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[Newspaper Clipping]

Description: Clipping from the Slaton Slatonite newspaper with three articles: "RR Retirement Club Meets Regularly," "Painting For S-Fe Calendar is Selected," and "Harvey House Days Here." Included are photographs of members of the Retired Railroaders Club, Slaton Harvey House staff of 1931, and a man holding his son and standing on a railroad engine.
Date: October 31, 1968
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Letter from Raymond Nichols to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 10, 1992]

Description: Letter from Raymond Nichols of Fort Worth, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which he describes his employment as a pantry boy, night waiter, and then night manager at the Cleburne Harvey House, as well as his following success as an owner in the restaurant industry, starting the Lone Star Drive In Restaurant chain in Fort Worth and Dallas and eventually becoming a millionaire.
Date: June 10, 1992
Creator: Nichols, Raymond
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Questionnaire filled out by Cleo Wolf]

Description: Questionnaire created by Rosa Walston Latimer and filled out by Cleo Wolf with questions about the life and work of Harvey Girls at Harvey Houses. Included at the end is a note from Jo Delaney, also a former Harvey Girl.
Date: January 21, 1993
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Letter from Les Tye to Rosa Latimer - February 5, 1992]

Description: Letter written to Rosa Latimer in Lubbock, Texas to Les Tye in Fort Worth, Texas in response to an article published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (enclosed with the letter) asking for stories related to Harvey Houses. In the letter, Les Tye writes about his experience with a Harvey House in Las Vegas, New Mexico on his honeymoon in 1947. Also included is the letter's envelope.
Date: February 5, 1992
Creator: Tye, Les
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Questionnaire filled out by Etta Lanham Williams]

Description: Questionnaire created by Rosa Walston Latimer and filled out by Etta Lanham Williams regarding experiences working as a Harvey Girl at the Temple Harvey House. The questionnaire includes a note written by her daughter, Dana Phillips, who found the questionnaire after Etta Lanham Williams passed away and sent it to Rosa Walston Latimer.
Date: March 27, 1996
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Temple Harvey House Luncheon Program]

Description: Program for "Hats On For The Harvey House," a luncheon benefiting the Railroad and Pioneer Museum in Temple, Texas, with a picture of the Harvey House and Santa Fe Station on the front cover. Included in the program is the guest of honor, Lena Nesbitt Warren Gericke, sponsors, prize donations, volunteers, musical entertainment, menu, and history of the Fred Harvey House System.
Date: unknown
Creator: Railroad and Pioneer Museum
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer
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