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Retail Merchants' Association's Denton City Directory (open access)

Retail Merchants' Association's Denton City Directory

The Retail Merchants' Association's Denton City Directory contains addresses of all businesses and residents within Denton and the surrounding area. The directory also contains several advertisements for local businesses.
Date: 1923
Creator: Retail Merchants' Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Telephone Directory: Sept. 1924 (open access)

Denton Telephone Directory: Sept. 1924

Denton Telephone Directory includes numbers and advertisements for businesses in Denton and the surrounding area. The North Texas Telephone Company published the directory in September 1924.
Date: September 1924
Creator: North Texas Telephone Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peoples Home Telephone Company (open access)

Peoples Home Telephone Company

The Peoples Home Telephone Company Directory includes phone numbers and addresses for businesses and residents of Denton and the surrounding area. The directory also includes advertisements for local businesses. The directory was updated on April 22, 1922.
Date: April 22, 1922
Creator: Peoples Home Telephone Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peoples Home Telephone Company (open access)

Peoples Home Telephone Company

The Peoples Home Telephone Company Directory contains phone numbers and addresses of businesses and residents in Denton and the surrounding area. The directory also includes advertisements for local businesses. The Peoples Home Telephone Company compiled the directory on December 1, 1918.
Date: December 1, 1918
Creator: Peoples Home Telephone Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Famous in the West (open access)

Famous in the West

Cunningham provided information about El Paso, Texas in the late nineteenth century. He also wrote about early settlers, marshals, and criminals of the west in that time period. He wrote about "Billy the Kid," First Sergeant James B. Gillett, Tom Threepersons, Dallas Stoudenmire, John Wesley Hardin, and others.
Date: 1925~
Creator: Cunningham, Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
52nd Annual Convention State Firemen's Association of Texas (open access)

52nd Annual Convention State Firemen's Association of Texas

This program contains information about the Denton Fire Department, a biographical sketch about W. J. Austin, descendant of Stephen F. Austin and former president of the State Firemen's Association, a list of officers and members of the Denton Fire Department, and several photographs of firemen and their equipment. The booklet also contains information about the mayor and city officials of Denton in 1928, a photograph of Denton city hall, a photograph of Godwin Hotel, and the schedule of events for the annual convention of the State Firemen's Association of Texas. Some information about other Denton County fire departments is included. The program also contains several advertisements for Texas and Denton County businesses.
Date: 1928-06-12~
Creator: State Firemen's Association of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
The 1971 Miss Denton Pageant (open access)

The 1971 Miss Denton Pageant

Book contains information about the Denton Jaycees and their Miss Denton Pageant. Photographs of the Denton Jaycees chairmen are included. Several advertisements for Denton area business and the photographs of pageant contestants are also included.
Date: 1971
Creator: Denton Jaycees
System: The Portal to Texas History
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church: 1914 (open access)

Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church: 1914

Booklet contains a list of special meetings, an order of business, and a course of study. The booklet also contains the society's motto, officers, and committees. A detailed order of services of each meeting during 1914 is included.
Date: 1914?
Creator: Woman's Missionary Society
System: The Portal to Texas History
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church: 1912-1913 (open access)

Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church: 1912-1913

Booklet contains a list of special meetings, an order of business, and a course of study. The booklet also contains the society's motto, officers, and committees. A detailed order of services of each meeting during 1912-1913 is included.
Date: 1912
Creator: Woman's Missionary Society
System: The Portal to Texas History
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church: 1919-1920 (open access)

Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church: 1919-1920

Booklet contains a list of special meetings, an order of business, and a course of study. The booklet also contains the society's motto, officers, and committees. A detailed order of services of each meeting during the 1919-1920 year is included.
Date: 1919?
Creator: Woman's Missionary Society
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton High School Twentieth Annual Commencement Program 1905 (open access)

Denton High School Twentieth Annual Commencement Program 1905

The twentieth annual commencement of Denton High School was held at Wright's Opera House on May 22, 1905. The program also contains information about the baccalaureate service, the names of the graduates, an order of services, and a list of faculty and board of trustees.
Date: 1905~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Harris Family, War Ration Books and tokens, Sept. 7, 1944] (open access)

[Harris Family, War Ration Books and tokens, Sept. 7, 1944]

Five war ration books within a ration book cover provided by Denton County National Bank. The ration book belonged to the Harris family of McAllen, Texas: Mary Jean Harris (14), Shirley Francis Harris (8), Helen F. Harris (41), Mrs. W. B. Francis (60+), and John Richard Harris III (12). According to the information in the booklet, they lived at 615 Dallas Ave. in McAllen, Texas. The ration books contain several pages of unused ration stamps and each page contains 48 stamps. On one of the last pages, in handwriting is the title of a film from 1938, "That Certain Age," and a play, "Popularity Plus, by Dorthy C. Allan, also published in 1938. The cover for the ration book was provided by the Denton County National Bank in Denton, Texas, and contained a calendar for the year 1944 on the inside back cover.
Date: 1944~
Creator: United States Office of Price Administration
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe Ration booklet from Leonard National Bank (open access)

Shoe Ration booklet from Leonard National Bank

Shoe ration booklet from the Leonard National Bank in Leonard, Texas; the booklet contains 8 receipt stubs followed by 40 blank receipts.
Date: 1945~
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton City Schools. Course of Study, Rules and Regulations, and Superintendent's Report. (open access)

Denton City Schools. Course of Study, Rules and Regulations, and Superintendent's Report.

The booklet contains a list of teachers and graduates of Denton city schools, the courses of study for the different grade groups, rules and regulations, by-laws of the school board, and the report of the superintendent.
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revised Charter of the City of Denton, Texas (open access)

Revised Charter of the City of Denton, Texas

Revised Charter of the City of Denton, Texas as adopted April 4, 1914 with amendments to August, 1934. The front cover contains an illustration of Denton city hall.
Date: June 1934
Creator: Gambill, R. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charter of the City of Denton, Texas (open access)

Charter of the City of Denton, Texas

The Charter of the City of Denton, Texas as adopted April 4, 1914 with amendments adopted July 29, 1919.
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Index to map of Texas: Clason's commercial index of Texas cities and towns, gives population, county, railroads, altitude, description, post offices, garages and hotels] (open access)

[Index to map of Texas: Clason's commercial index of Texas cities and towns, gives population, county, railroads, altitude, description, post offices, garages and hotels]

Book contains information about Texas including the populations of many of the cities and counties in Texas according to the 1910 Census. The locations in the booklet are keyed to correspond with Clason's Guide Map of Texas. This book is missing the cover and several pages; the original cover title read: Clason's Texas road map and railway guide. Includes indexes.
Date: 1910/1919~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Denton Community Theater presents "Bus Stop"] (open access)

[Denton Community Theater presents "Bus Stop"]

The program for "Bus Stop" presented by the Denton Community Theater contains advertisements for Denton area businesses including banks, grocers, pharmacies, auto dealers, insurance agencies, general stores. The program also lists the cast, a synopsis of the scenes, special credits, board of directors, patrons, and the production and business staff.
Date: 1973-11~
Creator: Inge, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Historical Sketch of the Katie Daffan Chapter H. D. C. (open access)

Historical Sketch of the Katie Daffan Chapter H. D. C.

A program containing a list of officers, presidents, and members of the Katie Daffan Chapter U.D.C. A brief history of the group is given, and information regarding the dedication of a confederate monument on June 3rd, 1918.
Date: 1918?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton County Brands (open access)

Denton County Brands

The booklet contains a collection of many of the livestock brands used to identify cattle, horses, sheep, and goats by early Denton County Ranchers.
Date: unknown
Creator: Western National Bank of Denton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Centurama (open access)

Centurama

The official program for Denton's centennial celebration on April 21-27, 1957 contains information about the events week, a brief history of Denton's foundation and progress, a map of Denton in 1957, and several advertisements for local organizations. Several photographs of early Denton County scenes, various historical markers, early buildings of North Texas State College and Texas State College for Women, and other mentionable landmarks are included.
Date: 1957-04~
Creator: Denton Centennial Commision
System: The Portal to Texas History
William C. Wright v. The United States and the Comanche and Kiowa Indians (open access)

William C. Wright v. The United States and the Comanche and Kiowa Indians

Record and transcription of William C. Wright v. the United States and the Comanche and Kiowa tribes of Indians in the United States Court of Claims. The claimant argued that the Comanche and Kiowa Indians stole property from him around 1868.
Date: 1891-07-01?
Creator: United States. Court of Claims.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minutes of the Organization and First Annual Session of the Denton County Baptist Association (open access)

Minutes of the Organization and First Annual Session of the Denton County Baptist Association

Minutes of the Organization and First Annual Session of the Denton County Baptist Association. The booklet contains the list of delegates and the location of their churches, constitution, rules of order, and the declaration of faith of the association.
Date: 1886-10-01~
Creator: Denton County Baptist Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
50 Selected Recipes by 50 Denton Women (open access)

50 Selected Recipes by 50 Denton Women

Cookbook compiled by members of the Central Presbyterian Church of Denton, Texas. The cookbook contains 50 recipes from Denton women and advertisements for local companies.
Date: unknown
Creator: Young People's Organization of the Central Presbyterian Church
System: The Portal to Texas History