[Postcard from the War Department, Local Board for Taylor County addressed to Thos. N. Carswell - February 19, 1918]
Description
A postcard from the War Department Local Board for Taylor County, Abilene, Texas, addressed to Thos. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas postmarked Abilene, Texas, Feb. 19, 1918. The reverse side includes form letter from the Local Board for Taylor County stamp dated February 18, 1918 informing Carswell of his qualification for military service, Class 1.
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Description
A postcard from the War Department Local Board for Taylor County, Abilene, Texas, addressed to Thos. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas postmarked Abilene, Texas, Feb. 19, 1918. The reverse side includes form letter from the Local Board for Taylor County stamp dated February 18, 1918 informing Carswell of his qualification for military service, Class 1.
This letter is part of the following collections of related materials.
T. N. Carswell Collection
This collection was assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell (1887-1978) and contains correspondence throughout his life. His files hold letters signed by most of the major political leaders of Texas during the 1940s through the 1960s, as well as letters signed by Presidents Harry S Truman, Richard M. Nixon, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and George Washington Carver. It also contains a scrapbook of his time at Simmons College.
Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.
War Department.[Postcard from the War Department, Local Board for Taylor County addressed to Thos. N. Carswell - February 19, 1918],
letter,
February 19, 1918;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1397986/:
accessed June 22, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.