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Heller's Galveston Directory, 1880-1881 (open access)

Heller's Galveston Directory, 1880-1881

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the address of all white persons, in and out of the city limits, with a classified business directory, post offices and counties in this state, money-order offices, &c."
Date: 1880
Creator: Heller, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1866-1867 (open access)

Galveston City Directory, 1866-1867

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the early history of Galveston, the officers of the existing city government, together with full details of all public improvements, institutions and associations, public enterprises, etc."
Date: 1866
Creator: W. Richardson & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1870 (open access)

Galveston City Directory, 1870

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a complete and reliable business and residence directory."
Date: 1870
Creator: Heller, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1859-1860 (open access)

Galveston City Directory, 1859-1860

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a brief history of the island, prior to the foundation of the city. The successive mayoralties and councils of the city to the present time - provisions of the present charter and ordinances now in force. Also, some account of the various public institutions, improvements, commerce, &c., of the city."
Date: 1859
Creator: W. & D. Richardson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1868-1869 (open access)

Galveston City Directory, 1868-1869

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a complete business directory and street guide."
Date: 1868
Creator: Marston, C. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1872 (open access)

Galveston City Directory, 1872

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the names, occupations, numbers of business places and residences of all residing within the limits of the city; also, postal rules, license notice, street guide, house number explanation, advertisers' index, &c."
Date: 1872
Creator: Heller, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heller's Galveston Directory, 1878-1879 (open access)

Heller's Galveston Directory, 1878-1879

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a general directory, (places of business and residences combined,) with the officers, place and time of meeting of all associations, societies, fire department, city and county officers, etc."
Date: 1878
Creator: Heller, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heller's Galveston City Directory, 1874 (open access)

Heller's Galveston City Directory, 1874

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the names and localities of all residing within the city limits; with a complete business directory. Also, the places and times of meeting of the churches, societies, etc., and other useful information."
Date: 1874
Creator: Heller, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1875-1876 (open access)

Galveston City Directory, 1875-1876

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it gives "the names of the householders - the adult male population of the city - the business classified under proper headings - incorporated companies - societies and associations - a catalogue of the city government, since 1839, the date of its incorporation - together with a descriptive and historical sketch of the city and island."
Date: 1875
Creator: Fayman, W. A. & Reilly, T. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photo Album of Earnest Ruben McElreath] (open access)

[Photo Album of Earnest Ruben McElreath]

Photo album compiled by Earnest Ruben McElreath. According to a handwritten note in the front of the album, it "presents pictures of friends, family, ex-sweeties, kinsman, pals, scenery, sports, football players, buddies, chums, and himself." Each page contains pictures as well as handwritten notes. Earnest Ruben McElreath was born Dec. 15, 1905 in Munday, Knox County, Texas and died Sept. 15, 1988 in Bexar County, Texas. He served as a major in the U. S. Army during World War II and is buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Some pictures were taken before Sept. 1, 1925. Book started Jan. 1, 1926-completed Oct. 14, 1926. Page 2: Mary and her dog Doodles, and a photo of Earnest Ruben McElreath. Page 3: Photos of Clorine Mc-, Mary, Connie of Dallas. Page 4: Photos of Mary H. & Mary, Beckie & Mary. Page 5: Photos of Dovie and Mary. Page 6: Photos of Constance, Mary, and Beckie. Page 7: Photos of Dovie & Stewart, Mary, Perry Lee. Page 8: Photos of Hazel “Bob” Fields, Mary, Myrtice Jones. Page 9: Photos of Rebbeca “Beckie” Harlan. Page 10: Photos of Dovie and Mary. Page 11: Photos of Earnest Ruben McElreath on the beach at …
Date: [1926-01-01..1926-10-14]
Creator: McElreath, Earnest Ruben
System: The Portal to Texas History
[El Paso Photographic History, Volume One: Public Buildings, Business Blocks, Churches, Banks, Hotels and Theaters] (open access)

[El Paso Photographic History, Volume One: Public Buildings, Business Blocks, Churches, Banks, Hotels and Theaters]

Book containing a collection of photographs of various buildings in El Paso, Texas. It includes churches, streets and plazas, schools, banks, hotels, and other locations throughout the City of El Paso, Texas.
Date: 1909
Creator: El Paso Chamber of Commerce
System: The Portal to Texas History
[El Paso Photographic History, Volume Two: Parks, Street Scenes and Rio Grande Views] (open access)

[El Paso Photographic History, Volume Two: Parks, Street Scenes and Rio Grande Views]

Book containing a collection of photographs of various locations in El Paso, Texas, including banks, streets and plazas, parks, factories, and other places in the area.
Date: 1909
Creator: El Paso Chamber of Commerce
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archivos de Laredo: Death and Taxes (open access)

Archivos de Laredo: Death and Taxes

Translation and summaries of wills, inventories, and tax lists from the Laredo Archives, held by St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. Index starts on page 62.
Date: November 2001
Creator: Wood, Robert D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archivos de Laredo: Index to the Municipal Correspondence 1825-1845 and Verbal Arbitrations and Decisions 1832-1842 (open access)

Archivos de Laredo: Index to the Municipal Correspondence 1825-1845 and Verbal Arbitrations and Decisions 1832-1842

Translation and summaries of materials from the Laredo Archives, held by St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas; the documents contain information related to municipal correspondence and legal decisions in Laredo.
Date: October 2000
Creator: Wood, Robert D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archivos de Laredo: Documents for the History of Laredo (open access)

Archivos de Laredo: Documents for the History of Laredo

Translation and summaries of materials from the Laredo Archives, held by St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas; the documents contain information related to the history of Laredo, including religion, political life, ordinances and laws, education, military life, and land questions.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Wood, Robert D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indexes to the Laredo Archives (open access)

Indexes to the Laredo Archives

Index of materials in the Laredo Archives, held by St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. It includes a chronological listing of documents, with dates, names, topics, and physical location of the materials as well as indexes to personal names and topics.
Date: 2005
Creator: Wood, Robert D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cistercians in Texas: The 1998 Jubilee (open access)

Cistercians in Texas: The 1998 Jubilee

Book that commemorates the 900 year history of the Cistercian order and its forty year presence in Texas. It contains histories of the order, memoirs, and spiritual reflections.
Date: 1998
Creator: Pruit, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cistercian Preparatory Schools: The First 50 Years (open access)

Cistercian Preparatory Schools: The First 50 Years

Book containing the history of the Cisercian Preparatory School, often presented through the memories of faculty and alumni.
Date: 2012
Creator: Stewart, David E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maria-Martha Verein Minutes from November 1, 1982-October 1, 1990 (open access)

Maria-Martha Verein Minutes from November 1, 1982-October 1, 1990

Records of the minutes of the Maria-Martha Verein, a civic society in Comfort, Texas. There is a newspaper clipping in the back of the book that contains a poem titled "Song of the Lazy Farmer."
Date: November 1, 1982
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Maria-Martha Verein Ledger, Volume 7, 1950-1963] (open access)

[Maria-Martha Verein Ledger, Volume 7, 1950-1963]

Records of the minutes of the Maria-Martha Verein, a civic society in Comfort, Texas. It includes lists of donations and expenditures.
Date: 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Maria-Martha Verein Minutes, Volume 2, 1925-1949] (open access)

[Maria-Martha Verein Minutes, Volume 2, 1925-1949]

Records of the minutes of the Maria-Martha Verein, a civic society in Comfort, Texas.
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Maria-Martha Verein Minutes, Volume 4, 1964-1982] (open access)

[Maria-Martha Verein Minutes, Volume 4, 1964-1982]

Records of the minutes of the Maria-Martha Verein, a civic society in Comfort, Texas. It includes a text of the group's 1956 bylaws, several loose pages of minutes, and receipts.
Date: October 4, 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Maria-Martha Verein Minutes, Volume 6, 1990-1996] (open access)

[Maria-Martha Verein Minutes, Volume 6, 1990-1996]

Records of the minutes of the Maria-Martha Verein, a civic society in Comfort, Texas. It describes the society's events and contains club rosters.
Date: November 5, 1990
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Maria-Martha Verein Ledger, 1975] (open access)

[Maria-Martha Verein Ledger, 1975]

Records of a lunch service related to members of the Maria-Martha Verein civic group in Comfort, Texas. It includes a lists of names divided by gender, food items, and lunch reservations.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History