Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds (open access)

Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds

This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including folk dramas, myths, folk music, stories about farming and agriculture, religious folk stories, and information about folk customs, dances and folk art. The index begins on page 157.
Date: 1972
Creator: Hudson, Wilson M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 61, July 1957 - April, 1958 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 61, July 1957 - April, 1958

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 561.
Date: 1958
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano de Matamoros y Brownsville

Map shows roads, fortifications, street names, interurban lines, and some structures for Matamoros, Mexico and Brownsville, Texas and vicinity along the Rio Grande. Scale not given.
Date: 1890
Creator: Clarke & Courts.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the country adjacent to the left bank of the Rio Grande below Matamoros.

Map shows battlefield locations, existing and proposed roads, military posts, towns, and structures. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [1:63,360].
Date: 1847
Creator: Abert, John James, 1788-1863
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 84, July 1980 - April, 1981 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 84, July 1980 - April, 1981

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 483.
Date: 1980/1981
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thomas Leroy James to Benito Longoria Jr., August 26, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Thomas Leroy James to Benito Longoria Jr., August 26, 1954]

Letter from Thomas Leroy James to Benito Longoria Jr. discussing the Delta and Pine Land Company and cotton farming.
Date: August 26, 1954
Creator: James, Thomas Leroy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to Francisco Pizarro Martinez, November 30, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to Francisco Pizarro Martinez, November 30, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to the Mexican Consul, Francisco Pizarro Martinez outlining terms for the exchange of prisoners.
Date: November 30, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Bodies/Mexico] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bodies/Mexico]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10 P.M.
Date: April 12, 1989
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Matamoros update] captions transcript

[News Clip: Matamoros update]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6 P.M.
Date: April 14, 1989
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds (open access)

Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds

This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including folk dramas, myths, folk music, stories about farming and agriculture, religious folk stories, and information about folk customs, dances and folk art. The index begins on page 157.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

2007 Economic Census Map: Cameron County, Texas - Economic Places

Map for Cameron County, Texas showing the boundaries of designated areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data during the 2002 and 2007 economic censuses.
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2007 Economic Census Map: Hidalgo County, Texas - Economic Places

Map for Hidalgo County, Texas showing the boundaries of designated areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data during the 2002 and 2007 economic censuses.
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Daniel W. Kempner, June 1, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Daniel W. Kempner, June 1, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Daniel W. Kempner discussing a circular letter from Judge Dancy discussing funding for an end to the division of the Rio Grande River with Mexico and asking if Daniel finds the letter to then send it to Kempner. The letter also explains Kempner having to travel back to New York after returning to attend a sugar committee meeting.
Date: June 1, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 102, July 1998 - April, 1999 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 102, July 1998 - April, 1999

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 541.
Date: 1999
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 88, July 1984 - April, 1985 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 88, July 1984 - April, 1985

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 445.
Date: 1984/1985
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gilbert Philen to Harris L. Kempner, February 1, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Gilbert Philen to Harris L. Kempner, February 1, 1966]

Letter from Gilbert Philen to Harris L. Kempner congratulating him on being named "Cotton Man of the Year."
Date: February 1, 1966
Creator: Philen, Gilbert
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Gilbert Philen, February 2, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Gilbert Philen, February 2, 1966]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Gilbert Philen thanking him for the note and wishing him a good time in Mexico.
Date: February 2, 1966
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Damaged tree in a Mexican cemetery]

Photograph of a damaged tree in a cemetery in Brownsville–Matamoros, Mexico. The photo includes family mausoleums, above-ground graves, ironwork fencing, and headstones.
Date: [1980..1994]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Treasure] (open access)

[News Script: Treasure]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of district court judge says that Texas must reimburse Platoro Limited of Indiana for its work in recovering relics from a sunken Spanish treasure ship off the Texas Coast.
Date: December 27, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hatfield] (open access)

[News Script: Hatfield]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 40-year-old man who has been charged in federal court at Brownsville for attempting to kill Senator Mark Hatfield.
Date: December 26, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shrimeers shriek] (open access)

[News Script: Shrimeers shriek]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Guy Pete, president of the Brownsville port Isabel shrimpers association who says that expansion of Mexico' s territorial waters could be a disaster for the Texas shrimping industry.
Date: June 29, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

2007 Economic Census Map: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area

Map showing the area of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data during the 2007 economic census.
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2007 Economic Census Map: Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, Texas Combined Statistical Area

Map showing the area of the Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, Texas Combined Statistical Area for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data during the 2007 economic census.
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: International Bridge, Brownsville, Texas]

Photographs of the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge, which crosses the Rio Bravo between the United States and Mexico. The top photos are of the bridge as seen from a distance, with the left picture showing a side view and the right a view from the road before the bridge. The bottom photos are of military men standing on and near the bridge beside a wooden building.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History