Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, With the Regions Adjoining (open access)

Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, With the Regions Adjoining

Text with detailed description of the areas shown by the accompanying map, including geographical and cultural information.
Date: 1846
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

A new map of Texas, Oregon, and California : with the regions adjoining / compiled from the most recent authorities.

Hand drawn map showing the emigration route from Missouri to Oregon in 1845 with geographical features. A table of stops along the routes with mileage included. There are some brief written descriptions of areas of the west.
Date: 1846
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Mexico, California and Texas in 1851]

Relief shown by hachures. Includes illustrations of people washing gold, Mexican peasants and the ruins at Uxmal, Yucatan. There are colorful borders around each of the different states within the Mexican border.
Date: 1851
Creator: Martin, Robert Montgomery
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jo S. Wallace to Charles Moore, December 20, 1863] (open access)

[Letter from Jo S. Wallace to Charles Moore, December 20, 1863]

Letter from Jo S. Moore to Charles Moore, discussing a carpentry job, living in California, thoughts from several people about moving around the country, and news.
Date: December 20, 1863
Creator: Wallace, Jo S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of letter from Jo S. Wallace to Charles Moore, December 20, 1863] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Jo S. Wallace to Charles Moore, December 20, 1863]

Transcript of letter from Jo S. Moore to Charles Moore, discussing a carpentry job, living in California, thoughts from several people about moving around the country, and news.
Date: December 20, 1863
Creator: Wallace, Jo S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Jo S. Wallace  to Josephus C. Moore, February 7, 1864, forwarded by Charles Moore with addendum to Ziza Moore via Josephus, March 15, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from Jo S. Wallace to Josephus C. Moore, February 7, 1864, forwarded by Charles Moore with addendum to Ziza Moore via Josephus, March 15, 1864]

Letter from Jo S. Wallace to J. C. Moore regarding Wallace's difficulty finding an engineering job in California and other news. Charles Moore has written an addendum to the letter and sent it and another letter onward to Ziza Moore and Josephus.
Date: February 18, 1864
Creator: Wallace, Jo S. & Moore, Charles B., 1822-1901
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of letter from Jo S. Wallace  to Josephus C. Moore, February 7, 1864, forwarded by Charles Moore with addendum to Ziza Moore via Josephus, March 15, 1864] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Jo S. Wallace to Josephus C. Moore, February 7, 1864, forwarded by Charles Moore with addendum to Ziza Moore via Josephus, March 15, 1864]

Transcript of a letter from Jo S. Wallace to J. C. Moore regarding Wallace's difficulty finding an engineering job in California and other news. Charles Moore has written an addendum to the letter and sent it and another letter onward to Ziza Moore and Josephus.
Date: February 18, 1864
Creator: Wallace, Jo S. & Moore, Charles B., 1822-1901
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Sam E. Wanford to Charles B. Moore, August 27, 1883] (open access)

[Letter from Sam E. Wanford to Charles B. Moore, August 27, 1883]

Letter discussing how he broke his jaw in two places while he was unloading grain with rolling nets. Mentions medical treatment. Also includes original envelope with note saying from Sam E. Wanford Modesto,California received September 6, 1839.
Date: August 27, 1882
Creator: Wanford, Sam E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Sam E. Wanford to Charles B. Moore, November 29, 1883] (open access)

[Letter from Sam E. Wanford to Charles B. Moore, November 29, 1883]

Letter from Sam Wanford saying he likes Selma California less than Modesto. Talks about visiting Yolo and how irrigation was a problem. He recommends that a cousin of his from Yolo would like to go to Texas and be a teacher. He highly recommends her and says he will accompany her to Texas if they think they can find a place for her. He says she is "a boss on music," but can also assist in teaching school or even pick cotton. He misses going to the dances at their house. Says he is well and hearty and up to 152. Includes original envelope.
Date: November 29, 1883
Creator: Wanford, Sam E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Memories of Martha Elizabeth Gibson Anglin (open access)

Memories of Martha Elizabeth Gibson Anglin

A transcript of a 1963 oral history with Martha Elizabeth Anglin (née Gibson), recalling her childhood in Alabama, her family's move to Texas in 1895, and her marriage and life on a farm in Commerce, Texas. Footnotes are provided to add context to the narrative.
Date: 1887/1963
Creator: Anglin, Michael W.; Anglin, Reba; Barnett, Robert & Barnett, Patricia
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888] (open access)

[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888]

This item is from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Julia A. Barr, Henry and Charles Moore's cousin. In the letter, Julia updates the Moore family on the happenings in Jerseyville, Illinois and the news includes: a dialogue about meeting cousin George Wilson in Eureka Springs, Arkansas while on a trip there, a discussion about the people that accompanied here on the trip and how long she stayed, details concerning the people she meet in Eureka Springs, a conversation about Seella, her two children, and Polly, a dialogue about their helper who was discharged over a year ago and how they are getting along without him, an update on the bountiful crops and how good rain has made it possible for people to get out of debt, a discussion about "Aunt" Sally Smith and Uncle Abner's family, a dialogue about Sottie Knaff's daughter, details about the Goodrich family, an aside about the town of Jerseyville, a dialogue about Mrs. O. P. Powell's children, a discussion about Wilson Cross and Ida Barr Cross, details about Fannie and her love for entertaining, updates on family, a dialogue about Barr's California trip and the places they stopped at along the …
Date: December 3, 1888
Creator: Barr, Julia A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library

[West coast seascape]

Photograph of the Cliff House restaurant in San Francisco. The building is designed in a Victorian chateau style with ornate details and a great number of windows. The building is set against the sea which has some small waves.
Date: [1896..1907]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A boy standing near Point Fermin]

Photograph of a boy standing ocean-side near Point Fermin in San Pedro, California. The boy stands on a rocky shoreline while waves crash into the shore. The boy is wearing shorts and a jacket while pointing out towards the ocean.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bridge Construction Over Water

Two photographs on a negative strip showing images in Los Angeles. The left image shows men building a bridge over the water; the image on the right is a vertical frame showing metal scaffolding.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bridge construction site]

Photograph of men working on the construction of a bridge. The men are standing on pieces of wood that have been laid across the beams of the bridge and they are all wearing hats with overalls. The bridge is being built over water and there are boats visible in the background. A sign on the left side of the bridge reads "Los Angeles Berth 232."
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Diptych of a port in Los Angeles]

Two photographs on a negative strip, showing images in Los Angeles. The image on the left shows many men building something at the ship yards, and a sign in the background reads "[City] of Los Angeles Berth 232". The right frame shows two docked ships, a large one in the background and a much smaller one in the foreground.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A ditch being constructed in Truckee, California]

Photograph of construction work on a road that is now Donner Pass in Truckee, California, near Bridge Street.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A harbor in Los Angeles]

Photograph of a harbor in Los Angeles. Large ships are docked on both sides of the harbor. A small channel with brick walls is present in the foreground.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of the ocean from a cliffside]

Photograph of the ocean taken from the top of a cliffside. The water is crashing into a large boulder in the water and along the coastline of the cliff. Along the horizon of the photograph, mountains are barely visible and hidden among the fog.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of the ocean waves]

Photograph of the ocean waves coming in and crashing against the large boulders out into the sea.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of the ocean waves, 2]

Photograph of the ocean waves coming in and crashing against the large boulders out into the sea.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of the ocean waves, 3]

Photograph of the ocean waves coming in and crashing against the large boulders out into the sea.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Point Fermin]

Photograph of Point Fermin in San Pedro, California.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A row of statues overlooking the Pacific Ocean near Point Lobos in California]

Photograph of a row of classical statues overlooking the Pacific Ocean near Point Lobos in California, imported by millionaire Adolph Sutro, from Belgium just before the 20th century. The statues rested on the parapet at Sutro Heights.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library