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[News Script: Tumbleweed]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the town of Colorado City being designated the "Tumbleweed Capital" of the United States and the subsequent festivities marking the occasion.
Date: April 29, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Parade

Description: Copy photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Six White Horses in a parade in Colorado City, Texas. The riders, all women, carry the six flags of Texas. There is a store behind called Landaus. A crowd watches from the side of the street.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Woman in Yard

Description: Copy negative of an unknown woman holding what seems to be a kitten in her hands. She is wearing a long light dress out in a yard in front of a house.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Exterior House

Description: Copy photograph of the exterior of a house surrounded by trees and a white fence. The house is two storeys and made of wood and has a brick chimney.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Captain Hazen P. Slagel to Major T. N. Carswell - October 3, 1941]

Description: A letter written to T. N. Carswell, Major Infantry 10th Batttalion Headquarters, Texas Defense Guard, Abilene, Texas, from Hazen P. Slagel, Captain Infantry Commanding Company D 10th Battalion Texas Defense Guard, Colorado City, Texas, dated October 3, 1941. Slagel declines the invitation to attend the Armistice Day Review due to Colorado City meeting Abilene in a football game the same day.
Date: October 3, 1941
Creator: Slagel, Hazen P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Major John W. Herbert to Captain Hazen P. Slagel, copy to Major T. N. Carswell - May 23, 1941]

Description: A letter written to Captain Hazen P. Slagel, C.O., Company D, 10th Battalion, Texas Defense Guard, Colorado City, Texas, from John W. Herbert, Major, Inspector Designate, Fort Worth, Texas, dated May 23, 1941. Copy to Major T. N. Carswell. Herbert requests the paperwork be completed by the 27th, any errors made can be corrected to insure all paper work will be perfect on inspection date.
Date: May 23, 1941
Creator: Herbert, John W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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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

Guitar Residence, Colorado, Texas: Miscellaneous Details

Description: Architectural plan for a home commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Guitar in Colorado, Texas. It includes full size detail of trim, floor plan, front and end elevations, bath room floor construction, ironing board detail, book case and kitchen cabinet details, stair details, full size hand rail, fireplace details, and full size detail of cornice in various places.
Date: November 4, 1927
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Technical Drawing
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

Guitar Residence, Colorado, Texas: Floor Plans, Schedules, Sections, and Details

Description: Architectural plan for a home commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Guitar in Colorado, Texas. It includes detailed floor plans for the first and second floors, window and door schedules, porch and balcony details, typical wall section, and entrance detail.
Date: November 4, 1927
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Technical Drawing
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

[Letter from Henry Sayles to J. P. Alvey, March 28, 1912]

Description: Letter from Henry Sayles to J. P. Alvey discussing conditions for a loan to Henry Sayles Jr.. The aggregate collateral is worth $10,000. Sayles says the titles will be passed if Alvey accepts the loan. Sayles asks if Alvey prefers deeds of trusts or vendor's lien notices.
Date: March 28, 1912
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University 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

[Letter from J. Ralph Lee to T. N. Carswell - January 4, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from J. Ralph Lee, Colorado City, Texas, dated January 4, 1942. Lee inquires of Carswell whether or not Bob Wagstaff is a good speaker and explains that he is thinking of asking him to speak to their Lions Club. He notes his regret that it was necessary for Carswell to resign his place in the Defense Guard.
Date: January 4, 1942
Creator: Lee, J. Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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