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[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1908-1909] (open access)

[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1908-1909]

Minutes from weekly meetings of the Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Texas, containing club business, motions, and events. Includes a booklet with club information and bylaws.
Date: 1908-05/1908-10
Creator: Woman's Wednesday Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Galveston: 1908-1909 (open access)

Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Galveston: 1908-1909

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "1908-09."
Date: 1908/1909
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of the Alamo and of the local Franciscan missions (open access)

History of the Alamo and of the local Franciscan missions

Subjective history and praise of San Antonio, Texas, and the Alamo. Includes narratives about various Texan heros.
Date: 1908
Creator: Taylor, Henry Ryder
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Bastrop County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Bastrop County, Texas

Text describing climate, agriculture, and soils of Bastrop County, Texas.
Date: August 12, 1908
Creator: Winston, R. A. (Robert Alonzo); Meeker, F. N.; Eckman, O. L.; Lyman, W. S.; Schroeder, Frank C.; Rice, Thomas D. (Thomas Donnelly) et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Directory for 1908 (open access)

El Paso Directory for 1908

General directory for El Paso, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "a General Directory of the Citizens and Business Firms Alphabetically Arranged, a Classified Business Directory, a Complete Street Guide and Miscellaneous Information of Value to Citizens and Strangers."
Date: 1908
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas cavalry, Ross brigade (open access)

The Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas cavalry, Ross brigade

History of the Third Texas Cavalry, featuring the organization of the unit, accounts of battles in Missouri, the Siege of Corinth, the Battle of Iuka, the surrender at Vicksburg, the Battle of Yazoo City, Kilpatrick's Raid, the Atlanta Campaign, and the end of the war.
Date: 1908
Creator: Barron, S. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hans Teichmueller;  biographical sketch, addresses and letters to his family (open access)

Hans Teichmueller; biographical sketch, addresses and letters to his family

Hans Teichmueller biographical sketch, includes addresses and letters to his family. Prepared by his loving wife and daughters.
Date: 1908
Creator: Teichmueller, Auguste Kellner
System: The Portal to Texas History
Footprints of Texas history (open access)

Footprints of Texas history

A book about Texas history.
Date: 1908
Creator: Dill, Minnie G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of Simmons College, 1907-1908 (open access)

Catalogue of Simmons College, 1907-1908

Catalogue describes the governance, history, course offerings, and campus life of Simmons College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1908
Creator: Simmons College (Abilene, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mrs. D. M. O'Connor General Business Ledger: January 1908-December 1912] (open access)

[Mrs. D. M. O'Connor General Business Ledger: January 1908-December 1912]

Ledger containing business transaction numbers, kept by Mrs. Dennis M. O'Connor. The month and year are written at the top of each new entry.
Date: 1908-01-15/1912-12-31
Creator: O'Connor, Mrs. Dennis Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
[T. O'Connor General Business Ledger: May 1908-January 1914] (open access)

[T. O'Connor General Business Ledger: May 1908-January 1914]

Ledger containing business transaction numbers, kept by Thomas O'Connor. The month and year are displayed at the top of each new entry.
Date: 1908-05-01/1914-01-31
Creator: O'Connor, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
[General Business Ledger: May 1908-June 1908] (open access)

[General Business Ledger: May 1908-June 1908]

Ledger containing business transaction numbers. The month and year are included at the top of each page.
Date: 1908-05-01/1908-06
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[T. O'Connor General Business Ledger: May 1908-December 1913] (open access)

[T. O'Connor General Business Ledger: May 1908-December 1913]

Ledger containing business transaction numbers, kept by Thomas O'Connor. Descriptive labels and business entities at the top of new entries.
Date: 1908-05-01/1913-12-31
Creator: O'Connor, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Probate Records: Probate Minutes 25 (open access)

Travis County Probate Records: Probate Minutes 25

Travis County probate minutes documenting probate cases from January 1908 to January 1909. Recorded copies of proceedings of the county court sitting as a probate court in cases involving estates of deceased individuals. Shows term of court, date of proceedings, names of officers present, subject of hearing, names of interested parties present, orders of the court, signed approval of county judge, and clerk's attestation. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1908-12/1909-12
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Worely's Directory of Abilene, Texas, 1909 (open access)

Worely's Directory of Abilene, Texas, 1909

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 a "general directory of the citizens and business firms, alphabetically arranged, a classified business directory, a complete street guide and business buildings and information of value to citizens and strangers." The index to advertisements begins on page 5.
Date: 1908
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of Abilene, Texas, 1907-08 (open access)

Directory of Abilene, Texas, 1907-08

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 a "general directory of the citizens and business firms, alphabetically arranged, a complete classified business directory, a complete street directory and miscellaneous information." The index to advertisements is on page xii.
Date: 1908
Creator: The Fort Worth Directory Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Brownsville Area, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Brownsville Area, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Brownsville Area, Texas.
Date: August 22, 1908
Creator: Mangum, A. W. & Lee, Ora
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of the Laredo area, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of the Laredo area, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, soils, and irrigation of the Laredo area of Texas.
Date: October 20, 1908
Creator: Mangum, A. W. & Lee, Ora
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of the Cooper Area, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of the Cooper Area, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Cooper Area, Texas.
Date: August 12, 1908
Creator: Rice, Thomas D. (Thomas Donnelly) & Smith, H. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Wilson County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Wilson County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Wilson County, Texas.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Lyman, W. S. & Schroeder, Frank C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of Howard Payne College, 1908-1909 (open access)

Catalogue of Howard Payne College, 1908-1909

Catalogue describes the governance, course offerings, and campus life of Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas.
Date: 1908
Creator: Howard Payne College (Brownwood, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Forty-third Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Forty-third Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Journal proceedings of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the proceedings, appointments, reports of boards and committees, memoirs, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: 1908
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 223 (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 223

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from January 1908 to May 1919, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1908-01/1919-05
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Subscription Ledger for the Carnegie Public Library (1908-1909)] (open access)

[Subscription Ledger for the Carnegie Public Library (1908-1909)]

A subscription ledger for the Carnegie Public Library from 1908-1909. This ledger is the earliest ledger extant and contains subscriptions listed alphabetically and not numerically. It briefly records some circulation by numbers and contains some of the earliest holdings in the Carnegie Library.
Date: 1908/1909
Creator: Carnegie Public Library
System: The Portal to Texas History