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[Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Roberts Osterhout, November, 1908]

Description: Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Roberts Osterhout. In the photo there are three houses. They are made of stone and wood with straw, slanting roofs. In the front of one of the houses is a pile of logs and clothes hanging up. In the middle of the picture appears to be a knocked off pot. At the bottom, the photo is labeled as "Mexican Home." On the bottom of the front and the back, Rose wrote about bits of local news.
Date: November 1908
Creator: Chamberlin, Rose
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

[Longview High School Building]

Description: Photographic postcard of the high school building in Longview, Texas, which was located on the southeast corner of Green St. and present-day College St. The school was built in 1884, and it is complete with three floors and a bell tower. There are children standing in front of the school building. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Edith Northerett" of Smyrna, Georgia, as noted on the back of the postcard.
Date: November 1908
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters, November 1908]

Description: Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters with a tinted image of the state capitol building in Albany, New York. There is a note written on the reverse side of the card that discusses Harper's adventures while at the beach the past eight weeks; Harper also mentions his collection of newspapers he gathered from the ports he visited.
Date: November 1908
Creator: Harper, Raymond L.
Partner: Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead

[Letter from Charles L. Watkins to Claude D. White, September 30, 1908]

Description: Letter from Charles L. Watkins to Claude D. White discussing Claude going to Omaha, Nebraska and some upcoming civil service examinations that he can take there for the positions of post office clerk and carrier. There is an envelope addressed to Mr. Claude D. White, R-4 Box 25, McKinney, Texas. The return address for Mr. Watkins is 3416 Pratt [?], Omaha, Nebraska. The envelope is postmarked September 30, 1908.
Date: September 30, 1908
Creator: Watkins, Charles L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Journal of the Forty-third Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Description: Journal proceedings of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the proceedings, appointments, reports of boards and committees, memoirs, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: 1908
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Partner: Archives of the Central Texas Conference United Methodist Church

[Letter to Juan Nantes]

Description: Letter to Juan Nantes discussing the conveyance of his land. This is written on the back of a letter to Will Stith dated November 20, 1908 which reads "Dear sir, I thought I would answer your letter to let you know that I can go to Abilene because I got some work to do. Hear if you want me to go to Abilene you pay me my work and then I will go if you want me to go let me know. Yours truly, Juan Nantes."
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter to I. H. Kempner, November 14,1908]

Description: Letter to I. H. Kempner that encloses a letter from Mr. Kell and a draft of a letter the author would like to send back to Mr. Kell. The author goes on to write that if Kemp and Charley Malone want to control the plant they will have to buy the author and Kempner out.
Date: November 12, 1908
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Packing House Near Waco]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of a packing house with several rows of farm workers posing in front of it, standing, sitting, and standing on raised platforms with fields in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Packing House on Falkners Fruit Farm, 1 Mile from Waco, Tex." There is a handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
Date: November 4, 1908
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Travis County Election Records: Record of Election Returns 2

Description: Record of returns from county, state, national, special, and constitutional amendment elections dating from November 1892 to November 1908. Returns on county, state, national, and special elections show date of election, type of return, name of each candidate, location and number of each election precinct, number of votes received by each candidate in each precinct, total number of votes received by each candidate, and total election vote count. Returns on constitutional amendments show article… more
Date: 1892-11/1908-11
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

[Reunion of Terry's Texas Rangers]

Description: Photograph copy of the Reunion of Terry's Texas Rangers dated 1908 in Houston, Texas. Group includes 62 men and 9 women. Front row of men are kneeling. Top of photo titled: Terry's Texas Rangers. C. S. A. Bottom reads: Terry's Texas Rangers Houston Nov. 10th 1908. Photograph is on 25.5 cm X 20.5 cm paper but image measures 24.4 cm X 8.3 cm. Names of members are listed at bottom. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: 1908
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Postcard of Harbor at Galveston]

Description: Postcard of a harbor in Galveston where two boats are moored. Debris litters the concrete on the edge of the harbor, and several large industrial structures rise up in the distance. Handwritten print on the front of the postcard reads "this is not snow— just shell. Not egg shell either." Cursive handwriting at the bottom reads "Just a little different from the fleet of Waco." The card is addressed to Miss Jennie Forsgard of Waco.
Date: November 2, 1908
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Funeral Program for Thelma Bilton Grant, April 15, 1993]

Description: Funeral program for Thelma Bilton Grant, born November 12, 1908 and died April 11, 1993. The funeral was held April 15, 1993 at West End Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. A. Bernard Devers, I. Funeral arrangements were made through the Lewis Funeral Home and she was buried in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: April 15, 1993
Partner: San Antonio Public Library

[Funeral Program for Cloma W. Reed, June 2, 1999]

Description: Funeral program for Sister Cloma W. Reed, born November 28, 1908 and died May 27, 1999. The funeral was held Wednesday, June 2, 1999 at West End Baptist Church officiated by Dr. A. B. Devers, I. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and he was buried in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: June 2, 1999
Partner: San Antonio Public Library
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