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[News Script: Plane] (open access)

[News Script: Plane]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 80-thousand-dollar donation which help to buy a new airplane.
Date: December 10, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Oil companies] (open access)

[News Script: Oil companies]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about oil companies exploring land in Guatemala.
Date: March 26, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from George Perutz to Kai Schwabacher, January 30, 1967] (open access)

[Letter from George Perutz to Kai Schwabacher, January 30, 1967]

Letter from George Perutz to Kai Schwabacher, discussing sales, business consolidation, and a gifted purse for his daughter.
Date: January 30, 1967
Creator: Perutz, George
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ceremonial huipil

Ceremonial/Cofradia (religious society) Huipil. 2 breadth garment back strap loomed in cotton with cotton and silk single-faced brocaded designs - broad and widely spaced red warp stripes amid very wide areas of ixcaco (natural brown cotton) - no trim at neck or sleeves.
Date: 1960/1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tzut

Man's tzut (head or shoulder cloth) of handspun cotton, possibly for a member of the Cofradia (religious society). Back strap loomed warp face plain weave with warp stripes and warp jaspe (ikat).
Date: 1950/1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hupil

Girl's huipil (blouse). Single breadth garment back strap loomed in cotton Double face brocaded geometric design motifs in synthetically-dyed cotton. Neck and side seams both hand stitched.
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pants for a figure of a saint

Pantalones (Pants) for a Boy or the Figure of a Saint. Back strap loomed white cotton ground with simple jaspe (ikat) of blue and white dash stripes. Simple cotton hand embroidered design motifs at lower edge of each leg.
Date: 1930/1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Banda

Man's Banda (Sash). Handwoven cotton on a backstrap loom, plain weave, red with jaspe (ikat) striping, loose knotting at the ends.
Date: 1940/1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Huipil panel

Unused (neck opening never cut) huipil (woman's blouse). White cotton warp and weft handwoven on the back strap loom - technique called picb'il (supplementary weft brocade on a spaced or gauze weave textile - no supplemental weft). This style huipil is always wider than longer so the side panels will hang lower than the center panel. This huipil is never tucked into the skirt, thus giving the wearer freedom to move around and feel cool in the subtropical climate of 3500'.
Date: 1960/1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pants

Man's Pantalones (Pants). Handwoven back strap loomed in cotton. White with purple stripes about 1/2" wide. Hand embroidered cotton design motifs at lower leg. Hand-stitched construction.
Date: 1930/1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Morga skirt

Ceremonial Morga (Skirt) of purple and blue striped and patterned handwoven cotton and rayon. Created on a treadle loom with warp jaspe (ikat) patterning.
Date: 1960/1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Caftan

Caftan. Vintage Guatemalan skirt (possibly from Santa Maria de Jesus) remade into a contemporary caftan. Original skirt handwoven on treadle loom all cotton. Hand embroidered cotton randa (joining seam). Notice the handmade fabric toggle closure at neckline to complement original design of skirt.
Date: 1970/1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Huipil panel

Center panel from a 3 breadth ceremonial huipil. Handwoven on a backstrap loom in cotton with cotton double- faced brocaded pattern motifs (geometric and double-faced eagles)
Date: 1970/1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Huipil panel

Unused (neck opening never cut) huipil (woman's blouse). White cotton warp and weft handwoven on the backstrap loom - technique called picb'il (supplementary weft brocade on a spaced or gauze weave textile - no supplemental weft). This huipil is never tucked into the skirt, thus giving the wearer the freedom to move around and feel cool in the subtropical climate of 3500'.
Date: 1960/1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Huipil panel

Unused (neck opening never cut) huipil (woman's blouse). White cotton warp and weft handwoven on the back strap loom - technique called picb'il (supplementary weft brocade on a spaced or gauze weave textile - no supplemental weft). This style of huipil is always wider than longer so the side panels will hang lower than the center panel. This huipil is never tucked into the skirt, thus giving the wearer the freedom to move around and feel cool in the subtropical climate of 3500'.
Date: 1960/1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pants

Man's Pantalones (pants) of red, blue, green, orange, and white striped woven cotton. Textile created on back strap loom. All hand seamed. One selvedge and three hemmed ends.
Date: 1940/1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cinta

Cinta (woman’s hairband) of red cotton with multicolored stripes and silk floss tassels at both ends. Textile was handwoven on the backstrap loom with cotton warp and weft.
Date: 1970/1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cinta

Cinta (hair ribbon). Handwoven on hair ribbon loom (cross between backstrap and fixed floor loom) using a slit tapestry weave. Although this piece was tagged Zihuatenango it is likely it was only purchased there.
Date: 1970/1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, February 27, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, February 27, 1950]

Letter to Cecile from her father about past travel to Cuba, Guatemala, and Mexico, and experiences in those countries as well as their government, society, politics, religion, economics, and history. He also writes about Mexican art and future plans to return to Havana or Mexico City.
Date: February 27, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, February 8, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, February 8, 1950]

Letter to Cecile from her father about his concern about the future of the US, the death of Boyd Reading, and travel in Mexico and Guatemala.
Date: February 8, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newsletter from Lyda Keefe to WASP, April 5, 1986] (open access)

[Newsletter from Lyda Keefe to WASP, April 5, 1986]

Newsletter from Lyda Keefe to WASP about Helen Schaefer, people she met, Barbara Heinrich, the upcoming meeting in Sweetwater, and other WASP. On the front is a photograph of a group of WASP and a note about Dora Dougherty and Didi Moorman.
Date: April 5, 1986
Creator: Keefe, Lyda Dunham
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Weaver from Santiago Atitlán]

Postcard of two young women in colorful clothes sitting on a strong path next to a wooden house with colorful textiles draped over rods. The young woman on the left has a small child in a fabric sling on her back. In the background, there are people standing by a fence in front of wooden and straw-thatched house. There are postcard markings on the back of the postcard, with a small description of the photograph's scene. There is also handwritten text on the back about traveling to Guatemala, addressed to Nelle Turney from someone with the last name Marshall.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Schönberg's map of Mexico.

Map shows boundaries of the Mexican states and major cities; major city and railroad locations in the southern United States; coastline of the Gulf of Mexico. Includes illustrations of various ships. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:6,336,000].
Date: 1866
Creator: Schönberg & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

République fédérative des etats-unis méxicains.

Map shows cities and towns, major roads, areas of Native American habitation, and state boundaries; Mexican state of Texas as "République de Fredonia" [referring to a brief revolution in Texas in 1826]. Includes legend and historical note. Inset: "Guatemala ou République Fédérale de l'Amérique Centrale" [Guatemala or Federal Republic of Central America]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: 1835
Creator: Dufour, A.-H. (Auguste-Henri), 1798-1865
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History