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Johnson County Century Re-Call, 1854-1954: Official Program, May 2nd-8th. (open access)

Johnson County Century Re-Call, 1854-1954: Official Program, May 2nd-8th.

Program for the celebrations of the Johnson County centennial, including a list of activities and events, planning committee members, articles related to the history of the area, a list of long-time residents, and local advertising.
Date: 1954
Creator: Johnson County Historical Program Committee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Neiman Marcus Collection Scrapbook: Volume 4, 1956-1959 (open access)

Neiman Marcus Collection Scrapbook: Volume 4, 1956-1959

Album containing catalog entries for items in the Texas Fashion Collection including a photograph of the item and text describing information known about the designer and manufacture date, provenance, and physical descriptions of the items.
Date: 1956/1959
Creator: Texas Fashion Collection
System: The UNT Digital Library
Neiman Marcus Collection Scrapbook: Volume 3, 1953-1956 (open access)

Neiman Marcus Collection Scrapbook: Volume 3, 1953-1956

Album containing catalog entries for items in the Texas Fashion Collection including a photograph of the item and text describing information known about the designer and manufacture date, provenance, and physical descriptions of the items.
Date: 1953/1956
Creator: Texas Fashion Collection
System: The UNT Digital Library
The New 1957 Fort Worth Church Guide (open access)

The New 1957 Fort Worth Church Guide

Directory of Black churches in the Fort Worth area with photographs, addresses, congregation sizes, and short histories and descriptions. The churches are organized alphabetically, by denomination, with a table of contents on page 2.
Date: 1957~
Creator: Cook and Royal Advertising Agency
System: The Portal to Texas History
A List of Cities and Towns in Texas with Fire Protection and Fire Record Data (open access)

A List of Cities and Towns in Texas with Fire Protection and Fire Record Data

Annual list, by city, of statistics related to fire prevention and damage, including number of firefighters and apparatus, insurance premiums and losses, and percentage of credit or charge per year.
Date: 1951
Creator: Texas. Fire Insurance Department
System: The Portal to Texas History
A List of Cities and Towns in Texas with Fire Protection and Fire Record Data (open access)

A List of Cities and Towns in Texas with Fire Protection and Fire Record Data

Annual list, by city, of statistics related to fire prevention and damage, including number of firefighters and apparatus, insurance premiums and losses, and percentage of credit or charge per year.
Date: 1950
Creator: Texas. Fire Insurance Department
System: The Portal to Texas History
A List of Cities and Towns in Texas with Fire Protection and Fire Record Data (open access)

A List of Cities and Towns in Texas with Fire Protection and Fire Record Data

Annual list, by city, of statistics related to fire prevention and damage, including number of firefighters and apparatus, insurance premiums and losses, and percentage of credit or charge per year.
Date: 1952
Creator: Texas. Fire Insurance Department
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1950-1956] (open access)

[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1950-1956]

Ledger containing the minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including proceedings of meetings, decisions and projects, and financial records.
Date: 1950-01-18/1956-01
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Financial Ledger for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1954-1960] (open access)

[Financial Ledger for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1954-1960]

Ledger containing financial records for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including deposits, collected dues, disbursements, and other financial transactions.
Date: 1954-01/1960-06
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Austin Avenue Methodist Church Scrapbook] (open access)

[Austin Avenue Methodist Church Scrapbook]

Scrapbook documenting the history of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church including newspaper clippings, photos, letters, event programs, and other items.
Date: 1950~/2022~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Page-Interstate Company and the Daily Sun’s Baytown, Highlands, and La Porte Texas Modern City Directory, 1958 (open access)

Page-Interstate Company and the Daily Sun’s Baytown, Highlands, and La Porte Texas Modern City Directory, 1958

General directory for Baytown, Texas and the surrounding area including address listings for businesses and individuals as well as business advertisements. Areas include Baytown, La Porte, Cedar Bayou, Highlands, Wooster and adjacent territory. According to the title page, it contains “an alphabetical directory of all residents eighteen years of age and over with detailed information concerning each; a numerical directory by streets with street telephone guide; a classified business directory; a numerical telephone directory; a cosmopolitan telephone directory and a rural route list.”
Date: 1958
Creator: Page-Interstate Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Page-Interstate Company and the Daily Sun’s Baytown, Highlands, and La Porte Texas Modern City Directory, 1955-56 (open access)

Page-Interstate Company and the Daily Sun’s Baytown, Highlands, and La Porte Texas Modern City Directory, 1955-56

General directory for Baytown, Texas and the surrounding area including address listings for businesses and individuals as well as business advertisements. Areas include Baytown, La Porte, Cedar Bayou, Highlands, Wooster and adjacent territory. According to the title page, it contains “an alphabetical directory of all residents eighteen years of age and over with detailed information concerning each; a numerical directory by streets with street telephone guide; a classified business directory with national advertised brands; a numerical telephone directory; a cosmopolitan telephone directory and a rural route list.”
Date: 1955/1956
Creator: Page-Interstate Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Page-Interstate Company and the Daily Sun’s Baytown Highlands and La Porte Texas Modern City Directory, 1952-53 (open access)

Page-Interstate Company and the Daily Sun’s Baytown Highlands and La Porte Texas Modern City Directory, 1952-53

General directory for Baytown, Texas and the surrounding area including address listings for businesses and individuals as well as business advertisements. Areas include Baytown, La Porte, Cedar Bayou, Highlands, Wooster and adjacent territory. According to the title page, it contains “an alphabetical directory of all residents eighteen years of age and over with detailed information concerning each; a numerical directory by streets with street telephone guide; a classified business directory with a nationally advertised brands section; a numerical telephone directory; a cosmopolitan telephone directory and a comprehensive civic section.”
Date: 1952/1953
Creator: Page-Interstate Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Page-Interstate Company and the Daily Sun’s Baytown, Highlands, and La Porte Texas Modern City Directory, 1950 (open access)

Page-Interstate Company and the Daily Sun’s Baytown, Highlands, and La Porte Texas Modern City Directory, 1950

General directory for Baytown, Texas and the surrounding area including address listings for businesses and individuals as well as business advertisements. Areas include Baytown, La Porte, Cedar Bayou, Highlands, Wooster and adjacent territory. According to the title page, it contains “an alphabetical directory of all residents eighteen years of age and over with detailed information concerning each; a numerical directory by streets with street telephone guide; a classified business directory with special listings for nationally advertised brands; a numerical telephone directory; a cosmopolitan telephone directory and a comprehensive civic section.”
Date: 1950
Creator: Page-Interstate Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1952 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1952

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held on December 6, 1952, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. Texas A&M Philosophy was discussed.
Date: 1953
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heidi: Child of the Mountains (open access)

Heidi: Child of the Mountains

Adapted and abridged version of Heidi written by Johanna Spyri and illustrated by Steffie Lerch. The front cover is an illustration of Heidi standing in a grassy field dotted with flowers. In one hand she is holding a small bouquet of flowers in one hand behind her back with her other hand held over her eyes. At the back of the field is is a brown house. Behind the house is the sun on the horizon next to some mountains. The title page has the title of the book, the author's and illustrator's names and the name of the publishing company. In the center of the page is another illustration. It shows Heidi lying in a field with flowers and plants feeding a goat some grass. Resting on one of the plants is a bird. On the inside of the book are more colored illustrations. The first page has a full page and a half illustration of Heidi with her aunt, Dete, walking down a road leading up to a house. Outside of the house is a field of hay lined by a fence and tall evergreen trees behind the house. In the background are more trees and mountains. Other …
Date: 1950
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heidi (open access)

Heidi

Whitman Classics (1955) edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri with illustrations by Janet Smalley. The front cover has an illustration of Heidi standing barefoot on a patch of grass and flowers wearing a dirndl laced at the front. In her apron she is holding a batch of picked flowers. Tied around her hair is a floral patterned scarf. On the left is a goat kid looking at her flowers. In the background of the cover is a pink bas with white flowers, possibly edelweiss. At the top of the cover is a dark green stripe with the title of the book and the author's name. On the spine, the stripe continues but with just the title written in white text. The pink and flowers also continues along with the book's publisher and edition. The inside of the cover is a bright light green with cream colored fleur de lis. The illustrated pages of the book are colored with the same green as the interior cover and black. One illustration accompanying a passage has a young man standing in a field of grass surrounded by seven goats. Behind him is a small house bordered by a fence behind it. Off to …
Date: 1955
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Garo Law (open access)

The Garo Law

Book about Garo customary laws related to inheritance, marriage, death, family and clan structures, naming conventions, and village administration. Includes case studies demonstrating laws and indices.
Date: 1952
Creator: Marak, Jobang D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Cultural and Linguistic Aspects of the Garos (open access)

Some Cultural and Linguistic Aspects of the Garos

Book about the historical and social development of Garos over time focusing on religion and cultural practices with photographs and a short linguistic description of Garo including a list of cognates between Garo and Assamese with English glosses.
Date: January 1958
Creator: Choudhury, Bhupendranath N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of Assam in Garo. Second edition. (open access)

History of Assam in Garo. Second edition.

Book about the history of Assam used to teach high school covering multiple ethnic groups of Assam, neighboring states, and the British government.
Date: 1954
Creator: Momin, K. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of Assam in Garo. First edition. (open access)

History of Assam in Garo. First edition.

Book about the history of Assam used to teach high school covering multiple ethnic groups of Assam, neighboring states, and the British government.
Date: 1952
Creator: Momin, K. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Achikni Ringanirang aro Olakiani Kitap (open access)

Achikni Ringanirang aro Olakiani Kitap

Book of Garo hymns arranged by theme with bible excerpts and partial English translations. Includes indices in English and Garo.
Date: 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Poraiani Kitap IV, First edition (open access)

Poraiani Kitap IV, First edition

Book of 41 lessons in Garo about world history and geography. Includes illustrations.
Date: 1950
Creator: Christian Literature Society for India
System: The UNT Digital Library
Garo Geography of Assam and India in Outline (open access)

Garo Geography of Assam and India in Outline

Book of 65 lessons on administration, geography, and astronomy in Assam and neighboring regions. Includes illustrations.
Date: 1950
Creator: Sangma, Samson K.
System: The UNT Digital Library