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Hand-Book of Northern Texas (open access)

Hand-Book of Northern Texas

Overview of the north Texas region encompassing Collin, Denton, Fannin, and Grayson Counties for potential visitors, including information about the landscape and climate, the farming and ranching industries, notable persons and businesses, and other information about the area. A description appeared in The Sunday Gazetteer [Denison, TX, Dec. 19, 1886, p.3] which described it: "This book is a quarto volume handsomely gotten up in pamphlet form, and elaborately illustrated with wood engravings. It gives short biographical sketches of prominent men of North Texas, and also pen and pencil pictures of various stock farms, business houses and private residences of the cities and surrounding country of Denison, Sherman Gainesville, Denton, Honey Grove, McKinney, etc., as well as the more important ones of the Indian Nation." Another article that appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle on Feb. 19, 1927, section 9, p.1, hints to the provenance of the library's copy. It states that, the C. C. Bell household had a copy because "Bell is one of the land-owners who paid at the rate of about $30 per photo to be represented in the 40-page bulletin." The C. C. Bell homestead was, "east of what is now Bell Avenue...was later destroyed by fire." A …
Date: 1886
Creator: C.S. Burch Publishing Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Senators: 83rd Legislature (open access)

Texas Senators: 83rd Legislature

A guide for Texas' citizens to their state senators and lieutenant governor providing biographical information and notes about legislative experience for each of the serving representatives.
Date: January 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Medical Association 150 Year Anniversary Celebration Booklet] (open access)

[Texas Medical Association 150 Year Anniversary Celebration Booklet]

Booklet commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Texas Medical Association. Contains a program for events for the gala evening.
Date: January 2003
Creator: Texas Medical Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
An American Celebration (open access)

An American Celebration

A program from a black-tie event celebrating equality in America.
Date: 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Black Tie Dinner: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary (open access)

Black Tie Dinner: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary

Booklet commemorating a black-tie event regarding equality, especially regarding LGBT equality.
Date: 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1925-1926 (open access)

Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1925-1926

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies.
Date: 1925
Creator: Munson Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History