Athol Estes Porter Autograph book (open access)

Athol Estes Porter Autograph book

Autograph album belonging to Athol Estes, includes 10-line two stanza poem. First letters of first five lines acrostically spell Athol (first letters of lines) and Estes (last letters of lines). Signed "W.S.P."
Date: September 25, 1885
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from O. Henry to Belle Palm] (open access)

[Letter from O. Henry to Belle Palm]

Letter detailing programme for a musical event to be held on October 1, 1886, in which Belle Palm is on the program and O. Henry is the Musical Director.
Date: September 23, 1886
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lonesome Road (open access)

The Lonesome Road

A short story set in Texas.
Date: September 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calloway's Code (open access)

Calloway's Code

A newspaper staff tries to decipher a code sent by a reporter abroad.
Date: September 1906
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
"What You Want" (open access)

"What You Want"

A short story about a wealthy man and a hat-cleaner in New York City.
Date: September 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Crucible (open access)

The Crucible

Three-stanza poem by O. Henry. "O. Henry's last poem...One of two poems found in a notebook after his death."
Date: September 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
O. Henry's Last Story (open access)

O. Henry's Last Story

Partially finished short story about a criminal on death row. O. Henry was unable to complete this story before his death. Story illustrated with facsimiles of the original manuscript.
Date: September 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
Law and Order (open access)

Law and Order

Short story set on a ranch in Texas.
Date: September 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Octopus Marooned (open access)

The Octopus Marooned

Short story set in Texas.
Date: September 1911
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Independent: O. Henry and the Patriot (open access)

The Independent: O. Henry and the Patriot

"Mr. Steger [O. Henry's] literary executor, made a trip to Texas not long ago in search of the early work of O. Henry and some of the material he gathered is presented here."
Date: September 5, 1912
Creator: Steger, Harry Peyton, 1883-1913
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
About New York with O. Henry (open access)

About New York with O. Henry

Article excerpted from a literature magazine providing a description of the places in New York that O. Henry used as settings for many of his short stories. The article is illustrated with photographs.
Date: September 1913
Creator: Maurice, Arthur Bartlett, 1873-1946
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
O. Henry Relics Guarded by State Land Office (open access)

O. Henry Relics Guarded by State Land Office

Photo essay containing images of photos, maps, and documents describing the General Land Office Archives holdings related to O. Henry. Includes a photo of Land Commissioner Bascom Giles standing next to O.Henry's drafting table in the Land Office.
Date: September 7, 1941
Creator: Dallas Morning News
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Dudley Frasier to Charles Green (open access)

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