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The History of Mexico in the Laredo Archives: 1809-1845
Translation and summaries of materials from the Laredo Archives, held by St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas; the documents contain information related to the history of Mexico, starting with the end of Spanish Mexico through 1845.
Date:
March 2000
Creator:
Wood, Robert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Archivos de Laredo: Death and Taxes
Translation and summaries of wills, inventories, and tax lists from the Laredo Archives, held by St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. Index starts on page 62.
Date:
November 2001
Creator:
Wood, Robert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indexes to the Laredo Archives
Index of materials in the Laredo Archives, held by St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. It includes a chronological listing of documents, with dates, names, topics, and physical location of the materials as well as indexes to personal names and topics.
Date:
2005
Creator:
Wood, Robert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Archivos de Laredo: Documentos Referentes a Los Indios
Transcription of materials in both Spanish and English from the Laredo Archives, held by St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas; the documents contain information related to the activities of American Indians in Texas and Mexico during the late 1700s and early 1800s. A topical index starts on 88.
Date:
1998
Creator:
Wood, Robert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Archivos de Laredo: Documentos Para La GenealogÍa
Chronological index of materials in the Laredo Archives, held by St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, containing information relevant to genealogical researchers.
Date:
2010~
Creator:
Wood, Robert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Archivos de Laredo: Documents for the History of Laredo
Translation and summaries of materials from the Laredo Archives, held by St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas; the documents contain information related to the history of Laredo, including religion, political life, ordinances and laws, education, military life, and land questions.
Date:
October 1999
Creator:
Wood, Robert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Archivos de Laredo: Index to the Municipal Correspondence 1825-1845 and Verbal Arbitrations and Decisions 1832-1842
Translation and summaries of materials from the Laredo Archives, held by St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas; the documents contain information related to municipal correspondence and legal decisions in Laredo.
Date:
October 2000
Creator:
Wood, Robert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Papers concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 2
"Leftwich's Grant is the second volume in a series that is intended to document the colonization of an area in Central Texas that eventually became known as Robertson's Colony." It covers "the three years that [Robert] Leftwich spent in Mexico City and Saltillo" and includes "a complete account of his official negotiations with both the national government in Mexico City and the state government of Coahuila and Texas. It also includes documents concerning Dr. Felix Robertson, President of the Texas Association, and the group of young men who came to Texas with him in the fall of 1825 to explore the grant and survey land for the stockholders" (p. 11). The index begins on page 667.
Date:
1975
Creator:
McLean, Malcolm Dallas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Rancho in South Texas: Continuity and Change From 1750
This book discusses the history of ranching in South Texas, illustrated with photographs that were part of "the first major exhibit to examine the private cattle ranch in South Texas, held in 1994 in the John E. Connor Museum in Kingsville, Texas" (p. ix). Index starts on page 117.
Date:
1994
Creator:
Graham, Joe S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ernst Hermann Altgelt: Founder of Comfort, Texas
Book about Ernst Hermann Altgelt, the founder of Comfort, Texas. It includes information about Altgelt and his family, and information about the establishment of the city.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Stewart, Anne & Stewart, Mike
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas in the Civil War: Comfort's Monument Story
Book containing information about the Civil War in Texas, including the story of the Nueces Massacre and oral histories from individuals living in Texas during the Civil War. The index begins on page 64.
Date:
1997
Creator:
Stewart, Mike & Stewart, Anne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Comfort Women in Comfort History
Book about the history of notable women in Comfort, Texas. The book discusses female school teachers, journalists, religious leaders, free thinkers, artists, authors, and other women who made significant contributions to the establishment of the city of Comfort.
Date:
2008
Creator:
Stewart, Mike & Stewart, Anne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Almonte's Texas: Juan N. Almonte's 1834 Inspection, Secret Report & Role in the 1836 Campaign
Book containing Mexican Col. Juan N. Almonte's 1834 report concerning the measures necessary to prevent the loss of Texas, as well as fifty of his letters, and the journal he kept while at the side of Santa Anna during the Texas rebellion in 1836.
Date:
2003
Creator:
Jackson, Jack, 1941-2006 & Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno, 1803-1869
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hecho en Tejas: Texas-Mexican Folk Arts and Crafts
Book about Texas and Mexican folk arts and crafts, including paper crafts, quilting, weaving, sculpture, yard art, saddle-making, and other folk crafts. The index begins on page 349.
Date:
1991
Creator:
Graham, Joe S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds": The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodore Laidley
This book contains a collection of letters written by Lieutenant Theodore Thadeus Sobieski (T. T. S.) Laidley between 1845 and 1848. The letters discuss life as a soldier during the Mexican War; most of the letters were written from various stations in Mexico. Each letter is bracketed by editorial commentary on the historical context and the collection is prefaced by a brief biography of Laidley's life prior to the first letter. Index starts on page 179.
Date:
1997
Creator:
McCaffrey, James M., 1946- & Laidley, Theodore, 1822-1886.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
From Santa Anna to Selena: Notable Mexicanos and Tejanos in Texas History since 1821
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Author Harriett Denise Joseph relates biographies of eleven notable Mexicanos and Tejanos, beginning with Santa Anna and the impact his actions had on Texas. She discusses the myriad contributions of Erasmo and Juan Seguín to Texas history, as well as the factors that led a hero of the Texas Revolution (Juan) to be viewed later as a traitor by his fellow Texans. Admired by many but despised by others, folk hero Juan Nepomuceno Cortina is one of the most controversial figures in the history of nineteenth-century South Texas. Preservationist and historian Adina De Zavala fought to save part of the Alamo site and other significant structures. Labor activist Emma Tenayuca’s youth, passion, courage, and sacrifice merit attention for her efforts to help the working class. Joseph reveals the individual and collective accomplishments of a powerhouse couple, bilingual educator Edmundo Mireles and folklorist-author Jovita González. She recognizes the military and personal battles of Medal of Honor recipient Raul “Roy” Benavidez. Irma Rangel, the first Latina to serve in the Texas House of Representatives, is known for the many “firsts” she achieved during her lifetime. Finally, we read about Selena’s life and career, as well as her tragic death and her continuing …
Date:
March 2018
Creator:
Joseph, Harriett Denise
System:
The UNT Digital Library
In the Shadow of History
Collection of Texan and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Navajo Indians, the Alamo, Jim Bowie, various folk characters, tortilla making, and other humorous anecdotes. The index begins on page 181.
Date:
1980
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 1, 1909-1943
Book describing the history and publications of the Texas Folklore Society between the years of 1909 and 1943. It includes information about "public songs and ballads; superstitions, signs and omens; cures and peculiar customs; legends; dialects; games, plays and dances; riddles and proverbs" (inside front cover). The index begins on page 317.
Date:
1992
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore
Collection of popular folklore from Mexico and Texas, including ballads, personal anecdotes, folktales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 141.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Boatright, Mody C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Army Exploration in the American West, 1803-1863
Book containing the history of the role of the United States Army and its Topographical Engineers in exploring lands west of the Mississippi River between 1838 and 1863. This includes surveys of battlefronts, railroads, and boundaries.
Date:
1991
Creator:
Goetzmann, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1999
Proceedings of the 35th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. It also includes the SWFAS by-laws, a financial statement, and the meeting minutes for a business meeting.
Date:
2000
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corners of Texas
This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date:
1993
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
System:
The UNT Digital Library
From Hell to Breakfast
Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System:
The UNT Digital Library