Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd (open access)

Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd

This volume includes information about the play-party in Oklahoma, folklore of Texas birds, tall tales, folk anecdotes, Texas folk songs and ballads, and other folklore (back cover). The index begins on page 185.
Date: 2000
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

New-York

Map of New York at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing counties, towns, roads, bodies or water, and other geographic features. These is an inset map of a reduced reprint of a French edition of the Lewis Evans map in the lower-left corner. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,393,920] (22 miles to the inch).
Date: 1938
Creator: Faden, William; Sauthier, Claude Joseph; Ratzer, B. & Evans, Lewis
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Constitution and By-Laws of the Texas Eclectic Medical Association of the State of Texas (open access)

Constitution and By-Laws of the Texas Eclectic Medical Association of the State of Texas

This pamphlet contains the text of the Texas Eclectic Medical Association's constitution and by-laws, including the purpose of the Association, membership information, election of officers, resolutions, ethics, as well as other rules and regulations.
Date: 1891
Creator: Texas Eclectic Medical Association
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Le Courrier du Rio-Grande (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 239, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1866 (open access)

Le Courrier du Rio-Grande (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 239, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1866

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 8, 1866
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas, Castro-Ville (open access)

Texas, Castro-Ville

Document inviting the public to learn more about the prosperity of Castroville by contacting any one of a list of men. The end states that Mr. Castro is still giving free land to families and bachelors.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Confidential document addressed to Ferdinand Louis Huth from Henri Castro, October 25, 1843] (open access)

[Confidential document addressed to Ferdinand Louis Huth from Henri Castro, October 25, 1843]

Confidential document addressed to [Ferdinand] Louis Huth from H[enr]i Castro informing Huth what he should do if the representatives in Galveston and San Antonio are not there to meet him. Signed Hi. Castro on October 25, 1843 from Antwerp.
Date: October 25, 1843
Creator: Castro, Henri
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document stating that Huth no longer works for Castro, October 16, 1846] (open access)

[Document stating that Huth no longer works for Castro, October 16, 1846]

Document notice stating that Huth no longer works for Castro or the Texas Colonisation Company of Antwerp and that interested parties should contact Castro directly.
Date: October 16, 1846
Creator: Van Dessel, Charles
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Északi-Amerika.

Map shows North and Central America, outlined areas of United States considered to be part of the Confederacy, the Union, and the states of Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland as neither. Includes key to European claims in North America, key to volcanoes, and number key to New England states. Insets: "Az Aleuti Szigetcsoport" [Aleutian Islands]and "Kis Antillák" [Lesser Antilles Keys/Islands]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:20,000,000].
Date: 1864
Creator: Heckenast, Gustav, 1811-1878.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Colorado Territory, United States.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Colorado township grid, counties, towns, military posts, trails, and Native American reservations. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1867
Creator: Imprimerie Lemercier et cie
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mann's plan of parts of farm lots nos. 13 and 17 [Buffalo, New York]

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Buffalo, New York street names, block and lot numbers, ownership, railroad line bounded by Emslie, Howard, and East Streets, Little Buffalo Creek, and the hydraulic canal. Includes notes. Cadastral map. Scale [1:1200].
Date: [1840..1860]
Creator: Emslie, Peter
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Canada, Louisiane et terres angloises [Sheet 3].

Map shows mid-eighteenth century geography and place names of the North American "Louisiane" territory [present-day Alabama] claimed by France as well as the "Carolina" [English] and Florida [Spanish] territories. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:2,800,000].
Date: 1755
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rene Magritte in America (open access)

Rene Magritte in America

Catalog from the exhibition, "Rene Magritte in America," December 6, 1960–January 8, 1961, held at the Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts. Includes: statement by artist, essay, list of works in the exhibition, images.
Date: 1960
Creator: Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Two letters from Ferdinand Louis Huth to R. J. Higgenbotham and W. Elliot, respectively, October 9, 1844] (open access)

[Two letters from Ferdinand Louis Huth to R. J. Higgenbotham and W. Elliot, respectively, October 9, 1844]

Two letters from [Ferdinand Louis Huth] to R. J. Higgenbotham and W. Elliot, respectively. Originals in English, text crossed out. Page 205, verso, of letter book.
Date: October 9, 1844
Creator: Huth, Louis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ferdinand Louis Huth to Henri Castro, January, 1844] (open access)

[Letter from Ferdinand Louis Huth to Henri Castro, January, 1844]

Letter from [Ferdinand Louis Huth] to H[enri] Castro regarding difficulties with some laborers. The election resulted in five men being chosen as Colonel, Lt. Colonel, Captain and 1st and 2nd Lieutenants. He also shares that an axle was broken on a cart and it has not rained. Pages 210, verso, and 211, recto, of letter book. Page 211, verso, of letter book contains various small segments of letters and notes.
Date: 1844-01/1845-01
Creator: Huth, Louis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Page 224 of letter book] (open access)

[Page 224 of letter book]

Page 224 of letter book containing various financial notes.
Date: 1845
Creator: Huth, Louis
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Balance sheet showing financial transactions relating to Henri Castro, December 31, 1846] (open access)

[Balance sheet showing financial transactions relating to Henri Castro, December 31, 1846]

Balance sheet showing financial transactions relating to [Henri Castro].
Date: December 31, 1846
Creator: Huth, Louis
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Doctoral Recital: 2013-05-13 – Lauren McNeese, mezzo-soprano and Elvia Puccinelli, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: May 13, 2013
Creator: McNeese, Lauren & Puccinelli, Elvia L.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-10-04 – Bradley J. King, baritone

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master’s of Music degree.
Date: October 4, 2013
Creator: King, Bradley J.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard of Children in Breton Costumes]

Postcard of a photograph of four children, two older girls and two smaller children sitting and standing between the girls. The children are wearing dark dresses, light-colored aprons, and light-colored caps. French text at the bottom of the postcard identifies their clothes as Breton costumes. There is handwritten text on the other side of the postcard from Leslie to Mrs. L. A. Boone in Asheville, North Carolina.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Reims Cathedral Statues]

Postcard of a photograph of two statues on the exterior of a stone building, showing signs of slight damage, including missing hands and fingers. Printed text at the bottom of the postcard identifies the statue on the right as an angel called "The Smile of Reims" at the Reims Cathedral in Reims, Marne, Grand Est France. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: [1914..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Interior of Saint-Nazaire Church]

Postcard of a photograph of the inside of a large, high-ceiling stone church with large, ornate columns and an altar at the front. French text at the bottom of the postcard locates the church in Saint-Nazaire, France. There is handwritten text on the other side of the postcard addressed to Mrs. L. A. Boone in Asheville, North Carolina that says, "Dear. Was in this church today. Leslie."
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of American Camp Kitchen in France]

Postcard of a photograph of a group of men gathered under a small tent covering, using wooden crates and metal cans to prepare food. French text at the bottom of the postcard identifies the men as part of an American Camp in France. There is handwritten text on the other side of the postcard from Leslie to Mrs. L. A. Boone.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Chaumont Dungeon and Tanneries]

Postcard of a photograph of an aerial view of a large stone building at the top of a hill and smaller buildings all along the slope of the hill, with trees in between. Farmland, fields, and forests are visible in the background beyond the hill. French text at the top of the postcard identifies a few of the buildings as a dungeon and tanneries. There is handwritten text on the back of the postcard from Leslie to Mrs. L. A. Boone.
Date: 19uu
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Château of Duchess Anne]

Postcard of a photograph of a large stone building with a high stone wall and towers. French text at the bottom of the postcard identifies the building as the Duchess Anne's castle in Nantes, France. There is handwritten text on the other side of the postcard from Leslie to Mrs. L. A. Boone in Asheville, North Carolina.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History