[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1920s]

Photograph of a mid-1920s confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are twelve girls wearing white dresses. Rabbi Abraham Bengis stands at the center. The students are unidentified.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes,  Volume 2, Part 2 (open access)

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, Part 2

This text contains the second portion of the Austin Papers, published as part of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. The previous volume includes a preface by the editor with a general history of the Austin Papers and states, "The Austin Papers are the collection of materials accumulated by Moses and Stephen F. Austin in the progress of their busy enterprises from Virginia through Missouri and Arkansas to Texas. They consist of business memoranda, physiographical observations, petitions and memorials to local and superior governments, political addresses and proclamations, and much personal and official correspondence" (p. v). Index starts on page 1803.
Date: 1924
Creator: American Historical Association
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes,  Volume 2, Part 1 (open access)

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, Part 1

This text contains the first portion of the Austin Papers, published as part of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. This volume includes a preface by the editor with a general history of the Austin Papers and states, "The Austin Papers are the collection of materials accumulated by Moses and Stephen F. Austin in the progress of their busy enterprises from Virginia through Missouri and Arkansas to Texas. They consist of business memoranda, physiographical observations, petitions and memorials to local and superior governments, political addresses and proclamations, and much personal and official correspondence" (p. v).
Date: 1924
Creator: American Historical Association
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Brigade News, Volume 1, Number 5, November 25, 1928 (open access)

Second Brigade News, Volume 1, Number 5, November 25, 1928

Weekly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Second Brigade stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: November 25, 1928
Creator: United States. Marine Corps. Marine Brigade, 2nd. Aircraft Squadrons.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1922: In Two Volumes and a Supplemental Volume,  Volume 2 (open access)

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1922: In Two Volumes and a Supplemental Volume, Volume 2

This text contains the second portion of the Austin Papers for 1922, "belonging to the years 1828-1834," published as part of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. It includes a preface by the editor with a general history of the Austin Papers and states, "the documents here published continue...to shed much light on the conditions and motives which led to emigration from the United States to Texas" (p. vii). Index starts on page 1177.
Date: 1928
Creator: American Historical Association
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Papers: October 1834--January, 1837, Volume 3 (open access)

The Austin Papers: October 1834--January, 1837, Volume 3

This text contains the third portion of the Austin Papers, which are documents covering October, 1834 to January, 1837. According to the preface, the documents include, "business memoranda, physiographical observations, petitions and memorials to local and superior governments, political addresses and proclamations, and much personal and official correspondence" (p. iii). Index starts on page 489.
Date: 1926~
Creator: Barker, Eugene C.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 17, April 28, 1929 (open access)

Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 17, April 28, 1929

Weekly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Second Brigade stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: 1929-04-28/1929-05-05
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Journey of Coronado, 1540-1542, from the City of Mexico to the Grand Canon of the Colorado and the Buffalo Plains of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska (open access)

The Journey of Coronado, 1540-1542, from the City of Mexico to the Grand Canon of the Colorado and the Buffalo Plains of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska

Compilation of translated texts describing the explorations of Coronado and his companions as they traveled in Central American and parts of present-day United States, with some supplementary historical notes for context.
Date: 1922
Creator: Winship, George Parker, 1871-1952
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
In the Bosom of the Comanches: A Thrilling Tale of Savage Indian Life, Massacre and Captivity Truthfully Told by a Surviving Captive (open access)

In the Bosom of the Comanches: A Thrilling Tale of Savage Indian Life, Massacre and Captivity Truthfully Told by a Surviving Captive

Memoir of Theodore 'Dot' Babb, describing his experiences when he and several others were taken captive in the 1865 by Comanches near present-day Decatur, Texas and what happened after he was released.
Date: 1923
Creator: Babb, T. A. (Theodore Adolphus), 1852-1936
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 1 (open access)

Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 1

Volume 1 covers the history of Oklahoma from prehistoric times to the 1880's with special emphasis on Native Americans and the use of Oklahoma as the Indian territory. Also includes information on geography and natural features.
Date: 1929
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradfield), 1866-1941 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Norfleet: the actual experiences of a Texas rancher's 30,000-mile transcontinental chase after five confidence men. (open access)

Norfleet: the actual experiences of a Texas rancher's 30,000-mile transcontinental chase after five confidence men.

A narrative by J. Frank Norfleet about a few of his experiences as a Texas rancher.
Date: 1924
Creator: Norfleet, J. Frank, 1864-
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Personal File of Private First Class George W. Stone, U.S.M.C. (open access)

Personal File of Private First Class George W. Stone, U.S.M.C.

Scrapbook compiled by George Stone documenting his time in the U.S. Marine Corps during the 1920s.
Date: 1926-09/1971-06
Creator: Stone, George W.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 3 (open access)

Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 3

Volume 3 gives biographies of prominent Oklahomans.
Date: 1929
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradfield), 1866-1941 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 2 (open access)

Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 2

Volume 2 covers the history of Oklahoma from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries. Includes information on railways, the cattle industry, the opening of Oklahoma lands and the push for statehood.
Date: 1929
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradfield), 1866-1941 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History