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[Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 1] (open access)

[Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 1]

Volume 1 of the Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco. The volume also includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
Date: 1855/1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 1] (open access)

[Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 1]

Volume 1 of the Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco. The volume includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
Date: 1862/1890
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dr. Alexander Archer Beville's Diary, 1870] (open access)

[Dr. Alexander Archer Beville's Diary, 1870]

Diary belonging to Dr. Alexander Archer Beville for the year 1870. It has a black leather cover, and the opening flap is embossed with the words "Diary 1870" in gold. A sewing needle has been sewn to the inside of the diary. The first few pages have already been filled in with a calendar, interest table, stamp duties, a table for time differences, the phases of the moon, and a list of important battles. Beville used the diary to record expenses, special events, and dental appointments.
Date: 1870
Creator: Beville, Alexander Archer
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 2] (open access)

[Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 2]

Volume 2 of the Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco. The volume also includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
Date: 1884/1895
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 2] (open access)

[Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 2]

Volume 2 of the Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco. The volume includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
Date: 1891/1899
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes & Record of Congregational Meetings of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco] (open access)

[Minutes & Record of Congregational Meetings of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco]

A book of the Minutes & Record of Congregational Meetings of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco . The volume also includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
Date: 1891/1937
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas. (open access)

A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas.

History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties in Texas, including geology, settlement, organization, courts, military, cities, schools, churches, and other categories for each county. Also included are biographical mentions of some of the pioneers and present prominent citizens, as well as full-page portraits of some of these people.
Date: 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 3] (open access)

[Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 3]

Volume 3 of the Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco. The volume also includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
Date: 1895/1905
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prospectus of Twelve Central Texas Counties. (open access)

Prospectus of Twelve Central Texas Counties.

This book gives an overview of the twelve Blackland Counties of Texas in alphabetical order. For each county, a brief description of the geographic and agricultural characteristics is given as well as statistics on population and county income. Additionally, a geological description of the Black Prairie Region gives more specific aspects of the area and the soil compositions and a final chapter discusses the property market of the area.
Date: 1895
Creator: Crawford, Wilbur F. & [Moore, Monta J.]
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 3] (open access)

[Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 3]

Volume 3 of the Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco. The volume includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
Date: 1899/1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co. Directory of the City of Waco, 1902-1903 (open access)

Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co. Directory of the City of Waco, 1902-1903

City directory for Waco, 1902-3. Embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of city and county officials, churches, public and private schools, banks, asylums, hospitals, commercial bodies, secret societies, street and avenue guide, etc.
Date: 1902
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 4] (open access)

[Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 4]

Volume 4 of the Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco. The volume also includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
Date: 1905/1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of the Waco Area, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of the Waco Area, Texas

Text describes the Waco area lying in McLennan and Bosque Counties in Texas. Included are location and boundaries of the area, history of settlement and agricultural development, climate, physiography and geology, soils, agricultural methods, and agricultural conditions.
Date: 1906
Creator: Mangum, A. W. & Carr, Manley Earl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Forty-third Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Forty-third Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Journal proceedings of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the proceedings, appointments, reports of boards and committees, memoirs, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: 1908
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory: Austin Avenue Methodist Church (open access)

Directory: Austin Avenue Methodist Church

Book from a Methodist church in Waco that is a directory of members and businesses, encouraging the congregation to shop within its local community. The date "1910-1914", can be seen written in pencil on the the top right corner of the first page.
Date: 1910~/1914~
Creator: Austin Avenue Methodist Church
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 4] (open access)

[Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 4]

Volume 4 of the Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco. The volume includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
Date: 1912/1937
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 5] (open access)

[Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Volume 5]

Volume 5 of the Minutes of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco. The volume also includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
Date: 1913/1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clara Evans' Wedding Journal] (open access)

[Clara Evans' Wedding Journal]

Journal belonging to Clara Evans detailing her relationship with John T. Willis, Sr., from their first meeting to their wedding. Newspaper announcements, wedding invitations, fabric samples from Clara Evans' bridal trousseau, pressed flowers, and photographs have been pasted into the book, along with descriptions of important events written by Clara Evans. It also contains articles pertaining to the Willises' Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1967.
Date: 1917/1967
Creator: Willis, Nannie Clara Evans
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-Fourth Annual Session (which is the tenth session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-Fourth Annual Session (which is the tenth session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Journal proceedings of Central Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, reports of boards and committees, appointments, memoirs, index, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: 1919
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photo Album Owned by Nita Bernice Graham] (open access)

[Photo Album Owned by Nita Bernice Graham]

Photo album owned by Nita Bernice Graham containing photos of classmates, notes, and mementos. The sections are labelled "Date : Flower : Colors," "Class Yell: Motto," "Class Photographs," "Class Autographs," "Class Officers," "The Teachers," "Class Prophecy," "Her Invitations," "The Programmes," "Social Events," "Press Notices," "Her Gowns," "The Presents," "Jokes and Frolics," "Baccalaureate Sermon," and "Miscellaneous."
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Todd Willis, Jr. Baby Book] (open access)

[John Todd Willis, Jr. Baby Book]

Scrapbook of photos from John Todd Willis, Jr.'s childhood. They have been pasted throughout the book, and many of them have been labeled. In many of the photos he is being held by aunts or uncles, or playing with cousins. Several pictures have not been pasted down.
Date: 1921/1925
Creator: Willis, Clara Evans
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Todd Willis, Jr. Baby Book] (open access)

[John Todd Willis, Jr. Baby Book]

Scrapbook of photos from John Todd Willis, Jr.'s childhood. They have been pasted throughout the book on black pages, and many of them have been labeled. Photos of his relatives, by themselves and with him, can also be found in the book. Several pictures have not been pasted down. Many photos were taken at his home, 2025 Colcord Avenue.
Date: 1921/1930
Creator: Willis, Nannie Clara Evans
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Todd Willis, Jr. Baby Scrapbook] (open access)

[John Todd Willis, Jr. Baby Scrapbook]

Scrapbook detailing the circumstances of John Todd Willis, Jr.'s birth in 1921. Newspaper articles announcing his birth, poems about having a child, and photographs of Willis as a baby are pasted into the book. In addition, his relatives, the gifts given to his parents upon his birth, his height and weight, and his firsts are all recorded in the book.
Date: 1921
Creator: Willis, Nannie Clara Evans
System: The Portal to Texas History