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[Art Forum Pressbook, 1939-1940] (open access)

[Art Forum Pressbook, 1939-1940]

Pressbook documenting art events in Abilene, Texas, from 1939 to 1940 with emphasis on those of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Sixth District. Included in this scrapbook, in addition to clippings about local, district and state news, are pencil sketches of buildings including ones of downtown Abilene, the Texas State Capitol, and the National capitol. Cutouts from Ladies Home Journal are also pasted onto pages of the book.
Date: 1939/1940
Creator: Carpenter, Allie Mae
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Graphic Summary of Farm Animals and Animal Products: (Based Largely on the Census of 1930 and 1935) (open access)

A Graphic Summary of Farm Animals and Animal Products: (Based Largely on the Census of 1930 and 1935)

Describes the use, value, and production of farm animals.
Date: February 1939
Creator: Baker, O. E. (Oliver Edwin), 1883-1949
System: The UNT Digital Library
Worley's Abilene (Taylor County, Tex.) City Directory, 1939-1940 (open access)

Worley's Abilene (Taylor County, Tex.) City Directory, 1939-1940

Directory for Abilene, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals, as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places, including a complete street and avenue guide and much information of a miscellaneous character; also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory." The general index begins on page 7 and the index to advertisers begins on page 8.
Date: 1939
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Armstrong County, Volume 1 (open access)

History of Armstrong County, Volume 1

The Armstrong County Histories are a compilation of biographical stories about the Armstrong County pioneers prior to 1900. According to the foreward: "Information supplied by members of these families make stories rich in romance, tragedy and humor, revealing the sturdy character of those who built our county. The book is made up of these family histories supplemented by ranch and community histories, articles of civic interest, church and cemetery stories, 'tall tales' by old timers."
Date: 1939
Creator: The Woman's Development Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Almanac, 1939-1940 (open access)

Texas Almanac, 1939-1940

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, weather, "resources, industries, commerce, history, government, population and all other subjects relating to the political, civic and economic development" of the time. A general index is on page 493.
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulletin of McMurry College, 1939-1940 (open access)

Bulletin of McMurry College, 1939-1940

Bulletin describes the governance, faculty, course offerings, and campus life of McMurry College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: April 1939
Creator: McMurry College
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Armstrong County, Volume 2 (open access)

History of Armstrong County, Volume 2

The Armstrong County Histories are a compilation of biographical stories about the Armstrong County pioneers prior to 1900. According to the foreward in Volume I: "Information supplied by members of these families make stories rich in romance, tragedy and humor, revealing the sturdy character of those who built our county. The book is made up of these family histories supplemented by ranch and community histories, articles of civic interest, church and cemetery stories, 'tall tales' by old timers."
Date: 1939
Creator: The Woman's Development Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of Howard Payne College, 1938-1939 (open access)

Catalogue of Howard Payne College, 1938-1939

Catalogue describes the history, governance, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas.
Date: June 1939
Creator: Howard Payne College (Brownwood, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of Daniel Baker College, 1938-1939 (open access)

Catalogue of Daniel Baker College, 1938-1939

Catalogue describes the governance, history, course offerings, and campus life of Daniel Baker College in Brownwood, Texas.
Date: May 1939
Creator: Daniel Baker College (Brownwood, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mullin-Kille and Banner Brownwood, Texas Con Survey City Directory, 1939 (open access)

The Mullin-Kille and Banner Brownwood, Texas Con Survey City Directory, 1939

Directory for Brownwood, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "an alphabetical directory of all residents over 16 years of age, with detailed information concerning each; a numerical telephone directory; a classified business directory; and a street guide and householders directory."
Date: 1939
Creator: Mullin-Kille Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Experiment Station Record, Volume 80, January-June, 1939 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 80, January-June, 1939

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, and bibliographies. Name and subject indexes start on page 865.
Date: 1939
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 78, January-June, 1938 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 78, January-June, 1938

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, and bibliographies. Name and subject indexes start on page 901.
Date: 1939
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Road to Destiny (open access)

Road to Destiny

Book discussing the rise and fall of a Quaker settlement on the Llano Estacado, which Paris Cox founded in the early 1880s.
Date: 1939
Creator: Ellis, Temple Ann, 1878-1963
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Bride on the Old Chisholm Trail in 1886 (open access)

A Bride on the Old Chisholm Trail in 1886

Tales of Mrs. Mary Taylor Burton's experience on the Old Chisholm Trail and living on a ranch with her husband in the southwest.
Date: 1939
Creator: Bunton, Mary Taylor
System: The UNT Digital Library
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1938 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1938

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 5, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The conference theme was "Whither Texas."
Date: 1939
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of the County Archives of Texas: Number 94, Guadalupe County (Seguin) (open access)

Inventory of the County Archives of Texas: Number 94, Guadalupe County (Seguin)

Annotated inventory of archives housed in the Guadalupe County Courthouse as of 1939. It also provides a historical sketch of the county along information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records and references constitutional provisions and laws specifically applicable to Guadalupe County. Chronological and subject/entry indexes start on pages 349 and 352.
Date: 1939
Creator: Texas Historical Records Survey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Experiment Station Record, Volume 79, July-December, 1938 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 79, July-December, 1938

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies, and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Puerto Rico Station. Name and subject indexes start on page 721.
Date: 1939
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalogue of Hardin-Simmons University, 1938-1939 (open access)

Catalogue of Hardin-Simmons University, 1938-1939

Catalogue describes the governance, history, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.
Date: May 1939
Creator: Hardin-Simmons University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Hunt County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Hunt County, Texas

Text describes climate, agricultural history, soils and crops, land uses, and agricultural methods for Hunt County, Texas.
Date: February 1939
Creator: Templin, E. H. (Edward Henry) & Marshall, R. M. (Richard Moon)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1938 (open access)

Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1938

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics and selected studies.
Date: April 1939
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas City Directory, 1939 (open access)

Dallas City Directory, 1939

General directory for Dallas, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1939
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1939
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Clerk Records: Bill of Sale Record 8 (open access)

Travis County Clerk Records: Bill of Sale Record 8

Recorded copies of bills of sale on personal property in Travis County from 1939 to 1946, showing instrument number, name of buyer, name of seller, amount of purchase, description of property, names of witnesses, date of sale, notarization, date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1939/1946
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Page-Interstate Company and the Daily Sun’s Tri-Cities and La Porte Texas Modern City Directory, 1939 (open access)

Page-Interstate Company and the Daily Sun’s Tri-Cities and La Porte Texas Modern City Directory, 1939

General directory for Baytown, Texas and the surrounding area including address listings for businesses and individuals as well as business advertisements. The areas include Baytown, Busch Terrace, Goose Creek, Pelly, La Porte, Cedar Bayou, Stewart Heights, Highlands, Wooster and adjacent territory. According to the title page, it includes contains “an alphabetical directory of all residents eighteen years of age and over; a numerical directory by streets with street telephone guide; a classified business directory with special listings for nationally advertised brands; a numerical telephone directory; a cosmopolitan telephone directory and a comprehensive civic section.”
Date: 1939
Creator: Page-Interstate Company
System: The Portal to Texas History