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Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk (open access)

Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 62, July 1958 - April, 1959 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 62, July 1958 - April, 1959

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 571.
Date: 1959
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 587.
Date: 1957
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 61, July 1957 - April, 1958 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 61, July 1957 - April, 1958

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 561.
Date: 1958
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 58, July 1954 - April, 1955 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 58, July 1954 - April, 1955

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 587.
Date: 1955
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 59, July 1955 - April, 1956 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 59, July 1955 - April, 1956

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 547.
Date: 1956
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train between Mexico City and Guadalajara]

National Railway's train No. 9 westbound on the day-long run from Mexico City to Guadalajara, Mexico around 1955.
Date: 1955~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resultan ridiculas las declaraciones del Sr. Felix Tijerina (open access)

Resultan ridiculas las declaraciones del Sr. Felix Tijerina

Document critiquing remarks made by League of United Latin American Citizens National President Felix Tijerina to the newspaper "El Norte de la Cuidad de Monterrey" in Nuevo León, Mexico.
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Heraldo De Victoria (Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico), Vol. 12, No. 2923, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1957 (open access)

El Heraldo De Victoria (Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico), Vol. 12, No. 2923, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1957

Newspaper from Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico that includes local, national, and international news along with advertising.
Date: November 8, 1957
Creator: Gonzalez, Francisco Garcia
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Madstones and Twisters (open access)

Madstones and Twisters

Collection information about weather, plant and animal lore in Texas and Mexico. It also discusses folk remedies, folktales about tornadoes, information about prairie dogs, and ghost stories.
Date: 1958
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mesquite and Willow (open access)

Mesquite and Willow

Collection of Texas, Spanish and Mexican folklore, including legends, child ballads, folk tales, folk songs, tall tales, information about home remedies, and other folklore.
Date: 1957
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Wedding invitation for Maria del Rosario and Procopio Herrera] (open access)

[Wedding invitation for Maria del Rosario and Procopio Herrera]

Wedding invitation for the daughter of Mrs. Adelaida Flores Uda. de Barraza and Mr. Procopio Herrera Quintana and the son of Mrs. Tomasita Rodriguez de Herrera. The invitation for the wedding of Maria del Rosario and Procopio indicates that the wedding was held in the Mexican city of Mazatlán, Sinaloa at the Basilica del la Immaculada Concepcion on January 31, 1955.
Date: January 31, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Several Men Boarding Mexicana Airplane

Photograph of ten men and one female flight attendant standing on aircraft stairs. All of the men are wearing suits and neckties, seven are wearing eyeglasses and all but two are wearing hats. A banner on the side of the stairs reads, "CIA. MEXICANA DE AVIACION".
Date: May 14, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 57, July 1953 - April, 1954 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 57, July 1953 - April, 1954

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 539.
Date: 1954
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 53, July 1949 - April, 1950 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 53, July 1949 - April, 1950

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 513.
Date: 1950
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 54, July 1950 - April, 1951 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 54, July 1950 - April, 1951

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 515.
Date: 1951
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 56, July 1952 - April, 1953 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 56, July 1952 - April, 1953

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 581.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 55, July 1951 - April, 1952 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 55, July 1951 - April, 1952

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 537.
Date: 1952
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore (open access)

The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore

Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folktales, Mexican folk remedies, and stories about Don Pedrito Jaramillo, who was the Curandero of Los Olmos. The index begins on page 137.
Date: 1951
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Two women standing in front of the Kiosco in Matamoros

Two women in casual dress are standing in front of a tiled wall with a metal railing on top of it. In between them, on the wall, is a tiled sign that says: "Fue construida siendo gobernador del estado el Gral del Div. Raul Garate L. Presidente de la Junta de la Administracion Civil el Sr. Leonides Guerra Lo proyecto y contruyo el Arcto Enrique Leon de la Evsra 1948" Translation: "Was constructed while being governor. Raul Garate L. President of the Civil Administration, Mr. Leonides Guerra. Projected and built by architect Enrique Leon de Evsra 1948" This is the Kiosco in the main Plaza de Armas in Matamoros.
Date: 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History