72 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

[Scrapbook with Photographs and Documents About Newton R. Smith's Building & Trade] (open access)

[Scrapbook with Photographs and Documents About Newton R. Smith's Building & Trade]

Scrapbook album containing photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings concerning the building and trade experience of Newton R. Smith.
Date: June 21, 1972
Creator: Smith, Newton R.
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
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Central Texas area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clara Evans' Wedding Journal] (open access)

[Clara Evans' Wedding Journal]

Journal belonging to Clara Evans detailing her relationship with John T. Willis, Sr., from their first meeting to their wedding. Newspaper announcements, wedding invitations, fabric samples from Clara Evans' bridal trousseau, pressed flowers, and photographs have been pasted into the book, along with descriptions of important events written by Clara Evans. It also contains articles pertaining to the Willises' Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1967.
Date: 1917/1967
Creator: Willis, Nannie Clara Evans
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Todd Willis, Jr. Baby Book] (open access)

[John Todd Willis, Jr. Baby Book]

Scrapbook of photos from John Todd Willis, Jr.'s childhood. They have been pasted throughout the book, and many of them have been labeled. In many of the photos he is being held by aunts or uncles, or playing with cousins. Several pictures have not been pasted down.
Date: 1921/1925
Creator: Willis, Clara Evans
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook: "A Spring Week-End with The Admiral and Anne Marie on a Coloradean Cruise"] (open access)

[Scrapbook: "A Spring Week-End with The Admiral and Anne Marie on a Coloradean Cruise"]

Scrapbook entitled "A Spring Week-End with The Admiral and Anne Marie on a Coloradean Cruise," with photos of Clara Evans Willis, John T. Willis, Sr., Bess Kirby, Louise Bidelspach, Anna Leigh Zimmerman, and others on a cruise down the Colorado River.
Date: unknown
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Sr. & Willis, Clara Evans
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Todd Willis, Jr. Baby Book] (open access)

[John Todd Willis, Jr. Baby Book]

Scrapbook of photos from John Todd Willis, Jr.'s childhood. They have been pasted throughout the book on black pages, and many of them have been labeled. Photos of his relatives, by themselves and with him, can also be found in the book. Several pictures have not been pasted down. Many photos were taken at his home, 2025 Colcord Avenue.
Date: 1921/1930
Creator: Willis, Nannie Clara Evans
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Todd Willis, Jr. Baby Scrapbook] (open access)

[John Todd Willis, Jr. Baby Scrapbook]

Scrapbook detailing the circumstances of John Todd Willis, Jr.'s birth in 1921. Newspaper articles announcing his birth, poems about having a child, and photographs of Willis as a baby are pasted into the book. In addition, his relatives, the gifts given to his parents upon his birth, his height and weight, and his firsts are all recorded in the book.
Date: 1921
Creator: Willis, Nannie Clara Evans
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook: The Girl Graduate] (open access)

[Scrapbook: The Girl Graduate]

Scrapbook template entitled "The Girl Graduate," filled with photos, invitations, and other memorabilia documenting the graduation of Mildred Bruyere from Waco High School.
Date: March 12, 1923
Creator: Bruyere, Mildred
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Nancy Claire Willis Baby Book] (open access)

[Nancy Claire Willis Baby Book]

Scrapbook detailing the life of Nancy Claire Willis, born on May 26, 1925. Newspaper clippings of poems and birth announcements have been pasted into the book, along with pictures. There are congratulatory cards in the back of the book, as well as a sympathy card upon the baby's death four months after her birth. Clara Evans Willis wrote about the gifts, her stay in the hospital, and Nancy Claire's first outing. Many of the pages have been left blank.
Date: 1925
Creator: Willis, Nannie Clara Evans
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sallie Fordtran Photo Album] (open access)

[Sallie Fordtran Photo Album]

Photo album addressed to Sallie Fordtran, filled with portraits of individuals, with a list of their names on the second page of the album. Born in 1856, Sallie C. Fordtran was the daughter of Charles William Fordtran and Almeida Angeline Brookfield Fordtran of Washington County, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dr. Alexander Archer Beville's Diary, 1870] (open access)

[Dr. Alexander Archer Beville's Diary, 1870]

Diary belonging to Dr. Alexander Archer Beville for the year 1870. It has a black leather cover, and the opening flap is embossed with the words "Diary 1870" in gold. A sewing needle has been sewn to the inside of the diary. The first few pages have already been filled in with a calendar, interest table, stamp duties, a table for time differences, the phases of the moon, and a list of important battles. Beville used the diary to record expenses, special events, and dental appointments.
Date: 1870
Creator: Beville, Alexander Archer
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook: J. Todd Willis, Jr. Military Scenes] (open access)

[Scrapbook: J. Todd Willis, Jr. Military Scenes]

Scrapbook created by John Todd Willis, Jr. containing photos of military scenes at and around Waco, Texas and Camp Sutton in North Carolina.
Date: 1942
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr. & Willis, Clara Evans
System: The Portal to Texas History
West is Best!: Local Community History 1850-2015 [Teacher's Guide] (open access)

West is Best!: Local Community History 1850-2015 [Teacher's Guide]

Booklet describing the history of West, Texas for students along with individual activities, group projects, and suggestions about online resources for additional research. This teacher's guide also includes introductory information and sections related to the activities ("What's in it for the kids?") and to the implementation of the curriculum as it relates to TEKS ("13E.10. Implementation of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies, Elementary, Beginning with School Year 2011-2012").
Date: 2015~
Creator: Davis, Margie Mashek
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photo Album of Alton Brown] (open access)

[Photo Album of Alton Brown]

Photo album made by Alton Brown, with pictures of him as a child in the 1940s and 1950s, some of which were taken in Waco, Texas. Included are several pages of "autographs of my friends."
Date: 1940/1959
Creator: Brown, Alton
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

Oral History Interview with James Gayle, July 15, 2006

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with African American North Texas State University alumnus James Gayle. The interview included Gayle's personal experiences of childhood, playing basketball at Fort Worth's all-black Terrell High School, attending North Texas and enrolling in the ROTC program, and his experience as a boarder in "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton. Gayle talks about the comparison of race relations in Artesia, New Mexico, and Waco and Forth Worth, Texas, the "neutral" stance of NT administration toward black students and the "self-support" system among students, as well as his relationships with professors and white students, and his perception of what he gained from his NT experience.
Date: July 15, 2006
Creator: Cervantez, Brian & Gayle, James
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
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
Soil Survey of the Waco Area, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of the Waco Area, Texas

Text describes the Waco area lying in McLennan and Bosque Counties in Texas. Included are location and boundaries of the area, history of settlement and agricultural development, climate, physiography and geology, soils, agricultural methods, and agricultural conditions.
Date: 1906
Creator: Mangum, A. W. & Carr, Manley Earl
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
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: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank
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: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library