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The Marine, Number [1], November 1927
Monthly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Fifth Regiment stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers. This issue may be incomplete.
Date:
November 1927
Creator:
Allyn, Cecil S.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Marine, Number 4, March 1928
Monthly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Fifth Regiment stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date:
March 1928
Creator:
Allyn, Cecil S.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Marine, Number 5, April 1928
Monthly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Fifth Regiment stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date:
April 1928
Creator:
Allyn, Cecil S.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two Stories from Cecil S. Allyn]
Two vignettes from Cycil S. Allyn, an American serviceman in Mexico. The first is about a cock-fighting eagle, and the second about problems with transporting cheese.
Date:
1920/1929~
Creator:
Allyn, Cecil S.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
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
[Portrait of R. L. Blaffer seated at desk]
Portrait of R. L. Blaffer seated at a desk with a paper in hand.
Date:
1925~
Creator:
American Photo, NY
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
In the Bosom of the Comanches: A Thrilling Tale of Savage Indian Life, Massacre and Captivity Truthfully Told by a Surviving Captive
Memoir of Theodore 'Dot' Babb, describing his experiences when he and several others were taken captive in the 1865 by Comanches near present-day Decatur, Texas and what happened after he was released.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Babb, T. A. (Theodore Adolphus), 1852-1936
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
[Letter from Brig. Gen. John A. Bemis to the Commandant of the USMC, 1 April 1929]
Letter from Brigadier General John A. Bemis to the Marine Corps Commandant via the Fifth Marine Regiment commander, recommending the confirmation of probationary regular warrants for seven Marines, including Corporal George W. Stone.
Date:
April 1, 1929
Creator:
Bemis, John A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memo regarding Presidential Commendation, 5 January 1929]
Official memo of Second Marine Brigade relaying a commendation via radio message from President Calvin Coolidge to US Marines in Nicaragua, on the occasion of the new Nicaraguan government's installation.
Date:
January 5, 1929
Creator:
Berkeley, R. C.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memo regarding Marines & Mother's Day Flowers, 19 March, 1929]
Official memo for Second Marine Brigade regarding a radio communication (# 8618) from Marine Corps Headquarters, explaining procedures for Marines in Nicaragua to have flowers delivered to their mothers on Mother's Day.
Date:
March 19, 1929
Creator:
Berkeley, R. C. & Smith, W. Dulty
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memo with Secretary of the Navy's farewell address, 7 March 1929]
Official Second Marine Brigade memo with a radio transcript of Navy Secretary Curtis D. Wilbur's farewell message to the Navy and Marine Corps. Wilbur left office and was succeeded by Charles F. Adams III on March 4, 1929.
Date:
March 7, 1929
Creator:
Berkeley, R. C. & Wilbur, Curtis D.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
History of the First Baptist Church, Austin, Texas
A history of the First Baptist Church of Austin, Texas.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Brooks, Mrs. V. L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Liberty Pass for George W. Stone, 1 December 1928]
Liberty pass for Cpl. George W. Stone from 1:40 PM, 1 December, to 4:20 PM, 2 December, 1928, including orders to report to the 2nd Battalion Commander in Grenada when visiting the city.
Date:
December 1, 1928
Creator:
Brown, Dudley S.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin street and avenue guide and Travis County rural route directory with logs of the road
"The Street and Avenue Guide consists of two sections. The first section comprises the numbered streets in numerical order. The second section comprises the streets by name in alphabetical order."
Date:
June 10, 1921
Creator:
Bush, D. A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bluebell, Yearbook of Conroe High School, 1928
Yearbook for Conroe High School in Conroe, Texas. Includes photos of and information about the school, faculty, classes, organizations, athletics, .
Date:
1928
Creator:
Conroe High School
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 2
Second volume of biographical accounts related to the explorations of René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in North America including memoirs, accounts, and narratives of his discovery and exploration down the Mississippi River.
Date:
1922
Creator:
Cox, Isaac Joslin
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Train Guard Orders
Instructions for US Marine guards working on mail trains, including specific information on the guard's duties, their parameters, and an incomplete FAQ section.
Date:
November 2, 1926
Creator:
Cunningham, Alfred A.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rice threshing near Beaumont, Texas]
Postcard of rice threshing near Beaumont, Texas with at least seven African American men, a mule-drawn carriage, bags, rice, and machinery. On the right side of the postcard can be seen the threshing machine separating the grain from the stalks. Men are standing near the thresher as well as on and near a mule drawn cart between a pile of grain and bags. Another cart can be seen on the right side of the postcard. On the top right of the postcard is printed "Rice Threshing near Beaumont, Texas." Rice production is a key agricultural commodity for the area situated around Beaumont, Texas.
Date:
1926
Creator:
D. J. Hicks
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Nellie D. to Mrs. Dora Dullnig, July 2, 1909]
Postcard from Nellie D. to Miss Dora Dullnig, saying hello and writing to say she will be touring the canyon on the front of the postcard. The front of the postcard features a photograph of the mouth of Cibolo Canyon mouth in Boerne, Texas (colored in with ink). The canyon edges are close enough together that a man has wedged himself in between the canyon edges and is posing for the camera.
Date:
July 2, 1920
Creator:
D., Nellie
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Year book of the Dallas Architectural Club and catalogue of its first annual exhibition : held at the Jefferson Hotel, Dallas, February eleventh to eighteenth, 1922
The Yearbook of the Dallas Architectural Club and a catalogue of its first annual exhibition, held at the Jefferson Hotel, Dallas. Includes lists of the club's members, and many photos and illustrations of buildings designed by the members.
Date:
1922
Creator:
Dallas Architectural Club.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Bambo War Under the Tropic Sun
A narrative written by Harold Norman Denny about experiences fighting with the Marine Corps in Nicaragua during the late-1920s.
Date:
1927/1934~
Creator:
Denny, Harold Norman
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History