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[Lutheran Concordia College of Texas Scrapbook] (open access)

[Lutheran Concordia College of Texas Scrapbook]

Scrapbook containing historical photos related to the early years of Lutheran Concordia College of Texas. Features images of the school's construction as well as scenes with faculty and students.
Date: 1926
Creator: Concordia Lutheran College (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of Simmons University, 1926 Summer Session (open access)

Catalogue of Simmons University, 1926 Summer Session

Catalogue describes the governance, history, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.
Date: March 1926
Creator: Simmons University (Abilene, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of Simmons University, 1925-1926 (open access)

Catalogue of Simmons University, 1925-1926

Catalogue describes the governance, history, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.
Date: July 1926
Creator: Simmons University (Abilene, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sparks: Fire Prevention Rhymes, Stories and Playlets (open access)

Sparks: Fire Prevention Rhymes, Stories and Playlets

Educational book for young readers containing rhymes, poetry, and brief stories intended to improve reading skills and comprehension while teaching students fire safety and prevention.
Date: 1926
Creator: Hobbs, Valine
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Electric Railway Executive Committee Minutes: 1926-1929] (open access)

[Texas Electric Railway Executive Committee Minutes: 1926-1929]

Minutes documenting the meetings of the Texas Electric Railway Executive Committee including attendance and proceedings, as well as annual reports and other relevant supplemental documents.
Date: 1926/1929
Creator: Texas Electric Railway
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Election Records: Record of Election Returns 5 (open access)

Travis County Election Records: Record of Election Returns 5

Record of returns from county, state, national, special, and constitutional amendment elections dating from June 1926 to April 1934. Returns on county, state, national, and special elections show date of election, type of return, name of each candidate, location and number of each election precinct, number of votes received by each candidate in each precinct, total number of votes received by each candidate, and total election vote count. Returns on constitutional amendments show article and section being amended, number of votes for and against amendment, and total vote county. Arranged chronologically by date of election.
Date: 1926-06/1934-04
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Old Settler's Association of Grayson County, Volume 4. (open access)

Old Settler's Association of Grayson County, Volume 4.

Volume 4 of the Old Settlers Association includes minutes and newspaper clippings from 1926-1960. Highlights of the early history of the association can be found on pgs. 109-116. Biographies of the members of the Board of Trustees of the association start on page 117. .
Date: 1926/1960
Creator: Old Settlers Association (Grayson County, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
General Index to Experiment Station Record, Volumes 26-40, 1912-1919 (open access)

General Index to Experiment Station Record, Volumes 26-40, 1912-1919

A topical, alphabetically arranged index to volumes 26-40 including experiment station records, publications reviewed, and foreign publications. In has a 'Consolidated Table of Contents' which lists all editorial notes and publications of the experiment stations and Department of Agriculture from the referenced volumes.
Date: March 1926
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 53, July-December, 1925 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 53, July-December, 1925

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies and listings for Spanish edition
Date: 1926
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 52, January-June, 1925 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 52, January-June, 1925

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies and listings for Spanish edition bulletins
Date: 1926
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Work and Expenditures of the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1924 (open access)

Work and Expenditures of the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1924

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics, discussions of foreign investigations, and selected studies.
Date: February 1926
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1926-1928] (open access)

[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1926-1928]

Ledger containing minutes of the city Board of Commissioners in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from November 5, 1926 to March 2, 1928.
Date: 1926-11-05/1928-03-02
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide 1926 (open access)

The Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide 1926

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time. An index to the newspapers published in Texas is on page [422].
Date: 1926~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
John F. Worley Directory Co. Abilene City Directory, 1926 (open access)

John F. Worley Directory Co. Abilene City Directory, 1926

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 "a miscellaneous directory of state, county and city governments, educational institutions, churches, secret and benevolent societies, etc., a street guide and householders' directory, an alphabetically arranged list of business houses and private citizens, giving full names, occupation or pursuit, and address, also a complete classified business directory, 'The Buyer's Guide.'" The general index begins on page 11 and the index to advertisers begins on page 12.
Date: 1926
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1926 [Volume 24] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1926 [Volume 24]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1926
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Council Fire, Handbook of McMurry College, 1926-1927 (open access)

Council Fire, Handbook of McMurry College, 1926-1927

The Council Fire is the student handbook of McMurry College in Abilene, Texas and includes information about the rules and regulations of the school as well as general information about student governance and campus life.
Date: 1926
Creator: McMurry College
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Reeves County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Reeves County, Texas

Text describes the climate, agriculture, soils, irrigation, and alkali of Reeves County, Texas.
Date: 1926
Creator: Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter) & Strike, W. W. (Wendell William)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Dickens County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Dickens County, Texas

Text describes the climate, agriculture, and soils of Dickens County, Texas.
Date: 1926
Creator: Carter, William T. (William Thomas); Hendrickson, B. H. (Bertram Higbie) & Strike, W. W. (Wendell William)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Coleman County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Coleman County, Texas

Text describes the climate, agriculture, and soils of Coleman County, Texas.
Date: 1926
Creator: Hawker, H. W. (Herman William); Carter, William T. (William Thomas); Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter) & Devereux, R. E. (Robert Eddins)
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Story of Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel (open access)

The Story of Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel

This booklet gives an overview of the history of Buffalo Bayou and of the Houston Ship Channel from 1820-1926. The text gives background on how the area became developed and eventually became an "Industrial Waterway of National importance" (p. [3]). The second half of the text focuses on Commodore Charles Morgan and the shipping aspect of the Channel. Costs of building, lists of important council members, and text of letters are included to illustrate the history.
Date: 1926
Creator: Farrar, R. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of Howard Payne College, 1925-1926 (open access)

Catalogue of Howard Payne College, 1925-1926

Catalogue describes the history, governance, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas.
Date: June 1926
Creator: Howard Payne College (Brownwood, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Subscription Ledger for the Carnegie Public Library (1926-1928)] (open access)

[Subscription Ledger for the Carnegie Public Library (1926-1928)]

A subscription ledger for the Carnegie Public Library from 1926-1928.
Date: 1926/1928
Creator: Carnegie Public Library
System: The Portal to Texas History