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Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes,  Volume 2, Part 1 (open access)

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, Part 1

This text contains the first portion of the Austin Papers, published as part of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. This volume includes a preface by the editor with a general history of the Austin Papers and states, "The Austin Papers are the collection of materials accumulated by Moses and Stephen F. Austin in the progress of their busy enterprises from Virginia through Missouri and Arkansas to Texas. They consist of business memoranda, physiographical observations, petitions and memorials to local and superior governments, political addresses and proclamations, and much personal and official correspondence" (p. v).
Date: 1924
Creator: American Historical Association
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes,  Volume 2, Part 2 (open access)

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, Part 2

This text contains the second portion of the Austin Papers, published as part of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. The previous volume includes a preface by the editor with a general history of the Austin Papers and states, "The Austin Papers are the collection of materials accumulated by Moses and Stephen F. Austin in the progress of their busy enterprises from Virginia through Missouri and Arkansas to Texas. They consist of business memoranda, physiographical observations, petitions and memorials to local and superior governments, political addresses and proclamations, and much personal and official correspondence" (p. v). Index starts on page 1803.
Date: 1924
Creator: American Historical Association
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1922: In Two Volumes and a Supplemental Volume,  Volume 2 (open access)

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1922: In Two Volumes and a Supplemental Volume, Volume 2

This text contains the second portion of the Austin Papers for 1922, "belonging to the years 1828-1834," published as part of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. It includes a preface by the editor with a general history of the Austin Papers and states, "the documents here published continue...to shed much light on the conditions and motives which led to emigration from the United States to Texas" (p. vii). Index starts on page 1177.
Date: 1928
Creator: American Historical Association
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Papers: October 1834--January, 1837, Volume 3 (open access)

The Austin Papers: October 1834--January, 1837, Volume 3

This text contains the third portion of the Austin Papers, which are documents covering October, 1834 to January, 1837. According to the preface, the documents include, "business memoranda, physiographical observations, petitions and memorials to local and superior governments, political addresses and proclamations, and much personal and official correspondence" (p. iii). Index starts on page 489.
Date: 1926~
Creator: Barker, Eugene C.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calendar of the Saltillo Archivees: Archivo de la Secretaria de Gobierno, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (open access)

Calendar of the Saltillo Archivees: Archivo de la Secretaria de Gobierno, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

List of documents held by the government in Coahuila, Mexico on microfilm including the file number, known dates, brief descriptions and microfilm frame numbers.
Date: 1930
Creator: Castañeda, Carlos Eduardo
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas: Volumen 2 (open access)

Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas: Volumen 2

Book about the Texas Revolution.
Date: [1848,1849]
Creator: Filísola, Vicente
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas:[ Volumen 1] (open access)

Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas:[ Volumen 1]

Book about the Texas Revolution.
Date: [1848,1849]
Creator: Filísola, Vicente. & Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The First Bull Fight in Casas Grandes]

Group portrait of nine women posing together in front of building with wood siding. Seven unidentified women standing in a line are dressed in long Spanish dresses including mantillas (traditional veils) and they are holding small bouquets; two are also holding open fans. Madelyn Hatch and Vera Pratt kneeling in front of them, wearing cowboy hats and western wear.
Date: [1946-09-15..1946-09-16]
Creator: Fotos Soto
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Impugnacion al informe del señor general Santa-Anna, y constancias en que se apoyan las ampliaciones de la acusacion del Sr. diputado Gamboa. (open access)

Impugnacion al informe del señor general Santa-Anna, y constancias en que se apoyan las ampliaciones de la acusacion del Sr. diputado Gamboa.

Book about Santa Anna.
Date: 1849
Creator: Gamboa, Ramón.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decrees of Mexican Government, dated November 2-4, 1822] (open access)

[Decrees of Mexican Government, dated November 2-4, 1822]

Act of installation of the Meeting... according to the imperial decree of 31 of the last Octe. Copy by Antonio de Mier, 6 l.s Signatories: Juan Francisco (Bishop of Durango), Antonio de Mier, and Francisco Velasco. Reference to: Election of Marquess of Castañiza; speech by Iturbide; text of Organic Bases of the National Meeting Instituyente, originally signed by Jose Manuel Herrera and rubric of Iturbide; siege of San Juan de Ulúa; administration of oath of office; text of speech by President; voting for officers; candidates: Castañiza, Juan Bautista de Arispe, José María Bocanegra, Bonifacio Fernández, Toribio González, Miguel Guridi y Alcocer, Pedro Labairu, Miguel Larrainaga, Ramón Martínez de los Ríos, Mariano Mendiola, Isidro Montúfar, Juan José Quiñones, Antonio José Valdez, Antonio Mier y Villagómez, and Lorenzo Zavala; list of members taking oath: José María Abarca, Antonio Aguilar, Mariano Aranda, Pascual de Aranda, Francisco Argandar, José María Becerra, Pedro Celis, José María Cobarrubias, Antonio Elosúa, Carlos Espinoza de los Monteros, Luciano Figueroa, Manuel Flores, Refugio de la Garza, Manuel Ignacio Gutiérrez, José Antonio Gutiérrez de Lara, Martín Inclán, Agustín de Iriarte, Antonio de Iriarte, Manuel López de la Plata, Ambrosio Martínez de Vea, Conde de Miraflores, Antonio Morales de Ibáñez, José …
Date: November 2, 1822
Creator: Herrera, José Manuel; Francisco, Juan & Iturbide, Agustin de
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mexican-Themed Float in a Holiday Parade]

Photograph of a Mexican-themed float trailing behind a pick-up truck in the first annual League City Holiday Festival of Lights parade. The float decor features a string of colored lights and banners that read, "Paso Del Rey" and "Feliz Navidad." A mariachi band riding the float is playing music. The procession is traveling down Farm to Market Road 518 and Highway 3, eventually culminating in Walter Hall Park.
Date: December 11, 1987
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mexican-Themed Float in a Holiday Parade]

Photograph of a Mexican-themed float in the parade for the first annual League City Holiday Festival of Lights. The float's decor includes a banner that reads, "Feliz Navidad," a Mexican flag, and stringed colored lights. A mariachi band riding the float is playing music. A toddler-aged girl and a partially visible woman are also passengers.
Date: December 11, 1987
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Visa for R. E. Denison to Visit Mexico] (open access)

[Visa for R. E. Denison to Visit Mexico]

Visa authorizing R. E. Denison of Texas to travel to Mexico for up to one year, starting May 1921. The front of the card has a partial photograph -- attached to the upper-left corner -- of Denison, wearing a suit and hat, standing in front of a large plant or tree. There is an official stamp from the consul general in Laredo, Texas on the front of the card.
Date: May 14, 1921
Creator: Mexico. Consul General.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Description of Documents on Multiple Microfilm Reels] (open access)

[Description of Documents on Multiple Microfilm Reels]

List of Spanish documents on microfilm including the document number, known dates, brief descriptions and number of pages. Some pages also list the organization holding the original documents and other information about the film.
Date: 197X
Creator: Morkovsky
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

De Cust van Westindien van La Desconoscida tot C. Escondido

Map of the coastline along the western part of the Gulf of Mexico, starting in the south (left) at a point labeled "La Desconoscida" and ending in the north (right) at "C[iudad] Escondido." Segments of the coastline are shaded in red, yellow, and green, with labels for river mouths, ports, islands, and other points along the coast.
Date: 1680
Creator: Roffeveen, Arent, -1679
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Atilano Sanchez to Mariano, March 13, 1857] (open access)

[Letter from Atilano Sanchez to Mariano, March 13, 1857]

Transmittal of copies of documents in the reform of the Fundación de la Obra Pía; efforts to save the organization from destruction; opposition of “los principales en lo científico” Juan José Espinosa de los Monteros, Juan Francisco Azcárate, and Andrés Quintana Roó, directed by Francisco Sánchez de Tagle; mercantile opposition by Lorenzo Carrera; benefits obtained by Lorenzo Zavala for editing the “Decreto sentencia expoliatoria”; financial support given group by Francisco González Agüero; opposition of deputies and senators; provisions of benefactress' will changed; appointment of Patronos; fear of ministry of Lerdo; election of president; fear of spending of all money derived from “tratado pendiente” with the United States; effort to withdraw Jesuits from supervision of the Obra pía; denuncia made by Promotor Robledo; appeal to Pedro Escudero; “El Impreso del S. Vélez”; exclusion of Jesuits from Hacienda pública confirmed by Santa Anna in 1843; limits on amortization.
Date: March 13, 1857
Creator: Sanchez, Atilano
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to Francisco Pizarro Martinez, June 5, 1836] (open access)

[Letter from Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to Francisco Pizarro Martinez, June 5, 1836]

Letter from Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to Francisco Pizarro Martinez, from Velasco, Texas.
Date: June 5, 1836
Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Incomplete Transcript of Testimony from J. J. de Hinojosa and R. M. Hinojosa de Balli, 1790] (open access)

[Incomplete Transcript of Testimony from J. J. de Hinojosa and R. M. Hinojosa de Balli, 1790]

Transcript of testimony documenting a dispute regarding land in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Date: March 1909
Creator: Seago, H. D.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Personal File of Private First Class George W. Stone, U.S.M.C. (open access)

Personal File of Private First Class George W. Stone, U.S.M.C.

Scrapbook compiled by George Stone documenting his time in the U.S. Marine Corps during the 1920s.
Date: 1926-09/1971-06
Creator: Stone, George W.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tejas y los Estados-Unidos de América, en sus relaciones con la República Mexicana (open access)

Tejas y los Estados-Unidos de América, en sus relaciones con la República Mexicana

Book describing relations between the U.S., Texas, and Mexico, in Spanish.
Date: 1937
Creator: Tornel y Mendívil, José María
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bulletin from La Lotería de Beneficia Pública de Nicaragua, April 7, 1929] (open access)

[Bulletin from La Lotería de Beneficia Pública de Nicaragua, April 7, 1929]

A bulletin for the 162nd drawing of a public lottery in Managua, Nicaragua, announcing winning numbers and including names of winners from the previous drawing.
Date: April 7, 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Abre sus puertas el segundo Templo Mormón del país] (open access)

[Clipping: Abre sus puertas el segundo Templo Mormón del país]

Newspaper clipping about the opening of a Mormon Temple (Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple), which is the second in Mexico. The article describes the construction (March 1998-February 1999) and describes the interior as well as the opening event with photos of the building entrance and one of the temple's elders with the Governor of Chihuahua. Portions of other stories are on the backs of the article clippings.
Date: 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Copy of an unsigned letter discussing means to remove Zavala from Mexico State. Iguala. Jan. 8, 1833 (open access)

Copy of an unsigned letter discussing means to remove Zavala from Mexico State. Iguala. Jan. 8, 1833

Copy of an unsigned letter discussing means to remove Zavala from Mexico State. Iguala. Jan. 8, 1833. From the Carlos García y Arriaga Papers at the Benson Latin American Collection.
Date: January 8, 1833
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elias Romo]

Photograph of a young Elias Romo. The back of the photograph reads, "This is the child, Elias. He is very white."
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History