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Dewey G. Mears Photograph Archive
19
Neal Douglass Photography Collection
17
Rescuing Texas History, 2014
17
Travis County Negro Extension Service Program Photograph Collection
17
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
8
Niles-Graham-Pease Papers
7
Frank Caldwell Collection
6
Rescuing Texas History, 2015
6
O. Henry Project
5
Austin History Center General Collection Photographs
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[Bill of sale for purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman]
A bill of sale for enslaver John Chaffin’s purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman ("hireling"), from enslaver Stephen Richardson.
Date:
March 4, 1835
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for purchase of slaves]
A deed for the purchase of slaves ("forty two negroes") and "some stock."
Date:
March 30, 1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence/petition to Governor E.M. Pease]
A letter/petition to Governor E. M. Pease from people in Mountain Valley, who complain about attacks from Native Americans. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter/petition.
Date:
March 7, 1856
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence/petition to Governor E.M. Pease]
A letter/petition to Governor E.M. Pease from citizens of La Grange on behalf of Dr. John S. Lewellen, a local citizen who had been convicted and fined for betting on an election. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter/petition.
Date:
March 30, 1856
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Governor E.M. Pease from J.A. Corker]
A letter to Governor E.M. Pease from J.A. Corker regarding possession of a slave. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.
Date:
March 12, 1857
Creator:
Corker, J. A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes]
A draft of a letter from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Date:
March 9, 1877
Creator:
Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fulton's Ice Cream Parlor
Two men and a little girl at the bar. A rooster is standing on the stool next to the girl. Fulton's was located at 1608 Lavaca St.
Date:
March 20, 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Passing of Black Eagle
A short story set in Texas.
Date:
March 1902
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten letter from O. Henry to F.M. Maddox]
Handwritten letter from O. Henry asking F.M. Maddox to loan him $75 to relocate to New York City from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Date:
March 18, 1902
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Night in New Arabia
Short story set in New York
Date:
March 1908
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Higher Pragmatism
Short story about a newspaper reporter and a vagrant.
Date:
March 1909
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Automobile in Austin]
Photograph of an automobile parked at the curb in front of a house in Austin. The vehicle has a woman in the driver's seat, and two children in the back.
Date:
March 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Shiner, Texas]
Photograph of a two-story building in Shiner, Texas. Two people are looking out of the windows at the camera.
Date:
March 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pecos High Bridge
Photograph of an elevated railroad leading up to a distant bridge. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Pecos High Bridge - 320 ft."
Date:
March 28, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pecos River Seen from the Pecos High Bridge]
Photograph of the Pecos River from above. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Pecos River from the [Pecos] High Bridge - S.R."
Date:
March 28, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[General Carranza in Juarez, Mexico]
Photograph of a crowd of men, with some on horseback. A note on the back of the photograph describes the situation as, "Gen. Carranza entering Juarez, Mex. at the head of his troops 3-29-14. Gen. C. lifting his hat, notice the cheering crowds of Mexicans."
Date:
March 29, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Juarez Race Track
Photograph of a horse race in Juarez, Mexico. The horses are passing the crowd at the moment of the photograph. Five names of horses are listed in a handwritten note on the back of the photograph.
Date:
March 29, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Proceedings of Investigation Committee, House of Representatives Thirty-Fifth Legislature: Charges Against Governor James E. Ferguson Together with Findings of Committee and Action of House with Prefatory Statement and Index to Proceedings
This publication documents the investigation of Governor Ferguson conducted by the Investigation Committee including transcripts of interviews, relevant documents, and the findings of the Committee. Index starts on page 531.
Date:
March 1917
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Investigation Committee.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Carrie Crusemann from Charles S. Potts]
A letter to Carrie Crusemann, one of E.M. and Lucadia Pease's grandchildren, from Charles S. Potts, then dean of the Southern Methodist University school of law, requesting information on the Pease family—at the time, Potts was preparing an entry on E.M. Pease for the "Dictionary of American Biography."
Date:
March 31, 1931
Creator:
Potts, Charles S.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
O. Henry As I Knew Him
Article from unknown magazine where Mrs. Porter discusses her experience being courted by O. Henry
Date:
March 1939
Creator:
Porter, Sara L. C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin Annual Kite Tournament, 1942
Photograph of a group portrait of participants at the annual kite tournament featuring home made kites of various sizes flown by boys and a few girls. Most kites are decorated with a patriotic theme, in support of the American troops in World War II.
Date:
March 15, 1942
Creator:
Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Austin
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men Butchering Meat at Victory Food Show]
Photograph of give men butchering meat, with cuts of meat displayed on the walls behind them. A banner on the wall above the meat reads "First Annual Travis County Victory Food Show, March 17-18." According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, the third man from the left is T. A. Mayes. About six people are on the opposite side of the table watching the men.
Date:
March 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men Butchering Meat at Victory Food Show]
Photograph of men standing at a counter butchering meat, with many cuts of mean displayed on the wall behind them. A sign on the wall above the meat display reads "First Annual Travis County Victory Food Show, March 17th and 18th."
Date:
March 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People and a Cow at the Food and Livestock Show]
Photograph of a woman with a cow, and four men standing on either side of them. A sign on the building behind them reads "Second Annual Food and Livestock Show, March 21 and 22, 1946." One man holds a sign reading "13." The show took place at Rosewood Park in Austin.
Date:
March 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History