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[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Mrs. Irene B. Harris - March 21, 1944]

Description: A letter written to Mrs. Irene B. Harris, Clerk, Selective Service Local Board, Rocksprings, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, CAS dated March 21, 1944. Carswell advises Harris that Mr. Miller received no reply to his letter to State Headquarters regarding a discharged veteran by the name of Cruz M. Baldillez and requests that Harris send to him a copy of that letter.
Date: March 21, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to the State Director of Selective Service, Texas - March 24, 1944]

Description: A letter addressed to the State Director of Selective Service, Austin 17, Texas, Attention: Field Division from T. N. Carswell, CAS dated March 24, 1944. Carswell advises of a letter written by Mr. E. T. Miller to State Headquarters dated January 10, 1944. He advises that Miller has received no reply resulting in his loss of enthusiasm. Carswell, therefore, encourages State Headquarters to reply.
Date: March 24, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Oral History Interview with Claud H. Gilmer, April 6, 1968

Description: Interview with Representative Claud H. Gilmer, a Texas state legislator from Rocksprings, Texas. Gilmer discusses his entry into politics, his first campaign for election, his experiences as a freshman in congress, the "Immortal Fifty-six," his position on the Omnibus Tax Bill, his relationship with Price Daniel, his views on Governor W. Lee O'Daniel, bills he sponsored, his impression of Daniel as House Speaker, appointing house committee members, his thoughts on the House Speaker as an office… more
Date: April 6, 1968
Creator: Gantt, Fred & Gilmer, Claud H.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Wind-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a wind-wheel "designed to secure a rapid descent of the pump-rod and thus enable the wheel to raise more water in a given time" (lines 8-10). Damaging the wheel proper with the forcefulness of rapidly descending water is avoided in this design.
Date: April 27, 1897
Creator: Pippin, John William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with Ross Snodgrass, June 13, 1999

Description: Interview with Ross Snodgrass, ranche rfrom Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Snodgrass discusses his family's move to the area in the mid-1800s, as well as their ranching history. He talks about his own experience as a rancher, raising and training animals, surviving droughts (and anthrax), roping, and more. Mr. Snodgrass also tells stories about the "Whippoorwill" band he and his wife, Clarabelle Snodgrass, started after marrying in 1933. The transcript includes a few comments by his wife.
Date: June 13, 1999
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Snodgrass, Ross
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

W. M. Locke, District and County Surveyor of Bexar District

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative images, stylized text with surveyor name, and text reading: "Bexar District Comprises the Following Counties: Bexar, Crockett, Edwards, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Hemphill, Gray," in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead contains the names Will H. Bonnell, L. L. Lacy, Deputies.
Date: 1895
Partner: Texas General Land Office
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