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85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2242, Chapter 768 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2242, Chapter 768

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the resolution of disputes or errors involving the ad valorem taxation of the same property by multiple taxing units of the same type as a result of disputed, overlapping, or erroneously applied boundaries.
Date: June 12, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Backwoods to Border (open access)

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: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954 (open access)

The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains information about folklore in Texas and Mexico, including folk songs and ballads, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, sermons, stories about games and celebrations, folklore of Texas plants, and information about folk remedies. The index begins on page 349.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bounty of Texas (open access)

The Bounty of Texas

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore (open access)

T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about crafts, stories about vampires, stories about peyote ceremonies, prison folklore, folk songs, and other miscellaneous folk tales.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
From Hell to Breakfast (open access)

From Hell to Breakfast

Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune (open access)

A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune

Volume of miscellaneous folklore about Texas and Mexico, including Mexican folktales, Texas folk songs, information about Texas streams and information about racial discrimination in the South. The index begins on page 273.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore (open access)

The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore

TCollection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folktales, Mexican folk remedies, and stories about Don Pedrito Jaramillo, who was the Curandero of Los Olmos. The index begins on page 137.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hecho en Tejas: Texas-Mexican Folk Arts and Crafts (open access)

Hecho en Tejas: Texas-Mexican Folk Arts and Crafts

Book about Texas and Mexican folk arts and crafts, including paper crafts, quilting, weaving, sculpture, yard art, saddle-making, and other folk crafts. The index begins on page 349.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
In the Shadow of History (open access)

In the Shadow of History

Collection of Texan and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Navajo Indians, the Alamo, Jim Bowie, various folk characters, tortilla making, and other humorous anecdotes. The index begins on page 181.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legendary Ladies of Texas (open access)

Legendary Ladies of Texas

Collection of historical anecdotes providing "a study of Texas women and the conflicting images and myths that have grown up about them" (back cover). The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legends of Texas (open access)

Legends of Texas

Collection of popular Texas legends, including tales about buried treasure, the supernatural, pirates, origins of Texas flowers, and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 271.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mesquite and Willow (open access)

Mesquite and Willow

Collection of Texas, Spanish and Mexican folklore, including legends, child ballads, folk tales, folk songs, tall tales, information about home remedies, and other folklore.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mustangs and Cow Horses (open access)

Mustangs and Cow Horses

Collection of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folktales, folk songs, ballads and other information about mustangs and horses. The index begins on page 425.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964; Boatright, Mody C. & Ransom, Harry H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
D. N. Leathers I History Project Report (open access)

D. N. Leathers I History Project Report

Report discussing the history of a public housing project located in the "Northside" area of Corpus Christi, "to document the 28 buildings of the D. N. Leathers I public housing campus as well as how those buildings fit into the historic context of public housing nationally and locally. The culture of D. N. Leathers I in the 1940s through the 1960s is also included through the perceptions of the persons who contributed their oral history to the project" (p. 2).
Date: June 2017
Creator: Smith, C. Lynn
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Northside History Collection of Photos (open access)

Northside History Collection of Photos

Compilation of images and scanned photographs owned by community members that document the history of the "Northside" area of Corpus Christi, with a timeline of important events. This document serves as a component of supplemental research during planning for the rebuilding of the harbor bridge at U.S. 181.
Date: 2017
Creator: Smith, C. Lynn
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Northside History Project: Oral History Transcript Collection (open access)

Northside History Project: Oral History Transcript Collection

Compilation of edited transcripts for a series of oral histories related to the history of the "Northside" area of Corpus Christi from people who have lived or operated businesses there.
Date: 2017
Creator: Smith, C. Lynn
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Northside History Project Report (open access)

Northside History Project Report

Final report documenting the archival research about the "Northside" area of Corpus Christi along with information and images gathered from community members through oral histories and open houses. This report serves as a component of supplemental research during planning for the rebuilding of the harbor bridge at U.S. 181.
Date: 2017
Creator: Smith, C. Lynn
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maggie Salinas on July 21, 2016. captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Maggie Salinas on July 21, 2016.

Discussed childhood and life in Kingsville, Texas.
Date: February 21, 2017
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Salinas, Maggie
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany (open access)

Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany

Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including "folk tales, folklore in journalism, reflections on the lore of the past, and some analyses of folklore generally" (inside of the front cover).
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sky is My Tipi (open access)

The Sky is My Tipi

Collection stories about the Kiowa and Apache Indians, coyotes and other animals, cooking, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 237.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 1, Ed. 1, January 2017 (open access)

South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 1, Ed. 1, January 2017

Monthly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: January 2017
Creator: Cardenas, Alfredo E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 2, Ed. 1, February 2017 (open access)

South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 2, Ed. 1, February 2017

Monthly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: February 2017
Creator: Cardenas, Alfredo E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 3, Ed. 1, March 2017 (open access)

South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 3, Ed. 1, March 2017

Monthly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: March 2017
Creator: Cardenas, Alfredo E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History