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L'Ameriqve autrement le Novveav Monde et Indes Occidentales.

Map shows known geography, political borders, settlements, and areas of Native American habitation in early seventeenth century North America, South America, and West Indies. "Californie Isle" [California] and "Terre de Iesso" [Japan] are depicted separate from, but near the western coast of North America. Relief shown pictorially. No scale noted.
Date: 1676
Creator: Duval, P. (Pierre), 1619-1682
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

China.

Map shows portions of "Tartaria," "India within Ganges," "The Ile Corea" [Korea as an island], Japan, the Great Wall, cities and provinces of China, and part of [North] America. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1676
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Part of Asia.

Map shows cities, major roads and trade routes, and physical features for the southern portion of the Asian continent: Arabia, Persia, Hindoostan, China and the Chinese Empire, Tibet, the Burman Empire, the Philippine Islands, and portions of Korea and Japan. Includes historical notes and alternative place names. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:11,000,000].
Date: [1812..1832]
Creator: Lizars, Daniel, 1760-1812
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Uchikake

Wedding uchikake (padded hem kimono) of ecru rinzu (silk patterned like damask) background with embroidered ume and branch (plum blossoms) designs in metallic gold and silk green, orange, and yellow threads in the foreground. Partially lined in orange silk of two different colors. Hand-sewn. Padding is found through out garment - thickest remaining layers at hem, wrist-opening of sleeve and front collar panel. Lining is also rinzu (damask styled) silk - but unadorned, of similar pale color. No mons (or family crests) on this garment.
Date: 1829
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Kimono

Kimono, possibly of western manufacture or has been altered. Pale pink silk with sparse embroidery of green vines and pink flowers. There are tassels on the sleeves. A panel between the back and front on the side.
Date: 1875/1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Arbuckles' illustrated atlas of fifty principal nations of the world.

Atlas shows illustrations of nations throughout the world with brief descriptions.
Date: 1889
Creator: Arbuckle Bros.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Experiment Station Record, Volume 1, September 1889-July 1890 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 1, September 1889-July 1890

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, and bibliographies. Name and subject indexes start on page 327.
Date: 1890
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 5, 1893-1894 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 5, 1893-1894

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, and bibliographies. Name and subject indexes start on page 1109.
Date: 1895
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 10, 1898-1899 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 10, 1898-1899

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, and bibliographies. Name and subject indexes start on page 1103.
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Kimono

Kimono of black, grey, and light grey silk crepe with vertical ikat stripes; open-front; full-length; lining of sectioned red and pink silk.
Date: 1900/1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Kimono

Japanese wedding kimono of copper colored, stiff silk brocade. Uchikake (formal kimono with rolled padded hem.) This uchikake is the long formal outer gown that would be worn without a sash or obi. Standing band collar that extends to the front gore panels. Hanging square hirosode sleeves open from the underarm. The sleeves are padded with silk batting. Fully lined in orange/red silk. The lining is exposed at the rolled hem and at the sleeve openings.
Date: 1900/1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Kimono

Kimono of black silk with rinzu pattern of cranes, and red silk pattern using the shibori technique. Sleeves and upper garment lined in off-white, wrists and bottom half lined in pink silk. Open front; snap at back collar.
Date: 1900/1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
General Index to Experiment Station Record Volumes 01-12, 1989-1901 and to Experiment Station Bulletin Number 2 (open access)

General Index to Experiment Station Record Volumes 01-12, 1989-1901 and to Experiment Station Bulletin Number 2

A topical, alphabetically arranged index to volumes 1-12 including experiment station records, publications reviewed, and foreign publications. It has a 'Consolidated Table of Contents' which lists all editorial notes and publications of the experiment stations and Department of Agriculture from the referenced volumes.
Date: 1903
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Glass Slide of Schoolhouse and Grounds (Yokohama Japan)

A glass slide showing a photograph of a schoolhouse and grounds with numerous children (Yokohama, Japan). On the frame of the slide is printed "Neg. No. 3843, copyrighted 1904 by Underwood & Underwood, New York City.
Date: 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, June 4, 1906] (open access)

[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, June 4, 1906]

Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz discusses some items regarding an insurance policy he has. He also mentions target practice and the possibility of winning the gunnery trophy. He also mentions travel plans in China.
Date: June 4, 1906
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, June 4, 1906] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, June 4, 1906]

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz discusses some items regarding an insurance policy he has. He also mentions target practice and the possibility of winning the gunnery trophy. He also mentions travel plans in China.
Date: June 4, 1906
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Firefighters with a Hose, Tokyo, Japan]

Illustrated postcard of Japanese firemen using hoses to extinguish a fire. The postcard was printed in Japanese, but features English text in the form of a handwritten message from the sender to the recipient.
Date: October 15, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries (open access)

Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries

From Introduction: "The lack of comparable and accurate statistics of coal-mine accidents in the united States as a whole led the Bureau of Mines in 1911 to undertake the collection of such data. The mining departments of the leading foreign coal-producing countries have long taken cognizance of the importance of statistics. The bureau feels that in presenting the tables embodied in this report it is offering the and comparable statistics of coal-min accidents for the country as a whole that have ever been published."
Date: 1913
Creator: Horton, Frederick W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 5, June 15, 1913 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 5, June 15, 1913

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: June 1, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tomesode

Kimono "tomesode" of black silk with small white heraldic Mon crests scattered across the upper garment. Inner lining of red silk printed with floral scape. Knee length; loops for fastening on both inside and outside. Single small label at inside collar: "Made in Japan".
Date: 1920/1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0242.0359]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The third daughter of Baron Tatsujiro Sato, president of Juntendo Hospital, Tokyo."
Date: March 23, 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Scrapbook: Mary Jean Kempner, Year 1934 To Year 1946] (open access)

[Scrapbook: Mary Jean Kempner, Year 1934 To Year 1946]

Mary Jean Kempner's personal scrapbook, covering the years 1934-1946, with the items glued to or placed between the pages. Included are letters, cards, and telegrams addressed to Ms. Kempner; newspaper clippings and news releases about her; scripts from radios shows; paraphernalia related to her time as a war correspondent; illustrated magazine pages related to World War II; original copies and negative copies of checks and receipts; and photographs of Ms. Kempner. There is a large group of blank pages in the middle of the book.
Date: 1934/1946
Creator: Kempner, Mary Jean
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Properties of Typical Crude Oils From Fields of the Eastern Hemisphere (open access)

Properties of Typical Crude Oils From Fields of the Eastern Hemisphere

From Introduction: "The analyses in this bulletin offer a means for judging the relative values of the foreign crude oils compared with familiar crude oils of the United States that have been analyzed by the Bureau of Mines method."
Date: 1937
Creator: Kraemer, A. J. & Lane, E. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Men Sitting on Badly Stacked Cargo at Yellow Beach, Okinawa]

Photograph of four longshoremen sitting on stacked cargo at Yellow Beach, Okinawa, Japan. Many of the cargo boxes in the foreground are overturned or broken.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: Gerald Ryan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History