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[Photograph of Cowden Paxton]

Description: Photograph of the Cowden-Paxton Hall at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, showing a portion of the of the front of the brick building and the porch. Large shrubs planted against the walls of the building hide some of the building from view. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph in pencil reads, “Cowden-Paxton Dormitory - Men's Athletics. Built 1942.”
Date: [1942..]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.478477 -99.735575
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Troops By Barracks]

Description: Photograph of troops standing at attention outside the barracks at Camp Barkeley. To the left, one set of troops walks forward, and to the right, an officer faces them.
Date: February 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Roy Rightmire at Camp Barkeley]

Description: Photograph of Roy Rightmire wearing a coat and soft cap while standing near a crossroads in Camp Barkeley. Clapboard buildings with smoking chimneys are visible behind him. An attached note says that he was one of the first men from the 119th Armored Battalion to die overseas.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook: Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Volume 2]

Description: Scrapbook of materials documenting the activities and history of the Abilene Fine Arts Museum in Abilene, Texas during the 1940s. It includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, invitations, programs, booklets, letters, and exhibition information.
Date: 1942-08/1946-07
Creator: Abilene Fine Arts Museum (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Telegram from T. N. Carswell to Fulton Lewis, Jr. - January 28, 1942]

Description: A Western Union telegram sent to Fulton Lewis, Jr., Radio Station WOL, Washington, D. C., from T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, dated January 28, 1942. Carswell requests information from Lewis on sugar restrictions pertaining to the manufacture of alcohol. The reverse side includes Western Union terms, cost, and information regarding The Western Union Telegraph Company, Incorporated. R. B. White, President.
Date: January 28, 1942
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Jeff Davis to T. N. Carswell - January 29, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Jeff Davis, Executive Secretary, United Texas Drys, dated January 29, 1942. Davis outlines a plan to organize counties into districts then to "reach" counties by using rallys, Field Days, personal contact by Davis and by pastors presenting "matters" to their congregations.
Date: January 29, 1942
Creator: Davis, Jeff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Jeff Davis to T. N. Carswell - February 16, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Jeff Davis, Executive Secretary, United Texas Drys, dated February 16, 1942. Davis complains about the lack of communication from Pastors after services are held in their churches, advises that their Executive Committee approved the plan that they had discussed with Dr. Jenkens when in Abilene and notes an enclosed check to Carswell for reimbursement for his Belton trip. In postscript, Davis requests Carswell's opinion regarding askin… more
Date: February 16, 1942
Creator: Davis, Jeff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to M. H. Applewhite - February 20, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Reverend M. H. Applewhite, First Presbyterian Church, Sweetwater, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, dated February 20, 1942. Carswell expresses his appreciation to Applewhite for his telephone call confirming that he will be at the conference in Sweetwater in the First Baptist Church and offers to speak on Sunday morning.
Date: February 20, 1942
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Jeff Davis - February 23, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Dr. Jeff Davis, Dallas, Texas from T. N. Carswell dated February 23, 1942. Carswell confirms commitments from fourteen churches for participation in the Field Day scheduled for March 8, advising Davis that the people are expecting to sign a petition to the President to ban manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquor and beer during war as a national defense measure.
Date: February 23, 1942
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Jeff Davis to T. N. Carswell - March 5, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Jeff Davis, Executive Secretary, United Texas Drys, dated March 5, 1942. Davis suggests using a pledge card such as the enclosed one when presenting the matter to pastors and advises of more churches participating than there are special speakers available for every church noting that in Houston, the past year, the pastor of the church usually spoke and took an offering at the close of the service.
Date: March 5, 1942
Creator: Davis, Jeff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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