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Etheridge's Oct. 1953 City Map Abilene, Texas

Map of Abilene, Texas, showing highways, roads, and streets. The map also includes bodies of water, such as Lytle Lake and Cedar Creek. Includes the handwritten addition of McMurry University, located on Sayles Boulevard. The schools, parks, public buildings, and hospitals numbers correspond to a separate index.

Date: 1953

Creator: Etheridge, Kenneth A.

Item Type: Map

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Decorated Stores]

Photograph of decorated stores on a road in Port Arthur, Texas. A few cars are parked in front of the buildings.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

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[News Clip: Tunnel under ship channel opened]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.

Date: September 23, 1953

Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Flood]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.

Date: September 1, 1953

Duration: 2 minutes 05 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Flooded Roadway]

Photograph of a flooded roadway in Orange, Texas after the flood of 1953.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

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[News Clip: Safety circus]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a "safety circus" presented to schoolchildren by a traveling traffic police officer from North Carolina.

Date: February 18, 1953

Duration: 2 minutes 51 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Thomas L. James to I. H. Kempner, Jr., March 20, 1953]

Letter from Thomas L. James to I. H. Kempner, Jr. discussing exploration work on county and state roads. Formal action is being taken by Fort Bend County, and James is advising everyone to stay on the lookout for work of this kind.

Date: March 20, 1953

Creator: James, Thomas Leroy

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Jim Douglas to W. Kyle Chapman, February 18, 1953]

Letter from Jim Douglas to W. Kyle Chapman discussing the extension of F. M. 1876 from the Fort Bend County line to F. M. 1093 (Beeler Road). It is expressed that funding is entirely depleted until the end of the year, and that further road plans are already intended.

Date: February 18, 1953

Creator: Douglas, Jim

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, February 26, 1953]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James discussing a lack of further farm highway funds until the end of this year. It is planned to take up this matter with the Highway Commission at a later time.

Date: February 26, 1953

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, February 27, 1953]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James discussing a farm-to-market road and the desire to see the Highway Department join with Harris County in connecting up FM 1876 in Fort Bend County. Communication with the county is ongoing.

Date: February 27, 1953

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, February 18, 1953]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James discussing the completion of a paved highway from Houston to Wallis and whether it has an effect on the connection with farm-to-market road 1876 and its completion in Fort Bend County.

Date: February 18, 1953

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr., to George Andre, June 9, 1953]

Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr., to George Andre discussing state specifications for water supply signage and press releases.

Date: June 9, 1953

Creator: Kempner, Isaac Herbert, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from W. Kyle Chapman to Thomas L. James, September 4, 1953]

Letter from W. Kyle Chapman to Thomas L. James discussing communication with the Commissioners' Court and the decision for the road that should be built out of the funds allocated to Harris County.

Date: September 4, 1953

Creator: Chapman, W. Kyle

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from George Andre to I. H. Kempner, Jr., June 9, 1953]

Letter from George Andre to I. H. Kempner, Jr., discussing locations for new public water signs.

Date: June 9, 1953

Creator: Andre, George L.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from W. Kyle Chapman to Thomas L. James, September 24, 1953]

Letter from W. Kyle Chapman to Thomas L. James discussing a meeting with Jim Douglas where it was decided that Farm-to-Market Road Number 1876 would not be extended into Westheimer Road under that year's program.

Date: September 24, 1953

Creator: Chapman, W. Kyle

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[News Script: News briefs accident]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an automobile colliding with a commercial truck loaded with sand at a Dallas intersection. Both drivers escaped injury in the accident.

Date: June 25, 1953

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Allan Shivers to Truett Latimer, May 14, 1953]

Letter from Allan Shivers to Truett Latimer stating that he has signed Latimer's bill, House Bill 464.

Date: May 14, 1953

Creator: Shivers, Allan

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from C. A. Galbraith to Truett Latimer, February 16, 1953]

Letter from C. A. Galbraith to Truett Latimer discussing the association opposition the creation of tollways and limited access highways and their support of an additional gasoline tax.

Date: February 16, 1953

Creator: Galbraith, C. A.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Judge Reed Ingalsbe, April 30, 1953]

Letter from Truett Latimer to Judge Reed Ingalsbe informing him that the bill to transfer land from Abilene State Hospital to the Highway commission was passed by the house and senate and ready to be signed by the governor.

Date: April 30, 1953

Creator: Latimer, Truett

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Mr. Roy Jackson and Mrs. Roy Jackson, April 13, 1953]

Letter from Truett Latimer to Mr. Roy Jackson and Mrs. Roy Jackson discussing his thoughts on experimenting with bills for the creation of toll road authorities.

Date: April 13, 1953

Creator: Latimer, Truett

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Telegram from Motel Owners, April 10, 1953]

Telegram sent to Truett Latimer from a group of motel owners regarding their strong opposition to any form of toll roads.

Date: April 10, 1953

Creator: Jackson, Roy; Jackson, Mrs. Roy; Dolan, T. D.; Dolan, Mrs. T. D.; Giles, V. H.; Giles, Mrs. V. H. et al.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Truett Latimer to C. A. Galbraith, February 19, 1953]

Letter from Truett Latimer to C. A. Galbraith discussing the need for toll roads and the possibility of raising taxes.

Date: February 19, 1953

Creator: Latimer, Truett

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from J. C. Roberts to Judge Reed Ingalsbe, January 13, 1953]

Letter from J. C. Roberts to Judge Reed Ingalsbe discussing contacting Representative Latimer for help getting an act passed by the Legislature for the creation farm to market road 1750 from the property of Abilene State Hospital..

Date: January 13, 1953

Creator: Roberts, J. C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Judge Reed Ingalsbe, February 24, 1953]

Letter from Truett Latimer to Judge Reed Ingalsbe discussing a proposed House Resolution to transfer Abilene State Hospital land for use as a farm to market road.

Date: February 24, 1953

Creator: Latimer, Truett

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

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Etheridge's Oct. 1953 City Map Abilene, Texas

[Decorated Stores]

[News Clip: Tunnel under ship channel opened]

[News Clip: Flood]

[Photograph of Flooded Roadway]

[News Clip: Safety circus]

[Letter from Thomas L. James to I. H. Kempner, Jr., March 20, 1953]

[Letter from Jim Douglas to W. Kyle Chapman, February 18, 1953]

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, February 26, 1953]

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, February 27, 1953]

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, February 18, 1953]

[Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr., to George Andre, June 9, 1953]

[Letter from W. Kyle Chapman to Thomas L. James, September 4, 1953]

[Letter from George Andre to I. H. Kempner, Jr., June 9, 1953]

[Letter from W. Kyle Chapman to Thomas L. James, September 24, 1953]

[News Script: News briefs accident]

[Letter from Allan Shivers to Truett Latimer, May 14, 1953]

[Letter from C. A. Galbraith to Truett Latimer, February 16, 1953]

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Judge Reed Ingalsbe, April 30, 1953]

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Mr. Roy Jackson and Mrs. Roy Jackson, April 13, 1953]

[Telegram from Motel Owners, April 10, 1953]

[Letter from Truett Latimer to C. A. Galbraith, February 19, 1953]

[Letter from J. C. Roberts to Judge Reed Ingalsbe, January 13, 1953]

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Judge Reed Ingalsbe, February 24, 1953]