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N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual and Directory: A Catalogue of American Newspapers, 1917, Volume 1 (open access)

N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual and Directory: A Catalogue of American Newspapers, 1917, Volume 1

American Newspaper Annual and Directory contains lists of newspaper publications (listed by counties) with census information, natural features and chief products. Volume 1 of 2. Additional information includes class and trade publications and maps. Index to Class and Trade Publications begins on page 1213, in Volume 2. Includes a 30 page Mid-Year Supplement to Annual and Directory with changes to listings at the end of Volume 2.
Date: 1917
Creator: N. W. Ayer & Son
System: The UNT Digital Library
N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual and Directory: A Catalogue of American Newspapers, 1917, Volume 2 (open access)

N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual and Directory: A Catalogue of American Newspapers, 1917, Volume 2

American Newspaper Annual and Directory contains lists of newspaper publications (listed by counties) with census information, natural features and chief products. Volume 2 of 2. Additional information includes class and trade publications and maps. Index to Class and Trade Publications begins on page 1213. Includes 30 page Mid-Year Supplement to Annual and Directory with changes to listings.
Date: 1917
Creator: N. W. Ayer & Son
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 36, January-June, 1917 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 36, January-June, 1917

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, and bibliographies. Name and subject indexes start on page 901.
Date: 1917
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on the Dam and Water Power Development at Austin, Texas (open access)

Report on the Dam and Water Power Development at Austin, Texas

Report about the reconstruction of the Austin Dam including appendices of statistics, graphs, and a bibliography, as well as the letter of transmittal and relevant city resolution.
Date: November 1917
Creator: Mead, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Experiment Station Record, Volume 35, July-December, 1916 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 35, July-December, 1916

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, and bibliographies. Name and subject indexes start on page 901.
Date: 1917
Creator: United States. Office of Experiments Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clara Evans' Wedding Journal] (open access)

[Clara Evans' Wedding Journal]

Journal belonging to Clara Evans detailing her relationship with John T. Willis, Sr., from their first meeting to their wedding. Newspaper announcements, wedding invitations, fabric samples from Clara Evans' bridal trousseau, pressed flowers, and photographs have been pasted into the book, along with descriptions of important events written by Clara Evans. It also contains articles pertaining to the Willises' Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1967.
Date: 1917/1967
Creator: Willis, Nannie Clara Evans
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso City Directory, 1917 (open access)

El Paso City Directory, 1917

General directory for El Paso, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a miscellaneous directory of state, county and city governments, educational institutions, churches, secret and benevolent societies, etc., a street guide and householders' directory, an alphabetically arranged list of business houses and private citizens, giving full names, occupation or pursuit, and address, also a complete Classified Business Directory, 'The Buyer's Guide.'"
Date: 1917
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Direct Index to Deeds 1917-1927 D-G (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Direct Index to Deeds 1917-1927 D-G

Travis County direct deed index references deeds recorded from 1917-1927; shows kind of instrument, date of reception, names of grantor and grantee, date of instrument, and volume and page number where recorded. Arranged by name of grantor.
Date: 1917/1927
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas, farmers, stockmen and dairymen's directory : containing the names and addresses and amount assessed to each : acreage of farms and capacity of dairies. Parcel post rates and zones, also a complete copy Federal Farm Loan Act, suggestions, questions and answers regarding same (open access)

Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas, farmers, stockmen and dairymen's directory : containing the names and addresses and amount assessed to each : acreage of farms and capacity of dairies. Parcel post rates and zones, also a complete copy Federal Farm Loan Act, suggestions, questions and answers regarding same

The Farmers, Stockmen and Dairymen's Directory for Fort Worth and Tarrant County. Contains the names and addresses and amount assessed to each : acreage of farms and capacity of dairies. Parcel post rates and zones, also a complete copy Federal Farm Loan Act, suggestions, questions and answers regarding same.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Reverse Index to Deeds 1917-1927 D-G (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Reverse Index to Deeds 1917-1927 D-G

Travis County reverse deed index references deeds recorded from 1917-1927; shows kind of instrument, date of reception, names of grantor and grantee, date of instrument, and volume and page number where recorded. Arranged by name of grantee.
Date: 1917/1927
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Direct Index to Deeds 1917-1927 M-R (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Direct Index to Deeds 1917-1927 M-R

Travis County direct deed index references deeds recorded from 1917-1927; shows kind of instrument, date of reception, names of grantor and grantee, date of instrument, and volume and page number where recorded. Arranged by name of grantor.
Date: 1917/1927
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 295 (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 295

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from February 1917 to August 1917 including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1917-02/1917-08
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proceedings of Investigation Committee, House of Representatives Thirty-Fifth Legislature: Charges Against Governor James E. Ferguson Together with Findings of Committee and Action of House with Prefatory Statement and Index to Proceedings (open access)

Proceedings of Investigation Committee, House of Representatives Thirty-Fifth Legislature: Charges Against Governor James E. Ferguson Together with Findings of Committee and Action of House with Prefatory Statement and Index to Proceedings

This publication documents the investigation of Governor Ferguson conducted by the Investigation Committee including transcripts of interviews, relevant documents, and the findings of the Committee. Index starts on page 531.
Date: March 1917
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Investigation Committee.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Direct Index to Deeds 1917-1927 S-Z (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Direct Index to Deeds 1917-1927 S-Z

Travis County direct deed index references deeds recorded from 1917-1927; shows kind of instrument, date of reception, names of grantor and grantee, date of instrument, and volume and page number where recorded. Arranged by name of grantor.
Date: 1917/1927
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1915-1917 [Volume 17] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1915-1917 [Volume 17]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1917
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Clerk Records: Commissioners Court Minutes N (open access)

Travis County Clerk Records: Commissioners Court Minutes N

Travis County Commissioners Court minutes from May 1917 to January 1920, documenting proceedings of county administrative court. Business transacted includes classification and expenditure of county funds, approval of claims, levy of taxes, care of paupers, construction and maintenance of public buildings and roads, management of other county works, calling of bids and letting of contracts, designation of election precincts, appointments of election judges, calling of elections, and approval of bonds of county officials. Arranged chronologically by date of proceeding.
Date: 1917-05/1920-01
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 297 - Deeds of Trust (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 297 - Deeds of Trust

Recorded copies of deeds of trust used as mortgages or liens on real estate or improvements to real estate from July 1917 to November 1918. Shows date and place of execution; name of mortgagor; name of mortgagee; description of property involved; amount and terms of contract; signature of mortgagor; certificate of acknowledgment; and recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Also includes agreement that third party (named trustee) may in case of default advertise and sell the land encumbered to the highest bidder and apply proceeds to liquidation of lien. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1917-07/1918-11
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 296 - Deeds of Trust (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 296 - Deeds of Trust

Recorded copies of deeds of trust used as mortgages or liens on real estate or improvements to real estate from May 1917 to January 1918. Shows date and place of execution; name of mortgagor; name of mortgagee; description of property involved; amount and terms of contract; signature of mortgagor; certificate of acknowledgment; and recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Also includes agreement that third party (named trustee) may in case of default advertise and sell the land encumbered to the highest bidder and apply proceeds to liquidation of lien. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1917-05/1918-01
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History