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[Client Card: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art (Mitchell A. Wilder), including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Coming Through the Rye" (2 copies), "Scalplock," and "Outlaw" (2 copies) by Remington; "Saddled Horse" (4.5"; base 2.25" x 4.75"); "White Tailed Deer" (4"; base 3" x 6.5"); "Poker Game" (7.35" x 19.25") and "Not a Chinaman's Chance" (10.75" x 19")… more
Date: 1962-05/1975-04
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Partner: Amon Carter Museum

[Client Card: Mr. Amon Carter]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Amon Carter, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Bust of Mr. A. Carter", "Will Rogers Head" (6 copies; mounted on marble bases with name plates), "Will Rogers Head" (Mounted to verde antique marble base), "Remington" (repaired), "Small Head of Sid Richardson" (30 copies), "Head of Will Rogers" (Verde antique marble base), "Coming Trough … more
Date: 1949-10-21/1963-04-01
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Partner: Amon Carter Museum

[Client Card: Mr. Edward Brown]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Edward Brown, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Bust" (24" x 24").
Date: May 1959
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Partner: Amon Carter Museum

Commencement Exercises

Description: Program containing the events of the 1966 commencement ceremony at Arlington State College. The names of degree recipients and class honorees are included.
Date: 1966
Creator: Arlington State College
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Letter from Les Tye to Rosa Latimer - February 5, 1992]

Description: Letter written to Rosa Latimer in Lubbock, Texas to Les Tye in Fort Worth, Texas in response to an article published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (enclosed with the letter) asking for stories related to Harvey Houses. In the letter, Les Tye writes about his experience with a Harvey House in Las Vegas, New Mexico on his honeymoon in 1947. Also included is the letter's envelope.
Date: February 5, 1992
Creator: Tye, Les
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Letter from Raymond Nichols to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 10, 1992]

Description: Letter from Raymond Nichols of Fort Worth, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which he describes his employment as a pantry boy, night waiter, and then night manager at the Cleburne Harvey House, as well as his following success as an owner in the restaurant industry, starting the Lone Star Drive In Restaurant chain in Fort Worth and Dallas and eventually becoming a millionaire.
Date: June 10, 1992
Creator: Nichols, Raymond
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer
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