[Application 524248 for Mileage Ration]

Photograph of an application for oil rations held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Rare Book & Texana Collections. It is a form that needs to be filled out in order to receive oil rations for driving and travel. It is filled out by "Mrs. Abbie F. Stevens" for use at "20 Riverview Ave." in Waltham, Massachusetts. There are logged dates when gallons of oil were delivered and who delivered the gallons. The form is number "V-534248M-5".
Date: October 15, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Application 524250 for Mileage Ration]

Photograph of an application for oil rations held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Rare Book & Texana Collections. It is a form that needs to be filled out in order to receive oil rations for driving and travel. It is filled out by "Mrs. Abbie F. Stevens" for use at "20 Riverview Ave." in Waltham, Massachusetts. There are logged dates when gallons of oil were delivered and who delivered the gallons. The form is number "V-534250M-5".
Date: October 15, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[V-Mail envelope in War Bond Budget Portfolio]

Photograph of an envelop from a War Bond Budget Portfolio held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Rare Books and Texana Collections. It is a cream paper with red print that has the front face of an envelope on one side and instructions on sending V-Mail letters. The paper is stained in purple at the top.
Date: October 15, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[War Bond Budget Portfolio front]

Photographs of the front of a war bond portfolio from the Rare Book and Texana Collections, held by UNT Special Collections. The portfolio has a blue cover with a mock envelope at the top and an upside down instruction box at the bottom. The contents are listed underneath the title. Image 2, the charts inside of a war bond budget portfolio from the Rare Book and Texana Collections. There are five charts for recording war bonds that you own, separated by savings, children's education, new car or plane, vacation or travel, and new house or farm. Image 3, of advertisements on the back of a War Bond Budget Portfolio. They are for items sold by Norge Household Appliances who supplied the portfolio and their tagline reads "When We Win -- See Norge Before You Buy". They also include illustrations of the items and war scenes.
Date: October 15, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Title page of "Nova Genera et Species Plantarum"]

Photographs of the pages in a book titled "Nova Genera et Species Plantarum" held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Rare Book & Texana Collections. The first image is of the title page, which includes content and printing information. There are stains and age spots on the page with larger water stains in the corners. The second image shows a botanic illustration of the lamourouxia plant. It has a long stem with leaves and flowers blooming on one side. There are four smaller drawings of the individual parts of the plant. The third image is of a page with descriptions of plants in the lamourouxia family.
Date: October 9, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[The Dust of Battle and the Dawn of Peace] captions transcript

[The Dust of Battle and the Dawn of Peace]

Video footage of the exhibition "The Dust of Battle and the Dawn of Peace, The Military Experience in Words and Images, 1914 - 1915," held on the 4th floor of Willis Library in the Rare Book Room, on the UNT campus.
Date: 1999-10-09/1999-12-15
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Gillespie County, no. 86 (open access)

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Gillespie County, no. 86

Inventory of records of Gillespie County housed in the Gillespie County Courthouse as of 1941. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with a governmental organization chart, and information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justices of the Peace, District Attorney, County Attorney, Sheriff, Constables, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, County Health Officer, County Surveyor, Coroner (Defunct), and Inspector of Hides and Animals (Defunct). Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject indexes.
Date: October 1941
Creator: Historical Records Survey. Texas.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Denton County.

Map of Denton County showing the parcels of land within the county labeled with the owners and sizes or lot numbers. Additionally, some bodies of water and railroad tracks appear to be marked.
Date: October 1871
Creator: Pressler, Chas. W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company Certificate] (open access)

[Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company Certificate]

This document is signed Oct. 16, 1830 by Rodman Moulton, W[illiam] H. Sumner, Geo[rge] Curtis and W. M. Willson.
Date: October 16, 1830
Creator: Monlton, Rodman
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History