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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
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1931-1933] (open access)

[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1931-1933]

Minutes from weekly meetings of the Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Texas, containing club business, motions, and events.
Date: 1931-10-07/1933-05-03
Creator: Woman's Wednesday Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1932-1933] (open access)

[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1932-1933]

Minutes from weekly meetings of the Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Texas, containing club business, motions, and events.
Date: 1932-10-07/1933-05-03
Creator: Woman's Wednesday Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1933-1935] (open access)

[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1933-1935]

Minutes from weekly meetings of the Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Texas, containing club business, motions, and events. It also includes a wedding invitation.
Date: 1933-10-07/1935-05-03
Creator: Woman's Wednesday Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1935-1936] (open access)

[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1935-1936]

Minutes from weekly meetings of the Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Texas, containing club business, motions, and events. This includes two typed annual club reports.
Date: 1935-10-07/1936-05-03
Creator: Woman's Wednesday Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 9] (open access)

[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 9]

Minutes for the Dallas Park Board containing a record of the group's discussions, decisions, and other business.
Date: 1936/1938
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Park Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1937-1940] (open access)

[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1937-1940]

Minutes from weekly meetings of the Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Texas, containing club business, motions, and events.
Date: 1937-10/1939-05
Creator: Woman's Wednesday Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1931-1938] (open access)

[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1931-1938]

Ledger containing minutes of the city Board of Commissioners in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from July 3, 1931 to January 31, 1938. An index with names is included at the front.
Date: 1931-07-03/1938-01-31
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1931
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1933
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1934-1935 [Volume 29] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1934-1935 [Volume 29]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1935
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1939
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1935-1937 [Volume 30] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1935-1937 [Volume 30]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1937
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Centennial Exposition: Catalogue of the Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures, Graphic Arts (open access)

The Centennial Exposition: Catalogue of the Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures, Graphic Arts

Catalog from the exhibition, “The Centennial Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts," June 6–November 29, 1936, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Includes: artists and artworks in the exhibition, essays, and images.
Date: 1936
Creator: Dallas Art Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Art of the Americas: Pre-Columbian and Contemporary (open access)

Catalogue of the Exhibition of Art of the Americas: Pre-Columbian and Contemporary

Catalog from the exhibition "Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition, Art of the Americas: Pre–Columbian and Contemporary," June 12–October 31, 1937, at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas, Texas. Includes: foreword, introduction, floor plan, essays, list of artists and artworks, selected images, exhibition lenders, museum staff [Texas Art section of the show featured a juried selection of artworks. Jurors: Donald J. Bear, Director, the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado Frederick Browne, Artist and Teacher, Houston, Texas Xavier Gonzales, Artist and Teacher, Sophie Newcomb College, New Orleans, Louisiana]
Date: 1937
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Armstrong County, Volume 1 (open access)

History of Armstrong County, Volume 1

The Armstrong County Histories are a compilation of biographical stories about the Armstrong County pioneers prior to 1900. According to the foreward: "Information supplied by members of these families make stories rich in romance, tragedy and humor, revealing the sturdy character of those who built our county. The book is made up of these family histories supplemented by ranch and community histories, articles of civic interest, church and cemetery stories, 'tall tales' by old timers."
Date: 1939
Creator: The Woman's Development Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Armstrong County, Volume 2 (open access)

History of Armstrong County, Volume 2

The Armstrong County Histories are a compilation of biographical stories about the Armstrong County pioneers prior to 1900. According to the foreward in Volume I: "Information supplied by members of these families make stories rich in romance, tragedy and humor, revealing the sturdy character of those who built our county. The book is made up of these family histories supplemented by ranch and community histories, articles of civic interest, church and cemetery stories, 'tall tales' by old timers."
Date: 1939
Creator: The Woman's Development Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
When Texas was young (open access)

When Texas was young

The battle of San Jacinto -- A surgeon's story -- The "Twin Sisters" -- Reminiscences, piratical and revolutionary, from the career of Colonel Warren D.C. Hall.
Date: 1930
Creator: Ziegler, Jesse A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Dictionary of the Atakapa Language: Accompanied by Text Material (open access)

A Dictionary of the Atakapa Language: Accompanied by Text Material

Volume contains all the Atakapa linguistic material known to be in existence in 1932. Includes nine Atakapa texts with English translations, an Atakapa-English dictionary, and an index to the Atakapa dictionary.
Date: 1932
Creator: Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907 & Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey (Reconnaissance) of the Trans-Pecos area, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey (Reconnaissance) of the Trans-Pecos area, Texas

Soil survey of nine Texas counties lying west of the Pecos River. Included are Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, and Terrell Counties. Text describes the area, natural vegetation, settlement and development, climate, agriculture, soils and crops, agricultural industries and methods of soil management, alkali, irrigation, and soil erosion and rain-water conservation of these counties.
Date: 1934
Creator: Carter, William T. (William Thomas); Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter); Smith, Howard Malcolm; Hawker, H. W. (Herman William); Templin, E. H. (Edward Henry) & Reitch, T. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Worley's Brownwood (Texas) City Directory, 1931 (open access)

Worley's Brownwood (Texas) City Directory, 1931

Directory for Brownwood, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "an alphabetical directory of business concern and private citizens; a street and avenue guide and directory of householders; and much information of a miscellaneous character. Also a complete classified business directory." The general index begins on page 11 and the index to advertisers begins on page 12.
Date: 1931
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curry's Brownwood (Texas) City Directory 1938 (open access)

Curry's Brownwood (Texas) City Directory 1938

Directory for Brownwood, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "an alphabetical directory of business concerns, and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places, including a complete street and avenue guide and much information of a miscellaneous character; also a complete classified business directory."
Date: 1938
Creator: Ira W. Curry Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mullin-Kille and Banner Brownwood, Texas Con Survey City Directory, 1939 (open access)

The Mullin-Kille and Banner Brownwood, Texas Con Survey City Directory, 1939

Directory for Brownwood, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "an alphabetical directory of all residents over 16 years of age, with detailed information concerning each; a numerical telephone directory; a classified business directory; and a street guide and householders directory."
Date: 1939
Creator: Mullin-Kille Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Worley's Abilene (Taylor County, Tex.) City Directory, 1934-35 (open access)

Worley's Abilene (Taylor County, Tex.) City Directory, 1934-35

Directory for Abilene, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals, as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places, including a complete street and avenue guide and much information of a miscellaneous character; also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory." The general index begins on page 7 and the index to advertisers begins on page 8.
Date: 1935
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History