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Texas and the Massachusetts Resolutions (open access)

Texas and the Massachusetts Resolutions

Pamphlet containing an essay against the annexation of Texas, compiled from a series of newspaper columns.
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Adams, Charles Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations (open access)

Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Anti-Texass Legion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annexation of Texas. By Junius no. IX (open access)

Annexation of Texas. By Junius no. IX

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Colton, Calvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Discourse on Slavery and the Annexation of Texas (open access)

Discourse on Slavery and the Annexation of Texas

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Dewey, Orville
System: The Portal to Texas History
Address on the annexation of Texas, and the aspect of slavery in the United States, in connection therewith: delivered in Boston November 14 and 18, 1845 (open access)

Address on the annexation of Texas, and the aspect of slavery in the United States, in connection therewith: delivered in Boston November 14 and 18, 1845

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Phillips, Stephen C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thoughts on the proposed annexation of Texas to the United States (open access)

Thoughts on the proposed annexation of Texas to the United States

A book containing Theodor Sedgwick’s opinions about the annexation of Texas to the United States. The book contains discussions of issues that arise if Texas is annexed to the United States Union. A couple of the issues addressed are slavery and diplomatic relations between Texas and Mexico.
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Sedgwick, Theodore
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1 (open access)

Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1

None
Date: January 1, 1841
Creator: Kennedy, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letters, Relating to the History of Annexation (open access)

Letters, Relating to the History of Annexation

None
Date: January 1, 1848
Creator: Jones, Anson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix (open access)

Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix

The observations of Frederick Law Olmsted as he journeyed through Texas in the 1850s.
Date: January 1, 1857
Creator: Olmsted, Frederick Law
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Navy (open access)

Texas Navy

A survey of the Texas Navy during the Texas Revolution and the Republic Era. Includes maps, sketches, a list of ships of the Texas Navy, and a chronology. Also includes photographs of 20th century U.S. Navy ships named after Texans or Texas locations.
Date: January 1, 1968
Creator: U.S. Navy Department. Naval History Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
West Texas Historical and Scientific Society publication number twelve (open access)

West Texas Historical and Scientific Society publication number twelve

This issue provides description, photographs, and historical background of Big Bend National Park.
Date: June 1, 1948
Creator: West Texas Historical and Scientific Society
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostatic copy of the original Index to Unfinished Business in Zavala's Colony, September 1, 1932] (open access)

[Photostatic copy of the original Index to Unfinished Business in Zavala's Colony, September 1, 1932]

Photostatic copy of the original Index to Unfinished Business in Zavala's Colony found in the Spanish archives of the General Land Office. Austin, TX, September 1, 1932.
Date: September 1, 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. (open access)

The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.

The ACIR Library is composed of publications that study the interactions between different levels of government. This document addresses the ACIR itself for the year 1964.
Date: January 1, 1964
Creator: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. (open access)

The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.

The ACIR Library is composed of publications that study the interactions between different levels of government. This document addresses the ACIR itself for the year 1965.
Date: June 1, 1965
Creator: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. (open access)

The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.

The ACIR Library is composed of publications that study the interactions between different levels of government. This document addresses the ACIR itself for the year 1967.
Date: May 1, 1967
Creator: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
D.W. Griffith Presents "The Birth of a Nation" (open access)

D.W. Griffith Presents "The Birth of a Nation"

Souvenir program from the silent motion picture, "The Birth of a Nation, the Most Stupendous and Fascinating Motion Picture Drama Created in the United States. Founded on Thomas Dixon's story 'The Clansman'", which presents an early 20th-century Southern view of Reconstruction. The program includes a list of cast members, statements about the creation of the film and background of the story, trivia about the film, and blurbs from reviewers.
Date: April 1, 1924
Creator: Griffith, D.W.
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
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
A Study of Rural Schools in Travis County, Texas (open access)

A Study of Rural Schools in Travis County, Texas

Book describing the economic conditions, social conditions, finances, facilities and curriculum in Travis County Schools.
Date: December 1, 1916
Creator: Davis, Edward Everett, 1881-
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
Lands for Sale in Texas.  Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas (open access)

Lands for Sale in Texas. Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas

Publication listing land for sale in Texas. Description of tracts in many different counties.
Date: June 1, 1888
Creator: Herndon, W.S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maverick Ancestors of the Maverick Family of Texas (open access)

Maverick Ancestors of the Maverick Family of Texas

Short history of Samuel Maverick's ancestors and family; Maverick was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
Date: April 1, 1969
Creator: Maverick, James Slayden
System: The Portal to Texas History