[Melissa Ybarra Scrapbook] (open access)

[Melissa Ybarra Scrapbook]

Scrapbook containing photographs, newspaper articles, mementos, and various pieces of personal history detailing the life of Melissa Ybarra. Ybarra was an undergraduate student at the University of North Texas. She was involved as the President of the Hispanic Students in Higher Education (HSHE), formerly known as the Mexican American American Student Organization (MASO). The articles are in a loose chronological order delineating Melissa Ybarra at celebrations, in student organization at the University of North Texas, and graduation photographs.
Date: 1968-05-06/1989~
Creator: Ybarra, Melissa
System: The UNT Digital Library
Charles Dickens and his Jewish Characters (open access)

Charles Dickens and his Jewish Characters

Book compiled by Cumberland Clark of letters written between Charles Dickens and Eliza Davis concerning Dicken's use of Jewish characters in his works, including Oliver Twist. At the end is included a reprinting of a letter included by Davis with a Hebrew bible she presented to Dicken's as a gift.
Date: 1918
Creator: Clark, Cumberland
System: The UNT Digital Library
[1960 homecoming program] (open access)

[1960 homecoming program]

Program for the 1960 North Texas State College homecoming held November 4-5. The program reads "Glory to the Green" on the cover and features a schedule of events inside.
Date: 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
My Philip Nolan Scrapbook (open access)

My Philip Nolan Scrapbook

Scrapbook created by Gustine Courson Weaver containing materials related to the life and history of Philip Nolan, for whom Nolan County, Texas was named. Nolan was an Irish immigrant to the Texas-Louisiana area and a prolific horse trader and freebooter during the period of Spanish rule in Texas before Texas became a republic. The scrapbook contains articles about Nolan, photographs and photo copies, correspondence created for obtaining research materials, as well as snippets about Weaver's own life.
Date: [..1942]
Creator: Weaver, Gustine Courson
System: The UNT Digital Library
before I wake: a story (open access)

before I wake: a story

This chapbook commemorates a reading given by Helen Leath on December 1, 1999, in the Rare Book Room of the University of North Texas Library. The reading was the second presentation of Short fiction writers, a series sponsored by the Friends of the University of North Texas Libraries and co-sponsored by the UNT Department of English. This edition of four hundred signed/numbered copies and is made possible by a generous grant from the Friends of the University of North Texas Libraries. Rare Book Collection's copy is no. 3.
Date: 1999
Creator: Leath, Helen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bird Burden (open access)

Bird Burden

Bird book sketchbook created by UNT student Amy Cole, also titled The Beast. The sketchbook contains illustrated drawings and handwriting descriptions by Cole. The sketchbook also contains printed images of plant and animal life.
Date: January 15, 2020
Creator: Cole, Amy
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Allison Ketchersid - Recursive Sketchbook] (open access)

[Allison Ketchersid - Recursive Sketchbook]

Recursive sketchbook created by UNT student Allison Ketchersid. The sketchbook contains medieval manuscript images and handwriting descriptions by Ketchersid.
Date: January 15, 2020
Creator: Ketchersid, Allison
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cultural influences in Cass county: A cemetery survey (open access)

Cultural influences in Cass county: A cemetery survey

Photo album consisting of color photographs of cemeteries in Cass County, Texas submitted as a survey of the subject for Terry Jordan's Geography class at the University of North Texas by Anita Pitchford.
Date: unknown
Creator: Pitchford, Anita
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 3 (open access)

Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 3

Notes and descriptions of things seen during the author's visit to the United States from 1838-1840. Includes detailed information on visits to various institutions, people met, and the author's views on religion and education.
Date: 1841
Creator: Combe, George, 1788-1858
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Set of Six (open access)

A Set of Six

Collection of fictional short stories written by Joseph Conrad including "A Romantic Tale" (Gaspar Ruiz), "An Ironic Tale" (The Informer), "An Indignant Tale" (The Brute), "A Desperate Tale" (An Anarchist), "A Military Tale" (The Duel), and "A Pathetic Tale" (Il Conde). The publisher's catalog is printed at the end of the book.
Date: 1908
Creator: Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1 (open access)

Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1

Notes and descriptions of things seen during the author's visit to the United States from 1838-1840. Includes detailed information on visits to various institutions, people met, and the author's views on religion and education.
Date: 1841
Creator: Combe, George, 1788-1858
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Amy Newsom scrapbook] (open access)

[Amy Newsom scrapbook]

Loose pages of a scrapbook that belonged to Amy Newsom, a student of North Texas State Normal College in the 1910s. Many of the photographs depict Newsom and other female students who resided in the Gallagher House, a boarding house in Denton, Texas. These photos show the students studying, posing in front of the house, exercising, and participating in other social activities around campus and Denton. "Ma and Pa" Gallagher, presumably the owners of the house, are also pictured as is William Bruce, the university president at the time. Individual photographs of Newsom's "friends and classmates" are featured and labeled either with first and last names or the individual's relationship to Amy. These individual photographs include photos of Amy Newsom and of her younger brother, Clyde Newsom. In addition to photos from Newsom's time in college, the scrapbook also contains photographs and postcards from a trip to Palacios, Texas, as well as "miscellaneous" photos of a house in Celina, Texas, and of a creek.
Date: 1915~
Creator: Newsom, Amy Eliza, 1892-1973
System: The UNT Digital Library
[The Guest Book] (open access)

[The Guest Book]

The guest-book: in which may be recorded the coming and the going of guests, with pages for autographs, incidents, and sketches pertaining to pleasant visits, social calls, and other gatherings designed and illustrated by Annie F. Cox. This book was part of the private library of Mrs. Delas A. Blodgett, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Bound in olive green cloth over boards; gilt lettering and brown-stamped decorations. The signatures on the first page include that of Delas A. Blodgett, Daisy P. Blodgett of Mackinac Island and Grand Rapids, Michigan. The guest book also includes verses, encouraging friends and visitors to "leave here in the book sacred to friendship some recording of your tarrying." Many pages of autographs are interspersed throughout the book with illustrated half-titles. On the first page for signatures is the inscription, "Perfect equality of rights for women - civil & political - is the demand of yours gratefully, Susan B. Anthony - Rochester - N. Y. In this lovely home from Nov. 22 to 24 - 1897 - equality reigns!!"
Date: 1891
Creator: Cox, Annie F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The new issue, or, Local booze government: being a collection of articles on "Prohibition" (open access)

The new issue, or, Local booze government: being a collection of articles on "Prohibition"

Book written by Robert Pierce Shuler, on prohibition and alcoholism in Texas.
Date: 1911
Creator: Shuler, Robert P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Poems of peace and war (open access)

Poems of peace and war

Book of poems about peace and war written by Mrs. David Scull Bispham. Bound in off-white wrappers. Front cover features title in black ink and an image of red cross. On inside rear cover is a dedication dated Nov. 18, 1915 (largely illegible), and the name of the author, Caroline Russell Bispham.
Date: 1915
Creator: Bispham, Mrs. David Scull & Bispham, Caroline Russell
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Maria Villanueva - Recursive Sketchbook] (open access)

[Maria Villanueva - Recursive Sketchbook]

Recursive Sketchbook created by UNT student Maria Villanueva. The sketchbook contains printed and taped images of maps and hand-writing by Villanueva.
Date: January 15, 2020
Creator: Villanueva, Maria
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Erika Jaeggli - Recursive Sketchbook] (open access)

[Erika Jaeggli - Recursive Sketchbook]

Recursive sketchbook created by UNT student Erika Jaeggli. The sketchbook contains illustrated images of plant life and handwriting descriptions by Jaeggli.
Date: January 15, 2020
Creator: Jaeggli, Erika
System: The UNT Digital Library
[University of North Texas Dance and Theatre Scrapbook] (open access)

[University of North Texas Dance and Theatre Scrapbook]

Scrapbook documenting the activities of multiple organizations within the North Texas State University Dance and Theatre Department such as the Modern Dance Company/Group. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, programs, and cards.
Date: 1969/1974
Creator: University of North Texas. Department of Dance and Theatre.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Theatre Scrapbook: In Praise of Love, a Gaylord-Hughes Drama Scholarship Benefit Performance] (open access)

[Theatre Scrapbook: In Praise of Love, a Gaylord-Hughes Drama Scholarship Benefit Performance]

Scrapbook documenting "In Praise of Love," a Gaylord-Hughes Drama Scholarship Benefit Performance including the North Texas State University Division of Drama. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, letters, theatre production programs, event agendas, and a pamphlet.
Date: 1976
Creator: University of North Texas. Department of Dance and Theatre.
System: The UNT Digital Library