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Office Interior with Staff

Description: Copy negative of the inside of the office and staff working at Southwestern Bell Telephone in Hamlin, Texas. There are five women working at switchboards and several more people standing in the back.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Correspondence from J. P. Sewell]

Description: Indorsement correspondence from J. P. Sewell to the commanding officer at Abilene Christian College Unit, S. A. T. C., stating that a telephone will be placed in the men's barracks within a few days.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sewell, J. P.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Henry Sayles to Ed. S. Hughes, January 11, 1911]

Description: Letter from Henry Sayles to Ed. S. Hughes discussing how to handle opposition to the railroad and how to present information about the railroad to Trumbull. Sayles discusses a conference that Abilene was invited to as they will likely have a railroad as part of the Cross Plains extension. Sayles believes there is a good chance of securing a twenty-five year lease for the railroad.
Date: January 11, 1911
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

United Fund Agencies

Description: Photograph of a woman and two small girls in a kitchen. The woman is on the telephone and one of the girls appears to be stirring something in a pan. The other little is standing next to the stove with a spoon in her hand.
Date: 1958
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Continental Bus - New Building

Description: Photograph of an interior view of a store located at N. 4th and Beech in Abilene, Texas. In the foreground are two rows of chairs. Beyond the chairs is a man standing at a counter and talking on a telephone. Behind the man is a Coca Cola calendar and a Dr. Pepper wall clock. There is a cash register on the opposite counter.
Date: 1955
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Exterior Building

Description: Copy photograph of the exterior of the building of a telephone company. The building is a two-storey brick structure. Smaller buildings can be seen in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Abilene State School

Description: Photograph of a man in a suit sitting at a desk. The man is using a telephone with one hand, and is holding the corner of some papers with the other. On the desk, there is the telephone, a book underneath the telephone, the papers, a pen in a holder, and a plaque that says "Omar F. Moore."
Date: 1958
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Snow and Telephone Wires

Description: Photograph of snow covering the landscape and telephone poles. A barbed wire fence and row of trees are underneath the telephone wires. Beside the poles, there is a road with a car on it.
Date: 1959
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Memo from L. R. Hare to the President of Abilene Christian College, November 9, 1918]

Description: Memorandum from Lt. Col. L. R. Hare, commandant of the Student Army Training Corps' Simmons College Unit, to the president of "Christian College" (presumably Abilene Christian College) regarding the inflow of telegrams to Simmons that need to be redirected to Christian. Hare requests that a direct telephone line be established to facilitate this.
Date: November 9, 1918
Creator: Hare, L. R.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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