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[Proclamation from Governor E.M. Pease Regarding Criminal Fugitives, June 13, 1855] (open access)

[Proclamation from Governor E.M. Pease Regarding Criminal Fugitives, June 13, 1855]

A proclamation from Governor E.M. Pease regarding criminal fugitive William Gibson.
Date: June 13, 1855
Creator: Texas. Governor (1853-1857 : Pease)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to E.M. Pease from Lucadia Pease] (open access)

[Correspondence to E.M. Pease from Lucadia Pease]

A letter to E.M. Pease from Lucadia Pease, who expresses her happiness that they have bought a house. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.
Date: June 9, 1859
Creator: Pease, Lucadia
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for sale of Woodlawn] (open access)

[Deed for sale of Woodlawn]

The deed for the sale of Woodlawn from James B. Shaw to E.M. Pease.
Date: June 13, 1859
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipts for E.M. Pease] (open access)

[Tax receipts for E.M. Pease]

Receipts for direct taxes in insurrectionary districts
Date: 1866-06-23/1866-06-27
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Emancipation Day Celebration band, June 19, 1900]

Photograph of African-American band at Emancipation Day celebration, June 19, 1900, held in "East Woods" on East 24th Street in Austin. Mrs. Grace Murray Stephenson kept a diary of the day's events, which she later sold to the San Francisco Chronicle, which wrote a full-page feature on it.
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Stephenson, Mrs. Charles (Grace Murray)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Emancipation Day Celebration, June 19, 1900]

Photograph of Emancipation Day celebration, June 19, 1900 held in "East Woods" on East 24th Street in Austin. Mrs. Grace Murray Stephenson also kept a diary of the day's events which she sold to the San Francisco Chronicle which reported a full-page feature on it.
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Stephenson, Mrs. Charles (Grace Murray)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Georgia's Ruling (open access)

Georgia's Ruling

Short story about the General Land Office in Austin, Texas. Story was published while O. Henry was in prison in Columbus, Ohio.
Date: June 30, 1900
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
Madame Bo-Peep, of the Ranches (open access)

Madame Bo-Peep, of the Ranches

Short story set in Texas.
Date: June 1902
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Marquis and Miss Sally (open access)

The Marquis and Miss Sally

Short story set in Texas.
Date: June 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
October and June (open access)

October and June

A short story about the age difference between a captain and the woman he is courting.
Date: June 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Dinner at _____ (open access)

A Dinner at _____

Short story set in New York.
Date: June 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Missing Chord: a Tale of Texas (open access)

The Missing Chord: a Tale of Texas

Short story set on a sheep ranch in Texas.
Date: June 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten letter from O. Henry to Jeemo] (open access)

[Handwritten letter from O. Henry to Jeemo]

O. Henry inviting "Jeemo" to visit New York.
Date: June 3, 1905
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men in Abilene, Texas]

Photograph of two men in suits and bowler hats, standing by the side of a brick building. They are trading objects, one of which being a metal (possibly gold) bar. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Windsor Hotel, Captain [...] gold prices sold for $6,000.00, 36 lbs."
Date: June 17, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rose of Dixie (open access)

The Rose of Dixie

Short story about a magazine and its editor.
Date: June 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
No Story (open access)

No Story

Short story about a journalist in New York.
Date: June 1909
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calendar page (open access)

Calendar page

Front page of calendar, found in the room in which O. Henry passed away, with June (month of death) showing.
Date: June 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Born and Raised in No'th Ca'llina (open access)

Born and Raised in No'th Ca'llina

This article is the first part of Arthur W. Page's biography of O. Henry, "Little Pictures of O. Henry." It addresses O. Henry's early life and is illustrated with photographs and sketches.
Date: June 1913
Creator: Page, Arthur W. (Arthur Wilson), 1883-1960
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Family in a Car]

Photograph of a family in a car. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Fritz Bohn + Family and the Caldwells."
Date: June 6, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Austin street and avenue guide and Travis County rural route directory with logs of the road (open access)

Austin street and avenue guide and Travis County rural route directory with logs of the road

"The Street and Avenue Guide consists of two sections. The first section comprises the numbered streets in numerical order. The second section comprises the streets by name in alphabetical order."
Date: June 10, 1921
Creator: Bush, D. A.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Farmland in Burnet, Texas]

Photograph of farmland in Burnet, Texas. A farmer can be seen harvesting crops in the distance.
Date: June 10, 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Indian Mound near Bertram

Photograph of a young man standing in a field of small, unidentified plants. A note on the back of the photograph says, "Indian Mound near Bertram -- June 11th, 1923."
Date: June 11, 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Caballero's Way (open access)

The Caballero's Way

Short story about a young desperado from the Texas-Mexico border.
Date: June 1925
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History

Barton Springs Pool

People congregating near the diving board. Others on the grassy hill.
Date: June 17, 1925
Creator: Ellison Photo Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History