[Letter from L. K. McGaffey to Bob Perryman, May 22, 1906] (open access)

[Letter from L. K. McGaffey to Bob Perryman, May 22, 1906]

Letter from L. K. McCaffey, real estate, to Bob Perryman stating that an abstract of his lot in Fruitland is enclosed.
Date: May 22, 1906
Creator: McGaffey, L. K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Envelope from Emmett Patton to Levi Perryman, September 20, 1908] (open access)

[Envelope from Emmett Patton to Levi Perryman, September 20, 1908]

Envelope from Emmett Patton, a lawyer from Roswell New Mexico, to Levi Perryman. Levi Perryman was located in Forestburg, Texas.
Date: September 20, 1908
Creator: Patton, Emmett
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Envelope from Emmett Patton to Levi Perryman, August 17, 1908] (open access)

[Envelope from Emmett Patton to Levi Perryman, August 17, 1908]

Envelope from Emmett Patton, a lawyer from Roswell, New Mexico, to Levi Perryman. Levi Perryman was located in Forestburg, Texas.
Date: August 17, 1908
Creator: Patton, Emmett
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Emmett Patton to Levi Perryman, September 20, 1908] (open access)

[Letter from Emmett Patton to Levi Perryman, September 20, 1908]

Letter from Emmett Patton to Levi Perryman regarding Bob Perryman's application to file script on 80 acres. Patton says he will try and find out who Bob bought the script from and try and get a new one. He also asks if Perryman knows who Bob bought the first script from.
Date: September 20, 1908
Creator: Patton, Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Assignment of mortgage, April 13, 1908] (open access)

[Assignment of mortgage, April 13, 1908]

Assignment of $750.00 mortgage for 157.08 acres of land in Chaves County, New Mexico Territory from Bob Perryman to Levi Perryman of Forestburg, Texas.
Date: April 13, 1908
Creator: Gayle, F. P.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Emmett Patton to Levi Perryman, February 4,1909] (open access)

[Letter from Emmett Patton to Levi Perryman, February 4,1909]

Letter from Patton to Perryman regarding family health. He also mentions the state of the script for Bob. Wetmore is trying to get things settled for Patton, but Patton will see Wetmore again to push for action on it. Then he mentions costs of the land and costs of his services.
Date: February 4, 1909
Creator: Patton, Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Assignment of mortgage, March 28, 1908] (open access)

[Assignment of mortgage, March 28, 1908]

Assignment of $500.00 mortgage for half interest in lots 3 and 4 in Hagerman, New Mexico from Bob Perryman to Levi Perryman. Mortgage payable to W.T. Holliway by April 1, 1908.
Date: March 28, 1908
Creator: Gayle, F. P.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Affidavit, April 27, 1908] (open access)

[Affidavit, April 27, 1908]

Affidavit stating that Bob Perryman, who made Desert Entry No. 1354 at Roswell New Mexico Land Office on January 2, 1904 is dead. He was unmarried, his mother was dead at the time of his death and his only heirs are his father, Levi Perryman, his brother Elbert W. Perryman, his half brother P.M. Price, and his sisters Kate Caddel and Linnie Stalworth. It was notarized by S.H. Hoskins. An additional small sheet was notarized by J.M. Bowers.
Date: April 27, 1908
Creator: Hoskins, S. H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 3, 1971-2000 (open access)

The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 3, 1971-2000

Book containing information about the publishing history of the Texas Folklore Society, as well as anecdotes about the gatherings of the Society, information about past presidents of the Society, and Society by-laws. The index begins on page 219.
Date: 2000
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 3, 1971-2000 (open access)

The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 3, 1971-2000

Book containing information about the publishing history of the Texas Folklore Society, as well as anecdotes about the gatherings of the Society, information about past presidents of the Society, and Society by-laws. The index begins on page 219.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters from J. Sabina Rucker to Charles B. Moore, June 15-16, 1888] (open access)

[Letters from J. Sabina Rucker to Charles B. Moore, June 15-16, 1888]

These letters are from the Charles B. Moore Collection. They are written by J. Sabina Rucker to her brother, Charles B. Moore. In this letter, Sabina updates Charles on the Rucker family and details the country around her. She notes that while in the country she saw cowboys herding fifteen hundred cattle to New Mexico. The topic of this first letter moves to correspondences she had begun writing to Henry or Solomon. She discusses their travel and lodging plans and then closes the letter. Her brief, second letter was written on June 16, 1888. She discusses a house the family is looking at and notes that they saw a pack of dogs as they were coming into town. She details some news about a family friends and closes the letter because of the misting rain. The envelope is included with the letters.
Date: June 15, 1888
Creator: Rucker, J. Sabina
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888] (open access)

[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888]

This item is from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Julia A. Barr, Henry and Charles Moore's cousin. In the letter, Julia updates the Moore family on the happenings in Jerseyville, Illinois and the news includes: a dialogue about meeting cousin George Wilson in Eureka Springs, Arkansas while on a trip there, a discussion about the people that accompanied here on the trip and how long she stayed, details concerning the people she meet in Eureka Springs, a conversation about Seella, her two children, and Polly, a dialogue about their helper who was discharged over a year ago and how they are getting along without him, an update on the bountiful crops and how good rain has made it possible for people to get out of debt, a discussion about "Aunt" Sally Smith and Uncle Abner's family, a dialogue about Sottie Knaff's daughter, details about the Goodrich family, an aside about the town of Jerseyville, a dialogue about Mrs. O. P. Powell's children, a discussion about Wilson Cross and Ida Barr Cross, details about Fannie and her love for entertaining, updates on family, a dialogue about Barr's California trip and the places they stopped at along the …
Date: December 3, 1888
Creator: Barr, Julia A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest 1825-1916: Volume 2 (open access)

The Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest 1825-1916: Volume 2

Re-print of a historical compilation of Native American papers in the American Southwest region from 1825 to 1916. Index begins on page 443.
Date: 1995
Creator: Winfrey, Dorman H. & Day, James M.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
First Aereo Squadron, Signal Corps, war diary : period from March 12 to April 23, 1916. (open access)

First Aereo Squadron, Signal Corps, war diary : period from March 12 to April 23, 1916.

Photocopy of typescript describing activities and participants in the 1st Aereo Squadron of the Signal Corps during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa from March 12 to April 23, 1916.
Date: 1916
Creator: United States. Army. Signal Corps. Aereo Squadron, 1st.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest 1825-1916: Volume 3 (open access)

The Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest 1825-1916: Volume 3

Re-print of a historical compilation of Native American papers in the American Southwest region from 1825 to 1916. Index begins on page 359.
Date: 1995
Creator: Winfrey, Dorman H. & Day, James M.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest 1825-1916: Volume 5 (open access)

The Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest 1825-1916: Volume 5

Re-print of a historical compilation of Native American papers in the American Southwest region from 1825 to 1916. Index begins on page 395.
Date: 1995
Creator: Winfrey, Dorman H. & Day, James M.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest 1825-1916: Volume 4 (open access)

The Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest 1825-1916: Volume 4

Re-print of a historical compilation of Native American papers in the American Southwest region from 1825 to 1916. Index begins on page 459.
Date: 1995
Creator: Winfrey, Dorman H. & Day, James M.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest 1825-1916: Volume 1 (open access)

The Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest 1825-1916: Volume 1

Re-print of a historical compilation of Native American papers in the American Southwest region; this volume documents 1825-1843. Index begins on page 289.
Date: 1995
Creator: Winfrey, Dorman H. & Day, James M.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Letter from Galveston to Messrs. Meyer & Sons of New York - December 10, 1841] (open access)

[Copy of Letter from Galveston to Messrs. Meyer & Sons of New York - December 10, 1841]

Copy of a letter from Galveston, discussing Thomas Falconer's affairs and reassuring the recipient that Falconer's silence in response to six letters is because he has been captured with the Santa Fe Expedition. It also discusses the terms of a sum of money Falconer drew and a term set by Messrs. Meyer & Co. (written as "& Sons" earlier in document) and gives a brief summary of how he joined the expedition. There are notes on cities and dates on the back page.
Date: December 10, 1841
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Overland troop movements, 1916-1935. Map

Photographic reproduction of a hand-drawn map of the Texas/Mexico border showing line of forts from El Paso to Brownsville. Includes chart of mileages between Texas forts, listing of old forts in Texas still active in 1935, information about cavalry speeds and auxiliary units, and inset of U.S./Mexico border showing line of forts from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

U. S. Cavalry detachments and bases of army pilots on or near the U.S.-Mexico border, 1918-1919. Map

Photographic reproduction of a hand-drawn map that identifies towns where Cavalry units were stationed on the border from El Paso to Del Rio in 1918 and 1919. An inset shows locations of the three U. S. Military District headquarters (Rockwell Field, California; Fort Bliss, Texas; and Kelly Field, Texas) for the pilots patrolling the border from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: 1918/1919
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 71, July 1967 - April, 1968 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 71, July 1967 - April, 1968

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 661.
Date: 1968
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 64, July 1960 - April, 1961 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 64, July 1960 - April, 1961

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 545.
Date: 1961
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 84, July 1980 - April, 1981 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 84, July 1980 - April, 1981

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 483.
Date: 1980/1981
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History