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Stories of the Old Land Office
Pamphlet printed by the Texas Capital Visitor's Center. Contains a foreward and two O. Henry short stories: "Bexar Scrip 2692" and "Georgia's Ruling." Both stories take place in the old land office building where O. Henry worked as a draftsman, and both are about Texas land grants.
Date:
2001~
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jane Smoot to Trueman O’Quinn]
Letter referencing photograph of Lawrence Smoot at age twelve (12) that he witnessed the marriage of William Sydney Porter and Athol Estes.
Date:
August 17, 1975
Creator:
Smoot, Jane
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for "O. Henry in Fourteen Volumes"
Advertisement for "O. Henry in Fourteen Voulumes: The Memorial Edition de Luxe."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
William Harvey Miner Co.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for "O. Henry: The Memorial Edition de Luxe"
Advertisement card for "O. Henry: The Memorial Edition de Luxe," in 14 volumes.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Description of gift from Jenny Lind Porter Scott and Lawrence E. Scott]
Description of donation of O. Henry letters and their authenticity.
Date:
September 12, 1987
Creator:
Scott, Jenny Lind Porter & Scott, Lawrence E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten letter from O. Henry to Franklin Pierce Adams]
Letter relating the better climate in Asheville, North Carolina compared to New York and the move to a new employer, "Everybody's Magazine."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
O. Henry
Poem in honor of O Henry's death, first published by Mr. Christopher Morley in the "New York Evening Post", June 5, 1915.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Morley, Christopher
Object Type:
Poem
System:
The Portal to Texas History
O. Henry's Wedding
Original copy of statement by Lawrence K. Smoot, as recorded by Ralph Bickler, a court reporter, and furnished to [Trueman] O‘Quinn, relating the events surrounding the marriage of William Sydney Porter and Athol Estes at the Smoot home one July evening in 1887, with Lawrence as an “unofficial” witness when he was about 12 years of age. The date of the wedding was actually July 1, 1887 as a notice of the marriage appeared the next day in the Austin Daily Statesman.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bickler, Ralph A. & Smoot, Lawrence K.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lawrence K. Smoot]
Lawrence K. Smoot at his desk in the Texas Supreme Court, where for many years he was the editor (usually called ‘Reporter’) of the Supreme Court’s official publications of the Court’s opinions.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lawrence K. Smoot]
Back of photograph reads, "Lawrence K. Smoot Age 13 years Height 4 ft 4 in."
Date:
1887
Creator:
Marks, H. R.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
My Recollections of O. Henry (W. S. Porter)
Multiple typescript copies of a short character sketch describing O. Henry as a young man in the late 1800s, before he was a published writer. O. Henry worked as a draftsman at the General Land Office and for Maddox Brothers and Anderson.
Date:
191X
Creator:
Maddox, Frank
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Note on Judge J. W. Maxwell statement
None
Date:
unknown
Creator:
O'Quinn, Trueman
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
On Behalf of the Management
Short story set in New York.
Date:
February 1904
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Order form for Rolling Stones, the last of twelve 12 volumes of O. Henry Complete Works
Advertisement order form for “Rolling Stones,” Doubleday, Page & Co. editions (leather and limited manuscript)
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Doubleday, Page & Co.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Original drawing from O. Henry's "Law and Order"]
Excerpt from O. Henry's "Law and Order" with original drawing by John Groth. Design and typography by William R. Holman. 1 of 200 printed on Hosho paper.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Groth, John
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portion of a note written by O. Henry to Gilman Hall]
Note from O. Henry to Gilman Hall, whom he addresses as "Bill." Hall was the associate editor of Ainslee's Magazine, which was one of the first magazines to publish O. Henry's stories.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Presbyterian Church]
The Presbyterian Church at Lavaca and Sixth Streets where William Sydney Porter and Athol Estes sang in the choir.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Smoot House]
The Smoot home at 1316 West Sixth Street, where William Sydney Porter and Athol Estes were married by Dr. R. K. Smoot, pastor of the Southern Presbyterian Church where Will and Athol sang in the choir.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Text of record of O. Henry's voice
Transcribed text of O. Henry’s voice recording and "L’Envoi of Judge Trueman E. O’Quinn."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
W. C. Porter Drug Store
Back of postcard reads: "Greensboro, N. C. W. C. Porter Drug Store is partially reconstructed in the O. Henry section of Greesboro Historical Museum. Wm. Sidney Porter (better known as O. Henry) was born in Greensboro, and worked in the store as a boy. This is the largest collection of O. Henryana in America."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hutchins Post Cards
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Trueman O'Quinn to Dudley Frasier
Letter thanking Frazier for copy of "The Heart of O. Henry." O'Quinn mentions that he reviewed the book for KTBC-TV.
Date:
April 20, 1955
Creator:
O'Quinn, Trueman
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Dudley Frasier to Trueman O'Quinn
Letter regarding complimentary copy of "The Heart of O. Henry" to Trueman O'Quinn
Date:
October 1, 1954
Creator:
Frasier, Dudley
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Dudley Frasier to Charles Green
Letter regarding the wife of an associate of O. Henry living in Austin.
Date:
September 30, 1954
Creator:
Frasier, Dudley
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rinehart Fall List 1954: "The Heart of O. Henry"
Publisher’s announcement. Rinehart & Co. 1954, of Dale Kramer’s "The Heart of O. Henry"
Date:
1954
Creator:
Rinehart & Co.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History