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[Alpha Chi Letter and Event Program]

Description: Letter from the McMurry College Alpha Chi chapter, written to their alumni regarding a donation made in the name of A. V. Hendricks, Jr., an ex-member killed during World War Ii. It includes an enclosed copy of the program from the benefit performance of "My Country" held on December 10, 1945 in the Radford Memorial Auditorium to raise money for the scholarship.
Date: December 1945
Creator: Alpha Chi. James Winfred Hunt Chapter.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Location: 32.430697 -99.748825
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Application for Home Canning Sugar Coupons]

Description: Application for home canning sugar coupons belonging to Mrs. F. D. Wyatt. The text on the back of the slip discusses why sugar supplies are so low; the shortage is partly due to increased need overseas, not as much being brought to the U. S. and people the previous year "over-applied for canning sugar."
Date: [1942..1945]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Auction Wagon, Abilene, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a horse-drawn auction wagon parked outside of a drug store in Abilene, Texas. A man is using the wagon as a stage to speak to a crowd around him. The auction is likely related to the cotton industry.
Date: 1906
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Brochure: McMurry Chanters]

Description: Brochure advertising the McMurry singing group, The Chanters, directed by Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylie. It includes photos of the chorus, a list of recent performances, descriptions of concerts, and quotations from fans.
Date: 1940~
Creator: McMurry College
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Constitution for the McMurry Chanters]

Description: Constitution (revised as of 1941) for the McMurry University's student choir, The Chanters, stating the rules and terms of membership for the organization. The final page has the officers' signatures.
Date: January 20, 1941
Creator: McMurry University
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Constitution for the McMurry Chanters]

Description: Constitution for McMurry University's student choir, The Chanters, signed by the organization's officers. The document states the rules and terms of membership, and notably defines The Chanters as "two sections... the men's chorus and the women's chorus."
Date: unknown
Creator: McMurry University
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: McMurry University Library

[F. D. Wyatt's Mileage Ration Identification Folder]

Description: Mileage Ration Identification Folder belonging to F. D. Wyatt, according to the card it is valid from September 1944 to December 1944. The card is folded in half to create a place to keep gas ration stamps inside of; Wyatt was granted "E" stamps for his use.
Date: September 8, 1944
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Gas Mileage Ration Folder for F. D. Wyatt]

Description: Mileage ration folder belonging to F. D. Wyatt, valid from June 13, 1945 until September 13, 1945. This card is folded down the center creating a place to put coupons for gas rations inside; the note on the front says: "Any Person Finding Lost Coupons Should Mail or Return Them at Once to the Nearest War Price and Rationing Board."
Date: June 13, 1945
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[History of The Chanters]

Description: Handwritten description of the founding of the McMurry College singing group "The Chanters," including names of all of the group's members and officers, by year.
Date: September 3, 1945
Creator: Wylie, Gypsy Ted Sullivan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: McMurry University Library
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