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Singin' Texas (open access)

Singin' Texas

Collected information about popular folk music of Texas, including songs about hunting, love, nature, dancing, and religion, as well as information about the history of folk music in the state. The index begins on page 181.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Singin' Texas (open access)

Singin' Texas

Collected information about popular folk music of Texas, including songs about hunting, love, nature, dancing, and religion, as well as information about the history of folk music in the state. The index begins on page 181.
Date: 1983
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices (open access)

Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a compilation of 1,333 folk cures, remedies and prevention techniques. It includes information about various diagnoses, such as acne, poison ivy, whooping cough, nosebleeds, and others.
Date: 1970
Creator: Anderson, John Q.
System: The UNT Digital Library
CHEM.411, Edith M. Bonnet, 1925 (open access)

CHEM.411, Edith M. Bonnet, 1925

Notebook used by Edith M. Bonnet for CHEM.411 in 1925. Pages within the notebook include diagrams and equations to create different compounds. Pages 142-173, and 175-185 are blank.
Date: 1925
Creator: Bonnet, Edith Marguerite
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Edith Bonnet's Pathology Lab Notebook] (open access)

[Edith Bonnet's Pathology Lab Notebook]

Notebook used by Edith Bonnet for her Pathology lab; the title on the inside cover says Parasitology. This book contains notes and diagrams for classes taken by Bonnet; multiple pages are cut out of the beginning, several pages are missing at the end and after page 170 they start over and go backwards to 125.
Date: 1923-10-04/1924-01-22
Creator: Bonnet, Edith Marguerite
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The New World, 1992] (open access)

[The New World, 1992]

Scrapbook documenting the life of John Logan Briggs Jr. and his friends, including photographs, menus, business cards, clippings, and tickets. The scrapbook also contains photographs of his travels, social gatherings and "The Experience."John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date: 1992
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Scrapbook for The Experience, 1984-1987] (open access)

[Scrapbook for The Experience, 1984-1987]

Scrapbook containing color photographs, name tags, stickers, invitations, menus, articles, and tickets in relation to "The Experience", John Briggs life, and his trip to California between 1984 and 1987. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. The scrapbook also documents social gatherings Briggs held at his household.
Date: [1984..1987]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Allen/Brown Family Photo Album] (open access)

[Allen/Brown Family Photo Album]

Photo album containing portraits of various members of the Brown and Allen families. Most of the photos have names written on the page.
Date: 1880~
Creator: Brown, Mary Jane
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Galveston County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Galveston County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Galveston County, Texas.
Date: 1988
Creator: Crenwelge, Gerald W. & Griffin, Edward L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Backwoods to Border (open access)

Backwoods to Border

Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1943
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
Backwoods to Border (open access)

Backwoods to Border

Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legends of Texas (open access)

Legends of Texas

Collection of popular Texas legends, including tales about buried treasure, the supernatural, pirates, origins of Texas flowers, and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 271.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legends of Texas (open access)

Legends of Texas

Collection of popular Texas legends, including tales about buried treasure, the supernatural, pirates, origins of Texas flowers, and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 271.
Date: 1984
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rainbow in the Morning (open access)

Rainbow in the Morning

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including work songs, reptile myths, ballads and other folk songs of the South. The index begins on page 185.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rainbow in the Morning (open access)

Rainbow in the Morning

Collection popular folklore of Texas, including work songs, reptile myths, ballads and other folk songs of the South. The index begins on page 185.
Date: 1975
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas and Southwestern Lore (open access)

Texas and Southwestern Lore

Collection of popular folklore from Texas and the Southwest, including ballads, cowboy songs, Native American myths, superstitions and other miscellaneous folk tales. It also contains the proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 243.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas and Southwestern Lore (open access)

Texas and Southwestern Lore

Collection of popular folklore from Texas and the Southwest, including ballads, cowboy songs, Native American myths, superstitions and other miscellaneous folk tales. It also contains the proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 243.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
The early history of Galveston, by Dr. J. O. Dyer (open access)

The early history of Galveston, by Dr. J. O. Dyer

This book covers Galveston's early history from 1518-1836.
Date: 1916
Creator: Dyer, Joseph O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1875-1876 (open access)

Galveston City Directory, 1875-1876

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it gives "the names of the householders - the adult male population of the city - the business classified under proper headings - incorporated companies - societies and associations - a catalogue of the city government, since 1839, the date of its incorporation - together with a descriptive and historical sketch of the city and island."
Date: 1875
Creator: Fayman, W. A. & Reilly, T. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Galveston County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Galveston County, Texas

Text describes the climate, agriculture, soils, and crops of Galveston County, Texas.
Date: 1935
Creator: Foster, Z. C. (Zera Calvin) & Moran, W. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1847] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1847]

Ledger containing financial records for the Galveston City Company, including bills receivable, expenses, personal accounts, and cash, from April 20, 1838 to March 8, 1848 (p. 398). An alphabetical index of account-holders' names is included toward the front.
Date: 1838-04/1848-03
Creator: Galveston City Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1853] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1853]

Ledger containing accounts for the sale of stock and of lots in Galveston as well as other sales and expenses with account information.
Date: 1838-04/1853-06
Creator: Galveston City Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1876] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1876]

Ledger containing accounts related to the Galveston City Company including personal accounts by name, business cash accounts, promissory notes, bills receivable, profit and loss calculations, and other transactions related to the company.
Date: 1838-04/1876-01
Creator: Galveston City Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1853-1875] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1853-1875]

Ledger containing accounts for the sale of stock and of lots in Galveston as well as other sales and expenses with account information.
Date: 1853-06/1875-12-31
Creator: Galveston City Company
System: The Portal to Texas History