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Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk (open access)

Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 12] (open access)

[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 12]

Minutes for the Dallas Park Board containing a record of the group's discussions, decisions, and other business.
Date: 1953/1958
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Park Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signposts of Twentieth Century Art (open access)

Signposts of Twentieth Century Art

Catalog from the exhibition, "Signposts of Twentieth Century Art," October 28–December 7, 1959, held at the Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts. Includes: artists and artworks in the exhibition, descriptions, images.
Date: 1959
Creator: Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts
System: The Portal to Texas History
Religious Art of the Western World (open access)

Religious Art of the Western World

Catalog from the exhibition, "Religious Art of the Western World," March 23–May 25, 1958, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Includes: artists and artworks in the exhibition, selected images.
Date: 1958
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
System: The Portal to Texas History
South American Art Today (open access)

South American Art Today

Catalog from the exhibition, "South American Art Today," October 10–November 29, 1959, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Includes: artists and artworks in the exhibition, selected images.
Date: 1959
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas City Directory, 1956 (open access)

Dallas City Directory, 1956

General directory for Dallas, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1956
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas City Directory, 1955 (open access)

Dallas City Directory, 1955

General directory for Dallas, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1955
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas City Directory, 1957 (open access)

Dallas City Directory, 1957

General directory for Dallas, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1957
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
And Horns on the Toads (open access)

And Horns on the Toads

Volume of folk stories and tall tales about the horned toad and other Texas folklore. The index begins on page 235.
Date: 1959
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Surgeon: an Autobiography (open access)

Texas Surgeon: an Autobiography

This autobiographical account of Dr. Donald Taylor Atkinson tells "the story of the life of a world-renowned doctor who overcame tremendous financial obstacles in order to gain an education" (vii). The author chronicles his family's history, his upbringing in Canada, as well as his journey towards becoming a surgeon in Texas.
Date: 1958
Creator: Atkinson, Donald Taylor
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1953 to 1954] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1953 to 1954]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1953 and 1954, including the name and address of each property's owner, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1953/1954
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1956] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1956]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1956, including the owner name and address of each property, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1956
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1957, Volume 1] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1957, Volume 1]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1957, including the name and address of each property's owner, each property's description, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1957
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1955, Volume 1] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1955, Volume 1]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1955, including the name and address of each property's owner, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1955
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1959, Volume 1] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1959, Volume 1]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1959, including the name and address of each property's owner, each property's description, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1959
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1951 to 1954] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1951 to 1954]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1951-1954, including the name and address of each property's owner, survey or addition, each property's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1951/1954
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1958, Volume 1] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1958, Volume 1]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1958, including the name and address of the each property's owner, each property's description, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1958
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1957 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1957

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 7, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The theme of this conference was "Should Educational Policy in a Democratic Society Provide Freedom and Opportunity to Teach the Truth as the Teacher Finds the Truth to Be?"
Date: 1958
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1953 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1953

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 5, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The theme of this conference was "Freedom Under Law."
Date: 1954
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scrapbook 3 (open access)

Scrapbook 3

Scrapbook of materials related to designer Lilli Wollf. Includes sketches by Wolff, and photographs of women wearing her designs. Includes 2 photographs of Miss America 1952 (Colleen Kay Hutchins) wearing Lilli Wolff gowns. One sketch has attached sample of lace. Shipton?
Date: 1950/1968
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scrapbook 2 (open access)

Scrapbook 2

Scrapbook Includes newspaper clipping from Dallas Morning News dated May 1, 1955, showing Mrs. Dan Williams in a gown by Lilly Wolff.; article dated January 12, 1994 about East Texas students learning about the Holocaust, mentioning Lilly Wolff, and Mati and Claus Driessen; article dated June 8, 1961 about the McGown-Jones wedding, with photograph of bride in Lilly Wolff dress. An undated clipping with photo captioned "A Proud Mrs. H. L. Hunt with here debutante granddaughters, Libby Hunt at left, with her sister Barbara."; Photographs of festival costumes, some photographed by Gittings, Neiman-Marcus, one by R.L.Falkner Studio, Tyler, Texas; Wedding dresses; Members of wedding parties, including Lilly Wolff;
Date: 1955/1994
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
System: The UNT Digital Library
[College Avenue Missionary Baptist Church Minutes of Deacons' Meetings] (open access)

[College Avenue Missionary Baptist Church Minutes of Deacons' Meetings]

Book containing events and minutes from deacon meetings at College Avenue Missionary Baptist Church. These include topics such as church politics, events, and financial issues. Typed pages, drawings, and a receipt have been inserted into the book.
Date: November 1952
Creator: College Avenue Missionary Baptist Church
System: The Portal to Texas History
Church Roll and Record (open access)

Church Roll and Record

Book containing a member roll for Union Missionary Baptist Church. Includes such information as the date of reception or dismissal, as well as a list of deaths and inactive members.
Date: 1950~
Creator: Union Missionary Baptist Church
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 13] (open access)

[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 13]

Minutes for the Dallas Park Board containing a record of the group's discussions, decisions, and other business.
Date: 1958/1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Park Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History