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Map of the northern provinces of the United States.

Map shows roads, counties, cities and towns, military forts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and parts of Maryland, Maine, and Delaware, canals in Pennsylvania; some properties depicted by a house and owner name. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:2,220,000].
Date: [1798..1810]
Creator: Russell, John C., Jr.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

County map of the states of New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

Map displays existing and projected railroads, counties, major cities and towns in New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut during mid- to late-nineteenth century. Also shows canals in New York State. Insets: "Harbor and vicinity of Boston, 18"; "Harbor and vicinity of New York, 17.". Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,900,800].
Date: 1860
Creator: Williams, W. (Wellington)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

County map of the states of New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

Map displays existing and projected railroads, counties, major cities and towns in New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut during mid- to late-nineteenth century. Also shows canals in New York State. Insets: "Harbor and vicinity of Boston, 18"; "Harbor and vicinity of New York, 17.". Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,900,800].
Date: 1860
Creator: Williams, W. (Wellington)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

County map of the states of New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

Map displays existing and projected railroads, counties, major cities and towns in New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut during mid- to late-nineteenth century. Also shows canals in New York State. Insets: "Harbor and vicinity of Boston, 18"; "Harbor and vicinity of New York, 17.". Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,900,800].
Date: 1860
Creator: Williams, W. (Wellington)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Asher & Adams' Maine and part of Quebec.

Map shows county boundaries, railroads, canals, lakes, rivers, cities, and towns in Maine and parts of Vermont, New Hampshire, Quebec, and New York. Includes distances between points on railroad routes. Scale [ca. 1:1,267,200].
Date: 1871
Creator: Asher & Adams
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of New Hampshire and Vermont, with the Adirondack and White Mountains]

Map shows counties, railroads, rivers, lakes, cities and towns; also on verso, wagon roads for the Adirondack Mountains and steamlines for Lake Champlain; also on verso, mining activity, townships, and wagon roads for the White Mountains. Scale [ca. 1:921,600], [ca. 1:881,500], and [ca. 1:450,560].
Date: [1881..1901]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Trap Dikes of the Lake Champlain Region (open access)

The Trap Dikes of the Lake Champlain Region

A paper pertaining to the trap dikes of the region around Lake Champlain.
Date: 1893
Creator: Kemp, James Furman & Marsters, Vernon Freeman
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 25 (open access)

Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 25

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Watermelons in the North, Watermelon Culture in Georgia, Muskmelon Culture in the North, Rockyford Muskmelons, Cold Storage of Fruits, Selection of Seed Corn, Bread and Toast, Cooking Meat, Bitter Milk.
Date: 1904
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to Attract Birds in Northeastern United States (open access)

How to Attract Birds in Northeastern United States

"The means of increasing the number of birds about our homes are few and simple. They comprise adequate protection and the provision of suitable nesting places, food, and water.... This bulletin [recommends] practicable methods of attracting birds about homes [in the northeastern United States]. Especial attention will be given to the value of fruit-bearing shrubs and trees." -- title page. Protection for birds, winter feeding, water supplies, and nesting boxes and birdhouses are also discussed.
Date: 1914
Creator: McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Eradication of Ferns from Pasture Lands in the Eastern United States (open access)

Eradication of Ferns from Pasture Lands in the Eastern United States

"There are nearly 7,500 recognized species of ferns in the world, of which number over 200 are known to be native to the United States. A few species have become weed pests in this country, and it is to a discussion of the control of these weedy ferns that this bulletin is devoted. The parts of the United States in which ferns are bad weeds are, principally, (1) the hill country of the Northeastern States and the higher portions of the Appalachian Mountain region as far south as Georgia, and (2) the Pacific coast country west of the Cascade Mountains.... This publication deals only with fern eradication in the Eastern States." -- p. 1-2
Date: 1915
Creator: Cox, H. R. (Herbert Randolph)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer (open access)

The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer

This report discusses the roundheaded apple-tree borer, an insect in the eastern and midwestern United States that, in its larval stage, destroys the bark and wood of apple trees. Several methods of control are discussed, including worming, paints and washes, and sprays.Apple-tree borers.
Date: 1915
Creator: Brooks, Fred E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alsike Clover (open access)

Alsike Clover

Report discussing the distribution and cultivation of the leguminous crop alsike clover, which grows primarily in the northeastern United States. Topics discussed include soil requirements, seeding, uses, and insect enemies and diseases.
Date: 1920
Creator: Pieters, A. J.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beekeeping in the Buckwheat Region (open access)

Beekeeping in the Buckwheat Region

"The production of the full honey crop from buckwheat requires a plan of apiary management quite different from that of most other beekeeping regions. A system of management is here given which will result in a full honey crop and at the same time control European foulbrood, which is so prevalent in the buckwheat region. Methods are also given which may be used in case the clovers are valuable as sources of nectar." -- p. 2
Date: 1922
Creator: Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951 & Demuth, Geo. S. (George S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beekeeping in the Clover Region (open access)

Beekeeping in the Clover Region

"Beekeeping methods suitable for the clover region are well developed but many beekeepers of this region are failing to obtain the full available honey crop because of deficiencies in their practice. A system of management is here given which will result in a full crop from these sources. The variation in the value of the clovers to the beekeeper is also discussed and the methods to be followed in bringing the clover region back to its former prominence in honey production are outlined." -- p. 2
Date: 1922
Creator: Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951 & Demuth, Geo. S. (George S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Map of the Travels of George Washington

Map of the travels of George Washington in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States between 1732 and 1799, with insets of New York and the lower Hudson Valley, Mount Vernon, the tidewater region of Virginia, Philadelphia, and Boston. The map includes towns, colonial highways, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geological features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,502,720] (39.5 miles to the inch).
Date: 1931
Creator: National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. G. W. Blodgett] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. G. W. Blodgett]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. G. W. Blodgett, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Pop Chalee Head" (Repatine), "Bust of Ascensio Chama", "Bust", "Bust", "Six Busts" (12 copies), "Bronze" (Repatine, repair), "Head", "Head Little Indian Girl" (Margaret Lewis), "Head Little Indian School Boy" (Clarence Reed), "Head Little Indian School Boy" (Ivan Lewis), "Head Indian Girl" (Katherine; base), "Head Indian Girl" (Romita; base), "Head Indian Girl" (Daisyl; base), "Base" (2 copies), "Head of Woman" (base), "Head of Man" (base), "Head of Man", "Head" (2 copies), "Head", "Mr. Dee Bibb" (base), "Portrait Head of Mr. Chapman" (base), "Portrait Head" (base), "Small Religious Figure with Closed Back", "Portrait Head" (base), "Portrait Bust", and "Head" (3 copies; Repatine).
Date: February 1931
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Defense in the Northeast (open access)

Soil Defense in the Northeast

This bulletin discusses methods of soil conservation in the northeastern United States that can prevent erosion. Soil conservation practices vary with the type of agriculture being used. In addition to general farming, conservation for dairying, orcharding, market gardening, and single-crop farming are discussed.
Date: 1938
Creator: Rule, Glenn K. (Glenn Kenton), 1893-
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance of Radioactive Rocks of Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Southeastern New York (open access)

Reconnaissance of Radioactive Rocks of Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Southeastern New York

Report discussing a 1948 geological examination of 7,662 miles of roadside rocks in Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and southeastern New York to find deposits of radioactive materials.
Date: June 1951
Creator: McKeown, Frank A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance of Radioactive Rocks of Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Southeastern New York (open access)

Reconnaissance of Radioactive Rocks of Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Southeastern New York

From abstract: In 1948, 7,662 miles of roadside rocks and soils in Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and southeastern New York were traversed with a car-mounted Geiger-Mueller counter. The observed distribution of the abnormally radioactive rocks and soils is limited to certain areas, herein called "radioactive provinces," that are separated from each other by areas of essentially nonradioactive rock.
Date: June 1951
Creator: McKeown, Frank A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Handwritten Letter From Inge Honig to Daniel W. Kempner, July 9, 1951] (open access)

[Handwritten Letter From Inge Honig to Daniel W. Kempner, July 9, 1951]

Handwritten letter from Inge Honig to Daniel W. Kempner discussing Mrs. Honig's trip to Vermont and its lovely weather and how her and her husband are happy to have beat the crowds to the lodge they're staying in.
Date: July 9, 1951
Creator: Honig, Inge
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Inge Honig to David Cohen, July 19, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Inge Honig to David Cohen, July 19, 1951]

Letter from Inge Honig to David Cohen discussing returning to New York and getting used to the air again after her vacation in Vermont. She talks about Fanny Freund's wish to be cremated and her service being held in Galveston, Texas. She thanks Mr. Cohen again for his support and returns the last check for $50 he had sent Mrs. Freund.
Date: July 19, 1951
Creator: Honig, Inge
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mrs. Jacob Honig, July 23, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mrs. Jacob Honig, July 23, 1951]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mrs. Jacob Honig discussing travel in Vermont, Maple syrup, and awaiting arrival of two urns.
Date: July 23, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Miss Grace Bask] (open access)

[Client Card: Miss Grace Bask]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Miss Grace Bask, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: bronze cast "Abstract" (15.5").
Date: June 1954
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Miss Elizabeth Bigelow] (open access)

[Client Card: Miss Elizabeth Bigelow]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Miss Elizabeth Bigelow, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: bronze cast "Standing Horse" (11.5"; Belgian black marble base 5" x 6" x 2").
Date: May 1957
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History