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[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie, December 18, 1862]
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie regarding wartime activities and family matters
Date:
December 18, 1862
Creator:
Abercrombie, Lavinia
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie, June 10, 1863]
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie regarding the war and family matters
Date:
June 10, 1863
Creator:
Abercrombie, Lavinia
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folk Art in Texas
This book describes popular folk art of Texas, including basket weaving, hat-making, yard art, sculptures, murals, cemetery art, quilt-making, tattoo art, and other miscellaneous folk art. The index begins on page 198.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Folk Art in Texas
This book describes popular folk art of Texas, including basket weaving, hat-making, yard art, sculptures, murals, cemetery art, quilt-making, tattoo art, and other miscellaneous folk art. The index begins on page 198.
Date:
1985
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jaspyr Sanford, July 13, 2015
Interview with Jaspyr Sanford of Huntsville, Texas. In her interview, she describes her early life and education, experiences with desegregation, racial issues in East Texas, civil rights activism, her work as a librarian at Sam Houston State University. Much of her interview focuses on integration at Texas state universities.
Date:
July 13, 2015
Creator:
Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Bynum, Katherine & Sanford, Jaspyr
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Pole Remover
Patent for a curtain pole remover that allows the user to remove or put in place curtain poles without climbing on anything.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Adair, Lulu N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Arm.
Patent for an improvement to adjusting rifle barrels and holding those adjustments in place. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 8, 1887
Creator:
Alston, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William T. Armstrong to John J. Herrera - 1973-06-06]
Letter from William T. Armstrong, Staff Attorney for the Texas Department of Corrections, on behalf of inmate Tom M. Perez, requesting a copy of a divorce judgment obtained by the man's wife, whom John J. Herrera may have represented.
Date:
June 6, 1973
Creator:
Armstrong, William T.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Athens Tile & Pottery Company to Daniel W. Kempner, September 22, 1951]
Letter from Athens Tile & pottery Company to Daniel W. Kempner informing Mr. Kempner that their trucks do not go through Navasota, but that his flowerpots could be droped off at the Lawson Greenhouses in South Houston.
Date:
September 22, 1951
Creator:
Athens Tile & Pottery Company
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston statue, Huntsville
Sam Houston statue, Huntsville. Stands 67 foot tall (plus 10 foot tall base) and is named "A Tribute to Courage".
Date:
October 30, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[11th Street]
Photograph of cars driving down 11th Street in Huntsville, Texas. There is a traffic light in the foreground, and buildings are visible to the left.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop-Seal.
Patent for an envelop seal composed of a metal piece with two arms, which are threaded through a hole in the envelop and pressed down into the sticky gum surface on the inside of the envelop flap.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Bennick, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr., to B. H. Renner, January 28, 1944]
Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr., to B. H. Renner discussing if Renner has received the deed for land sold in Walker County, closed the deal, and if so can Renner send back the necessary papers.
Date:
January 28, 1944
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr., to Bryan Williams, December 27, 1943]
Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr., to Bryan Williams enclosing and discussing title of land in Walker County sold to Mr. J. Marcus Smith.
Date:
December 27, 1943
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Penholder.
Patent for a new and improved pen holder. This design "relates to improvements in penholders whereby the pen may be automatically discharged or ejected from the holder" (lines 8-11). It consists "of a staff with tenoned end, a portion of which is cut out of its upper surface with a downward bevel to its lower end, a beveled slide adapted to fit and slide upon the beveled cut in the staff, said slide being provided with a slight shoulder upon its upper side and a hole through the same for a screw or pin, a tube longitudinally slotted inclosing said staff and slide" (lines 38-47).
Date:
August 23, 1892
Creator:
Blalock, William Benjamin & Muir, James Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Pat Bullock to James Hutson, August 22, 1958]
Letter from Pat Bullock to James Hutson informing him that he is eligible for parole consideration under the one-third provision of the Adult Probation and Parole Law.
Date:
August 22, 1958
Creator:
Bullock, Pat
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for an improvement to churns. "The purpose of the invention is to provide a novel churn structure embodying a pair of oppositely reciprocating dashers mounted in a common churn receptacle or body and operated from a single crank wheel" (lines 15-19).
Date:
February 25, 1913
Creator:
Burdeaux, Carey E. & Burdeaux, Charley W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Huntsville Recorder (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Huntsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 15, 1857
Creator:
Cammer, Benj. W. & McLaughlin, W. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow.
Patent for a revolving disk plow that pulverizes the soil. The plow is especially designed to prepare the soil for cotton and cultivating between rows of crops. It has a tongue, a cross-bar with a sloping edge, spindles set at an angle to the cross-bar, disks mounted on the spindles, a double scraper for the disks, a gage-wheel, and a pivoting and locking lever on the tongue.
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Campbell, Singleton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in disk plows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 18, 1898
Creator:
Campbell, Singleton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph A. Carroll to Celia Carroll, April 5, 1865]
Letter from Joseph A. Carroll to his wife Celia Carroll discussing his visit to a penitentiary, and a march the Confederate Army is on.
Date:
April 5, 1865
Creator:
Carroll, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - March-April, 1943]
An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, C.A.S., for work in Huntsville and Austin from March 31 through April 17, 1943.
Date:
April 17, 1943
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for Thos. N. Carswell - June 4, 1943]
An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, C. A. S., dated June 4, 1943, for special work from April 17, 1943 through June 4, 1943, Four pages.
Date:
June 4, 1943
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Louis Meade Burton and Patricia Ruth Scott Burton, October 15, 2013
Interview with Louis Meade Burton and Patricia Ruth Scott Burton, a couple who were involved with the school system in Kerrville, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Burton discuss their family histories, their move move to the area, Pat's work with the Tivy school system, Louis's coaching career, and the flood of 1932. The interview includes photographs of the couple and their family, on pages 27-37.
Date:
October 15, 2013
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Burton, Louis M. & Burton, Pat
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History