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[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie, December 18, 1862] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie, December 18, 1862]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie regarding wartime activities and family matters
Date: December 18, 1862
Creator: Abercrombie, Lavinia
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie, June 10, 1863] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie, June 10, 1863]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie regarding the war and family matters
Date: June 10, 1863
Creator: Abercrombie, Lavinia
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey (open access)

2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society "contains a sample of the research that members of the Society were doing at the turn of the millennium as represented at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 meetings." The volume covers "a wide variety of contemporary and historical topics," including baby lore, stories about notable women, stories about food and cooking, information about the Model T Ford, and more (inside front cover). The index begins on page 339.
Date: 2001
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey (open access)

2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society "contains a sample of the research that members of the Society were doing at the turn of the millennium as represented at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 meetings." The volume covers "a wide variety of contemporary and historical topics," including baby lore, stories about notable women, stories about food and cooking, information about the Model T Ford, and more (inside front cover). The index begins on page 339.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bounty of Texas (open access)

The Bounty of Texas

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bounty of Texas (open access)

The Bounty of Texas

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1990
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters. (open access)

Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters.

This patent is an upgraded corn and seed planter machine that plants corn, cotton, and other types of seeds for mass production. The machine is aligned with the surface of the ground. It does not converse with the plows that are attached to it, freeing up the machine to release seeds proficiently with ease.
Date: April 9, 1878
Creator: Adams, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Barreling Soap-Stock. (open access)

Apparatus for Barreling Soap-Stock.

Patent for "an apparatus for filling barrels with soap-stock or other thick liquid of similar consistency, the object being to provide a machine whereby the barrels may be filled quickly through the bung-hole." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 9, 1897
Creator: Ahrenbeck, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Willie Fred Sander, May 22, 2002

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Willie Fred Sander, a Navy WWII veteran from Brenham, Texas. Sander discusses his background and life before the war, joining the Navy and aviator training, flying PBM patrol bombers throughout the Pacific, and his family life after the war.
Date: May 22, 2002
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Sander, Willie Fred
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Rupert C. Allen to Sayles & Sayles, March 16, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from Rupert C. Allen to Sayles & Sayles, March 16, 1940]

Letter from Rupert C. Allen to Sayles & Sayles delivering an abstract for land in Washington County. Edward Arentz requested the abstract be sent to Sayles & Sayles.
Date: March 16, 1940
Creator: Allen, Rupert C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in folding tables. (open access)

Improvement in folding tables.

Patent for combination folding tables that fold into a convenient traveling-trunk.
Date: March 21, 1876
Creator: Arnold, James Edwin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Washington County

Blue line print of survey map of Washington County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in reference to older maps of Washington District (1847) and Washington County (1871). Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1920
Creator: Atlee, Tom & Giles, J. Bascom
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spool (open access)

Spool

Patent for a spool made by folding one piece of material into the correct shape.
Date: February 4, 1913
Creator: Aven, Scottie Hill
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from N.W. Battle] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from N.W. Battle]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers, Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from N.W. Battle regarding election of Lincoln and secession
Date: unknown
Creator: Battle, N. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from John R. Baylor, June 4, 1861] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from John R. Baylor, June 4, 1861]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from John R. Baylor regarding leaving for Virginia to serve in guerilla force
Date: June 4, 1861
Creator: Baylor, John R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Jonathan Ray Baylor,  September 9, 1872] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Jonathan Ray Baylor, September 9, 1872]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to Judge R.E.B. Baylor from Jonathan Ray Baylor regarding Law Department, family matters, and personal acquaintances
Date: September 9, 1872
Creator: Baylor, Jonathan Ray
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to nephew from Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, October 2, 1866] (open access)

[Letter to nephew from Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, October 2, 1866]

Letter to nephew from R.E.B. Baylor regarding coming to Texas, bringing negro employees, condition of negroes in Independence, and family matters. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers.
Date: October 1866
Creator: Baylor, R. E. B. (Robert Emmett Bledsoe), 1793-1873
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Baling-Press. (open access)

Improved Baling-Press.

Patent for improvements in portable press by dividing the pressing-chamber into two parts, one of which is fixed to the wagon-frame, the other part is movable. “The movable part contains the follower, adapted to be titled with it, and operated by the winding-drum, cords, wheel and the wings, working in the horizontal slots in the sides of these parts.” (Lines 81-85) Illustration is included.
Date: January 12, 1869
Creator: Berkeley, J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Hay and Cotton-Presses.

Patent for improvements in presses for hay, cotton and similar substances, by making the machine portable and the box that holds hay or cotton is adjustable vertically and horizontally. Illustration is included.
Date: October 5, 1869
Creator: Berkeley, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 216, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 9, 1931 (open access)

Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 216, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 9, 1931

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 9, 1931
Creator: Blake, T. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 145, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 15, 1931 (open access)

Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 145, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 15, 1931

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 15, 1931
Creator: Blake, T. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 308, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 26, 1930 (open access)

Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 308, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 26, 1930

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 26, 1930
Creator: Blake, T. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1930 (open access)

Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1930

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 27, 1930
Creator: Blake, T. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1930 (open access)

Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1930

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 28, 1930
Creator: Blake, T. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History