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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
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coyote Wisdom (open access)

Coyote Wisdom

This volume contains popular folklore of Mexico and Texas, including animal folk stories, Navajo creation myths, discussions about folk characters, discussions about the philosophy of folklore, and other miscellaneous folk stories. The index begins on page 293.
Date: 1938
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
[Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors, November 2, 2004] (open access)

[Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors, November 2, 2004]

Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors discussing recent committee appointments, the group's letterhead, proposed changes to the newsletter's content and mailing schedule, and upcoming events honoring the WASP.
Date: November 2, 2004
Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region 2 Report (open access)

Region 2 Report

Report detailing Eleanor Brown's activities as the Director of Region 2 from October 2004 through April 2005.
Date: April 2, 2005
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: New Top Weather] (open access)

[News Script: New Top Weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: September 19, 1969, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 62, July 1958 - April, 1959 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 62, July 1958 - April, 1959

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 571.
Date: 1959
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 59, July 1955 - April, 1956 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 59, July 1955 - April, 1956

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 547.
Date: 1956
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 65, July 1961 - April, 1962 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 65, July 1961 - April, 1962

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 619.
Date: 1962
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 67, July 1963 - April, 1964 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 67, July 1963 - April, 1964

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 635.
Date: 1964
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, July 1966 - April, 1967 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, July 1966 - April, 1967

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 697.
Date: 1967
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Account of the Early History of Surgery in Texas (open access)

An Account of the Early History of Surgery in Texas

Text of the presidential address given at the Texas Surgical Society meeting held in Fort Worth on October 16, 1932. It discusses the early history of surgery in Texas, including the development of the specialty, early surgical procedures, the first medical associations and organizations, and discussions of notable Texas surgeons.
Date: October 1932
Creator: Singleton, Albert Olin, 1882-1947
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 45, July 1941 - April, 1942 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 45, July 1941 - April, 1942

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 401.
Date: 1942
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 48, July 1944 - April, 1945 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 48, July 1944 - April, 1945

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 607.
Date: 1945
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 679.
Date: 1946
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, October 1, 1975] (open access)

[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, October 1, 1975]

Letter from James Polk Morris, Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, to Edith M. Bonnet regarding a change in his travel plans. Morris says that he is "preparing a paper on women doctors in Texas for presentation to the Texas Academy of Science next spring."
Date: October 1, 1975
Creator: Morris, James Polk
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, June 30, 1975] (open access)

[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, June 30, 1975]

Letter from James Polk Morris, Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, to Edith M. Bonnet regarding his trip to "central Texas." Morris later comments on Dr. Bonnet's trip to Fredericksburg, to which he says it "sounds absolutely delightful."
Date: June 30, 1975
Creator: Morris, James Polk
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, June 16, 1975] (open access)

[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, June 16, 1975]

Letter from James Polk Morris, Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, to Edith M. Bonnet. Morris tells Bonnet that he and Nell are going to "tour central Texas for a week of research and vacation during the second week of August."
Date: June 16, 1975
Creator: Morris, James Polk
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, May 30, 1975] (open access)

[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, May 30, 1975]

Letter from James Polk Morris, Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, to Edith M. Bonnet relating a conversation they had on the phone regarding Charlotte Schaefer's family. He goes on to discuss those family members who were in attendance; Morris plans to get in touch with Schaefer's niece "to get family genealogy."
Date: May 30, 1975
Creator: Morris, James Polk
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, January 27, 1975] (open access)

[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, January 27, 1975]

Letter from James Polk Morris, Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, to Edith Bonnet thanking her for letting him visit her at home a few days before. According to the letter she was able to provide information that "are a historian's dream."
Date: January 27, 1975
Creator: Morris, James Polk
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, May 16, 1975] (open access)

[Memorandum from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, May 16, 1975]

Memorandum from James Polk Morris, Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, to Edith M. Bonnet explaining the importance of preserving her personal papers. Morris stresses that her papers be inventoried "for potential historical value," keeping them at the Eugene Barker State Historical Center. This memo includes Dr. Chester R. Burns, Dr. Truman R. Blocker, Jr., and Emil F. Frey as recipients as well.
Date: May 16, 1975
Creator: Morris, James Polk
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, April 10, 1975] (open access)

[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, April 10, 1975]

Letter from James Polk Morris, Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, to Edith M. Bonnet thanking her for her help, and telling her that he is "now drafting a memorandum...regarding your papers."
Date: April 10, 1975
Creator: Morris, James Polk
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Cecile B. Kempner, May 18, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Cecile B. Kempner, May 18, 1944]

Letter, using Western Union, from I. H. Kempner to Cecile B. Kempner discussing prominent community members in Galveston, San Antonio, and Beaumont.
Date: May 18, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Imperial Sugar Company, Sugar Stock and Sales Report, February 25, 1954] (open access)

[Imperial Sugar Company, Sugar Stock and Sales Report, February 25, 1954]

Imperial Sugar Company sugar stock and sales report featuring sections for warehouses and sugar in transit.
Date: February 25, 1954
Creator: Imperial Sugar Company
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History