In O. Henry's Memory (open access)

In O. Henry's Memory

Photo essay includes images of O.Henry's life in Austin, including the Hill City Quartette, houses O. Henry lived in, sketches by O. Henry and letters by his daughter Margaret Porter.
Date: February 18, 1932
Creator: Houston Chronicle
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Patent 87, Volume 40-A (open access)

Patent 87, Volume 40-A

This document was issued to the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company as the final instrument in the land grant process, assigning ownership to the railroad company for 640 acres in Tom Green County, section 21, block 20, as described in the patent. O. Henry wrote a fictional account of illegal proceedings concerning a land certificate, Bexar Scrip 2692, in the short story "Bexar Scrip 2692.” This is the patent that ultimately gave land ownership to the railroad via that certificate.
Date: July 18, 1928
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bexar Scrip 2692 (open access)

Bexar Scrip 2692

Copy of a land Grant file for land issued to the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company in the Bexar Land District. Includes a folder jacket with table of contents and notes about the land grant (filed July 12, 1928); field notes by M.J. Doyle, Deputy Surveyor, Bexar Land District for Section 21 Block 20 (January 13, 1873); the affidavit of ownership of S.N. Allen (July 12, 1928); and a note by Land Commissioner J.H. Walker indicating that the file has no relation to the O. Henry story of the same name (December 4, 1933). O. Henry’s story tells the tale of a Railroad baron taking a poor homesteader’s land by stealing this file. Walker notes that although the file was missing for a period, due to office procedures the land fraud could not have occurred.
Date: 1873/1928
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
O. Henry Biography (open access)

O. Henry Biography

This work is the first biography of O. Henry.
Date: 1916
Creator: Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso), 1864-1924
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texan Days (open access)

Texan Days

This article is the second part of Arthur W. Page's biography of O. Henry, "Little Pictures of O. Henry." It addresses O. Henry's time in Texas and is illustrated with photographs.
Date: July 1913
Creator: Page, Arthur W. (Arthur Wilson), 1883-1960
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
On O. Henry's Trail (open access)

On O. Henry's Trail

"Some interesting fact-news discovered by the literary executor of the great author."
Date: October 1912
Creator: Steger, Harry Peyton, 1883-1913
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Moment of Victory (open access)

The Moment of Victory

Short story about a young war veteran.
Date: May 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Trail of O. Henry (open access)

The Texas Trail of O. Henry

Newspaper article includes sketches and photos of O. Henry and friends. Describes O.Henry's life and his time in Austin.
Date: July 15, 1923
Creator: Minatra, Odie
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rolling Stones (open access)

Rolling Stones

This work is a collection of short stories, sketches, letters, and poems by O. Henry. The volume was named after the periodical the Rolling Stone, of which O. Henry was editor. It was published posthumously and includes a photograph of O. Henry, taken in 1909 shortly before his death.
Date: 1912
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The O. Henry index (open access)

The O. Henry index

Index to O. Henry's written works includes a biography of O. Henry. Index starts on page 25.
Date: 1915
Creator: Saxton, Eugene F. (Eugene Francis), 1884-1943
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roads of Destiny (open access)

Roads of Destiny

This work is a collection of short stories by O. Henry, which are set in North and Central America.
Date: 1909
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Options (open access)

Options

A collection of short stories based in various regions of North and Central America.
Date: 1909
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waifs and Strays (open access)

Waifs and Strays

This work contains short stories by O. Henry and critical and biographical analyses of his life and works, which were written by various contributors.
Date: 1917
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whirligigs (open access)

Whirligigs

This work is a collection of short stories by O. Henry, which are set in New York City and the Western and Southern United States. The volume was published posthumously.
Date: 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History