The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 59, July 1955 - April, 1956 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 59, July 1955 - April, 1956

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 547.
Date: 1956
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 63, July 1959 - April, 1960 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 63, July 1959 - April, 1960

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 637.
Date: 1960
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Ahrenbeck-Urban Home] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Ahrenbeck-Urban Home]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Ahrenbeck-Urban Home, in Hempstead, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, narrative, and photographs.
Date: January 7, 1981
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Reby Cary, April 14, 2014

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Reby Cary, a professor, Texas State legislator, and civil rights activist from Fort Worth, Texas. Cary discusses attending Prairie View A&M, WWII service in the Coast Guard, segregation, his authorship, teaching at Dunbar HS, being the first black member of a schoolboard and the first black professor at UT Arlington, his tenure as a Texas State Congressman, experiences of discrimination, his experiences in the Civil Rights Movement, and his thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, and other black leaders. In appendix are photographs of Cary's various awards and the program for a Baptist service celebrated in his honor.
Date: April 14, 2014
Creator: Fant, Christopher E. & Cary, Reby
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 10, 1868 (open access)

The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 10, 1868

Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 10, 1868
Creator: Osterhout, J. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1937 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1937

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 4, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The conference theme was "Texas at The End of a Century."
Date: 1938
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James E. Johnson, July 21, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with James E. Johnson, July 21, 2015

Interview with James E. Johnson, a retired professor of education from Prairie View, Texas. Johnson earned a doctorate from Texas A&M in 1967 and taught at Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern University. In his interview, he discusses his early life, military service, attending Texas A&M, racial integration, and his career as an educator.
Date: July 21, 2015
Creator: Johnson, James E. & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region H, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region H, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report

Water plan for Region H describing water resources and suppliers in the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water management strategies, water conservation methods, drought response plans, financing methods, and the process of creation of the plan.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Region H Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History