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Partner
El Paso Public Library
42
Hardin-Simmons University Library
13
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
11
Oklahoma Historical Society
8
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
4
National WASP WWII Museum
2
Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)
1
Kerr County Historical Commission
1
Marfa Public Library
1
Pioneer City County Museum
1
5 More
Collection
Rescuing Texas History, 2009
35
Abilene Library Consortium
16
Abilene Photograph Collection
9
USGS Topographic Map Collection
9
The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso
8
Preston George Collection
6
John J. Herrera Papers
4
Texas Cultures Online
4
World War Two Collection
4
Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection
2
14 More
Degree Department
States
Counties
Decade
Language
[Roster of Deming, New Mexico Ladies LULAC Council Number 214]
Roster of officers and members of Deming, New Mexico Ladies LULAC Council Number 214.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 1972
Interview with Colonel Leland D. Bartlett, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Springfield, Massachusetts. Bartlett discusses his education, his experience as a teenager in the Pancho Villa Expedition, becoming a commissioned officer in the Army, his pre-war career, his deployment to the Philippines, the Japanese attack, the Battle of Bataan, the siege of Corregidor and the American surrender, and his internment at Cabanatuan, Tanagawa, and Zentsuji.
Date:
September 13, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bartlett, Leland D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Raid on Columbus, New Mexico and the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916-1917. Map
Photographic reproduction of a hand-drawn map showing details of raid on Columbus, New Mexico on 9 March 1916 with inset plat of the town, list of "Raider's Objectives," and short summary of the U. S. Army Punitive Expedition into Mexico that followed.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Las Cruces
Topographic quadrangle map of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks, with relief shown by contours (interval 200 feet with supplementary contours at 100 foot intervals) and spot heights. Location and sectionalized township diagrams are included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date:
1955
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso
Topographic quadrangle map of El Paso, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, and roads, with relief shown by contours and spot heights. Location, coverage, and sectionalized township diagrams are included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000 On back is a map of El Paso, Texas, and the vicinity, showing roads, bodies of water, and landmarks. Scale ca. 1:40,000
Date:
1950
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date:
1953
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date:
1964
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
First Aereo Squadron, Signal Corps, war diary : period from March 12 to April 23, 1916.
Photocopy of typescript describing activities and participants in the 1st Aereo Squadron of the Signal Corps during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa from March 12 to April 23, 1916.
Date:
1916
Creator:
United States. Army. Signal Corps. Aereo Squadron, 1st.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. War Department General Court-Martial Orders 183]
Document outlining the trial of Private Percy R. Starks on charges of disobeying an order and possession "seditious" books, including the final verdict and sentence, and a presidential overruling.
Date:
August 24, 1918
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. War Department General Orders 98]
Document outlining orders from the Secretary of War regarding accommodation at US Base Hospital Deming, NM, for soldiers en route to the US General Hospital at Fort Bayard, as well as volunteers to the Air Service, the establishment of three new kinds of engineering units, and changes to pay rates.
Date:
October 30, 1918
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0261B.0356]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Holloway is not a professional fortune-teller but a minister, a former Methodist who heads the New Age Church of Truth Light Community near Deming, N.M."
Date:
May 31, 1978
Creator:
Vahlberg, Bob
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: New Mexico]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
January 19, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pancho Villa and the Battle of Columbus: Frontiers in Digital Newspapers
This poster discusses frontiers in digital newspapers. Since early 2011, the University of New Mexico and the University of North Texas have been engaged in a historical newspaper digitization project. The endeavor is part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP): a long-term project coordinated by the Library of Congress with the goal of digitizing 100,000 pages of historical newspapers from each of the 50 states and publishing them to the Web at Chronicling America.
Date:
June 29, 2012
Creator:
Weidner, Andrew
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Albert Winder on the Hood of a Half-Track]
Photograph of Albert Winder crouching atop the hood of a half-track vehicle. An unknown soldier wearing a helmet is manning a machine gun behind Winder.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[American Army Officers and War Correspondents]
Photograph of four men standing in field. Two of the men are war correspondents, and the other two are officers in the U. S. military. There is a building in the right side of the image with a man walking in front of it holding a rifle. Text underneath the photograph reads: "American Army & A War Correspondent, south of Columbus, N. M. 1916. 1. Charles S. Hamilton, 1st Lieut. 6th Infant. 2. Richmond Smith, Capt., 6" Inf. (Civ. clothes). 3. Louis J. Van Schaick, Capt., 6" Inf. 4. Jas. N. Peale, 2nd Lieut., 6th Infantry."
Date:
1916~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burning Bodies]
Photograph of a dead body burning in a desert field in Columbus, New Mexico.
Date:
1916~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Catholic Church]
Postcard of an adobe Mexican Catholic church in Deming, New Mexico. The churchyard is fenced in. There is a bell at the top of the church, and a cross above the bell. There is a windmill in the background. A note on the front of the card says, "Mexican Catholic Church Deming, N. Mex."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Citizens Guard Their Homes]
Photograph of sixteen men standing outside a building guarding their homes from raids. The men are wearing suits and casual clothes while holding rifles.
Date:
191X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Colonel]
Photograph of an U.S Officer wearing a military uniform, glasses, and a hat. The officer is standing in front of a glass door.
Date:
1916~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Los Colorados]
Copy negative of a group of men on horseback riding down a dirt road in several lines. The men are wearing sombreros. One of the men in the front is carrying a dark-colored flag with writing on it. They appear to be in a desert and there are hills rising in the background behind them.
Date:
1912~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dead Body]
Photograph of a dead body in Columbus, New Mexico. In the image, an unidentified man is lying face down in the grass with his boots missing. Accompanying information states that: "Upon close inspection of the body, the man has suffered a possible cannon blast to the right part of his upper back."
Date:
1916~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dead Body]
Photograph of a dead man in a New Mexico desert. This unidentified man is laying next to a dead cow on the desert floor. There are two men on horse back looking down on the remains of the man.
Date:
191X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dead Horses After Raid
Copy negative of eight dead horses in a desert field. Written across the bottom of the photograph is, "Innocent Victims of Villa's Raid on Columbus, N. M." In the bottom left-hand corner is, "3041, W. M. Horne Co., El Paso, Tex."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Service]
Copy negative of U.S. Army officers. There are soldiers standing near coffins in a line and there is an officer standing in front of them.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History