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Why the M. K. & T. Railroad Should Build into Abilene

Description: Document detailing the reasons why it would be profitable for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company to extend the railroad line from Cross Plains to Abilene, Texas. The reasons are listed one through five and details economic reasons, the lack of other opportunities for expansion, and that the terrain is already surveyed.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Case No. 11783-A: Original Petition

Description: Document certifying the original petition in the suit, City of Abilene vs. J. Rupert Jackson, Jr. Administer of Estate of Rupert Jackson, et. al, which is dealing with the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes, interest, and penalties related to properties in Abilene, Texas.
Date: July 27, 1939
Creator: Caffey, Wiley L.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Portrait of Girl; Men and Women by Car

Description: Copy negative of two pictures. The first is a portrait of little Beverly Buchanan taken in Beaumont in 1941. The second is of Douglas, Ronnie, Beverly, Alma, and Hubert Henry Buchanan standing on a sidewalk near cars, bushes, and a tree with houses in the background, taken in Putnam 1951.
Date: {1941,1951}
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Statement: Abilene Railroad and Terminal Company

Description: Document proposing a standard gauge railroad between Abilene and Cross Plains, Texas and the construction of new terminals along the proposed line. The documents include information about the proposed profits, the survey of the route, possible issues with construction, and the merits of a new railroad line in the area. The document is divided in to three parts: "Statement," "Terminals," and "Exhibits."
Date: 1910~
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[News Script: Firemen Killed]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 3 persons who were killed near the Abilene suburb of Clyde when a firetruck exploded at an oil well.
Date: February 11, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Ray D. Black to Truett Latimer, April 19, 1961]

Description: Letter from Ray D. Black to Truett Latimer; In regards to Mr. Latimer's previous letter about Mr. Carothers changing local boards, he informs him that the Selective Service regulations do not permit such an action. He says the registrants are assigned a unique number that cannot be assigned to anyone else and explains what the digits mean in the number.
Date: April 19, 1961
Creator: Black, Ray D.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Kirby Lake Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1979
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.38 -99.62
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Kirby Lake Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1958
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.38 -99.62
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Woman in Park; Women by Storage Tank

Description: Copy negative of two pictures. In the first, Bertha Leo Buchanan is standing in Cameron Park in Waco, Texas with plants and trees behind her, taken in 1929. In the second, Bertha Leo Buchanan and Elsie West are standing together in front of a storage tank in a field in Putnam, Texas with trees in the background, taken in 1939.
Date: {1929,1939}
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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