TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Organization
Restrictions
Index Terms
Separated Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Papers
Photographs
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A Guide to the Ernest Othmer Thompson Papers, 1907-1967
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Creator |
Thompson, Ernest Othmer, 1892-1966
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Title |
Thompson (Ernest Othmer) Papers, |
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Dates: |
1907-1967 |
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Abstract |
Correspondence, printed materials,
speeches, memoranda, scrapbooks, maps, and photographs comprise the Ernest Othmer
Thompson Papers, 1907-1967, documenting Thompson's career, political activities, and
his military career. |
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OCLC Record No. |
23285446 |
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Extent |
41 ft. |
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Language: |
Materials are in English. |
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Repository |
The University of Texas at Austin Dolph Briscoe Center for
American History |
Attorney and politician Ernest Othmer Thompson (1892-1966) was born in Alvord, Texas,
the son of Lewis Oliver and Flora Lee Agnes (Murray) Thompson. After graduating from
the University of Texas Law School in 1917, Thompson served in World War I, and then
managed the Amarillo Hotel in Amarillo, Texas. He married May Peterson in 1923 and
was elected mayor of Amarillo, Texas five years later. In 1932, Thompson was
appointed to the Texas Railroad Commission in which he served from 1932 to 1965.
Also a member and chairman of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission (1935-1965),
Thompson ran unsuccessfully for the governorship of Texas in 1938 and 1940.
Source:
Green, George N. “Thompson, Ernest Othmer.” Handbook of Texs
Online. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. Accessed
October 14, 2011.http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fth18.
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Correspondence, printed materials, speeches, memoranda, scrapbooks, maps, and
photographs comprise the Ernest Othmer Thompson Papers, 1907-1967, documenting
Thompson's career, political activities, and his military career in World War I and
World War II as well as to his service in the Texas National Guard. Printed
materials include newspaper clippings, campaign literature, official reports and
certificates. The collection also includes memorabilia related to Thompson's first
wife, May Peterson, a Metropolitan Opera singer, and a series of 39 bound volumes
with an index that chronicles Thompson's professional activities from 1930 to
1957.
Photographs shed light on Thompson’s career as mayor of Amarillo (1929-1932), as
railroad commissioner (1932-1965), as a member and chairman of the Interstate Oil
Compact Commission (1935-1965), and as a candidate for governor against Wilbert Lee
O'Daniel in 1938 and 1940. Photographs of Thompson's family include his two wives
May Peterson and Myda Bivins and also consist of many friends and well-known
personalities such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Sam
Rayburn.
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Organization |
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The papers are arranged chronologically into 14 series:
- 1. Mayoral records, Amarillo.
- 2. Texas Railroad Commission Records.
- 3. Gubernatorial campaign records.
- 4. Military records.
- 5. Personal papers.
- 6. Miscellaneous scrapbooks.
- 7. Picture history portfolio.
- 8. Printed material.
- 9. Maps. 10. Blueprints.
- 11. Sound recordings.
- 12. Memorabilia of May Peterson Thompson.
- 13. Photographs.
- 14. Paintings.
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Access Restrictions
Some restrictions apply. Consult archivist.
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Subjects (Persons) - Papers |
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Blundell, James H. |
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O'Daniel, Wilbert Lee, 1890-1969. |
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Thompson, Ernest Othmer, 1892-1966. |
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Thompson, May Esther. |
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Thompson family. |
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Subjects (Persons) - Photographs |
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Culberson, Olin |
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Garner, John Nance |
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Jones, Jesse Holman |
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Shivers, Allan |
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Thompson, Ernest Othmer |
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Thompson, May Peterson |
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Thompson, Myda Bivins |
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Thompson Family. |
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Subjects (Organizations) - Papers |
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Democratic Party (Tex.) |
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Railroad Commission of Texas. |
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Interstate Oil Compact Commission. |
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Texas. National Guard. |
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Subjects - Papers |
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Droughts--Texas. |
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Elections--Texas. |
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Gasoline--Pipe lines |
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Petroleum--Pipe lines |
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Politicians--Texas. |
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Subjects - Photographs |
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Blackwell Ranch |
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Dust Bowl (region) |
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Elections |
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Hunting and fishing |
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Music and musicians |
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Oil and gas |
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Politics and politicians |
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Texas National Guard |
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Texas Railroad Commission |
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U. S. Army Air Force |
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U. S. Army - Supplies and stores |
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Places - Papers |
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Amarillo (Tex.)--History--Sources. |
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Austin (Tex.)--History--Sources. |
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Places - Photographs |
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Amarillo, Texas |
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Austin, Texas |
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DeWitt County, Texas |
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Galveston, Texas |
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Arizona |
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California |
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Colorado |
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New York |
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Oregon |
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Washington, D. C. |
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Wyoming |
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Yosemite National Park |
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California |
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Canada |
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Europe |
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Some material separated to the James H. Blundell, Jr., Papers. |
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Ernest Othmer Thompson papers, 1907-1967, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
The University of Texas at Austin.
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Papers |
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Mayoral records, Amarillo: |
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Actions of City Commission, |
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Vol. 1-3, 1929-1931 |
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Vol. 4-5, 1931-1932 |
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Amarillo, 1932 |
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Amarillo miscellany, 1929-1948 and undated. |
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| 4Ze136 |
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Texas Railroad Commission records: |
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Correspondence, |
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1932-1939 |
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1940-July
1957 |
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August 1957-1965 and
undated |
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Speeches, 1949-1961
and undated |
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Reports, statements, testimonies, press releases, |
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miscellany, 1936-1965 and undated |
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Fourth World Petroleum Congress, Rome, Italy, |
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June 6-15,
1965 |
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Certificates and awards, |
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1932-1961 |
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1937-1964 |
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| 2.116/OD1223A |
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Certificate of Appreciation, April 1964 |
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Printed material: |
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Hearings, briefs, testimonies, etc., |
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1932-1939 |
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1939-1945 |
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1946-1957 |
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1957-1959 |
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Undated |
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Reports, statistics, rules and regulations,
etc., |
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1929-1937 |
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1938-1939 |
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1940 |
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1941-1945 |
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1945-1947 |
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1947-1948 |
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1948-1949 |
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1950-1960 |
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Undated |
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Campaign material, banquets, programs,
miscellany, |
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1935-1964 |
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Albums of professional activities, |
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1930-1935 |
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1934-1945 |
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1938-1945 |
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1939-1940 |
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1940-1943 |
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1944-1947 |
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1948-1951 |
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1951-1955 |
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1957 and
undated |
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Scrapbooks: |
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Vol. 1-2, February 7, 1938 - July 30, 1939 |
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Vol. 3-4, news history of the oil field shutdown and
aftermath August
1939, |
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| 4Ze165 |
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Vol. 5-7, September - October 1939 |
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| 4Ze166 |
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Vol. 8-10, November - December 1939 |
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| 4Ze167 |
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Vol. 11-13, January - February 1940 |
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| 4Ze168 |
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Vol. 14-15, March
1940 |
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Vol. 16-17, April
1940 |
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| 4Ze170 |
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Vol. 18-19, May
1940 |
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Second World Petroleum Congress, Paris, France, June 14-19, 1937 |
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The Engineers Club of Tulsa, 1/25/1954 |
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"An Oil and Gas Administrators Views on Conservation,"
10/10/1957 |
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1936 Re-election campaign |
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Opening of Shell's Research Center, Houston, Texas,
December
1947 |
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The Engineers Club of Tulsa, 1/25/1954 |
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Oil Progress Week, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 10/10/1957 |
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1933-1956 |
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1934-1935 |
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October 12-27,
1935 |
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November, 1951 -
February, 1952 |
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1955-1965 |
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| 4N48o |
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10/21/59 |
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Printed material: |
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Newspaper clippings, |
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1934-1939 |
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| 4Ze174 |
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1939-1964 and
undated |
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Three Stars for the Colonel,
by James A. Clark, 1954 |
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| 2.325/V18 |
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Panhandle Field, Texas: |
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Gas Oil Ratio Test Data...., March 1 - April 1,
1958 |
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Index of Average Day Volumes..., 1950-1958 |
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| 4Ze175 |
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Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Records: |
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Minutes, by-laws, resolutions, reports,
1935-1956. |
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| 4Ze176 |
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Gubernatorial Campaign records: |
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1932-1940 |
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| 2.325/V18 |
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Poster: Ernest O. Thompson for Governor. |
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| 4Ze178 |
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Military records: |
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1929 - June, 1942 |
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| 4Ze179 |
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July, 1941 - August 15,
1942 |
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| 4Ze180 |
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August 16, 1942 -
1943 |
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| 4Ze181 |
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1944-1961 and
undated |
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Certificates and awards, 1917-1957 |
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Speeches, 1939-1957 |
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George C. Marshall Research Foundation, 1953-1958 |
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| 2.325/V18 |
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Certificates and awards, 1936-1940 |
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| 4Ze182 |
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Printed material: |
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1931-1940 |
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| 4Ze183 |
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1940-1941 |
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| 4Ze184 |
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1941-1961 and
undated |
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| 4N24e |
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Scrapbooks: |
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1918-1919 |
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| 4N48p |
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1919-1941 |
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10/1/1935;
1941-1945 |
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| OD1286 |
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Blueprint: Armory building, Amarillo, Texas. |
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| 4Ze185 |
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Personal papers: |
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Family correspondence, 6/19/1917; 1922-1966 and undated |
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| 4L851 |
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Thompson family Bible |
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| 4Ze186 |
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Financial and legal records, 1920-1965 |
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Resolutions, 1932-1967 |
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Certificates and awards, 1952-1966 and undated |
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Amarillo and Herring Hotel miscellany, undated |
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| 2.325/V18 |
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Misc. certificates and awards, 1921-1955 and undated |
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| 4Ze187 |
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Speeches |
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Address book |
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General correspondence, 1923-1965 and undated |
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| 4Ze188 |
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Programs, testimonial dinners, miscellany, 1927-1955 and undated |
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Guest book, 1924-1952 |
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Scrapbook, trip to Australia and New Zealand, 1956 |
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Scrapbooks |
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Tribute to Mrs. Lewis Oliver Thompson, 1941. |
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| 4Ze190 |
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Miscellaneous Scrapbooks: |
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1934-1938 |
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| 4Ze191 |
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1938-1940 |
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| 4Ze192 |
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1941-1943 |
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| 4Ze193 |
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1943-1945 |
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| 4Ze194 |
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1945-1947 |
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1932-1943 |
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2/6/1951 |
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Legal miscellany, undated. |
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| 4N456c |
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Picture History Portfolio, undated. |
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| 4Ze195 |
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Printed Material: |
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Newspaper clippings, |
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1926-1965 |
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| 4Ze196 |
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1927-1966 |
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| 4Ze197 |
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1939-1965. |
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| 2.325/ |
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Maps: |
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| OD31 |
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World Atlas, 1943 |
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Miscellaneous maps |
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| OD1286 |
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Oil and gas map, Railroad Commission District
Four |
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Browning's map of the city of Amarillo, 1962. |
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Blueprints: |
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Amarillo Park |
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Herring Hotel |
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| 2.325/V18 |
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Amarillo office building |
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Vernon Hotel - Texas. |
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| 2.325/R1-7 |
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Sound Recordings (list available). |
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Memorabilia of May Esther Peterson Thompson: |
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Personal correspondence, 1914-1952 and undated |
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General correspondence, 1907-1951 and undated |
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Fan letters, 1921-1929 and undated |
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Bride's gift book, 1923-1924 |
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Notes, calling cards, miscellany, 1916-1948 |
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Speeches and miscellany, 1948 and undated |
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Notes and miscellany, undated |
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Certificate, and Resolution, 12/17/1918, 1/12/1924 |
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Financial and legal records, 1912-1950 and undated |
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Publicity, 1923-1928 and undated |
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Broadsides and miscellany |
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Programs, 1913-1952 and undated |
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| 2.325/V18 |
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Broadsides |
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Programs, miscellany |
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| 4Ze203 |
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Engagement books, notebooks, address books, 1916-1931 and
undated |
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| 4Ze204 |
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Scrapbooks, 1912-1927 |
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| 4Ze205 |
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Music: Manuscript, printed, miscellany |
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Printed Material: |
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Miscellany |
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Photographs
8 feet, four inches:
4436 photographic prints, color, sepia, black and white.
24 photo albums.
1725 negatives.
22 color slides. |
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Photographs document the career of Thompson (1892-1966) as mayor of Amarillo
(1929-1932), as railroad commissioner (1932-1965), as a member and chairman
of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission (1935-1965), and candidate for
governor against Wilbert Lee O'Daniel in 193[UNK] and 1940, and pertain also
to his military career in World War... and World War I... as well as his
service in the Texas National Guard. |
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Collection also contains photographs of Thompson's family including his two
wives May Peterson and Myda Bivins and many friends and of well-known
personalities such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and
Sam Rayburn. |
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Ernest Othmer Thompson, May Peterson Thompson, 1907-1919 and undated |
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| 3Y402 |
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May Peterson, 1915-1956
and undated |
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| 3Y403 |
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Thompson, May Peterson, including campaign and Texas
National Guard photos 1917-1956 and undated, |
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| 3Y404 |
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Thompson with family, undated |
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Places and events, [Click for images] 1917-1959 |
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Petroleum survey, [Click for images] March-June 1945 |
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Thompson, May Peterson, 1924-1950 |
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| 3Y406 |
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Thompson and Thompson/Peterson families, including Thompson
giving speech on oil 1935 and undated, |
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Politicians and other personalities, 1926-1956 |
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Photo album on miscellaneous topics, [Click for images] 1932-1946 |
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Tanker Rhea when loaded with first
cargo of export oil, Corpus Christi, Texas, [Click for images] 1936 |
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"Old Faithful Inn, Haynes, St. Paul" |
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| 3Y408 |
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Thompson, Myda Bivins, 1933-1962 and undated |
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May Peterson, including publicity photos undated,
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| 3Y409 |
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Campaign photos: Thompson for Governor, and for Railroad
Commissioner, 1938 and
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Thompson, May Peterson, and places, 1947-1949 |
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| 3Y410 |
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Thompson, May Peterson, and places, 1949-1956 and undated |
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| 3Y411 |
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Thompson, May Peterson, and places, 1950 and 1952 |
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| 3Y412 |
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Thompson, May Peterson, 1917-1959 and undated |
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| 3Y413 |
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May Peterson, undated |
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| 3Y414 |
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May Peterson, publicity photos, undated |
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| 3Y415 |
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Hunting parties, 1954 and
1955 |
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| 3Y416 |
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Hunting parties, undated |
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| 3S221 |
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Thompson, May Peterson, 1913-1934 |
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Lucas Gusher, Spindletop, January 10, 1901 |
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| 3S222 |
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Hunting parties, December
1951 and undated |
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| 3S223 |
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Prints and drawings, 1926, 1933, and undated |
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| 0D1313 |
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Panoramic Views: |
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Dedication of the Liberty Memorial during the Convention of
the American Legion, at Kansas City, Mo., November 1, 1921 |
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Kiwanis International 9th Annual Convention, St. Paul, Minn.,
June 22 to 25,
1925 |
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344th Machine Gun Battalion, National Army, Major Ernest O.
Thompson Commanding, undated |
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| 3Y417 |
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Negatives |
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Color slides |
| box |
| 3Y418 |
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Photo Albums: |
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"Arranged in Paris," 1907-1912 |
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Europe, 1912-1914 |
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| 3Y419 |
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Hon. E. O. Thompson, Mayor, Amarillo, Texas, 1931 |
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Texas Railroad Association dinner honoring members Texas Railroad
Commission, Austin Club, Austin, Texas, December 13 |
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Texas Railroad Commissioners dinner, Austin Club, Austin, Texas,
December 19, 1953 |
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"A Fishing Job," undated |
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United States Army Air Force, undated |
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| 3Y420 |
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Thompson, May Peterson, 1937-1938 and 1947 |
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| 3Y421 |
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Hunting parties, Blackwell and Hamilton ranches, others,
1949-1960 and
undated |
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| 3Y422 |
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Texas Railroad Association Honoring Railroad Commission of Texas,
Austin Club, Austin, Texas, June
3, 1952 |
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"In appreciation to Lt. Gen. Ernest O. Thompson for his Visit to
the Sixty-third Fighter Wing, San Marcos Air Force Base" August 20, 1949, |
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| 3S224 |
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Paintings: |
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22" × 18" painting pf Longhorns by H. D. Bugbee. Because of its
fragile condition, this item is restricted.
Permission from the Director is needed. |
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| 3.325/V |
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48" × 33" painting of Ernest Othmer Thompson in World War I
uniform, artist unknown. Framed. |
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