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Abilene Library Consortium
1,747
Gainesville Hesperian
1,746
Texas Digital Newspaper Program
1,746
Texas Patents
30
Sanborn Map Collection
23
Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection
19
The Civil War and its Aftermath: Diverse Perspectives
11
Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection
1
Nineteenth Century Letterheads
1
Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington
1
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The Daily Hesperian
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The Gainesville Daily Hesperian
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[Cooke county records, 1857-1950]
11
Box 311: Byrd Williams, Sr., Family Album, c. 1880-1900
7
Album, c. 1886-1902
4
Box 2: Photos, 1895, 1898, 1906
3
Box 251: N. Negatives 2, 1895-1925, c. 1920-1960
2
Box 230: Vintage Prints, Blue Box, n.d.
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Maps of All Texas Counties
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Proof: Photographs from Four Generations of a Texas Family
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Book-Holder for Reading-Stands.
Patent for "a book holder especially designed to receive large books for reference, such as a dictionary for example, and to so construct the mechanism of the holder that a cradle will be provided for the reception of the book, which cradle will be adapted to be carried upward and outward from the holder in a manner which will bring the book in proper position for consultation, and which mechanism will also act to lower the book, without jar or injury to it, within the holder when the book is no longer required." (Lines 14-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 21, 1894
Creator:
Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reading-Stand.
Patent for a simple, durable, and economic reading stand that has two desks, one of which is adjustable so that a person can read while sitting at any angle. The second desk is capable of holding heavy books. Both stands are vertically adjustable. The stand can be constructed to hold a lamp in addition to books.
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup.
Patent for an improvement in stirrups by using the horns of animals to make an ornamental serviceable stirrup. Illustration is included.
Date:
June 9, 1891
Creator:
Baker, Joseph W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mandrew Attachment.
Patent for an improved, simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient mandrel attachment that can be easily attached, detached, and adjusted. It has "a bar at one end with a plate for its attachment and at the other end with a cam and eccentric for detachable connection and adjustment the support carrying the cam and eccentric being hinged so as to drop down so that cylinder work can be slipped over the mandrel and then the eccentric and cam raised up and tightened to the bar to hold the work to be performed" (lines 18-27).
Date:
March 7, 1893
Creator:
Bosley, Lee W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-House Supporter.
Patent for a fire-hose supporter that can be stretched out, washed, and dried easily. The invention also has a hose-carrying frame that elevates the hose and allows for the hose to be quickly and easily used.
Date:
August 20, 1895
Creator:
Bramble, James Elworth
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleeve-Tablet.
Patent for "a sleeve-tablet adapted to be applied to a cuff or wristband for ready access in making notes and referring thereto." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1897
Creator:
Carlson, Frank A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in car-couplings known as “automatic” by providing actuate means to “throw the pin downward and locks the link in a horizontal position.” (Lines 24-25) For uncoupling the cars from either the top or either side of the car; “a spring-actuated device is provided for keeping the link in a horizontal position with a yielding force.” (Lines 27-29) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 18, 1891
Creator:
Cole, Henry J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bar Docket, Criminal County Court, Cooke County, 1893-1897]
Ledger from Cooke County, Texas containing docket information for criminal trials in the county court. Recorded information includes names of parties involved and attorneys, charges filed, date of indictment, and notes on the proceedings of the court.
Date:
1893/1897
Creator:
Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Criminal Docket, County Court, Cooke County, 1897-1899]
Ledger from Cooke County, Texas containing docket information for criminal trials in the county court. Recorded information includes names of parties involved and attorneys, offenses, date of filing, names of witnesses, and orders made by the court.
Date:
1897/1899
Creator:
Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Criminal Docket, County Court, Cooke County, 1899-1903]
Ledger from Cooke County, Texas containing criminal docket information for the county court. Recorded information includes the names of parties involved, attorneys, offenses, date of filing, names of witnesses, and orders of the court.
Date:
1899/1903
Creator:
Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Criminal Docket J. P. Precinct 1, Cooke County, 1895-1904]
Ledger from Cooke County, Texas containing cases, fees, records of affidavits and warrants, and brief descriptions of the cases.
Date:
1895-05~
Creator:
Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Criminal Minutes, County Court, Cooke County, 1893-1916]
Ledger from Cooke County, Texas containing the minutes of the county court involving criminal cases. The entries include information on the name and number of the cases, dates, and descriptions of what happened in the cases.
Date:
1893/1916
Creator:
Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Criminal Minutes, County Court, Cooke County, 1899-1904]
Ledger from Cooke County, Texas containing criminal records from the county court. The entries include information on the criminals convicted, their charges, and fines.
Date:
1899/1904
Creator:
Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Criminal Minutes, District Court, Cooke County, 1893-1899]
Ledger from Cooke County, Texas containing the minutes of a district court. The entries contain the numbers, names, and dates of the cases along with information that happened in court that day.
Date:
1893/1899
Creator:
Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Jail Register, Cooke County, 1897-1910]
Ledger from Cooke County, Texas containing a record of prisoners confined in the county jail. Recorded information includes names, age, physical descriptions, dates of confinement, fines, offenses, and names of jailer. The ledger also contains a letter from Cook County Judge J. M. Wright, dated June 21, 1904, regarding his decision in the case of the State of Texas v. [Benye Bawden]. See entry 42 on page 98 of this ledger for more information on the defendant.
Date:
1897/1910
Creator:
Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Minutes, Pleas of Guilty, County Court, Cooke County, 1892-1899]
Ledger from Cooke County, Texas, containing the guilty pleas of suspects, their crimes, and the resulting punishment.
Date:
1892-03~
Creator:
Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Minutes, Pleas of Guilty, County Court, Cooke County, 1899-1904]
Ledger from Cooke County, Texas, containing the guilty pleas of suspects, their crimes, and the resulting punishment.
Date:
1899-07~
Creator:
Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Pauper Record, Cooke County, 1895-1905]
Ledger from Cooke County, Texas containing a register of allowances for paupers. Recorded information includes names, amount allowed, term, and date issued.
Date:
1895/1905
Creator:
Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Churn.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in churns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 17, 1899
Creator:
Dallin, Bruce
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Garbage, &c.
Patent for an improved apparatus for burning refuse and consists of a roasting chamber, a garbage grate, grates that slope and carry the product away after combustion, flues that open above the grates, and the wall partly closes on one end to let the products away after combustion.
Date:
August 22, 1893
Creator:
Garretson, William H. & Tainter, Silas B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in motors, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1899
Creator:
Garvey, Edgar Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for an inexpensive, strong, and simple wire stretcher that can be used quickly to stretch and secure wires. It also connects wires of different heights, and stretches wires to different tensions.
Date:
October 17, 1893
Creator:
Gillis, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Byrd Williams, Jr.]
Portrait of a young Byrd Williams, Jr. in a suit.
Date:
[1891..1898]
Creator:
Goben, James L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Charles Rowland Williams]
Portrait of young Charles Williams in a ruffled suit.
Date:
1891~
Creator:
Goben, James L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library