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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
[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1946-1952]
Minutes from weekly meetings of the Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Texas, containing club business, motions, and events.
Date:
1946-10/1952-05
Creator:
Woman's Wednesday Club
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 11]
Minutes for the Dallas Park Board containing a record of the group's discussions, decisions, and other business. Indexes start after page 600.
Date:
1946/1953
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Park Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1941-1946]
Minutes from weekly meetings of the Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Texas, containing club business, motions, and events.
Date:
1941-10/1946-05
Creator:
Woman's Wednesday Club
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1947-1951]
Ledger containing minutes of the city Board of Commissioners in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from May 2, 1947 to April 26, 1951. An index with names is included at the front.
Date:
1947-05-02/1951-04-26
Creator:
Abilene (Tex.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
St. David's Through The Years
This text discusses the history of St. David's Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas including descriptions of the building throughout the years and the congregation members who were heavily involved with the church. There are also several appendices: Wardens and Vestrymen; Church School Superintendents; Organists and Choir Directors; World War I Veterans; Men from the Parish Serving in World War II--As of November 1, 1942; and Memorials and Gifts. Index starts on page 87.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Mullin-Kille and Banner Brownwood, Texas Con Survey City Directory, 1947
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 and cosmopolitan telephone directory of all residents over eighteen with detailed information concerning each; a civic section of local interest and a numerical telephone directory. A complete buyers' guide and business directory with special listings for nationally advertised brands and a street guide and householders' directory, showing telephone numbers arranged by streets" is also included. The general index begins on page 3.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Mullin-Kille Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Mullin-Kille and Banner Brownwood, Texas Con Survey City Directory, 1949
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 supplement contains "an alphabetical directory and cosmopolitan telephone directory of all residents over eighteen with detailed information concerning each; a civic section of local interest and a numerical telephone directory. A complete buyers' guide and classified business directory with special listings for nationally advertised brands and a street guide and householders' directory showing telephone numbers arranged by streets" are also included.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Mullin-Kille Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Mullin-Kille and Banner Brownwood, Texas Con Survey City Directory, 1941
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 sixteen with detailed information concerning each; a civic section of local interest and a numerical telephone directory. A complete buyers' guide and business directory with special listings for nationally advertised brands and a street guide and householders' directory, showing telephone numbers arranged by streets" is also included. The general index begins on page 3.
Date:
1941
Creator:
Mullin-Kille Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Worley's Abilene (Taylor County, Texas) City Directory, 1946
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:
1946
Creator:
John F. Worley Directory Co.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Charles Schreiner, General Merchandise: The Story of a Country Store
Book about the three generations of ownership of Charles Schreiner's Country Store in Kerrville, Texas. Includes biographical information regarding the Schreiners, the origins of the business, and stories about Charles Schreiner.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Haley, J. Evetts 1901-1995
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jahrbuch der Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung fuer 1943
The 1943 almanac from the Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harris Family, War Ration Books and tokens, Sept. 7, 1944]
Five war ration books within a ration book cover provided by Denton County National Bank. The ration book belonged to the Harris family of McAllen, Texas: Mary Jean Harris (14), Shirley Francis Harris (8), Helen F. Harris (41), Mrs. W. B. Francis (60+), and John Richard Harris III (12). According to the information in the booklet, they lived at 615 Dallas Ave. in McAllen, Texas. The ration books contain several pages of unused ration stamps and each page contains 48 stamps. On one of the last pages, in handwriting is the title of a film from 1938, "That Certain Age," and a play, "Popularity Plus, by Dorthy C. Allan, also published in 1938. The cover for the ration book was provided by the Denton County National Bank in Denton, Texas, and contained a calendar for the year 1944 on the inside back cover.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
United States Office of Price Administration
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe Ration booklet from Leonard National Bank
Shoe ration booklet from the Leonard National Bank in Leonard, Texas; the booklet contains 8 receipt stubs followed by 40 blank receipts.
Date:
1945~
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Administration.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Book of Good Will]
A booklet for the "Bank of Good Will," in Denton, Texas, with a pay to a Martha Clayton for $ "One Grand" - Evening, signed by Fred McCain, April 19, 1947.
Date:
April 19, 1947
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
City Directory of Mesquite, Texas
City directory for the city of Mesquite listing residents, business firms, and the Dallas classifieds section.
Date:
May 1, 1948
Creator:
Mesquite Chamber of Commerce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[World War II Photo Album]
Album containing a collecton of photographs taken during World War II, most of them at or near Camp Barkeley in Taylor County, Texas. The images include living quarters, soldiers, and training exercises. Many of the pages are blank.
Date:
1943~/1945~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of Hardin-Simmons University, 1939-1940
Catalogue describes the governance, history, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.
Date:
April 1940
Creator:
Hardin-Simmons University
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book One: James Steeley]
Book of ration stamps belonging to James Harvey Steeley. These books were distributed to Americans during World War II. There are many stamps in the book.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Administration.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book Four: Rogers Gardner]
Book of ration stamps issued to Rogers Gardner during World War II. The stamps still in the book are loose.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Administration.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book One: William Hughes, Jr.]
Book of ration stamps belonging to William Lee Hughes, Jr. These books were distributed to Americans during World War II. There are many stamps in the book.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Administration.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book Four: Juanita Gardner]
Book of ration stamps issued to Juanita Gardner during World War II. Many stamps are still in the book, although some of them are loose.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Administration.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book One: Mary Lou Thop]
Book of ration stamps belonging to Mary Lou Thorp. These books were distributed to Americans during World War II. There are many stamps in the book.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Administration.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book Number 3: Andrew Mahoney]
Book of ration stamps belonging to Andrew J. Mahoney. These books were distributed to Americans during World War II. There are many stamps in the book.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Administration.
System:
The Portal to Texas History