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Map of Routes to the Principal Mining Districts in the Central States of Mexico.

Map of several states bordering the Gulf of Mexico in central Mexico from 1828. The routes to the principal mining districts and other roads are marked, as well as towns, landmarks, rivers, and some topographic features (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: April 1828
Creator: Ward, H. G. (Henry George), 1797-1860.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dell at Helmingham Park

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Heavily wooded scene with a small bridge over a creek or a ravine.
Date: 1825/1833
Creator: Constable, John
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Road to the Spaniards, Hampstead

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
A dirt road travels into the distance from the foreground and the sky is full of large clouds. There are some very small figures in the distance as well as some buildings.
Date: 1822
Creator: Constable, John
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
The baby is with God (open access)

The baby is with God

Text exhorting readers not to grieve over the death of the infant, for it has been received into God's arms.
Date: 1827/1853
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
All the world's on stilts (open access)

All the world's on stilts

Moralizing story, where the narrator, after seeing a "lubberly boy" on stilts, reflects on people that set themselves above others and make spectacles of themselves.
Date: 1827/1853
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The fall of man (open access)

The fall of man

The story of the Fall of Man.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Is it worth climbing for? (open access)

Is it worth climbing for?

Moralizing tale of how boys, men, peasants and princes all may climb over obstacles towards a goal, but are worldly goals worth the climb?
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The home-made boy. (open access)

The home-made boy.

Moralizing tale of the differences between two boys in the Sunday school, Arthur and Lewis, which are "chiefly made at home!"
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Harvest close upon seed time. (open access)

Harvest close upon seed time.

Moralizing tale of the youth who starts by missing just a few minutes of Sunday school, slides into sin, skips class, joins a fire company, and eventually lands in prison in Maryland with a 15 year term for robbery.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! (open access)

Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!

Moralizing tale of the fate of a man who starts out as a Sabath-breaker, and who ends up a murderer.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Death of little Mary (open access)

Death of little Mary

Little Mary S., devout and faithful, is dying at the age of 8. Her faith touches all around her, and helps bring them closer to God.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Give us this day our daily bread. (open access)

Give us this day our daily bread.

His mother unable to provide for himself and his siblings, six year old Little Johnny prays on the way to school. On arriving home, he finds food has been left for the family. Not an angel, but an earthly agent of God heard his prayer and provided for the family.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The fourth commandment broken. (open access)

The fourth commandment broken.

Martha Scott, who would censure others for breaking the Sabbath, herself not only breaks the Sabbath but looses her temper - not realizing the sins she is committing.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The grocery ruined him. (open access)

The grocery ruined him.

Little Robert would not heed the advice of his Sunday school teacher and avoid the men at the grocery store who kept trying to get him to drink rum. By the age of 13, Robert becomes a drunkard.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Going apprentice. (open access)

Going apprentice.

Words of wisdom from an old German schoolmaster to a young boy about to go learn a trade, and how being good will help him succeed.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The glass of gin; or, when it is safest to run. (open access)

The glass of gin; or, when it is safest to run.

Mr. Grace advises Samuel Hawkes to take the long path around Mr. Benson's orchard to avoid temptation.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Noah and the flood. (open access)

Noah and the flood.

A retelling of the story of Noah.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The new bonnet. (open access)

The new bonnet.

Moralizing tale where Miss Amelia F. Johnson learns that the pretty new bonnet she wants to wear to church is not as important as learning to serve God. The story is followed by the poem "The child's prayer."
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The kink in the engine rope. (open access)

The kink in the engine rope.

Moralizing tale where an apprentice printer is cautioned against following the fire engine, as it will lead to bad habits.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vanity. (open access)

Vanity.

Moralizing tale about Little Betsey Green. Constantly told how pretty she is, she becomes vain and prideful.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Signs. (open access)

Signs.

Moralizing tale which reflects that how children act is a signal of their future character. Story is followed by "The substance of the Ten Commandments."
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jacob and Esau (open access)

Jacob and Esau

The story of Jacob and Esau.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cherokee Chief Dennis W. Bushyhead

Portrait photograph of Cherokee Chief Dennis W. Bushyhead.
Date: [1826..1898]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Orfeo ed Euridice (open access)

Orfeo ed Euridice

This is the libretto of "Orfeo ed Euridice" by Ranieri de Calzabigi, published in vol 2 of "Raccolta di melodrammi serj scritti nel secolo XVIII." The original volume contains works by Apostolo Zeno, Giuseppe Parini, Marco Coltellini, Castone Rezzonico della Torre, Ranieri de Calsabigi, and F. Saverio de Rogati. On the back of the t.p. appears a quote in Virgil's "Georg.," iv, 465: "Te dulcis conjux, te solo in littore mecum, te veniente die, te discedente canebam." The libretto includes a prologue and list of characters.
Date: 1822
Creator: Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library