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Men at Drilling Contest

Description: Copy negative of thirteen men and boys standing on a wooden platform at a drilling contest in El Paso, Texas. The group includes Harvey Hamilton Hughes. Some men are wearing suits and some are wearing button-up shirts. All are wearing hats. In the background are tall buildings, one topped with several people.
Date: unknown

Van Horn

Description: Topographic quadrangle map of Van Horn, Texas, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 200 feet with supplementary contours at 100 foot intervals) and spot heights and includes location and reliability diagrams. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Location: None

Las Cruces

Description: Topographic quadrangle map of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks, with relief shown by contours (interval 200 feet with supplementary contours at 100 foot intervals) and spot heights. Location and sectionalized township diagrams are included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1955
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Location: None

El Paso Co.

Description: Blueline format of survey map of El Paso County, Texas, showing blocks of land, creeks, lakes, rivers, and original land grants or surveys. No scale information is given.
Date: 1894
Creator: Canda, C. J.; Drake, S. J. & Strauss, W.

El Paso Co.

Description: Blue line print of survey map of El Paso County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, townships, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map to denote the addition of a creek and Monument Number 7. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1921
Creator: McDonald, H. F. & Giles, J. Bascom

El Paso

Description: Topographic quadrangle map of El Paso, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, and roads, with relief shown by contours and spot heights. Location, coverage, and sectionalized township diagrams are included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000 On back is a map of El Paso, Texas, and the vicinity, showing roads, bodies of water, and landmarks. Scale ca. 1:40,000
Date: 1950
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Location: None

Map of T. and B Rr. Surv on El Paso Co. Tex.

Description: Survey map of El Paso County, Texas, showing the land of the T. & B Railroad Company. The map includes blocks of land, plat numbers, and two unidentified lines (either creeks, roads, or railroads). Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1884
Creator: Combs, Paul M. & Kuechler, Jacob

Map of the State of Texas (3).

Description: Cadastral map of West Texas and northern Mexico, showing property lines and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, railroads, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Includes list of land departments in lower-left corner. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,013,760] (16 miles to the inch).
Date: 1879

Texas: Salt Basin Sheet

Description: Topographic quadrangle map of El Paso County, Texas, showing a salt basin, a village (Dos Alamos), ranches, and mountain peaks (Sierra Tinaja Pinta). The map also includes bodies of water and roads. Relief shown by contours (interval 50 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:125,000
Date: 1916
Creator: Thompson, A. H.; Goode, R. U. & Herron, W. H.

Students at Sign

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band from Abilene, Texas standing and sitting in front of the sign on the street corner at the Trinity Methodist church in El Paso, Texas, viewed from across the street. The sign reads, "No Fear but Fear, Dr. Brodace Elkins, Sunday at 7, Worsir Through Music, McMurphy College Band."
Date: unknown

[Letter from Rupert N. Richardson to T. N. Carswell - April 27, 1944]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, The Hilton Hotel, El Paso, Texas from Rupert N. Richardson, Acting President, Hardin-Simmons University dated April 27, 1944. Richardson expresses his appreciation for the letter of April 25 and concurs that Carswell is "quite correct that we shall have probably the best opportunity for raising money that we shall have probably in our generation". Richardson advises of the difficulties encountered in Christian education in trying to "secure a man for the… more
Date: April 27, 1944
Creator: Richardson, Rupert N.

[Telegram from Henry Woolridge to J. Watt Page - May 6, 1943]

Description: A Western Union telegram sent to J. Watt Page, Austin, Texas from Henry Woolridge, Chairman, Local Board No. 4, El Paso, Texas dated May 6, 1943. Woolridge advises Headquarters of the resignation of Mrs. Longnecker requesting that an inspector "come out and check over" their Board and give recommendations. Page handwrites, in red pencil, orders to send CAS [T. N. Carswell] to El Paso No. 4. A handwritten note at the top of the telegram is in regards to Mrs. Rose D. Longnecker.
Date: May 6, 1943
Creator: Woolridge, Henry

[Telegram from J. Watt Page to T. N. Carswell - May 16, 1944]

Description: A Western Union Telegram (confirmation copy) sent to Mr. T. N. Carswell, c/o Selective Service Local Board No. 5, El Paso, Texas, from J. Watt Page, State Director of Selective Service, Austin, Texas dated May 16, 1944. Page acknowledges his receipt of the letter from Carswell dated the 12th. He advises of the intention of Colonel Edward S. Shattuck, Chief Appeals Division National Headquarters Selective Service, to make a Texas visit soon.
Date: May 16, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to the State Director of Selective Service, Texas - May 10, 1944]

Description: A letter addressed to the State Director of Selective Service, Austin 17, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, El Paso, Texas dated May 10, 1944. Carswell advises of a descrepancy by the T. and N. O. Railroad Company regarding a form 42-A in the file of a registrant listed as an employee of the company. Carswell advises that he is calling attention to this discrepency due to the fact that he noted many such instances of this nature during the inspection of the El Paso Boards.
Date: May 10, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to the State Director of Selective Service, Texas - April 25, 1944]

Description: A letter addressed to the State Director, Selective Service, Austin (17), Texas, from T. N. Carswell, CAS, El Paso, Texas dated April 25, 1944. Carswell writes a special report covering the complaint of a registrant who is requesting an investigation regarding his denied request for a deferred classification by a board member and regarding the drinking habit of the same board member of Local Board No. 1 in Culberson County, Van Horn, Texas.
Date: April 25, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)

[Letter from Ruby Blackburn to P. W. Williams - January 9, 1957]

Description: A letter written to Mr. P. W. Williams, Chairman, El Paso County Parole Board, El Paso, Texas, from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Ruby Blackburn, Executive Director, dated January 9, 1957. Blackburn advises of the background and unusual situation of a subject from the Taylor County Jail and requests supervision by Williams after the transfer of Subject from Taylor County to El Paso County into the custody of her son. Additional correspondence typewritten at the bottom of page is writt… more
Date: January 9, 1957
Creator: Blackburn, Ruby
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