Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore (open access)

Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about animals, folk music, weather lore, folk beliefs, legends, folk medicine, poetry and other folktales. The index begins on page 229.
Date: 1999
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Meeting of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 1996 (open access)

Annual Meeting of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 1996

Program for the 101st annual meeting of the Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, held from March 8 through the 10, 1996 at the San Luis Conference Center, in Galveston, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference. The meeting was called to order by President C. R. Harrington, in the Salon C & D of the Conference Center.
Date: March 1996
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: "8th Annual Spirit of Flight Air Show"] (open access)

[Clipping: "8th Annual Spirit of Flight Air Show"]

Guide to the 1998 Spirit of Flight Airshow held from April 25 to April 26 in Galveston County, Texas. The guide includes information about the Aviation Hall of Fame, the Lone Star Flight Museum, women in aviation, a schedule of events, and biographies of personalities attending the event.
Date: April 25, 1998
Creator: The Daily News
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Davison home after restoration]

A front view of the Davison house after restoration. The house has three stories, a front porch, and a gabled tower. A flag pole stands on the far left in the front yard with a flag flying.
Date: [1990..1999]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Ceremony

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Service
Date: 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Ceremony

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Service
Date: 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Ceremony

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Service
Date: 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Linda Finch with her Lockheed L-10A Electra at the Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Ceremony

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Service. Static displays of aircraft. A woman in a flight suit talks with a gentleman in front of a plane. This is Linda Finch of San Antonio, who in 1997 faithfully recreated the ill-fated last flight of Amelia Earhart. Finch's effort became known as "World Flight 1997," and is the only retracing of Earhart's last flight that incorporated an aircraft almost identical to Earhart's Lockheed L-10 Electra aircraft.
Date: 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Ceremony - static displays

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Service. Static displays of aircraft
Date: 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Ceremony - static displays

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Service. Static displays of aircraft
Date: 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Ceremony - hangar displays

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Service. Hangar displays of aircraft
Date: 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Ceremony - static displays

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Service. Static displays of aircraft
Date: 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Ceremony - flying displays

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Service. Flying displays of aircraft
Date: 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Ceremony - Static displays

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Service. Static displays of aircraft
Date: 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Ceremony - Static displays

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Service. Static display of aircraft
Date: 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lockheed L-10A Electra at the Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Ceremony

Camp Wallace Marker Dedication Service. Hangar displays with people standing around an airplane. This is Linda Finch's airplane in which she faithfully recreated the ill-fated last flight of Amelia Earhart. Finch's effort became known as "World Flight 1997," and is the only retracing of Earhart's last flight that incorporated an aircraft almost identical to Earhart's Lockheed L-10 Electra aircraft. Finch can be seen in the left side of the frame, speaking with some onlookers.
Date: 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Status of freeway and expressway system: Houston-Galveston Region, January 1, 1991.

Map shows existing major roads and highways for the Houston and Galveston, Texas areas. Roads projected for construction are in color. Includes legend. Scale not given.
Date: 1991
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO90-89 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO90-89

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether, in a specific fact situation in Galveston County, certain submerged real property bordering the Gulf of Mexico, including the unsevered mineral interest, is taxable for ad valorem purposes to the "grantees" of the property or whether such property is owned by the state and is therefore exempt from ad valorem taxation.
Date: November 13, 1990
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Butler Building Restoration]

Photograph of a pink brick building known as the Butler Building, during its period of restoration. Its doors are white with glass panes. The window that is visible has glass panes, some of which are boarded up. According to accompanying information, T.A. Kilgore operated his grocery store in this building for many years.
Date: [1995..2000]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Astros Mascot at League Park]

Photograph of Orbit, the Houston Astros mascot, walking amongst hundreds of area residents at the Red Ribbon Rally in League City Park. The mascot costume is multi-colored. Antennae protrude from the mascot's blue helmet. The event was part of a city-wide Drug Awareness Week put on by League City.
Date: October 24, 1990
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Houston Express Passenger Train]

Photograph of the arrival of The Houston Express, a passenger train that once traveled between Houston and Galveston. It carried 150 students from Clear Creek ISD and Dickinson ISD to the Red Ribbon Rally in League City. A few law enforcement officers and area residents are waiting to mark the train's arrival with a long red ribbon. The event was part of a city-wide Drug Awareness Week put on by League City.
Date: October 24, 1990
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Standing Next to a Train]

Photograph of five people standing beside The Houston Express, a passenger train which once traveled between Houston and Galveston. The individual on the left is wearing a conductor's hat. The train is stopped in League City for the Red Ribbon Rally, an event that was part of a city-wide Drug Awareness Week put on by League City. The event was held in League Park.
Date: October 24, 1990
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Houston Express Passenger Train]

Photograph of The Houston Express, a passenger train which once traveled between Houston and Galveston. A few people descending from the train are visible in the distance. The train is stopped in League City for the Red Ribbon Rally, an event that was part of a city-wide Drug Awareness Week put on by League City. The event was held in League Park.
Date: October 24, 1990
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Passengers Descending the Houston Express]

Photograph of passengers descending from The Houston Express, a train which once traveled between Houston and Galveston. The train is stopped in League City for the Red Ribbon Rally, an event that was part of a city-wide Drug Awareness Week put on by League City. The event was held in League Park.
Date: October 24, 1990
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History