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Hand-Book of Northern Texas (open access)

Hand-Book of Northern Texas

Overview of the north Texas region encompassing Collin, Denton, Fannin, and Grayson Counties for potential visitors, including information about the landscape and climate, the farming and ranching industries, notable persons and businesses, and other information about the area. A description appeared in The Sunday Gazetteer [Denison, TX, Dec. 19, 1886, p.3] which described it: "This book is a quarto volume handsomely gotten up in pamphlet form, and elaborately illustrated with wood engravings. It gives short biographical sketches of prominent men of North Texas, and also pen and pencil pictures of various stock farms, business houses and private residences of the cities and surrounding country of Denison, Sherman Gainesville, Denton, Honey Grove, McKinney, etc., as well as the more important ones of the Indian Nation." Another article that appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle on Feb. 19, 1927, section 9, p.1, hints to the provenance of the library's copy. It states that, the C. C. Bell household had a copy because "Bell is one of the land-owners who paid at the rate of about $30 per photo to be represented in the 40-page bulletin." The C. C. Bell homestead was, "east of what is now Bell Avenue...was later destroyed by fire." A …
Date: 1886
Creator: C.S. Burch Publishing Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir Photographs of Texas-Oklahoma Span War (open access)

Souvenir Photographs of Texas-Oklahoma Span War

Series of photographs with text labels documenting the 9-day "war" between Texas and Oklahoma around the Red River in 1931, including the closure and later re-opening of the bridge at I-75 and the destruction of the road leading to the toll bridge.
Date: 1931~
Creator: Kelley Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1894-1895 (open access)

Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1894-1895

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies.
Date: 1894
Creator: Munson Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History
Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1908-1909 (open access)

Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1908-1909

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies.
Date: 1908
Creator: Munson Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History
Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1913-1914 (open access)

Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1913-1914

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies.
Date: 1913
Creator: Munson Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History
Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1917-1918 (open access)

Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1917-1918

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies.
Date: 1917
Creator: Munson Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History
Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1925-1926 (open access)

Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1925-1926

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies.
Date: 1925
Creator: Munson Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History
Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1926-1927 (open access)

Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1926-1927

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies. This is their Golden Anniversary catalog and includes information about T. V. Munson and the history of the nursery.
Date: 1926
Creator: Munson Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History
Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1927-1928 (open access)

Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1927-1928

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies.
Date: 1927
Creator: Munson Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History
Munson Nurseries Catalog: Number 53 (open access)

Munson Nurseries Catalog: Number 53

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies.
Date: unknown
Creator: Munson Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History
Munson Nurseries Catalog: Number 57 (open access)

Munson Nurseries Catalog: Number 57

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies.
Date: unknown
Creator: Munson Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History
Munson Nurseries Catalog: Number 59 (open access)

Munson Nurseries Catalog: Number 59

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies.
Date: unknown
Creator: Munson Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History
Munson Nurseries Catalog: Number 59 (open access)

Munson Nurseries Catalog: Number 59

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies.
Date: unknown
Creator: Munson Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History
Munson Nurseries Catalog: Number 60 (open access)

Munson Nurseries Catalog: Number 60

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies.
Date: unknown
Creator: Munson Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History
Investigation and Improvement of American Grapes at the Munson Experiment Grounds Near Denison, Texas, From 1876 to 1900 (open access)

Investigation and Improvement of American Grapes at the Munson Experiment Grounds Near Denison, Texas, From 1876 to 1900

Bulletin discussing American wild and cultivated grapes, their characteristics, and the varieties grown at the Munson Experiment Grounds. The bulletin also includes 19 plates of grape varieties, and information on how to cultivate grapes.
Date: 1900
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
System: The Portal to Texas History
Length of Life of Vines of Various Species and Varieties of Grapes; Profitableness; And by What Diseases Seriously Affected. (open access)

Length of Life of Vines of Various Species and Varieties of Grapes; Profitableness; And by What Diseases Seriously Affected.

Bulletin written by T. V. Munson describing his personal experiences planting a number of grape varieties at his vineyard in Denison, Texas, including a description of the environment, images of the varieties, and his findings about different specific varieties.
Date: June 1906
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Shakespear-Bacon Controversy (open access)

The Shakespear-Bacon Controversy

Pamphlet discussing the general argument against considering William Shakespeare as the author of the plays published under his name and advocating the idea that Sir Francis Bacon was the true author.
Date: unknown
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Thomas Volney Munson Memorial Vineyard (open access)

The Thomas Volney Munson Memorial Vineyard

Pamphlet discussing the life and work of T. V. Munson in the viticultural field and background on the project to establish the Thomas Volney Munson Memorial Vineyard.
Date: 1983
Creator: Renfro, Roy E. (Roy Edward), 1945-
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The Metroplex Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The Metroplex Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Metroplex Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: September 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library, Bonham, Texas, Wednesday October 9, 1957, 2:30 P.M. (open access)

Dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library, Bonham, Texas, Wednesday October 9, 1957, 2:30 P.M.

Program for the dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas. The program lists the order of events to take place, and also lists the trustees of the Sam Rayburn Foundation on the back of the program.
Date: October 9, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for Aubry Klinkman, October 25, 1896] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Aubry Klinkman, October 25, 1896]

Funeral program for Aubry Klinkman, died October 24, 1896 at two years old. The funeral was held October 25, 1896 at the family residence, and he was interred at Oakwood Cemetery.
Date: October 24, 1896
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History