The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-Fourth Annual Session (which is the tenth session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-Fourth Annual Session (which is the tenth session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Journal proceedings of Central Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, reports of boards and committees, appointments, memoirs, index, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: 1919
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Forty-third Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Forty-third Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Journal proceedings of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the proceedings, appointments, reports of boards and committees, memoirs, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: 1908
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Kempner Scrapbook 1924-1929] (open access)

[Kempner Scrapbook 1924-1929]

Scrapbook documenting the Kempner family and businesses, including newspaper clippings, invitations, letterhead, telegrams and correspondence, images, and other ephemera.
Date: 1924~/1929~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Straight Texas (open access)

Straight Texas

Volume of popular folklore of Texas, including tales about the origins of various cities and towns, personal anecdotes, songs, superstitions and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 341.
Date: 1966
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bosque County: Land and People (A History of Bosque County, Texas) (open access)

Bosque County: Land and People (A History of Bosque County, Texas)

This volume about Bosque County includes introductory material about the history and geography of the area, community histories, and family histories with genealogical information. Index starts on page 788.
Date: 1985
Creator: Bosque County History Book Committee
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interviews with Hazel Harvey Peace, 2003-2004

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Hazel Harvey Peace, a teacher and civil rights activist from Fort Worth, Texas, who was instrumental in expanding education for black citizens of the area. Peace discusses her parents, her education, becoming a teacher, working at various institutions over her life, books and entertainment growing up, her roll as a mentor, Fort Worth neighborhoods and the black communities, contemporary problems with integration and racism, admired leaders, her plays, her faith, and more.
Date: 2003-02-20/2004-03-28
Creator: Sprecht-Kelly, Melody & Harvey-Peace, Hazel
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 3, 1971-2000 (open access)

The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 3, 1971-2000

Book containing information about the publishing history of the Texas Folklore Society, as well as anecdotes about the gatherings of the Society, information about past presidents of the Society, and Society by-laws. The index begins on page 219.
Date: 2000
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Austin Avenue Methodist Church Scrapbook] (open access)

[Austin Avenue Methodist Church Scrapbook]

Scrapbook documenting the history of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church including newspaper clippings, photos, letters, event programs, and other items.
Date: 1950~/2022~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prospectus of Twelve Central Texas Counties. (open access)

Prospectus of Twelve Central Texas Counties.

This book gives an overview of the twelve Blackland Counties of Texas in alphabetical order. For each county, a brief description of the geographic and agricultural characteristics is given as well as statistics on population and county income. Additionally, a geological description of the Black Prairie Region gives more specific aspects of the area and the soil compositions and a final chapter discusses the property market of the area.
Date: 1895
Creator: Crawford, Wilbur F. & [Moore, Monta J.]
System: The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co. Directory of the City of Waco, 1902-1903 (open access)

Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co. Directory of the City of Waco, 1902-1903

City directory for Waco, 1902-3. Embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of city and county officials, churches, public and private schools, banks, asylums, hospitals, commercial bodies, secret societies, street and avenue guide, etc.
Date: 1902
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of McLennan County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of McLennan County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of McLennan County, Texas.
Date: 2001
Creator: Miller, Glen B. & Greenwade, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas. (open access)

A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas.

History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties in Texas, including geology, settlement, organization, courts, military, cities, schools, churches, and other categories for each county. Also included are biographical mentions of some of the pioneers and present prominent citizens, as well as full-page portraits of some of these people.
Date: 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History