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The Missions of Texas (open access)

The Missions of Texas

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing information about the history of missions in Texas including San Miguel del Socorro, Isleta del Sur, San Francisco de los Tehas, Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, San Francisco de la Espada, Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna, San Antonio de Bexar, and others, mentioned geographically.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indian Tribes In Texas (open access)

Indian Tribes In Texas

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing information regarding the primary Native American tribes native to Texas and some of the interactions between them and the Texas colonists. The tribes include the Caddo, Apache, Lipan, Comanche, Coahuiltican, Karankawa, Tonkawa, and Cherokee tribes.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Explorers of Texas (open access)

Explorers of Texas

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing information regarding the first explorers of Texas. Some of the explorers mentioned include Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda, Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, Fernando de Soto, and Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Where Texas' Declaration of Independence Dawned (open access)

Where Texas' Declaration of Independence Dawned

Reprint of article discussing the history of the Texas revolution and the work of the Historical Survey Committee to mark important historic buildings, sites, and gravestones.
Date: unknown
Creator: Stewart, Lloyd
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather Wisdom of the Texas-Mexican Border (open access)

Weather Wisdom of the Texas-Mexican Border

Essay discussing folklore about predicting weather, gathered from the areas around the Texas-Mexican border.
Date: 1923~
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crazy Hotel:  Formal Opening Menu (open access)

Crazy Hotel: Formal Opening Menu

This photograph shows a SOUVENIR MENU on the occasion of the formal opening of the Crazy Hotel on March 11, 1927. The hotel, now [2008] a retirement hotel, is still located on the corner of N. Oak Avenue and NW 3rd Street, Mineral Wells, Texas. It was closed as a retirement hotel, under a considerable cloud, in 2010.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prospectus of the Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association at Austin, Texas, For the Season of 1893 (open access)

Prospectus of the Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association at Austin, Texas, For the Season of 1893

This prospectus outlines the ideals and intentions of the Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association to educate the people of the city and provide better public services.
Date: 1893
Creator: Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
List of Fugitives From Justice: 1891.-- Part 7 (open access)

List of Fugitives From Justice: 1891.-- Part 7

A list of criminals, divided by county, which gives the name, crime, and description of each fugitive. Name index begins on page 27.
Date: 1962
Creator: Texas. Adjutant General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Beef According to the Cut. (open access)

Cooking Beef According to the Cut.

Pamphlet discussing the nutritional value and versatility of beef; provides recipes and methods for its preparation in various dishes.
Date: October 1928
Creator: Alexander, Lucy M. (Lucy Maclay), 1888- & Yeatman, Fanny Walker, b. 1876
System: The UNT Digital Library
Eggs at Any Meal. (open access)

Eggs at Any Meal.

Discusses the nutritional value and versatility of the egg; provides recipes and suggests ways to use eggs in a variety dishes and sauces.
Date: April 1931
Creator: Alexander, Lucy M. (Lucy Maclay), 1888- & Yeatman, Fanny Walker, b. 1876
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to choose and use Potatoes. (open access)

How to choose and use Potatoes.

Provides simple instructions for choosing, storing, and cooking potatoes.
Date: July 1950
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to choose and use Cabbage. (open access)

How to choose and use Cabbage.

Provides simple instructions for choosing, storing, and cooking cabbage.
Date: July 1950
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to choose and use Carrots. (open access)

How to choose and use Carrots.

Provides simple instructions for choosing the best quality carrots, storing them, and cooking them.
Date: July 1950
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Control of the Alfalfa Weevil. (open access)

The Control of the Alfalfa Weevil.

Pamphlet describing the characteristics of the alfalfa weevil, the damage it causes, and methods of control.
Date: June 1927
Creator: Reeves, Geo. I. (George I.), b. 1879
System: The UNT Digital Library
Famous Mineral Water   "At the Sign of of the Old Well" (open access)

Famous Mineral Water "At the Sign of of the Old Well"

Shown here is the title page of a booklet, about 6 3/16" by 3 7/16", of eight folios extolling the virtues of the waters obtainable in Mineral Wells. An analysis of the mineral water, a notarized statement by one J[asper] C. Liles (1873-1931), attesting to the purity of the water, and a brief description of the method by which the water is obtained, adorn the first two folios. An advertisement for Dismuke's Pronto-Lax (Complete with an illustration of a specimen bottle) fills the bottom of folio 2, verso. The rest of the booklet is given over to letters from satisfied customers, attesting to the efficacy of the waters in the alleviation of various complaints. The booklet ends with a notice of where to obtain Dismuke's Pronto-lax should it not be found locally. Finally, a violet stamp reading: Mrs. Dola Blaffer 3412 Knight Street Phone 5-6602 Dallas, Tex." fills out the final page. A colophon at the very bottom reads: "Hendrix Printing Co. Mineral Wells, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir Views of Mineral Wells, Texas (open access)

Souvenir Views of Mineral Wells, Texas

Shown here is a bottle-shaped souvenir of Mineral Wells. It consists of fourteen folios, showing various views of the attractions found in Mineral Wells. The clothing of the people photographed suggests a date of the early twentieth century.
Date: unknown
Creator: Yeager Drug Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Camera Trip Through Camp Wolters (open access)

A Camera Trip Through Camp Wolters

Shown here is a booklet of 15 folios, 9 1/4" x 6 1/8", detailing life for the inmates of Camp Wolters. The booklet displays no copyright date, but the illustrations strongly suggest World War II. The booklet is in poor condition, and it is probably perishing from old age.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ladino white clover for the northeastern states. (open access)

Ladino white clover for the northeastern states.

Describes the importance of Ladino white clover on the farm, and how to successfully grow it in the northeastern United States.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hollowell, E. A. (Eugene Amos)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rural Planning: The Social Aspects of Recreation Places. (open access)

Rural Planning: The Social Aspects of Recreation Places.

Describes the trend toward establishing planned recreation areas in rural communities, and the economic and social benefits they provide to farmers.
Date: 1924
Creator: Nason, W. C. (Wayne Crocker), b. 1874
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Principal Insect Enemies of the Grape. (open access)

The Principal Insect Enemies of the Grape.

Discusses nine different insect enemies of the grape, and methods for control.
Date: 1898
Creator: Marlatt, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco soils. (open access)

Tobacco soils.

Discusses tobacco growing in terms of soil, climate, and distribution.
Date: 1908
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Masses (open access)

Air Masses

This booklet gives an overview of air masses as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes an "Explanation of the classification of air masses; weather associated with particular air masses; [and the] trajectory and source region of air masses that invade the United States." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: February 1971
Creator: Snyder, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moisture and Clouds (open access)

Moisture and Clouds

This booklet gives an overview of moisture and cloud formations as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes information about "Cloud formation, international classification, abbreviations, and symbols" as well as "General flight conditions associated with stratiform and cumuliform clouds." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: June 1971
Creator: Christy, J. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Atmosphere and Temperature (open access)

Atmosphere and Temperature

This booklet gives an overview of atmosphere and temperature as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes information about "Pressure scale measurement, isobars, forces that affect winds, high and low pressure systems and associate weather[-]formation prevailing wind belts." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: January 1971
Creator: Christy, J. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History