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[Election Certificate]

[Election Certificate]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Certificate commissioning R. E. B. Baylor as State District Judge of Third Judicial District, signed by Elisha M. Pease
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Campaign ribbon

Campaign ribbon

Date: [c. 1844]
Creator: unknown
Description: James K. Polk/George M. Dallas campaign ribbon; political campaign in which annexation of Texas was an issue
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
A History.  Of the Action of the Political and Civil Authorities and Citizens Relating to the Land Office at Nacogdoches Under the Jurisdiction of Charles S. Taylor

A History. Of the Action of the Political and Civil Authorities and Citizens Relating to the Land Office at Nacogdoches Under the Jurisdiction of Charles S. Taylor

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Cover of the text.
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
[Photos of Three Members of the Court of Civil Appeals]

[Photos of Three Members of the Court of Civil Appeals]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photo of three members of the Court of Civil Appeals - First Supreme Judicial District of Texas. (Left to Right) Associate Justice, ? McMeans; Chief Justice, R.A. Pleasants; and Associate Justice, T.S. Reese.
Holding Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission
City Traffic Engineer

City Traffic Engineer

Date: 1950-08-24
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Description: Man seated at desk
Holding Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Emma Long Meeting

Emma Long Meeting

Date: 1953-02-12
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Description: City Councilwoman, Emma Long preparing to shake hands
Holding Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Dr. and Mrs. John Haley

Dr. and Mrs. John Haley

Date: c. 1906
Creator: unknown
Description: Dr. John Haley was one of the Irving area's earliest physicians. The Haley family arrived in the area in the late 1850s. John was born in 1866. He was a teacher for a time, but after his first wife died, he returned to school and then entered the medical profession. He served as Irving's mayor from 1927 until his death in 1932. He is pictured here with his second wife, Anna Good Haley, in 1906.
Holding Partner: Irving Archives
Tom Griffin - campaigning for Agriculture Commissioner

Tom Griffin - campaigning for Agriculture Commissioner

Date: 1958-07-19
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Description: Tom Griffin campaigning for Agriculture Commissioner on a tractor at 700 Congress Ave.
Holding Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Tom Reavley, Sec. State - Opening address at Legislature

Tom Reavley, Sec. State - Opening address at Legislature

Date: 1957-01-08
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Description: Tom Reavley giving opening address at Legislature
Holding Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Jones Family in Legislature

Jones Family in Legislature

Date: 1957-01-08
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Description: Democrat Congressman from Austin, Obie Jones, standing with right hand raised with family in legislature
Holding Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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