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[Meeting minutes of The Greater Hardin-Simmons Committee - May 26, 1945]

Description: The minutes of the May 26, 1945 meeting of The Greater Hardin-Simmons Committee. Judge J. C. Hunter served as President. Page two includes additional minutes of the Executive Committee which met on May 28, 1945. Hunter called the meeting to order. "He explained that the purpose of the meeting was to talk about the proposed plans for expansion of Hardin-Simmons University." Executive Committee members met afterwards regarding the contract drawn up by Mr. Carlton M. Sherwood, Executive Vice-Pr… more
Date: May 26, 1945
Creator: The Greater Hardin-Simmons Committee

[Letter from Jeff Davis to T. N. Carswell - November 26, 1941]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Jeff Davis, Executive Secretary, United Texas Drys, dated November 26, 1941. Davis acknowledges his receipt of the letter from Carswell and expresses his appreciation for the check for the Judge Miller fee. He advises Carswell that the petitions will be "in the hands of our Friends" by February 1, will be subject to the poll tax list of 1942 and that they will not know who are qualified voters until after February 1. He advises of the… more
Date: November 26, 1941
Creator: Davis, Jeff

[Letter from Jeff Davis to T. N. Carswell - December 26, 1941]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Jeff Davis, Executive Secretary, United Texas Drys, dated December 26, 1941. Davis advises of illnesses having prevented his travel to conference with Carswell but that he will travel as soon as he can before they launch their drive in February. The reverse side includes a list of names handwritten by [T. N. Carswell]; Capt. Robt. F. S. Barry, Sgt. James O. Stennett, Sgt. Arnold A. Nored, Actg. St. Sgt. Billie J. Hale.
Date: December 26, 1941
Creator: Davis, Jeff

[Letter from Jeff Davis to T. N. Carswell - March 26, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Jeff Davis, Executive Secretary, United Texas Drys, dated March 26, 1942. Davis acknowledges his receipt of the letter from Carswell and confirms the plan to be at their regular meeting. He advises of more than 50 churches having committed to field days estimating they will get one hundred.
Date: March 26, 1942
Creator: Davis, Jeff

[Letter from Vernon L. Mangun to T. N. Carswell - March 26, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Vernon L. Mangun, Dean, Mary Hardin-Baylor College (now the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor), Belton, Texas, dated March 26, 1942. Mangun advises that there are units within courses on the effects of alcohol. Typewritten on Mary Hardin-Baylor College letterhead bearing Weston's BLACKSTONE BOND watermark.
Date: March 26, 1942
Creator: Mangun, Vernon L.

[Letter from Vernon L. Mangun to T. N. Carswell - March 26, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Faculty Members Dr. LeVesconte, Miss [Lucille] Capt, Miss [Annie Mae] Melton, from Vernon L. Mangun, dated March 20, 1942. The letter is a form letter, and makes request for answers regarding the inquiry from T. N. Carswell on whether or not courses on the effects of alcohol are offered. At the bottom is a handwritten reply to Dean Mangun from Annie Mae Melton confirms assignments on the effects of alcohol within courses.
Date: March 26, 1942
Creator: Mangun, Vernon L.

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Ivin Lee Holt - August 26, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Bishop Ivin Lee Holt, Dallas, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, Chairman 24th District United Texas Drys dated August 26, 1942. Carswell advises Holt of a letter that he is writing to the Baptist associations and expresses his desire to "get this matter before the Methodist people". He advises of the absence of effort or of a program save a temperance lesson from Christians on the harmful effects of beverage alcohol and of his belief that a such a course should be required in chu… more
Date: August 26, 1942
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)

[Letter and Resolution from Hugh R. Bumpas to T. N. Carswell - September 26, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Hugh R. Bumpas, Pastor, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Ennis, Texas, dated September 26, 1942. Bumpas informs Carswell of an enclosed copy of a resolution which passed unanimously at the annual meeting of the Ellis County Baptist Association. The resolution urges Baptist schools to include a required course of study dealing with the effects of beverage alcohol.
Date: September 26, 1942
Creator: Bumpas, Hugh R.

[Letter from Jeff Davis to T. N. Carswell - January 26, 1943]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Jeff Davis, Executive Secretary, United Texas Drys, dated January 26, 1943. Davis describes a "hotel mixup" including the Grace Hotel, the Wooten Hotel, the Hilton Hotel and a Tourist Court when he was in Abilene and expresses his dismay at forgeting the proposed meeting with Carswell. He advises that they are sponsoring an anti-advertising bill which is being scouted by Senator George Moffett, that Representative John Connally has in… more
Date: January 26, 1943
Creator: Davis, Jeff
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