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Map of the Battlefield of San Jacinto

Description: Map of the Texan and Mexican Armies at the commencement of the Battle of San Jacinto, showing the positions of the armies and features of the terrain between Buffalo Bayou and San Jacinto Bay. Distances to various cities are given. No scale indicated. On verso: Photograph of families picking hops to make beer in Kent County, England.
Date: 1938?
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Harris County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Harris County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:266,666] (4000 varas to 1/2 an inch).
Date: 1910
Creator: Pressler, Herman & Ehlinger, Leo
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Congressional Record - Senate - January 14, 1977]

Description: Photocopied text of an excerpt from the Congressional Record containing Senator Barry Goldwater's introduction of bill S. 247 to provide veterans' benefits to the WASPs. Goldwater's remarks are followed by five articles on the WASPs, their service during WWII, and their efforts to obtain veterans' status.
Date: January 14, 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Helen Duffy]

Description: Photograph of Helen Duffy, one of the instructors in the Women Airforce Service Program (WASP), standing outside. She is wearing a flight suit and is visible from the waist up. The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother" and "Flying Training Command Photo."
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Secret role of women fliers recalled]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP being hidden from public knowledge, including the U.S. Department of Defense withholding veteran status from the women who served in WWII. The article includes a photograph of a group of young women in jumpsuits walking away from a small propeller plane. On the back of the clipping is a large advertisement for a sale, and part of an article about Fort Concho.
Date: November 24, 1991
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Memo on Rice Hotel Note Paper]

Description: Memo written on Rice Hotel note paper that says: 1. They had our estimated gallonage consumption 130,000 in October from Washington representative. 2. Borrow from Sweetwater Bank. 3. Cal-Tex prices - Going to send us prices. 4. Brown, Campbell, Davis, Bell, Hart.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973]

Description: Text of Jacqueline Cochran's typed daily schedule from December 21, 1969, to December 15, 1973, including golf tournaments, doctor appointments, hair appointments, Arthritis Foundation committee meetings, dinner meetings, budget meetings, and board meetings. Entries include day of week, time, and location. They also include personal handwritten notes on some entries.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[T&P Train #610]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #610 pulling the American Freedom Train in Houston, Texas. Written underneath the image are "Houston, Texas Feb 1976" and "Mrs. Joseph L. Oates."
Date: February 1976
Creator: Oates, Mrs. Joseph L.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Train #610]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #610 moving near Spring, Texas with a faint plume of smoke rising from the engine. There are a few people visible to the left of the train. Written underneath are "Spring, Texas" and "Tom Kelcec."
Date: unknown
Creator: Kelcec, Tom
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Train Car #316 Being Rebuilt]

Description: Photograph of T&P train car #316 being rebuilt inside a warehouse. Painted on the side of the car is "No. 75." Written below the image are "Houston, Texas Jun 10th 1977 - Hahn & Clay Co. rebuilding Texas State Railroad #201 - originally T&P #316" and "Allen Rider."
Date: June 10, 1977
Creator: Rider, Allen
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Train Car #316 Being Rebuilt #2]

Description: Photograph of T&P train car #316 being rebuilt inside a warehouse. Painted on the side of the car is "No. 75." Written below the image are "Houston, Texas Jun 10th 1977 - Hahn & Clay Co. rebuilding Texas State Railroad #201 - originally T&P #316" and "Allen Rider."
Date: June 10, 1977
Creator: Rider, Allen
Partner: The Grace Museum
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