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[Press Release: Amtrak "Spouse Pass']

Description: A press release from the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force addressing the LGBT employees of Amtrak accusing the company of discrimination after the business refused to provide passes to domestic partners.
Date: December 12, 1991
Creator: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Message of Gov. J. S. Hogg to the twenty-third Legislature of Texas.

Description: This document is a message to Texas legislature from Governor J. S. Hogg. The document was a call to action concerning the matters of: railroad bonds and stocks, municipal indebtedness, land corporations, the railway commission, land and county boundaries, state banks, public education, mechanics' liens, convict labor, indigent ex-confederates, taxation, criminal laws, deadly weapons, lotteries, injunctions, stock quarantine, charities, board of pardon advisers, and the overall condition of the… more
Date: January 12, 1893
Creator: Hogg, J.S. (James S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Train Engine #327 and Car - Talco, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. The number "327" is visible on two sections. Trees line the track in the background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Talco, Texas Aug 12th 1939 - Paris & Mt Pleasant #327 (ex T&P #327)."
Date: August 12, 1939
Creator: Winters, Charles E.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Letter to Clarence Ousley, July 12, 1909]

Description: Letter to Clarence Ousley stating the belief that the state of Texas should encourage the construction of railroads. The writer believes the railway would benefit stock and bondholders as well as the citizens of the towns through which it passes. It is also stated than an impartial third party should judge whether a route is constructed, rather than the people of the towns or the engineers and that the board of directors should be made up of those that are informed of the conditions of the land. more
Date: July 12, 1909
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from T. A. Irvin to Henry Sayles, January 12, 1912]

Description: Letter from T. A. Irvin to Henry Sayles stating he is willing to do whatever he can for the interest of their people in the country and the county. He believes they can obtain rights of way from some of the people whose land the railroad will be constructed on, but likely not all. He asks where Sayles plans to build the railroad and states his opinion that it should run through the center of Callahan County, instead of farther north.
Date: January 12, 1912
Creator: Irvin, T. A.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Affidavit in Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. African Methodist Episcopal Church connection of the United States of America at Abilene, Texas]

Description: Affidavit sworn by John Sayles that is an attorney for Ballinger & Abilene Railroad in the condemnation proceeding, Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. African Methodist Episcopal Church connection of the United States of America at Abilene, Texas. It also states that neither he nor the railway company can procure original documents related to Lot 4 in Block 96, which is the subject of the condemnation proceedings. This document is unsigned.
Date: December 12, 1908
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Affidavit Relating to Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. African Methodist Episcopal Church Connection of the United States of America located at Abilene, Texas, December 12, 1908]

Description: Affidavit sworn by John Sayles, stating neither he nor Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company have the originals of a deed or lien for Lot Four in Block Ninety-Six in Abilene, Texas. This document is unsigned.
Date: December 12, 1908
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Articles of Agreement Between the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company and The Wichita Falls Railway Company]

Description: Contract between Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company of Texas and The Wichita Falls Railway Company detailing an agreement between the companies regarding a railroad line between Wichita Falls and Henrietta, Texas. The contract is unsigned and the last page has "Railroad" written on the back.
Date: June 12, 1894
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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