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[Applying Scotchlite Striping to police cars]

Description: Photograph of members of the Austin Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) applying Scotchlight reflective striping tape to the bumpers of police cars. Four Jaycees and two police officers stand around the rear of the vehicle. A roll of striping tape sits on the trunk of the car.
Date: April 1, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Background Data on Parolee - December 12, 1953]

Description: A handwritten report providing background data including events and dates regarding Subject No. 17095 including the notation advising that Governor Knight would consider a new application in October of 1955.
Date: December 12, 1953
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Barbecue at Plantersville: 1953

Description: Document with charts listing the names of invited guests to a barbecue at Plantersville organized by location or relationship. The charts indicate which guests have accepted, declined, or not replied to the invitation at the time the document was created, with updated handwritten notes for some entries.
Date: 1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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[Bell Helicopter tandem aircraft]

Description: Video footage produced by Bell Aircraft Corporation's contract with the U. S. Navy to produce Bell Helicopters' first tandem-motor craft.
Date: 1953
Duration: 6 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Motion Picture Division
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: An Annexation Debt]

Description: Clipping of an article from the Dallas Morning News regarding how the mayor of Dallas announced a policy about not sanctioning annexation to Dallas real-estate developments. The new policy has faced a suggestion from the news due to it not considering the new development of Hamilton Park, a Black subdivision. The Hamilton Park project is not a commercial real estate development, but rather an essential move to aid the housing shortage and lack of proper water supply and sewerage.
Date: August 16, 1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Challenge to McCarthy]

Description: Article by Corliss Lamont published in The Nation describing a House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) subpoena and hearing directed towards Lamont. Also included is an article by Kermit Erby describing his appearance in front of Senator Jenner's subcommittee on International Security, Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS).
Date: December 12, 1953
Creator: Lamont, Corliss & Erby, Kermit
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: City Council Action Planned On Subdivision Annexations]

Description: Clipping of an article from the Dallas Morning News regarding the topic of the areas Dallas will annex and how the annexation policy will be under consideration by the City Council. The largest area that will be annexed is a 172-acre Black subdivision that the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association is sponsoring to develop new homes. Some councilmen have requested annexation, while others have been questioning the motives due to the possible costs of utilities from the annexation of new subdi… more
Date: August 23, 1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Negro Development will Be Dedicated]

Description: Clipping of a newspaper article regarding the upcoming dedication ceremony of the redevelopment of Hamilton Park. The project for the 173-acre subdivision was sponsored by the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association with the motivation to end the housing shortage for Black people in Dallas. Speakers of the dedication ceremony will include Mayor R.L Thornton, Fred F. Florence, Ben H. Wooten, C.B. Bunkley Jr., president of the Dallas Negro Chamber of Commerce, as well as other prominent Dallas c… more
Date: September 30, 1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Copy of Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-93]

Description: Copy of letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Assessment of personal property of an unincorporated bank under the terms of Article 7165, V.C.S.
Date: September 22, 1953
Creator: Shepperd, John Ben
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Correspondence between Truett Latimer and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. W. Brown, 1953]

Description: Correspondence between Truett Latimer and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. W. Brown discussing a petition the Browns signed regarding Texas House Bill #216 and the high taxes that would be needed to raise teacher salaries. The Browns' response is handwritten on the back of Latimer's initial letter.
Date: 1953-02~
Creator: Latimer, Truett; Brown, J. T. W. & Brown, Mrs. J. T. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Correspondence between Truett Latimer and Mrs. Andrew W. Hunt, 1953]

Description: Correspondence between Truett Latimer and Mrs. Andrew W. Hunt discussing a petition Hunt signed regarding Texas House Bill #216 and the desire for higher teacher salaries in the state of Texas regardless of any taxes that are raised to achieve said goal. Mrs. Andrew W. Hunt's response is typed directly onto Latimer's initial letter.
Date: 1953-02~
Creator: Latimer, Truett & Hunt, Mrs. Andrew W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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