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[Personal Narrative about Voting and Politics]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing voting for Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, and his views on current politics of the time. Penciled notes are visible in the margins.
Date:
1939
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir of 1876 Rath City
Description of the steel shoe that oxen wore in a particular caravan that created Rath City and a description of a particular ox that escaped and led a heard of wild cattle. A drawing of a horseshoe-like object is done in pencil around the title on the page.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Fort Griffin]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing frontier life in the town of Fort Griffin, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative About Abilene Post Office]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing how life in Abilene centered around the Post Office. Corrections are penciled in at the bottom of the page.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Life in a Small Cattle Town]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing day to day scenes from life in a small cattle herding town.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Rath City]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing life on cattle driving trails, and visiting the frontier town of Rath City. Pencil notes and correction are written throughout the pages.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative About the Heel Fly Insect]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing aspects of the heel fly, such as the species it comes from, its anatomy, and its behavior towards cattle and oxen. Correction notes are written in pencil throughout.
Date:
1882
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Note on Back of Check]
Small note written on the back of a ripped, blank check that reads, "I always feel that I am leaving home when I move out to find a place in town. I don't like [illegible], but I don't like her habit[?] ways". The check is from the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Abilene.
Date:
194X
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Cowboys]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing the life of cowboys in the wild west and a visit to Dodge City.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narratives About Trail Herding]
Personal narratives written by an unknown author describing describing personal and secondhand accounts of life as a trail herder. Many paragraphs are crossed through, and a few penciled corrections are visible throughout.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Mrs. and Mr. W. L. Gillfillen to Mrs. W. J. Bryan, August 22, 1912]
Telegram from Mrs. and Mr. W. L. Gillfillen to Mrs. W. J. Bryan sending sympathy for her husband's accident.
Date:
August 22, 1912
Creator:
Gillfillen, Mrs. W. L. & Gillfillen, Mr. W. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[St. Louis Southwestern Railway Pass]
Railroad pass assigned to W. J. Bryan from the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company.
Date:
1907
Creator:
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Narrative about an Attack Led by Quanah Parker]
Narrative describing an attack on Adobe Walls led by Chief Quanah Parker, followed by the U.S. army's eventual retaliation.
Date:
February 1948
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative About a Cowboy's Diary]
Personal narrative describing finding a cowboy's diary and listing the entries within its pages. Handwriting at the top of each page reads, "Out of Rollie Burns Book Lubbock" and Rollie Burns Book Lubbock Tex".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative Describing Cattle Trails]
Personal narrative describing a cattle drive trail from Dodge City to Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bryan Family Records
Collection of Bryan family records through 1859 that includes a statement made by Washington Carroll Bryan along with correction notes on the history of the statement.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Rath City]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing the short life of the cattle town, Rath City.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Excerpts from a Columbus University Student Magazine, 1886~]
Several brief, handwritten excerpts from a student magazine published at Columbus University in 1886.
Date:
1886~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative William John Bryan]
Personal narrative written by William John Bryan describing his time at Texas A&M and the careers of some of his fellow classmates. A postcard clipping of a silhouetted bugle player is with the narrative. "Museum" is written in pencil several time at the top edge of the first page.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bryan, William John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Encounters with Bison]
Personal narrative accounts of encounters with bison, descriptions of Mrs. Goodnight, and accounts of men named and Reeds in Kemp.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative by W. J. Bryan About the Spring of '82]
Personal narrative written by W. J. Bryan describing life in the spring of 1882, particularly focusing on the trouble of heel flies. Notes and corrections are penciled in on both pages.
Date:
1882~
Creator:
Bryan, William John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Narrative about a Man Visiting New York]
Narrative about a man describing a trip he took to New York and a woman he dated while there. A "moral" is typed at the end and pencil additions and corrections are written throughout.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative by W. J. Bryan About the Spring of '82]
Personal narrative written by W. J. Bryan describing life in the spring of 1882, particularly focusing on the trouble of heel flies. Notes and corrections are penciled in on the first page, and the word, "Copy" is written in pencil in the top right.
Date:
1882~
Creator:
Bryan, William John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[R. T. Redies Police Business Card]
Business card for R. T. Redies advertising he is up for election for Abilene Chief of Police. The back of the card has an address written for Frank Caldwell, a book collector in Austin, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Redies, R. T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History