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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
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E.L. Stickney of Treasury Dept. to Jesse Grimes, April 6, 1840]
Letter from E. L. Stickney of the Treasury Deptartment to Jesse Grimes, concerning post offices.
Date:
April 6, 1840
Creator:
Stickney, E. L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from J.H. Stribling, August 29, 1873]
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from J.H. Stribling regarding Baylor's illness and founders of Baylor University
Date:
August 29, 1873
Creator:
Stribling, J. H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Prairiedom: Rambles and Scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura.
Front cover, spine, and title page of a book about Texas anecdotes. Title page includes an anonymous French quotation and a second by Ben Jonson.
Date:
1846
Creator:
Suthron, A.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Winfield Scott Wallace and his wife]
Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection. Photograph of Winfield Scott Wallace and his wife (either Lavinia Clark, or second wife, Effie King); from collection of 71 items (parts a-bs): documents, photographs, and books. See 1983-82.1 - .7 for related three dimensional objects.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Swartz, D. H.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Swisher Memoirs
Front and back covers of "The Swisher Memoirs" including a map of a section of Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Swisher, John M.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tanner's Travelling Map of Mexico
Front cover and front inside cover of a portfolio for a map guide.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Tanner, H. S.
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Preliminary Annotated Check List of the Cretaceous Invertebrate Fossils of Texas, Accompanied by a Short Description of the Lithology and Stratigraphy of the System
Front cover of a paper put out by the Texas Geological Survey.
Date:
1889
Creator:
Texas Geological and Mineralogical Survey
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson
Print of Thomas Jefferson posed near a table with a pen in his hand.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
The Gravure Company of America
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slave-made bucket
Handmade bucket with two iron loops for hanging; made and owned by Seth Thomas, a slave owned by Will Bishop who had a tobacco plantation in or around Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Thomas, Seth
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photo of Leon B. Wallace]
From the Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection. A photo postcard of Leon Blum Wallace, b. 6-10-87; d. 2-18-1956. Taken at the Murdock Bath House in Galveston.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Tobler, L.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reconnaissance of Aransas Pass, Texas
Navigation chart for Aransas Pass, between Mustang Island and San Jose Island. There are sailing directions and notes in the upper-left corner of the map. The physical features are outlined and shaded (relief shown by soundings and contours). Depths are marked with lines and numbers in feet. Scale 1:20,000
Date:
1853
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acts and Resolutions Passed at the Second Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress of the United States
Front cover of the documents published by the second session of the 28th Congress of the United States.
Date:
1845
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acts and Resolutions Passed at the Third Session of the Twenty-Fifth Congress of the United States
Front cover of the Congressional proceedings from the third session of the 25th U.S. Congress.
Date:
1839
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[List of Officers Who Have Resigned]
First page of a list of officers whose resignations were accepted by the President as of January 1865.
Date:
January 18, 1865
Creator:
United States. War Department. Inspector General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilt made of silk by Amanda Malvina Veazy
Quilt made of silk by Mrs. Y. Sheppherd Veazy (Amanda Malvina) for Eugene Bibb Wallace-Catherine (Kate) Veazy wedding. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Veazy, Amanda Malvina
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Lloyd's Military Maps, Showing the Principal Places of Interest, compiled from official data by Egbert L. Viele and Charles Haskins, Military and Civil Engineers. Published under the auspices of the American Geographical and Statistical Society."
Lloyd's Military Maps, Showing the Principal Places of Interest, compiled from official data by Egbert L. Viele and Charles Haskins, Military and Civil Engineers. Published under the auspices of the American Geographical and Statistical Society.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Viele, Egbert L. & Haskins, Charles
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Summons for John M. Brown]
Court summons for John M. Brown to appear in Union Bank of Mississippi vs. John M. Brown case.
Date:
March 4, 1843
Creator:
Washington County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"A Drove of Texas Cattle Crossing a Stream"
Engraved woodcut of cattle crossing a stream printed in Harper's Weekly, October 19, 1867, page 665.
Date:
October 19, 1867
Creator:
Waud, A. R.
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Walker Wheeler, May 26, 1863]
Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Walker Wheeler regarding Civil War news. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers.
Date:
May 26, 1863
Creator:
Wheeler, Walker
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Election of the White Man's Union Association of Grimes County, Texas
First page of a newsprint handbill detailing membership information for White Man's Union Association of Grimes County, Texas including the Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Election.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
White Man's Union Association
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Election of the White Man's Union Association of Grimes County, Texas
First page of a newsprint handbill detailing membership information for White Man's Union Association of Grimes County, Texas including the Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Election.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
White Man's Union Association
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Election of the White Man's Union Association of Grimes County, Texas
First page of a newsprint handbill detailing membership information for White Man's Union Association of Grimes County, Texas including the Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Election.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
White Man's Union Association
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The United States & the Relative Position of the Oregon & Texas
Hand-colored engraving of the United States and surrounding areas. States and regions are outlined in various colors and settlements, roads and topography are marked with relief shown by hachures. There is an inset of Great Britain on the right side of the page showing the outline of the islands and rivers.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Wyld, James
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History