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Journal of the Northwest Texas Conference, Forty-Fourth Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church South (open access)

Journal of the Northwest Texas Conference, Forty-Fourth Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church South

Journal proceedings of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the proceedings, appointments, reports of boards and committees, memoirs, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: 1909
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Sky is My Tipi (open access)

The Sky is My Tipi

Collection stories about the Kiowa and Apache Indians, coyotes and other animals, cooking, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 237.
Date: 1949
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hoein' the Short Rows (open access)

Hoein' the Short Rows

Volume of Texas folklore, including folk arts and crafts, lime production, oil and petroleum, information about cockfighting, folk poetry, mysticism and other stories. The index begins on page 231.
Date: 1987
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Jones County, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Jones County, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Jones County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served. 6
Date: 1946~
Creator: Greenbelt Publishing Service
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Art Forum Record Book, 1948] (open access)

[Art Forum Record Book, 1948]

This scrapbook was collated for the American Art Week competition. On the front cover is a map of Texas with divisions for the Federated Women's Club districts. The motto of the Texas Art Division of the Federation is "Give Art a Chance." Each of the local Abilene universities - Hardin-Simmons University, McMurry University, and Abilene Christian University - had events to highlight American Art week.
Date: 1948
Creator: Carpenter, Allie Mae
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters of Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham] (open access)

[Letters of Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham]

The Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham (March 22, 1887 - March 3, 1979) wrote these letters to family members from April 14, 1918 to November 28, 1927. The letters detail his life as a minister in Texas and other locations. The letters are written from Stamford, Spur, Eliasville, Sherman, Gainesville, Orange, Boston (Mass.), Richmond (Va.), and Knoxville (Tn.). The letters detail church news, family life, and travel on the S.S. Leviaton in 1927 to visit London, Paris, and Jerusalem.
Date: 1918
Creator: Cunningham, Thomas McHutchin
System: The Portal to Texas History