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[Alamito Photo]

Photograph of baby Curtis Whetten wearing blue shorts and sitting in a stream at Rancho Alamito Mexico.
Date: September 1975
Creator: Whetten, Larayne
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Coach Spilsbury and Football Team Photo]

Photograph of the Juarez Stake Academy football team wearing uniforms, seated in a locker room with graffiti on the walls. Coach Spilsbury is standing at right, wearing a green shirt, with a towel around his neck, and black slacks with a large belt buckle. They are identified (L-R): Harold Whetten, Edward Duncan, Marco Wong, Curtis Whetten, Trent Hatch, Unknown, Abel Varela, Bruce Romney, Coach Max Spilsbury.
Date: 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Face to face with the Mexicans: the domestic life, educational, social and business ways, statesmanship and literature, legendary and general history of the Mexican people, as seen and studied by an American woman during seven years of intercourse with them. (open access)

Face to face with the Mexicans: the domestic life, educational, social and business ways, statesmanship and literature, legendary and general history of the Mexican people, as seen and studied by an American woman during seven years of intercourse with them.

Book written by Fanny Chambers Gooch after living in Mexico for several years.
Date: 1887
Creator: Iglehart, Fanny Chambers Gooch
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Folklorico Dance Recital]

Photograph of Toni Marie Jones and five other girls performing on a stage at a dance recital. Toni Marie Jones is the first dancer in the line and is wearing a white dress with lace trim and a lace shawl around her shoulders. She has a black apron around her waste and her hair is braided on top with a red ribbon and she has white, cream, and red roses on the right side of her hair. The girls are holding out the the skirts of their dresses as they dance.
Date: 1996
Creator: Jones, Christine
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flute Performance]

Photograph of Toni Marie Jones playing the flute in the living room of the Jones family home. Toni is wearing a red long sleeved button-up sweater and a black floral skirt and has her hair in a pony tail with a red hair tie. A woman wearing a floral skirt is playing the brown grand piano at right. There are numerous photographs on shelving behind Toni and the walls in the living room, including two images of Jesus Christ on the wall.
Date: 1996
Creator: Jones, Christine
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Folklorico Dance Recital with Castanets]

Photograph of Tony Marie Jones wearing a black leotard with a long yellow skirt edged in black tulle, dancing with castanets in each hand during a recital. Another dancer is partially visible on the right side of photo wearing the same costume with a blue skirt. They are dancing on a wooden floor inside the school gymnasium in front of decorative set elements including a trellis and a column topped by flowers in an urn (at right) and a structure resembling a well (at left).
Date: June 1998
Creator: Jones, Christine
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Incomplete Transcript of Testimony from J. J. de Hinojosa and R. M. Hinojosa de Balli, 1790] (open access)

[Incomplete Transcript of Testimony from J. J. de Hinojosa and R. M. Hinojosa de Balli, 1790]

Transcript of testimony documenting a dispute regarding land in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Date: March 1909
Creator: Seago, H. D.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Journey of Coronado, 1540-1542, from the City of Mexico to the Grand Canon of the Colorado and the Buffalo Plains of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska (open access)

The Journey of Coronado, 1540-1542, from the City of Mexico to the Grand Canon of the Colorado and the Buffalo Plains of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska

Compilation of translated texts describing the explorations of Coronado and his companions as they traveled in Central American and parts of present-day United States, with some supplementary historical notes for context.
Date: 1922
Creator: Winship, George Parker, 1871-1952
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kindergarten Class Picture]

Photograph of the kindergarten class at Escuela Manuel during 1992-1993. There are fourteen children posing in two lines inside their classroom, with the children in the first row seated on chairs and the second row standing behind with their teacher at the center of the group. A bulletin board is partially visible on the wall behind them including images of two children below the word "carefully" at left and animals with numbers and crayons below the text "[Let's] Coun[t]" at right.
Date: [1992,1993]
Creator: Calvillo Foto
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexico and her military chieftains, from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time. Comprising sketches of the lives of Hidalgo [and others] (open access)

Mexico and her military chieftains, from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time. Comprising sketches of the lives of Hidalgo [and others]

Book about military leaders of Mexico, includes biographical sketches of Hidalgo, Morelos, Iturbide, Santa Anna, Gomez Farias, Bustamente, Paredes, Almonte, Arista, Alaman, Ampudia, Herrera, and De La Vega.
Date: 1847
Creator: Robinson, Fayette
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Papers concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 2 (open access)

Papers concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 2

"Leftwich's Grant is the second volume in a series that is intended to document the colonization of an area in Central Texas that eventually became known as Robertson's Colony." It covers "the three years that [Robert] Leftwich spent in Mexico City and Saltillo" and includes "a complete account of his official negotiations with both the national government in Mexico City and the state government of Coahuila and Texas. It also includes documents concerning Dr. Felix Robertson, President of the Texas Association, and the group of young men who came to Texas with him in the fall of 1825 to explore the grant and survey land for the stockholders" (p. 11). The index begins on page 667.
Date: 1975
Creator: McLean, Malcolm Dallas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo of Gerald Hatch Family, 1992]

Photograph of the Hatch family sitting together in the backyard on the grass. They are identified, left-to-right: back row, Travis, Carol and Gerald (parents), Garrett, and Trent; front row, Gregory Berkley Quintin, and Randall. Several trees are partially visible behind them.
Date: June 1992
Creator: Johnson, Deborah
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Helen J. Theis to Mr. Albert Zaeller, January 12, 1906]

Postcard from Helen J. Theis to Mr. Albert Zaeller, wishing him a happy new year. The front of the postcard features a photograph of covered wagons and horse-drawn buggies dotted along a long, wide, dirt road, lined with trees.
Date: January 12, 1913
Creator: Theis, Helen J.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Bath House and Pool at Agua Caliente]

Postcard of a group of people in suits and five swimmers near the brightly tiled edge of the pool, described as "Bath House and Pool, Agua Caliente, Mexico." The message on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Mrs. Carroll E. Ward Texas Ice Co. Beaumont, Texas, U. S. A."
Date: August 31, 1934
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Hotel Ancira]

Postcard of Hotel Ancira with a statue placed on a tower among palm trees. On the photograph, "Hotel Ancira No 21 -- Monterrey, N. L., Mex" is written.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Mexican Postage Stamps]

Postcard of a collection of Mexican postage stamps around a note that reads, "We are in Mexico now and I am crazy about it. Lot of love for you all. Mother sends love - Leonora U." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 65 Beach Ave. Charlotte, N. Y."
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Statistics and Information Concerning the State of Texas (open access)

Statistics and Information Concerning the State of Texas

This book covers statistical information for the state of Texas. It includes "great inducements for the investment of capital, health for the invalid, interesting sights and scenes for the tourist and pleasure seeker, broad fields of research for the historian, unsurpassed hunting grounds for the sportsman, and other resources waiting to be unlocked by the key of capital in the hands of labor and industry" (title page).
Date: 1890
Creator: Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Toni Marie Jones Kindergarten Photos]

Kindergarten school photos of Toni Marie Jones in a white frame, including an individual portrait in an oval frame at left and a full class portrait in a rectangular frame at right. In the individual portrait, Jones is visible from the chest up, wearing a white shirt decorated with flowers and she is coloring at a table. In the group portrait, there are 14 students posing in two lines with their teacher, in front of a bulletin board in the classroom.
Date: [1992,1993]
Creator: Calvillo Foto
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Toni Marie Jones Third Grade Photos]

Third-grade school photos of Toni Marie Jones in a white frame, including an individual portrait in an oval frame at left and a full class portrait in a rectangular frame at right. In the individual portrait, Jones is visible from the chest up, wearing a blue striped dress with a round lace collar and a large, matching bow in her hair. In the group portrait, there are 28 students and 3 teachers posing in four lines on steps in front of a red curtain; a boy in the front row is holding up an illustrated sign with the text 3 0/11.
Date: [1995,1996]
Creator: Calvillo Foto
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1966 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1966

Proceedings of the 2nd regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. Also includes the by-laws of the Southeastern Federation of Archeological Societies.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1969 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1969

Proceedings of the 5th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. Also includes the by-laws of the Southeastern Federation of Archeological Societies.
Date: 1970
Creator: Smith, Calvin B. & Warnica, Jim
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1972 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1972

Proceedings of the 8th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference.
Date: 1973
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1977 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1977

Proceedings of the 13th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History