TXSSAR Archives Awards Presented at UNT

Webpage from McKinney TXSSAR website containing photographs from an awards ceremony on April 15, 2011 at UNT.
Date: April 15, 2011
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Young Man Walking]

Photograph of young man walking in front of Chandler's Shoes on the sidewalk. The young man is wearing a collared long sleeve shirt and pants. The young man is holding an object in his left hand. There are numerous amounts of people and various stores in the background.
Date: April 15, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Infant Under a Blanket]

Portrait of an infant under a blanket with head, part of body, and arms showing. The infant has mouth open. There are no decorations on the blanket. There is a note on the back of the photograph in Spanish.
Date: April 15, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Municipal Archives relocation form by Cindy C. Smolovik] (open access)

[Dallas Municipal Archives relocation form by Cindy C. Smolovik]

Dallas Municipal Archives and Records Center form indicating that photographs were relocated by Cindy C. Smolovik.
Date: February 15, 1992
Creator: Smolovik, Cindy C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Library and Archives Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2021-2025 (open access)

Texas State Library and Archives Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2021-2025

Agency strategic plan for the Texas State Library and Archives Commission describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
Date: May 15, 2020
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Archives and Information Services Division.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979

Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, co-founder of Tex-Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. The interview includes Rosenzweig's personal experiences about her education in New York, and having a teaching career. Rosenzweig talks about her family background, her knowledge of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, his technical training, work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing Nazis and migrating to Greece, the Jewish underground in Central Europe, fleeing to Egypt, Palestine, and his migration to the U.S. Additionally, Rosenzweig talks about their meeting and marriage, work in Canada and Mexico, opening a glass factory in Athens, Texas, moving to Decatur, employee relations, products and the production process, the distribution system, financing methods, her managing the business, sale of the business, and reparations from the Austrian government.
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Life in Laredo: a Documentary History From the Laredo Archives

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Based on documents from the Laredo Archives, Life in Laredo shows the evolution and development of daily life in a town under the flags of Spain, Mexico, and the United States. Isolated on the northern frontier of New Spain and often forgotten by authorities far away, the people of Laredo became as grand as the river that flowed by their town and left an enduring legacy in a world of challenges and changes. Because of its documentary nature, Life in Laredo offers in sights into the nitty-gritty of the comings and goings of its early citizens not to be found elsewhere. Robert D. Wood, S.M., presents the first one hundred years of history and culture in Laredo up to the mid-nineteenth century, illuminating--with primary source evidence--the citizens' beliefs, cultural values, efforts to make a living, political seesawing, petty quarreling, and constant struggles against local Indians. He also details rebellious military and invading foreigners among the early settlers and later townspeople. Scholars and students of Texas and Mexican American history, as well as the Laredoans celebrating the 250th anniversary (in 2005) of Laredo's founding, will welcome this volume. "Although there have been a number of books on the history of Laredo, …
Date: March 15, 2004
Creator: Wood, Robert D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of inventory of archives received by the General Land Office of materials from Austin's Colony, October 15, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of inventory of archives received by the General Land Office of materials from Austin's Colony, October 15, 1837]

Copy of transcript for an inventory of archives received by the General Land Office pertaining to Austin's Colony.
Date: October 15, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[State Historian Visit, version 1] (open access)

[State Historian Visit, version 1]

Document containing information relating to historical preservation and the archiving of Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution (TXSSAR) files.
Date: May 15, 2019
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt of C. B. Moore from G. A. Wilson, June 15, 1878] (open access)

[Receipt of C. B. Moore from G. A. Wilson, June 15, 1878]

Receipt of C. B. Moore of thirty-one dollars.
Date: June 15, 1878
Creator: Wilson, G. A.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Envelope for Linnet Moore and Mr. Green, September 15, 1900] (open access)

[Envelope for Linnet Moore and Mr. Green, September 15, 1900]

Envelope for Linnet Moore and Mr. Green.
Date: September 15, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt of W. A. Morris, October 15, 1879] (open access)

[Receipt of W. A. Morris, October 15, 1879]

Receipt of W. A. Morris the sum of $10, the same fee of the Court Attorney. Costs from the Case of the State of Texas vs G. A. Wimberly.
Date: October 15, 1879
Creator: Green, B. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt of Levi Perryman, January 15, 1879] (open access)

[Receipt of Levi Perryman, January 15, 1879]

Received of Levi Perryman through W. A. Morris the sum of $20 for the cost of execution issued by the Court of Appeals in case No. 618.
Date: January 15, 1880
Creator: Smith, Thomas
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Envelope addressed to Linnet Moore, April 15, 1901] (open access)

[Envelope addressed to Linnet Moore, April 15, 1901]

Envelope addressed to Linnet Moore, Chambersville, Texas. The post mark is dated April 15, 1901
Date: April 15, 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Financial note, December 15, 1879] (open access)

[Financial note, December 15, 1879]

Personal notes from the Charles B. Moore Collection. The document has a financial note on the front of the paper. The financial note states that C. B. Moore is to pay H. S. Moore $22.50 after seven months from December 15, 1879. This fragment of paper appears to have been re-used for the financial note. The back of the document has "C. B. Moore Note $22.50" scrawled over handwritten text about going to the mill.
Date: December 15, 1879
Creator: Moore, H. S.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope addressed to Linnet Moore] (open access)

[Envelope addressed to Linnet Moore]

Envelope addressed to Lynette Moore of Chambersville, Texas. The post mark is from McKinney, Texas, August 15, 1900.
Date: August 15, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Buddy the Therapy Dog]

Photograph of Buddy the Therapy Poodle. Buddy is lying on the green carpet in a room in the University Union building, resting after his work as a therapy dog during National Relaxation Day on August 15, 2022.
Date: August 15, 2022
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Mary and Charles B. Moore to Linnet Moore, November 9, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Mary and Charles B. Moore to Linnet Moore, November 9, 1898]

Letter from Charles and Mary Moore to their daughter Linnet while she is away at school. They talk about a day trip they went on with Mr. and Mrs. Priest and their children. They went in the buggy and had a picnic near Van Alstyne of chicken, biscuit, pickles, custard, light bread and butter, and sweet potato custard. Charles brought some horses to town to sell, but only sold Bob. They hope she is feeling better and has her machinery back in working order. The Democratic candidate for governor looks like a whiskey bloat.
Date: November 15, 1898
Creator: Moore, Charles B. & Moore, Mary
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from W. H. McGee to Charles B. Moore, January 15, 1900] (open access)

[Letter from W. H. McGee to Charles B. Moore, January 15, 1900]

This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by William H. McGee to Uncle Charlie. In this letter, McGee discusses Mary Ann's itinerary for her return trip. It includes the date she will be returning and details her lay-overs in Nashville and in Memphis.
Date: January 15, 1900
Creator: McGee, William H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library

[UNT community member petting Buddy]

Photograph of a UNT community member petting Buddy the therapy poodle during National Relaxation Day on August 15, 2022, at the University Union building.
Date: August 15, 2022
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Mary Moore to Linnet Moore, November 15, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Mary Moore to Linnet Moore, November 15, 1898]

Letter from Mary Moore to her daughter, Linnet, saying she has a sore throat, Mr. Smith's school opened and already has more than 50 pupils, Ethel and Gertie came down to visit, and other news of friends and family. Includes envelope original letter was sent in.
Date: November 15, 1898
Creator: Moore, Mary
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Business card Melissa State Bank, November 15, 1910] (open access)

[Business card Melissa State Bank, November 15, 1910]

Business card from Melissa State Bank with a condensed business statement.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Melissa State Bank
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: GSA move] (open access)

[News Script: GSA move]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story about Government Services Administration (GSA) moving from Dallas to Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: July 15, 1966
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Office of the Justice of the Peace to Claude D. White, August 15, 1910] (open access)

[Letter from Office of the Justice of the Peace to Claude D. White, August 15, 1910]

Letter to Claude White thanking him for his letter of condolence concerning the results of an election in 1910. The writer give information on the race and past elections. This appears to be the first page of the letter. However, the following page(s) are missing.
Date: August 15, 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library