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Memoirs, with special reference to secession and the Civil War (open access)

Memoirs, with special reference to secession and the Civil War

The autobiography and memoirs of John H. Reagan, a prominent Texas politician of the 19th century, and Postmaster General of the Confederacy.
Date: 1906
Creator: Reagan, John H.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herbert Herman Fiedler in Europe]

Photograph of Herbert Herman Fiedler posing beside a stone building, possibly ruins (?), in Europe (?). He is wearing riding clothes, lace-up boots, a hat, and goggles.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bridge next to snow covered mountain]

Photograph of long bridge next to a large snow covered mountain. Waves are seen crashing along the bank below the bridge.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile on bridge]

Photograph of Herbert Herman Fiedler walking towards a Pierce-Arrow automobile stopped on a wood and steel bridge. In the background, on the bridge, is a dog (?).
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobiles stuck in mud]

Photograph of six men standing around two Pierce-Arrow automobiles that were stuck on a dirt road near a gully. Wooden planks have been set over the gully, but the cars appear to be stuck in what was mud.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[One hundred and one ranch store]

Photograph of a ranch store in the western United States that was visited by Mrs. Frances Ann Lutcher during a automobile touring trip. Man on horseback in front with man and woman on front porch and man and wagon on the side of store. A tree is also shown to the right side of the ranch store.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Double wooden wagon]

Photograph of Herbert Herman Fiedler standing in front of a double wooden wagon in desert of Death Valley, California, with his arms crossed. The wagon shown has the following words printed on it: "From Death Valley use 20 Mule Team Borax Soap and Soap Powder."
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile in front of store]

Photograph of a Pierce-Arrow automobile with a small triangular flag bearing the words "Orange Texas" parked in front of "The Oriental Drug Store" on a city street. The drug store has these words printed on its window--"Drugs, Cigars, and Soda Water" and " 'The National Smoke' La Preferencia 10 cent Cigars." Men are standing on the sidewalk and one man is standing behind the vehicle. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man in Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Postcard of a side view of a Pierce-Arrow automobile with Herbert Herman Fiedler behind the wheel and another man sitting next to him on a street in DeKalb, Illinois. Both men are wearing goggles. On the side of the car are five small triangular flags--one flag says "Nebraska", one flag says "Orange, Tex. to New York via Denver, Col.", one says "Texas", one says "Omaha", and a fifth is unreadable. A metal fence is visible in the background as well as trees and homes.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Photograph of a Pierce-Arrow automobile driving down a road surrounded on both sides by leafless trees. At least three people are in the vehicle including the driver, Herbert Herman Fiedler, and a passenger, Mrs. Frances Ann Lutcher.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Reverend Frank Ernest Robbins]

Photograph of Reverend Frank Ernest Robbins.
Date: [1900..1909]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd on city street]

Photograph taken from above of a Pierce-Arrow automobile with its soft top up surrounded by a crowd of people on a city street. The crowd is mostly men, but at least one woman can be seen at the top of the photograph.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile fording a stream]

Photograph of Herbert Herman Fiedler (?) fording a Pierce-Arrow automobile over a stream with another vehicle coming up the road behind. In the background are forests and trees are visible to the left and right.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two story log building with cistern]

Photograph of a two story log building with a cistern (?) on top with other buildings on each side.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old church building]

Photograph of an old church building.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd on city street]

Photograph of a city street with a crowd of people standing around a Pierce-Arrow automobile. A man on a bicycle is visible in the left foreground and other automobiles are visible in the left and right foreground. Buildings are visible in the background including a building in the center background that has the names of four Texas towns written on it--Hillsboro, Waco, Ennis, and Corsicana. On the right side of that same building is a sign for a Tremont (?) Hotel. Standing on a second story balcony of a building in the left foreground is a man.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas (open access)

Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas

This book discusses the action by the Mexican government to send a revenue officer and small contingent of soldiers into Texas during 1835 to collect taxes from the citizens and the resistance they faced. Includes some letters and notes from the author about later excerpts from newspapers.
Date: January 1901
Creator: Barker, Eugene C.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily News-Tribune, Industrial Review Edition: Austin, Capital City of Texas. (open access)

The Daily News-Tribune, Industrial Review Edition: Austin, Capital City of Texas.

This edition gives an overview of the city of Austin including major buildings, businesses, and people as well as general information about the the layout and statistics of the city.
Date: February 1906
Creator: The Daily News-Tribune
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Message of Governor T.M. Campbell to the first called session of the thirtieth legislature of Texas: together with the proclamation of the Governor convening the legislature in extra-ordinary session. (open access)

Message of Governor T.M. Campbell to the first called session of the thirtieth legislature of Texas: together with the proclamation of the Governor convening the legislature in extra-ordinary session.

This document is a message to the legislature of Texas from Governor T.M. Campbell. The purpose of the message was to get the legislature prepared to discuss laws concerning: simplification of court proceedings in the state of Texas, making telephone companies transmit other telephone companies messages, fair and lawful taxing of its citizens, increase business fees of both domestic and foreign businesses, and any other matters relating to the Constitution of Texas.
Date: April 17, 1907
Creator: Campbell, Thomas Mitchell
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mary Emory Outside Her Home]

Copy print of Mary Emory standing on the ground next to a curved, raised porch on one side of her home. The house is a two-story building with wood siding and a hipped roof with gabled extensions; it also has Queen Anne-style embellishments including decorative woodwork along the rooflines and columns along the porch and balcony. More information about the history of the house is printed on the back.
Date: July 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Doctors at Polyclinic Course]

Copy print of eight doctors posing together around a cadaver on a table during a five-week course at the New York Polyclinic Medical School. The instructor is wearing a dark gown and cap, standing in the middle of the six doctors standing behind the table; the other doctors are all wearing light-colored gowns and one doctor is seated on either end at the front of the table. Behind them, framed images are hanging on the wall, and a blackboard with writing on it is at the right side of the image. Identifications are printed on the back.
Date: May 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[General Business Ledger: May 1904-January 1908] (open access)

[General Business Ledger: May 1904-January 1908]

Ledger containing business transaction numbers. The month and year are included at the top of each page.
Date: 1904-05-08/1908-01-20
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cattle Records Ledger: August 1907-May 1908] (open access)

[Cattle Records Ledger: August 1907-May 1908]

Cattle Records ledger documenting account numbers.
Date: 1907-08-23/1908-05-19
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History