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Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore (open access)

Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including stories about hunting, warfare, religion, Texas traditions, and other miscellaneous folk tales. The index begins on page 149.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Quakes] (open access)

[News Script: Quakes]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Alaska's palmer observatory reports a moderate earthquake rocked a wide area in Alaska about 70 miles southwest of Anchorage.
Date: August 31, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore (open access)

Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including stories about hunting, warfare, religion, Texas traditions, and other miscellaneous folk tales. The index begins on page 149.
Date: 1972
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Douglas M. Herrera to John J. Herrera - 1969-05-16] (open access)

[Letter from Douglas M. Herrera to John J. Herrera - 1969-05-16]

Letter to John J. Herrera from his son, Douglas M. Herrera, dated May 16, 1969. Douglas details his plans to leave university for summer work in Alaska. The letter is handwritten on loose leaf paper and mailed from the University of the Americas in Mexico to Houston, Texas.
Date: May 16, 1969
Creator: Herrera, Douglas M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. Monday, May 25, 1942 : week of May 15 to May 22

Front : Text describes action on various war fronts: Axis hunts Shangri La -- Shadow on Australia -- New threat to China -- Gandhi still passive -- More Yanks in Ireland -- U.S. gets Panama bases -- Spain would trade -- Island volcano erupts -- Axis people grumble -- Axis battles Chetniks -- Air travel curtailed -- Prinz Eugen torpedoes -- Attack on Kharkov -- Vichy downs RAF planes -- Africa drive hinted -- Malta counts bombings. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show the Burma Road and a map of a portion of Europe overlaying a map of the United States. U.S. cities are shown in italics, European cities in capitals. Includes photographs: Doolittle did much -- North American B-25 -- Gandhi opposes [scorched earth policy] -- School of 'tin fish' ready for their deadly work -- Shell casings stacked in Moscow factory -- Rommel might move -- Catalinas from America keep an eye on the Mediterranean -- RAF salvages wrecked planes from desert. Includes 1 cartoon. Back: Know Your Enemies: the Nazi Army. Includes photographs: Supporting Fire, Howitzer in Action, Moving Up, Mountain Troops, Tank Destroyer, Anti-Aircraft Alert, …
Date: May 25, 1942
Creator: [United States]. Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Copper Mining in North America (open access)

Copper Mining in North America

From introduction: "In this paper are assembled and summarized many subjects relating to the copper industry in North America. Production of mines and districts, history of the industry in North America. Production of mines and districts, history of the industry, geology, of the principal deposits, and mining methods and costs are discussed."
Date: 1938
Creator: Gardner, E. D.; Johnson, C. H. & Butler, B. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Maps of Mexico and Alaska]

Map shows early twentieth century Mexican states, territories, cities, and towns. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:9,820,800].
Date: 1920?
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson's North America.

Map shows existing and proposed railroads, major roads, cities and towns, North American Indian tribes, U.S. Mail and Pony Express routes, and pre-statehood boundaries for contiguous western United States. Alaska is among "Russian Possessions" and Canada is "British America." Mexico, Central America, Greenland, and West Indies are also pictured. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:15,840,000].
Date: [1866..1879]
Creator: Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett), 1827-1884
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of North America showing its political divisions and recent discoveries in the polar regions

From: Mitchell's general atlas. Map shows major cities of the North American continent and the Russian America, Danish America, British America, and Central American boundaries dividing it during the mid-nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:28,000,000].
Date: 1860
Creator: Williams, W. (Wellington)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of North America: from the latest authorities showing the proposed railroad routes from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century major cities, existing and proposed railroad routes, Mexico, British America, Russian Possessions [Alaska], Central America, the West Indies, areas of Indian habitation by tribe with populations numbers, western U.S. territories. Includes table of distances, geographical statistics, notes, and 1 illustration. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:15,000,000].
Date: [1849..1854]
Creator: J.H. Colton & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte de l'Amérique septentrionale.

Map shows geography, cities, towns of early nineteenth century North America. Inset depicts the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:22,528,000].
Date: 1838
Creator: Delamarche
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History