremony held by Brownie Girl Scout Troop #74 in Denton, Texas. It includes a small newspaper clipping and a handwritten note discribing the event above a photograph of the girls. In the image, the girls are wearing their uniforms and are seated in a semi-circle in a classroom. Large posters with the Girl Scout and Brownie symbols are behind them and chalkboards are visible on the walls. A handwritten note at the bottom of the page identifies the girls, left to right: Darby, Jamie, Joyce, Dorothy, Adele, Linda, Patty, Debbie, and Debra.
[Scrapbook Page: Denton County National Bank]
Scrapbook page containing the text of a newspaper article titled "The History of the Denton County National Bank" from Friday, March 9, 1962. The article discusses the history of Denton, Texas with a focus on the bank, which was founded in the 1890s.
[Scrapbook Page: Denton Churches]
Scrapbook page with several newspaper clippings about churches in Denton, Texas. At the top of the page, a diamond-shaped clipping has an image of a church building and says "Rally Day Sunday October 20" (left) next to an article about the construction of First Methodist Church and how they acquired the property for their location. In the center of the page, there is a photograph of two large buildings on a street, with the label "First Methodist Church." At the bottom of the page, there is a photograph of an L-shaped church building with the caption "The Asbury Methodist Church - 1919 North Elm St."
[Scrapbook Page: Denton Golden Anniversary Class]
Scrapbook page containing a newspaper clipping that includes an image of the 1903 Denton High School Diploma and caption text below, which says: "DHS Golden Anniversary Class -- Graduates of Denton High School in 1903 received a diploma complete with a picture of the class. The diploma is the only one known which has a picture of the entire graduating class. Graduates are seated, left to right, Bessie Edwards (now of College Station), the late Silas Fry, Bessie Hogue (now of Dallas) and George Hopkins Sr., of Denton. Standing, left to right, the late W. H. Francis Gretna Cobbs (now Mrs. H. L. Davis of Midway, Ky.), the late Mat Davenport and the late Blanch Hoskins.
[Scrapbook Page: Play Day, 1960]
Scrapbook page containing four photographs of children participating in events during "Play Day" held at on the North Texas State College campus. The children are in a large grassy area and several buildings are visible in the background. In most of the images, children are standing in groups or lines for various activities; in the lower-right corner, the children are seated in the grass and several adults are standing on a raised tower in front of them. A handwritten note in the center of the page says, "Play Day - 1960 Denton, TX UNT Campus."
[Scrapbook Page: Second Birthday Party #1]
Scrapbook page with three photographs and a handwritten title that says "Second Birthday Party, Flag Ceremony - 2 Year Stars Awarded." In the photographs, the girls of Brownie Girl Scout Troop #42 are seated around several wooden tables that have been pushed together and each girl has a glass "Coca Cola" bottle in front of her.
[Scrapbook Page: Robert E. Lee School]
Scrapbook page with a photograph of a school building in the center, which has the caption "Robert E. Lee School, 1909."
[Scrapbook Page: Denton Citizens]
Scrapbook page containing four photographs with text labels. At the top of the page, a man and woman are standing on the front porch of a home with a spotted dog; the label below says "Luther Lambert and wife." On the left side of the page, there is a photograph of a man (Tony Robinson) standing in front of a shoe-shine station where several clients are seated; a newspaper clipping below gives a brief biography of Robinson. On the right side is a photograph of an unidentified man in a fenced yard, paired with an image at the bottom of the page of a one-story wooden building with a stone chimney on the side; the label for the photos says "John Dunn's Home on McKinney Street."
[Scrapbook Page: Denton Graduates and Pioneer Citizens Clippings]
Scrapbook page with a number of newspaper clippings and a photograph, near the top. In the image, a group of women are gathered together; information below the photo says: "'Sillies' Denton High School 1916." and also identifies the persons who are pictured. Newspaper clippings discuss (counterclockwise) the Denton High School commencement speaker -- Charles I. Francis -- for the 1916 graduates; information about the 59 seniors graduating from Denton High school in 1916; an account of the Denton High School graduation in 1900; and the honorees for Denton's Centennial Pioneer Recognition and Homecoming Day.
[Scrapbook Page: Chain Gang]
Scrapbook page with a photograph of several men standing in a loose semi-circle, with two hounds in the foreground. Horses hitched to wagons are visible in the background. A handwritten note below the image says "About 60 yrs ago, people who were picked up and put in jail worked their fines out by working on the roads. They were chained together while they worked. And bloodhounds were carried along. (This picture brot. [sic] by the "Rose Twins" Bertie & Myrtle, 1960)." We think that this might be a photograph of Lawrence T. Fox, who was in charge of the chain gangs, and his two bloodhounds, Lula and Lottie. Mr. Fox was "appointed foreman of Chain Gang No.2" in November 1896.[Record and Chronicle, Nov. 13, 1896] Bertie and Myrtle Rose were sisters, born in 1887. The use of chain gangs for road repair had been instituted somewhere around 1887 and was seriously criticized by the Denton County News on August 20, 1908, as being a waste of taxpayer money and providing poor road repairs.
[Scrapbook Title Page: Journey into Yesterday]
Page from a scrapbook titled "Journey into Yesterday," which has a photograph in the center, with the caption "Denton's first public school building, opened in 1884."
Hand-Book of Northern Texas
Overview of the north Texas region encompassing Collin, Denton, Fannin, and Grayson Counties for potential visitors, including information about the landscape and climate, the farming and ranching industries, notable persons and businesses, and other information about the area. A description appeared in The Sunday Gazetteer [Denison, TX, Dec. 19, 1886, p.3] which described it: "This book is a quarto volume handsomely gotten up in pamphlet form, and elaborately illustrated with wood engravings. It gives short biographical sketches of prominent men of North Texas, and also pen and pencil pictures of various stock farms, business houses and private residences of the cities and surrounding country of Denison, Sherman Gainesville, Denton, Honey Grove, McKinney, etc., as well as the more important ones of the Indian Nation." Another article that appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle on Feb. 19, 1927, section 9, p.1, hints to the provenance of the library's copy. It states that, the C. C. Bell household had a copy because "Bell is one of the land-owners who paid at the rate of about $30 per photo to be represented in the 40-page bulletin." The C. C. Bell homestead was, "east of what is now Bell Avenue...was later destroyed by fire." A final mention shows up in a local newsletter, The Denton Doings, March 1956 issue. "In an old trunk in the May Bell Pirtle home, Helen Harris found a remarkable book. Ms. Harris has graciously loaded this 70-year-old book to us..." May Bell Pirtle was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bell. We believe that the book was then donated to the Emily Fowler Library shortly after her death. The pamphlet appeared to have been privately published, with the only copies being owned by those who appeared within. This is just our best guess based on the lack of …
[Scrapbook Page: City of Denton 1961]
Scrapbook page that contains a copy of the City of Denton, Texas annual report for1961 (top) and a newspaper clipping at the bottom of the page advertising the Jagoe Abstract Co. The annual report includes highlights of the city council and public safety, public works, utilities, parks/recreation, and sanitation departments as well as an overall summary of funding. The advertisement has the title "106 Years of Continuous Service to Denton" and has a photograph of J. W. Jagoe as well as brief information about the company.
[Scout Troop Calendar and Scrapbook Page]
Calendar page labeled "November 1959" with handwritten notes regarding the activities of a Denton Girl Scout troop, including meetings on Tuesday and a "Play Day" on Saturday the 21st. The back of the page includes a handwritten description of the Play Day event and three photographs which show a large group of children playing various games outside several large, brick buildings on the North Texas State College campus.
[Scrapbook Page: Prohibition Ticket and Article]
Scrapbook page that has a voting ballot on the left, labeled "Prohibition Ticket," with several handwritten arrows marking choices. A newspaper article on the right describes the history of alcohol sales and prohibition in Denton, Texas.
[Scrapbook Page: Denton Properties]
Scrapbook page featuring photographs of three buildings in Denton, Texas with a label that says "Three of the Properties Denton is Buying For Site Of New Civic Center." The images are (left-to-right, clockwise): a wooden building with a multi-story store front labeled "One of the Old Buildings at Civic Center Site: This One To Be Torn Down"; a one-story house with wooden siding labeled "Dwelling on McKinney Street: This Lot Joins Present City Garage"; and several buildings behind a driveway and partially obscured by trees, labeled "Oakland Street Purchase: One Of Three Bought For County Building."
[Scrapbook Page: First Baptist Church, Denton]
Scrapbook page with several clippings about First Baptist Church in Denton, Texas. The story in the upper right part of the page has an image of the original First Baptist church building (which burned) and the article discusses the centennial celebrations to honor the founding of the church. A newspaper clipping on the left side of the page discusses a Sunday School class at the church made up of students who cannot speak or hear and has a photograph of the teachers and students. At the bottom of the page, there is a color photograph of the church building with the message "Welcome to the church with a gospel program that is Christ centered, Bible based, and life related."
[Pamphlet for "Follow Thru" Motion Picture]
Pamphlet for a Paramount Picture musical called "Follow Thru," with Charles Rogers and Nancy Carroll, produced by Schwab and Mandel. On the back is an advertisement for The C. I. A. (College of Industrial Arts) Beauty Shop.
[Postcard of "Blue Hole" in Denton, Texas]
Postcard of a river with several people in white dresses and bonnets standing along the shore, and more standing on a raft in the river. A printed note on the front of the postcard identifies it as "Blue Hole" in Denton, Texas. The handwritten note on the back of the postcard, sent from Roanoke, Texas and addressed to Miss Amy A. Allen in Manhattan, Kansas, says, "I had Jessie's letter sealed when yours came with the money order. Many thanks for the same. Baby isn't feeling well today but nothing serious I guess. Marian is not very strong yet. Hoping to see you soon."
[Payroll Memo from W. R. Finch]
Payroll memo from W. R. Finch to employees at Flow Memorial Hospital giving information about the hospital's new payroll policies for the new year, including a schedule of pay periods and days.
[Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith as Rosalind in "The Forest of Arden"]
Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith dressed as Rosalind in "The Forest of Arden," reading a piece of paper held in her hands.
Denton County: The Greatest Diversifying County in Texas
Book about Denton County in Texas, including location, climate, soils, water, agriculture, industries, other resources, factories, and Denton city.
[Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith as "Miss Kite"]
Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith dressed as "Miss Kite," the painted lady, in 'The Passing of the Third Floor Back" by Jerome K, which was performed at the College of Industrial Arts, where Smith was the Director of Music and Expression in 1905.
Hilltop Happenings, Volume 1, Number 10, November 1963
Newsletter for Flow Memorial Hospital, including various stories related to hospital events, employee of the month and meet the staff sections, a feature of members of the overnight staff, and a page for advertisements. Headline reads "United Fund Drive is Successful at Flow."
[Petition in the Court of Claims, William C. Wright]
Petition filed in the court of claims: William C. Wright v. The United States and the Comanche and Kiowa Tribes of Indians. The subject of the petition is a theft of horses from William C. Wright by members of a Native American tribe. He filed a claim, but it was not fulfilled. A handwritten note on the back of the last page describes a testimony given as part of the case.
[Photograph of Louisa Prater Rogers]
Photograph of Louisa "Lou" Prater Rogers sitting in a rocking chair on the porch of a house with the number 810 over the front door. She and her husband, Samuel G. Rogers, lived at 810 N. Throckmorton Street in Sherman, Texas [the Sherman City Directory incorrectly lists their house number as 910, but the number 810 can clearly be seen over the door frame] Louisa was the daughter of Erby "Erb" Boyd Prater and Katurah S. "Kitty." She did not marry until 1897. Samuel worked as a driver and Lou stayed at home as a housewife, possibly because of health issues (she was asthmatic). Other photos of the Prater family are also included in this collection.
[Photograph of Woman and Baby]
Photograph of an older woman sitting down in a yard next to a baby in a stroller, with a house in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo identifies it as "Mirtle and Linda, first grandchild."
Hilltop Happenings, Volume 1, Number 4, April 1961
Newsletter for Flow Memorial Hospital, including sections entitled "Accreditation Survey Completed," "Dental Service Expanded," "Nurses Attend Workshop," "Group to Tour Hospital," "Hospital to Loose Physical Therapist," and "Wonder Where the Yellow Went!"
[Portrait of Fred and Olivia Moore]
Portrait of Fred and Olivia Moore. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says: "These two children were brought to Denton each winter for several years in the early 1900s from their home in Indiana by their parents to escape the severe cold of the northern winters. They lived on N. Elm near (and south) of the present (1967) Catholic Church."
[Photograph of a Woman]
Portrait of a young woman with dark hair wearing a white blouse.
[Portrait of Lloyd Russell Garrison, Jr.]
Portrait of Lloyd Russell Garrison, Jr. wearing a suit and tie. A handwritten note on the photo says "Love, Son."
Hilltop Happenings, November 1960
Newsletter for Flow Memorial Hospital, including sections entitled "Dietary Tops United Fund Contest," "Name the Hospital News Letter," "Hospital To Be Without Steam And Heat," and "Practical Nurse Students Arrive."
[Postcard of New High School in Denton, Texas]
Postcard of a building and its grounds, with an American flag flying at the top of the building. A printed note on the front of the postcard identifies it as "New High School, Denton, Tex." There is nothing written on the back of the postcard.
[Portrait of Abe Smith and Family]
Portrait of Abe Smith and his wife Sue seated with two of their children, Lucille and Roy, standing between them. Four more of their children stand behind them: (left to right) Lester, Winnie, Graham, and Conn.
[Denton Traction Company transfer ticket]
Transfer ticket for the Denton Traction Company, a system of streetcars. Instructions on the ticket say "Good only for continuous passage at transfer point - Northwest Corner of Public Square - on first connecting car after time and on date punched in margin."
[Portrait of Verna C. Adams]
Portrait of Verna C. Adams as a young girl wearing a thin white blouse.
[Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil W. Shepherd]
Portrait of Virgil W. Shepherd, wearing a tuxedo and holding a bowler hat, and his wife, Maggie L. Shepherd, wearing a dress and a feathered hat.
Hilltop Happenings, Volume 1, Number 7, July 1961
Newsletter for Flow Memorial Hospital, including sections entitled "Surgery Breaks Record," "Crest LVNs Donate Money For Books," "Summer Slump," "Altrusa Club Offers Donation," "Diet Manual Soon To Be Released," and "Nurses Attend Meetings."
[Postcard of Three Sisters]
Postcard of three young sisters of varying ages, with the youngest in the middle. A handwritten note on the photo identifies them as (left to right) Ailsa, Irene, and Beebe Page. Additionally, another note on the back of the photo states: "dresses were made by Belle Prater Smith for Mirtle's girls in 1918."
[Photograph of Drafted Denton County Men]
Photograph of a group of Denton County men called up to be drafted in World War II, standing and sitting outside of a building. One of the men, the third from the left, is identified as Richard L. Wiggs.
[Portrait of Terrell Milton Harpole]
Portrait of Terrell Milton Harpole wearing a suit jacket. A handwritten note on the back of the photo indicates that he was born in 1854, died in 1932, was married to Martha V. Copeland, and had five children.
[Postcard of College of Industrial Arts Entrance]
Postcard of the front entrance of the College of Industrial Arts in Denton, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Blewett from Mrs. Harwell and says: "This is to let you know that we remember you not only in thought but in our prayers."
Hilltop Happenings, Volume 6, Number 9, October 1968
Newsletter for Flow Memorial Hospital, including various articles related to hospital events and employees, an article about the hospital's new food service program, a note from the hospital administrator, and advertisements. Headline reads "Show-Case Kitchen Premiers."
[Court of Claims, Indian Depredations, No. 6640 Evidence for Claimant]
Booklet containing evidence for claimant for the Court of Claims case William C. Wright v. The United States and Kiowa and Comanche Indians, or Indian Depredations, No. 6640. The document includes depositions of William C. Wright, Allen Simpson, Daniel Bromley, Isaac D. Ferguson, John W. Gober, Robert H. Hopkins, John Skaggs, Austin Popinaw, Matthew Gray, John Hudson, and Lock S. Forester.
[Portrait of Two Women]
Portrait of a two women wearing dresses with high collars. A handwritten note below the photo says "Loving by Sammie and Annie."
[Letter from Robert M. Dickson]
Letter from Robert M. Dickson, Administrator of Flow Memorial Hospital, to employees of the hospital. In the letter, he introduces a new budget program called "Be Cents-ative," in which he encourages his employees to participate. A handwritten note on the back of the letter gives more details about the program.
[Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith as Queen Katherine in Henry VIII]
Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith dressed as Queen Katherine in Henry VII, wearing a robe and crown and sitting in an ornate chair. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says that she was a member of the faculty of the College of Industrial Arts in Denton, Texas.
[Flow Memorial Hospital Employee Handbook]
Handbook for Flow Memorial Hospital employees, including a foreword by Jerry M. Smith (Administrator) and containing information about the hospital's history and all policies relating to employees.
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