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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

[2012.201.B0363.0082]

Photograph is of a man smiling wearing a button down shirt.
Date: June 22, 1947
Creator: East, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0363.0084]

Photograph is of two men dressed in baseball uniforms. One is holding a bat and another is holding a baseball mitt. They are talking to each other. Caption: "John Grodzicki- left, Hal Epps -right."
Date: May 9, 1948
Creator: East, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0363.0085]

Photograph is of a man in a baseball uniform with his baseball glove on in the infield ready to catch a ball.
Date: April 9, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0363.0083]

Photograph is of a man in a baseball uniform holding a baseball bat standing on some stairs smiling. Caption: "At the right is Hal Epps, Houston's talented centerfielder, who may get back into action during the current series here."
Date: July 22, 1947
Creator: East, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0363.0081]

Photograph of a man in a baseball jacket holding a baseball bat on his left shoulder.
Date: May 22, 1942
Creator: Turner, John
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0363.0086]

Photograph is of a man in a baseball uniform sitting looking at a bat held by another person.
Date: May 12, 1949
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0363.0087]

Photograph is of a man in a baseball uniform with a bat resting on his right shoulder smiling at another person.
Date: May 9, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 320, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 26, 1943 (open access)

The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 320, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 26, 1943

Daily newspaper from Goose Creek, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 26, 1943
Creator: Pendergraft, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Leaguer (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1948 (open access)

Texas Leaguer (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1948

Monthly newspaper from Bellaire, Texas published by the Texas Branch, National League of District Postmasters that includes local, state, and national news of interest to postmasters along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1948
Creator: Rosner, Leon L. & Amos, Dell
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Link-Lee House Photograph #10]

Photograph of the Link-Lee House in Houston, Texas.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Link-Lee House Photograph #9]

Photograph of the Link-Lee House in Houston, Texas.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Name Tag for Lyda M. Dunham 43-W-4] (open access)

[Name Tag for Lyda M. Dunham 43-W-4]

Name tag for WASP trainee Lyda M. Dunham.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Church in Winter, 1940]

Photograph of a church in La Porte, Texas taken in the winter and appears to empty and covered in snow. The text on the back reads: " La Porte Assembly of God ".
Date: January 1940
Creator: Fox Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASPS] (open access)

[Clipping: The WASPS]

Photocopied magazine clipping about the squadron that led to the use of women in military aviation and life as a WASP.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Newsclipping about Mary Van den Berge Hill]

The fragment of the article offers a biographical background about Mary Hill, a rather detailed account of her accomplishments with the Garden Club of Houston, and information on her other civic activities.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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

[H.G. Thompson and I. H. Kempner, Sr.]

Photograph of left to right: H.G. Thompson and I. H. Kempner, Sr. (as printed on the back in pencil) at an Imperial Sugar Company employee recognition dinner. Thompson is wearing a three piece wool suit with dark tie. He has thinning gray hair and wire rimmed eyeglasses. He has a carnation pinned on his left lapel. He has his hands behind his back. Kempner, who is standing in front of a microphone, is wearing a pin-stripe dark three-piece suit with dark tie. He also has a carnation pinned on his left lapel. Kempner has his left hand in his pants pocket and is holding a page of paper in his right hand. A group of people can be seen seated in the background. Back of photo, stamped in purple: Bob Bailey fine photograph Fairfax 3765 1302 Rusk Avenue Houston 2, Texas. Negative Number 10864-7.
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. W. "Buckshot" Lane to John J. Herrera - 1949-05-14] (open access)

[Letter from T. W. "Buckshot" Lane to John J. Herrera - 1949-05-14]

Letter from Sheriff T. W. "Buckshot" Lane asking if John J. Herrera knows any good Latin doctors in Houston or San Antonio, as Lane has realized that there no Latin doctors in his county and many Spanish-speaking residents therefore did not seek medical help, as they did not speak English. The letter is typed on letterhead for The County of Wharton.
Date: May 14, 1949
Creator: Lane, T. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to T. W. "Buckshot" Lane - 1949-05-17] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to T. W. "Buckshot" Lane - 1949-05-17]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter sent to Sheriff T. W. "Buckshot" Lane to assure him that John J. Herrera had received Lane's letter and was contacting his friends around Texas to try to find a Latin doctor willing to take up his proposition.
Date: May 17, 1949
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Arnulfo A. Zamora - 1947-03-13] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Arnulfo A. Zamora - 1947-03-13]

Onoinskin carbon copy of a letter sent by John J. Herrera to Arnulfo A. Zamora in Laredo, Texas. The letter was in regards to Felix H. Morales and his Federal Communications Commission application for a radio station in the Houston area. Herrera is seeking assistance from Zamora to prove discrimination in the application process.
Date: March 13, 1947
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to D. F. Prince - 1949-11-26] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to D. F. Prince - 1949-11-26]

Onionskin carbon copy of a letter sent to D. F. Prince in Washington, D. C. from John J. Herrera in Houston, Texas. Herrera congratulates Prince on securing the Felix Morales radio permit. Herrera also seeks advice on how to handle issues with radio advertising for alcohol in the Pasadena area.
Date: November 26, 1949
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Kenneth R. Hyman to John J. Herrera - 1946-07-02] (open access)

[Telegram from Kenneth R. Hyman to John J. Herrera - 1946-07-02]

Telegram sent to John J. Herrera from Kenneth R. Hyman. Hyman gives notice that he would be in his office to discuss matters.
Date: July 2, 1946
Creator: Hyman, Kenneth R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from John J. Herrera to Vesey, Prince & Clineburg - 1947-03-31] (open access)

[Telegram from John J. Herrera to Vesey, Prince & Clineburg - 1947-03-31]

Telegram sent by John J. Herrera to Vesey, Prince & Clineburg in Washington, D. C. Herrera had received information pertaining to the Morales station.
Date: March 31, 1947
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History