The Gift of the Wise Men (open access)

The Gift of the Wise Men

A short story about the secret Christmas gifts that a young married couple with little money buy for each other.
Date: 1911
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rolling Stones (open access)

Rolling Stones

This work is a collection of short stories, sketches, letters, and poems by O. Henry. The volume was named after the periodical the Rolling Stone, of which O. Henry was editor. It was published posthumously and includes a photograph of O. Henry, taken in 1909 shortly before his death.
Date: 1912
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Specifications: road and bridge construction (open access)

Specifications: road and bridge construction

A book covering the details of road and bridge construction in Travis county, Texas.
Date: 1918
Creator: Travis County (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir of Austin, Texas : capital of the great Lone Star State (open access)

Souvenir of Austin, Texas : capital of the great Lone Star State

Souvenir guide to Austin, in color.
Date: 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hollow Reinforced-Concrete Structure Replaces Dam at Austin, Texas, Which Failed Fifteen Years Ago (open access)

Hollow Reinforced-Concrete Structure Replaces Dam at Austin, Texas, Which Failed Fifteen Years Ago

This article gives historical background of the first dam at Austin, Texas and its failure followed by a discussion of the changes that were made when building the new dam, including plans.
Date: 1915
Creator: Engineering Record
System: The Portal to Texas History
Let Me Feel Your Pulse (open access)

Let Me Feel Your Pulse

This work was first published in the Cosmopolitan magazine under the title "Adventures in neurasthenia." It was written by O. Henry when he was in residence in Asheville, North Carolina and addresses themes of alcoholism and the author's relationship with his father.
Date: 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Man Higher Up (open access)

The Man Higher Up

This collection of short stories was No. 4 in the Sunday American's Summer Library of Gems of Short Fiction. The volume contains the following stories: "The Man Higher Up," "A Tempered Wind," and "Innocents of Broadway."
Date: 1911
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whirligigs (open access)

Whirligigs

This work is a collection of short stories by O. Henry, which are set in New York City and the Western and Southern United States. The volume was published posthumously.
Date: 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind of Destiny (open access)

Wind of Destiny

This work is a collection of fictional letters written by O. Henry.
Date: 1916
Creator: Porter, Sara Lindsay Coleman, 1868-1959
System: The Portal to Texas History
My Friend O. Henry (open access)

My Friend O. Henry

A biography of O. Henry.
Date: 1914
Creator: Moyle, Seth
System: The Portal to Texas History
The O. Henry index (open access)

The O. Henry index

Index to O. Henry's written works includes a biography of O. Henry. Index starts on page 25.
Date: 1915
Creator: Saxton, Eugene F. (Eugene Francis), 1884-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History
O. Henry Biography (open access)

O. Henry Biography

This work is the first biography of O. Henry.
Date: 1916
Creator: Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso), 1864-1924
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sixes and Sevens (open access)

Sixes and Sevens

This work is a collection of short stories by O. Henry. It was published posthumously.
Date: 1911
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Strictly Business (open access)

Strictly Business

This work is a collection of short stories by O. Henry. It was published just before his death in 1910.
Date: 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waifs and Strays (open access)

Waifs and Strays

This work contains short stories by O. Henry and critical and biographical analyses of his life and works, which were written by various contributors.
Date: 1917
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proceedings of Investigation Committee, House of Representatives Thirty-Fifth Legislature: Charges Against Governor James E. Ferguson Together with Findings of Committee and Action of House with Prefatory Statement and Index to Proceedings (open access)

Proceedings of Investigation Committee, House of Representatives Thirty-Fifth Legislature: Charges Against Governor James E. Ferguson Together with Findings of Committee and Action of House with Prefatory Statement and Index to Proceedings

This publication documents the investigation of Governor Ferguson conducted by the Investigation Committee including transcripts of interviews, relevant documents, and the findings of the Committee. Index starts on page 531.
Date: March 1917
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Investigation Committee.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polk's Morrison & Fourmy Austin City Directory, 1918 (open access)

Polk's Morrison & Fourmy Austin City Directory, 1918

"Containing a miscellaneous directory of state, county and city governments, a postoffice [sic] directory, educational institutions, churches, banks, incorporated companies, secret and benevolent societies, etc., etc., a street guide and householders directory, an alphabetically arranged list of business houses and private citizens giving full name, occupation or pursuit and address, also a complete classified business directory 'The Buyers' Guide'."
Date: 1918
Creator: R.L. Polk & Co., Compilers
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report on the Dam and Water Power Development at Austin, Texas (open access)

Report on the Dam and Water Power Development at Austin, Texas

Report about the reconstruction of the Austin Dam including appendices of statistics, graphs, and a bibliography, as well as the letter of transmittal and relevant city resolution.
Date: November 1917
Creator: Mead, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of Austin, 1912-1913 (open access)

Directory of the City of Austin, 1912-1913

General directory for Austin, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "the Present State, County and City Governments, County Officials of Texas, Giving Date of Organization of Each County as also County Seat; List of Counties, Judicial Districts, District Judges and Clerks, and Time of Holding Courts in all Counties in Texas; Representative, Senatorial, Congressional and Supreme Judicial Districts; Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Cirminal Appeals, U. S. Judicial District and U. S. Circuit Courts, where Returnable; a Complete List of all Postoffices and Money Order Offices in Texas; also an Index of Societies, Associations, Churches, Corporations, Eductional Institutes; Full Name and Address of all Residents, Thier Occupations or Pursuits and a Complete Classified Business Directory, also a Valuable Street Guide and Householder's Directory, numerically arranged.
Date: 1912
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Account of the Removal of the Remains of Stephen F. Austin from Peach Point Cemetery in Brazoria County, Texas to State Cemetery, Austin, Texas, October 18 to 20, 1910 (open access)

Account of the Removal of the Remains of Stephen F. Austin from Peach Point Cemetery in Brazoria County, Texas to State Cemetery, Austin, Texas, October 18 to 20, 1910

This book describes the ceremonies and processes involved in moving Austin's remains and includes the relevant formal decisions by the Texas State Legislature.
Date: 1911
Creator: Bryan, Guy M., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
War and reconstruction times in Texas : 1861-1865 (open access)

War and reconstruction times in Texas : 1861-1865

Book discussing Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas.
Date: 1914
Creator: Loughery, Augusta M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
By-laws and house rules of the Country Club, Austin, Texas. (open access)

By-laws and house rules of the Country Club, Austin, Texas.

Bylaws of the Country Club of Austin, Texas in 1911.
Date: 1911
Creator: Country Club of Austin.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Confederate soldier; and Ten years in South America (open access)

The Confederate soldier; and Ten years in South America

A biography by J.M. Polk about his life, and years with Hood's Texas Brigade.
Date: 1910
Creator: Polk, J. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bar as an Institution of the State (open access)

The Bar as an Institution of the State

Transcription of the speech Phillips gave which discusses the role of lawyers and their obligations to the people that they serve.
Date: July 2, 1913
Creator: Texas Bar Association
System: The Portal to Texas History