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[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1914-1921] (open access)

[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1914-1921]

Ledger containing minutes of the Board of Commissioners in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from December 3, 1914 to December 9, 1921.
Date: 1914-12-03/1921-12-09
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manifiesto del C. Gral Francisco Villa a la nación y documentos que justifican el desconocimiento del C. Venustiano Carranza como primer jefe de la revolución. (open access)

Manifiesto del C. Gral Francisco Villa a la nación y documentos que justifican el desconocimiento del C. Venustiano Carranza como primer jefe de la revolución.

Book with copies of communications between generals in the north of Mexico and the Carranza government.
Date: 1914
Creator: Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923.
System: The Portal to Texas History
El conflicto personal de la revolución mexicana (open access)

El conflicto personal de la revolución mexicana

Provides an account of the personal conflict felt by the author regarding the Mexican Revolution and the ensuing reign of Venustiano Carranza. The pamphlet calls for an end to caudillos; however, it is sympathetic to Villa. Although written during Chocano’s travels to New Orleans, it was published in El Paso, Texas.
Date: 1914?
Creator: Chocano, José Santos, 1875-1934.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Estudio sobre la cuestión agraria : proyecto de ley (open access)

Estudio sobre la cuestión agraria : proyecto de ley

This government-produced work discusses land reform and tenure in Mexico. Completed on December 15th, 1914, the second part of this pamphlet outlines Rouaix and Novelo’s agrarian recommendations to the “First chief of the Constitutional Army, Charged with the Executive of the Nation,” Venustiano Carranza. Most significant is the call for a return to the ejido system for communal use of lands by villages in an effort to raise national productivity through effective land usage. Includes: Prontuario de las materias que comprende el proyecto de la nueva ley agraria (p. [25]-39).
Date: 1914
Creator: Rouaix, Pastor, 1874-1950. & Novelo, José I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ills of Mexico by A Mexican - Esteban A. Navarro (open access)

The Ills of Mexico by A Mexican - Esteban A. Navarro

The Ills of Mexico by A Mexican by Esteban A. Navarro - Consul of Mexico.
Date: 1914
Creator: Esteban A. Navarro
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life and Adventures Of "Billy" Dixon, of Adobe Walls, Texas Panhandle (open access)

Life and Adventures Of "Billy" Dixon, of Adobe Walls, Texas Panhandle

Biography of Billy Dixon detailing his life on the Texas frontier and his part in the fight at Adobe Walls (1874), based on his personal narratives.
Date: 1914
Creator: Dixon, Billy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church: 1914 (open access)

Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church: 1914

Booklet contains a list of special meetings, an order of business, and a course of study. The booklet also contains the society's motto, officers, and committees. A detailed order of services of each meeting during 1914 is included.
Date: 1914?
Creator: Woman's Missionary Society
System: The Portal to Texas History
Worley's Directory of El Paso, Texas, 1914 (open access)

Worley's Directory of El Paso, Texas, 1914

General directory for El Paso, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1914
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Worley's Directory of El Paso, U. S. A., 1915 (open access)

Worley's Directory of El Paso, U. S. A., 1915

General directory for El Paso, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1914
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Makers of Fort Worth (open access)

Makers of Fort Worth

Each leaf contains a biographical note with photographic portrait and a caricature by Heppner Blackman, first cartoonist of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, or W.K. Patrick, cartoonist of the Fort Worth Record.
Date: 1914
Creator: Newspaper Artists' Association, Forth Worth.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of Simmons College, 1913-1914 (open access)

Catalogue of Simmons College, 1913-1914

Catalogue describes the governance, history, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Simmons College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1914~
Creator: Simmons College (Abilene, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[T. O'Connor General Business Ledger: January 1914-December 1930] (open access)

[T. O'Connor General Business Ledger: January 1914-December 1930]

Ledger containing business transaction numbers, kept by Thomas O'Connor. New entries contain categorical titles.
Date: 1914-01-01/1930-12
Creator: O'Connor, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cotton S.E. Ledger: July 1914-October 1914] (open access)

[Cotton S.E. Ledger: July 1914-October 1914]

Cotton S.E. ledger documenting business transaction numbers. The business entity is included at the top of new entries.
Date: 1914-07-29/1914-10-09
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Royal Air Force Photo Album] (open access)

[Royal Air Force Photo Album]

Photo album that includes pictures of Royal Air Force (RAF) camps, airplanes, and people, as well as landscapes and other personal images. Some of the pictures have handwritten captions below them. On the last page of the album, there is an invitation from 'The General Officer Commanding and Staff' to attend 'The First Annual Sports Day of the Royal Airforce'.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook from Texas Presbyterian College for Girls] (open access)

[Scrapbook from Texas Presbyterian College for Girls]

Scrapbook that includes photographs of student life, signatures from classmates, and inserts from various classes and organizations at Texas Presbyterian College.
Date: 1914~
Creator: Howell, Corrinne
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1913-1914 [Volume 16] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1913-1914 [Volume 16]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1914
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 270 - Mechanics Liens (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 270 - Mechanics Liens

Recorded copies of liens filed by individuals or firms (lumber dealers, corporations, artisans, laborers, mechanics, or subcontractors) who provide labor or furnish materials to construct or repair houses, buildings, or levees, or for construction and repair of railroads, to insure payment for goods or services rendered, from November 1914 to December 1915. Shows county; names of contracting parties; type of construction or repairs to be completed; tract of land where improvement or construction to be made; contractual terms; date witnessed or executed; signatures of parties; notarization; and recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Some contracts also include assignment of liens to financial institutions. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1914-11/1915-12
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 271 - Deeds of Trust (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 271 - Deeds of Trust

Recorded copies of deeds of trust used as mortgages or liens on real estate or improvements to real estate from October 1914 to July 1915. Shows date and place of execution; name of mortgagor; name of mortgagee; description of property involved; amount and terms of contract; signature of mortgagor; certificate of acknowledgment; and recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Also includes agreement that third party (named trustee) may in case of default advertise and sell the land encumbered to the highest bidder and apply proceeds to liquidation of lien. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1914-10/1915-07
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Experiment Station Record, Volume 30, January-June, 1914 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 30, January-June, 1914

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, and bibliographies. Name and subject indexes start on page 901.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 29, 1913 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 29, 1913

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies, and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Porto Rico station. Name and subject indexes start on page 901.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide 1914 (open access)

Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide 1914

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal, political and social issues of the time. A general index is on page 354.
Date: January 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 265 (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 265

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from January 1914 to September 1914 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: 1914-01/1914-09
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Menace, an Exposition of Quackery Nostrum Exploitation and Reminiscences of a Country Doctor (open access)

The Menace, an Exposition of Quackery Nostrum Exploitation and Reminiscences of a Country Doctor

This book serves to expose fraudulent doctors, practitioners and other professionals who treat individuals without the proper licenses. It includes detailed descriptions of malpractice, letters from a fake professor, newspaper advertisements for fake treatments and cures, as well as other miscellaneous prosecutions in Bexar County, Texas.
Date: 1914
Creator: Dixon, Chas. D. (Charles D.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
My Friend O. Henry (open access)

My Friend O. Henry

A biography of O. Henry.
Date: 1914
Creator: Moyle, Seth
System: The Portal to Texas History