Photograph of Jessie Taylor and her daughter, Juanita Milam, posing together in Juanita's home. Jessie is seated in a reclining chair, holding a photograph in her lap; Juanita is leaning across the arm of the chair with her arms around her mother.

Presidential reconstruction in Texas proceeded under the direction of provisional governor Andrew Jackson Hamilton, a Texas Unionist. Texas Unionists had deep political roots in pre-war politics and sought to reconstruct along moderate lines. Following the constitutional convention of 1866, conservative James Webb Throckmorton won the gubernatorial race against Unionist Elisha Marshall Pease. Throckmorton's administration did very little to curb the intense violence directed at Unionists in Texas, and the conservative legislature passed legislation repressive to blacks. Texas Unionists grew increasingly radical, and Throckmorton clashed with the federal military over the question of authority. After the Radicals in Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts, Throckmorton was removed as governor, and E.M. Pease was appointed in his place, ending presidential reconstruction in Texas.

This study presents a chronological examination of women's rights activism. The first three chapters cover the origin, growth, and success of the Texas woman suffrage movement. Chapter Four examines the issues of interest to Texas women after the right to vote was achieved, including birth control, better working conditions, unionization, jury duty, and married women's property rights. The last chapters explore the origins, growth, and success of the movement to secure an Equal Legal Rights Amendment to the state constitution, and its immediate aftermath. Sources include manuscript collections, interviews, newspaper and magazine accounts, and government documents.

Beauford Halbert Jester, thirty-sixth governor of Texas, had served nearly six months of his second term when he died on July 11, 1949. He tends to be remembered as the only Texas governor to die in office, but his accomplishments deserve greater recognition. Elected as the Establishment candidate in a bitter campaign against a liberal opponent, Jester had a surprisingly progressive administration. During his tenure the state generally expanded its services, began a prison reform program, reorganized the public school system, began an ambitious farm-to-market road program, attempted a new approach to juvenile delinquency, expanded educational opportunities for blacks, created a legislative redistricting board, and established a building fund for state-supported colleges and universities.

This report was submitted to the Denton County Commissioner’s Court on December 12, 2023. The independent research contained herein was inspired by a collaborative community effort to highlight the emerging historical narrative of the St. John's freed-persons community of Pilot Point, its unexplained disappearance in the 1930s, and the events that led to the community's cemetery becoming landlocked and inaccessible to the public for more than eighty years.

Photograph of a collage of portraits organized on a cut-out shaped as a red apple, displayed on a table covered with a white tablecloth. A handwritten sign is partially visible next to the collage with the words "This Is Your."

Photograph of a couple seated on a wooden bench together. The man, James Lee Marvin Alexander, is wearing a dark suit and patterned bow tie; the woman, Mrs. Alice E. Alexander the daughter of Fred Moore, is wearing a light-colored dress and has her hands folded in her lap.

This dissertation outlines the creation and history of the Fort Worth Stockyards Company from its conception to the time of this dissertation's publication. The Fort Worth Stockyards Company was created by Greenleif W. Simpson and Louville V. Niles. This company would soon cement Fort Worth as the premier livestock producer in America, soon surpassing Chicago.

Campaign flyer promoting Welton Stoker for the Denton school board. It includes information about the time for the election, information about Stoker, and a photograph of him posing wit his family.

Portrait of Bobbie Jo Ann Deavei wearing a light-colored dress with matching shoes and headband. She is posing seated on a padded bench in front of a studio backdrop. There are handwritten notes on the back of the photo.

Signature and address book used by Maggie Mayfield Hampton during her time teaching at the Fred Douglas school in Prairie View, Texas. Various friends at the school wrote notes to Maggie in the book. The journal has a purple fabric cover with a flower pattern; decorative embellishments are on the front, including flowers and the letters "Auto."

Copy print of the congregation at Mount Pilgrim Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Denton, Texas. Members of the church are seated on benches on either side of the photograph. Another group is posing in an alcove at the back of the church. A handwritten note on the back says, "Mt. Pilgrim C.M.E. Church, 339 Roberston St. 1939."

Photograph of a young man and woman standing together in a room filled with metal folding chairs. A handwritten note on the back says, "James Lee & Joyce After Hazel's Pageant, May 25, 1967, At Fred Moore High School."

Photocopy of the team portrait of the Fred Douglas High School football team during the 1940s. Identified from left to right: First Row -- William Goodnes, Lawrence Peace, L. H. Simpkins, unknown, Eddie Franklin, George Davis, Ernest Sims, Jr., Charlie Beatty. Second Row -- J. D. Stimson (left), James Whitlow (second from right). Third Row -- Bennie Gober, Billy Simpson, unknown, Luther Varner, Ponder, unknown, W. L. Kimble, E. D. Price, unknown.

Photograph of the front of Fred Moore High School in Denton, Texas. A handwritten note on the back says, "Fred Moore High School Built In 1949."

Photograph of a classroom at Fred Moore School in Denton, Texas. There are several students sitting at desks and two groups of students standing at the back for the room with three adults near several shelves that have stacks of cans and eggs. The adults are identified as Miss Eva Courtney (a volunteer) at the far right, Jewel Logan (another volunteer) at the far left, and the teacher, Lucille Nix. Several of the students are also identified: Drucilla Kimble (back right, wearing a plaid jacket), Archie Hicks (standing behind Drucilla), Joyce Young (seated at the far right), Shiela Bell (seated at a desk in the middle front), and Gwen (standing in front of Miss Nix on the left). The words "Precious Memories" are affixed to the photo near the top of the image.

Photograph of the gravestone for Irma J. Kimble. It has an open book with her name and birth and death dates (Nov. 22, 1937 and Nov. 25, 1937). Flowers and a cross are around the book. A fence and road are partially visible in the background. Handwritten text on the back of the photograph says "Eakins Cemetery, Ponder, Texas, 1st Triplets [...] Denton County."

Photograph of a group of men and women at "Annual Usher Day" at Mount Pilgrim C.M.E. Church in Denton, Texas. The group is standing behind a communion railing and a pulpit is on the far left. Two men in clerical garb are on the left including Pastor Johnny Alexander (second from left). The two persons to the right of Pastor Alexander are identified as Opal Goodner (usher of the year) and Thomas Brotherton. The last two on the far right are identified as Johnson (first name unknown) and Evelyn Curry (a TWU professor).

Photograph of three women and a man seated around a table, looking at papers in front of the man in the center. A handwritten note on the back says "Mrs. Lucille Nix; Alexander, Fred Moore & Gladys Standefer, Secretary." Mrs. Alice Moore Alexander and the daughter of Fred Moore.

Photograph of a group of people posing together in Quakertown in two rows, with one group seated in the front and the others standing behind. Other people are visible on a house porch in the background. A handwritten note on the back says "People of Quakertown."

Copy print of a nursery school class in Denton, Texas, taken in front of the teacher's home on Prairie street. Identified from left to right: First Row -- Lockland (?), Archie Woodards, Betty Kimble, Betty Pratt, George Davis, Minnie, Louise Jones, Ruby. Second Row -- Luvinia, "Topsy" Ponder, Dorothy Sims, Curtis Smith, JoAnn Pratt, Griffin, Laura Alexander. Teacher Miss Stone.

Five photographs affixed to a partial scrapbook page. On the front, there is a photograph of a car parked outside a brick building on the top, and a group of people cooking out-of-doors on the bottom. The three photographs on the back include several women in formal wear on a decorated stage; a group of young children and adults standing in a lot with several buildings in the background; and a young child wearing a band uniform, posing on a lawn in front of a brick building.

Photograph of school board members at the dedication of the Fred Moore school in Denton, Texas. Several of the people are seated and two men are standing at the front of the room. Brick walls are visible in the background. A handwritten note on the back says: "Supt. Chester G. Strickland & School Board Members at Fred Moore School Dedication/A Day To Remember! Prof F. D. Moore walks to the front to receive Plaque presented to him by our Supt."

Photograph of a young woman visible from the waist up, wearing a white sleeveless shirt. A man is partially-visible on her left, wearing a light-colored shirt and baseball cap. There appears to be a brown striped van in the background. A handwritten note on the back says "Abner Haynes."