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The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folk Art in Texas (open access)

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
[News Script: Plane pilot tornado] (open access)

[News Script: Plane pilot tornado]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a pilot killed after attempting to fly out of Dallas during a severe dust storm. Another pilot is forced to bail out of his plane due to the storm, but survives. The script goes on to describe the aftermath of a tornado striking the town of Conroe, north of Houston. No one was killed.
Date: February 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Folk Art in Texas (open access)

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
[News Script: Fires] (open access)

[News Script: Fires]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 2, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Updates on police hunt for Conroe couple ] (open access)

[News Script: Updates on police hunt for Conroe couple ]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 15, 1970, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Melvin Sisk to Truett Latimer, February 26. 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Melvin Sisk to Truett Latimer, February 26. 1953]

Letter from Melvin Sisk to Truett Latimer discussing opposition from various parties toward House Bill 207.
Date: February 26, 1953
Creator: Sisk, Melvin
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Loose Page Covering Views of Texas]

Scrapbook page that has separate photos of take in different parts of Texas. 5 of the photos show a view of the Laurel Land Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. The top right photo shows Sam Houston's home in Huntsville, Texas and the top left photo shows the Montgomery County Courthouse.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, January 29, 1920] (open access)

[Letter from Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, January 29, 1920]

Letter from Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox introducing an invoice for books.
Date: January 29, 1920
Creator: Southern School-Book Depository
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, May 11, 1920] (open access)

[Letter from Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, May 11, 1920]

Letter from the Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox requesting he forward a series of overdue invoices. The envelope is included.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Southern School-Book Depository
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Louis M. Brown to C. C. Cox, December 11, 1922] (open access)

[Letter from Louis M. Brown to C. C. Cox, December 11, 1922]

Letter from Louis M. Brown of the Southern School-Book Depository advertising copies of the game "Big Six" by famed baseball pitcher Christy Mathewson. Included is a return card for ordering the game.
Date: December 11, 1922
Creator: Brown, Louis M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, November 6, 1922] (open access)

[Letter from the Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, November 6, 1922]

Letter from the Southern School-Book Depository discussing a sale of hairnets and maps. Envelope is included.
Date: November 6, 1922
Creator: Southern School-Book Depository
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter and invoice from Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, April 24, 1920] (open access)

[Letter and invoice from Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, April 24, 1920]

Letter from the Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox introducing an invoice for an order of books. The envelope is included.
Date: April 15, 1920
Creator: Southern School-Book Depository
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter and Invoice from Ginn & Company Publishers to C. C. Cox, May 12, 1920] (open access)

[Letter and Invoice from Ginn & Company Publishers to C. C. Cox, May 12, 1920]

Letter from Ginn and Company Publishers to C. C. Cox introducing a set of invoices and requesting he confirm whether or not he received a set of books.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ginn & Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. J. Levy to C. C. Cox, November 29th, 1922] (open access)

[Letter from E. J. Levy to C. C. Cox, November 29th, 1922]

Letter from E. J. Levy of the Bishop and Babcock Co. of Texas to C. C. Cox informing him of a deal on soda fountains for Cox's drug store. An order card is included, as well as the envelope.
Date: November 29, 1922
Creator: Levy, E. J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, July 27, 1920] (open access)

[Letter from Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, July 27, 1920]

Letter from the Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox discussing a shipment of books.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Southern School-Book Depository
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter and Invoice from Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, July 25, 1920] (open access)

[Letter and Invoice from Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox, July 25, 1920]

Letter from the Southern School-Book Depository to C. C. Cox introducing an invoice.
Date: July 25, 1920
Creator: Southern School-Book Depository
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. A. DeWitt to C. C. Cox, September 23, 1919] (open access)

[Letter from E. A. DeWitt to C. C. Cox, September 23, 1919]

Letter from E. A. DeWitt of Ginn and Co. Publishers to C. C. Cox recommending changes to a book order. The envelope is included.
Date: September 23, 1919
Creator: DeWitt, E. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from the Practical Drawing Company to C. C. Cox, September 24, 1919]

A postcard from the Practical Drawing Company regarding an order for them to supply C. C. Cox's school in Splendora, Texas with textbooks.
Date: September 24, 1919
Creator: Practical Drawing Company
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Invoice for Free Textbooks from Practical Drawing Company, September 1919] (open access)

[Copy of Invoice for Free Textbooks from Practical Drawing Company, September 1919]

Invoice for free textbooks provided to C. C. Cox by the Practical Drawing Company and the Texas State Board of Education.
Date: October 19, 1919
Creator: Practical Drawing Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Free Textbooks from Practical Drawing Company, October 1919] (open access)

[Invoice for Free Textbooks from Practical Drawing Company, October 1919]

Invoice for free textbooks provided to C. C. Cox by Practical Drawing Company, as part of Texas' free textbook law.
Date: October 10, 1919
Creator: Practical Drawing Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Free Textbooks from Ginn and Company, November 1919] (open access)

[Invoice for Free Textbooks from Ginn and Company, November 1919]

Invoice for free textbooks provided to C. C. Cox by Ginn and Company, as part of Texas' free textbook law.
Date: November 18, 1919
Creator: Ginn and Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement for the New American Readers Series] (open access)

[Advertisement for the New American Readers Series]

A set of mailers advertising the New American Readers series, which was adopted by Texas as an option for free supplementary reading in public schools. Envelope is included.
Date: September 1919
Creator: DeWitt, E. A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Free Textbooks from Practical Drawing Company, October 1919] (open access)

[Invoice for Free Textbooks from Practical Drawing Company, October 1919]

Invoice for free textbooks provided to C. C. Cox by Practical Drawing Company, as part of Texas' free textbook law.
Date: October 20, 1919
Creator: Practical Drawing Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History