The Denton School (open access)

The Denton School

Announcement about the schedule, tuition, and courses of Denton School in Denton, Texas in the year 1884. The announcement also contains a list of faculty and information about the city of Denton. Denton's first public school began on March 17 and ended on July 4. The first session had 425 students. [A History of the Denton Independent School District: a centennial project / by the centennial committee, 1985] The name Lee Preston is written in pen on the back of the announcement. Lee Preston was a teacher and later, mayor of Denton.
Date: 1884-03-11~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Myrtle Moten Dabney, March 11, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Myrtle Moten Dabney, March 11, 1946]

Letter from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Myrtle Moten Dabney, on March 11, 1946. He apologizes for not sending her husband flowers upon the death of his father, asks after her physical health, and suggests that she let her husband get settled in his new position before she leave her job to follow him.
Date: March 11, 1946
Creator: Moten, Edwin D., Sr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Trade! Fain, Peery, and Shelton!! (open access)

Spring Trade! Fain, Peery, and Shelton!!

An 1882 advertisement for Fain, Peery, and Shelton claims the very latest style from New York and other eastern markets. Dress goods, buntings, lawns, alpaccas, cashmeres, carpets, etc. are sold at this department store on the east side of the square.
Date: March 11, 1882
Creator: Fain, Perry, & Shelton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History