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Audience de Mexico

Map of Mexico and surrounding areas. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro.
Date: 1657
Creator: Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Les costes aux environs de la Riviere de Misisipi : decouvertes par Mr. de la Salle en 1683 et reconnues par Mr. le Chevallier dÍberville en 1698 et 1699 / par N. de Fer ; Vincent de Ginville, sculpsit.

Hand colored. From: LÁtlas curieux / N. de Fer. "122." Martin, J.C. Maps of Texas and the Southwest, 1513-1900, p. 49, 91.
Date: 1705
Creator: Fer, Nicolas de
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marianne and soldier collect for the Red Cross]

A female figure representing Marianne is accompanied by a wounded soldier. They collect for the Red Cross. Marianne is dressed in a style to suggest the French Revolution, wearing a blue, white, and red skirt, a uniform jacket worn as a cape, and a long blue and red cap. She holds a Red Cross collecting tin in one hand and a small blue, white, and red keg under her other arm. She guides a wounded soldier, his head bandaged. He has one arm on Marianne’s shoulder, and the other holds a cane. The soldier wears a medal pinned to his coat, a cap with an inscribed band, and is smoking.
Date: 1916
Creator: Willette, Adolphe Léon, 1857-1926.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Carte du Mexique et de la Floride, des terres angloises et des Isles Antilles, du cours et des environs de la riviere de Mississippi / dressée sur un grand nombre de memoires principalement sur ceux de Mrs. d'Iberville et le sueur [...] ; par Guillaume del'Isle ; I. Stemmers, senior, sculp.

Hand drawn map showing North America, Mexico and a northern section of Amerique Meridionale in 1722. Place names and topographical features included.
Date: 1722
Creator: L'Isle, Guillaume
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Magruder's Victory: Grand March

Musical score and cover of Ernest Frenzel's Magruder's Victory Grand March, written January 1, 1863.
Date: 1863
Creator: Frenzel, Ernest A.
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The Portal to Texas History
Le triomphe de l'amour : ballet : dansé devant Sa Maiesté a S. Germain en Laie. Psyché : tragedie en musique : representée par l'Academie Royale de Musique. (open access)

Le triomphe de l'amour : ballet : dansé devant Sa Maiesté a S. Germain en Laie. Psyché : tragedie en musique : representée par l'Academie Royale de Musique.

A single volume containing two libretti for which the music (not present) was composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully. This small publication was sold as an aid to viewers of the works, so that they could follow along with the libretti during the performance.
Date: 1680~
Creator: Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688; Benserade, Isaac de, 1613-1691 & Corneille, Thomas, 1625-1709
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Le tableau parlant: comédie-parade, en un acte et en vers (open access)

Le tableau parlant: comédie-parade, en un acte et en vers

This is a 1773 printed copy of the libretto of "Le tableau parlant" (The talking picture), a one-act comic opera by M. Anseaume, set to music by Grétry. The opera was staged for the first time by the troupe of Italian actors of King Louis XV, on Wednesday, September 20, 1769. The back of the t.p. lists the names of the original actors who performed the characters of the opera at its premier: Isabelle (Madame Trial), [Jean-Louis Laruette] (Cassandre, Isabelle's tutor), [Madame Laruette (Colombine, Isabelle's lady-in-waiting), M. Trial (Léandre, Cassandra's nephew, who is in love with Isabelle), and [[Jean-Baptiste Clairval] (Léandre's valet). The final scene is a vaudeville sung by all of the characters. The music of the vaudeville is included at the end on pp. [45-48]. The library's copy of the libretto is bound with the libretto of Jean François Marmontel's comic opera "La fausse magie."
Date: 1773
Creator: Anseaume, M. (Louis), 1721-1784
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
La fausse magie (open access)

La fausse magie

This is a ca. [1775] printed copy of the libretto of "La fausse magie" (The false magic), a two-act comic opera by Jean François Marmontel, set to music by Grétry. [The opera was staged for the first time at the Théâtre Français à La Haye, on Thursday, November 30, 1775.] The final scene of act two contains the music of the couplets on pp. 47-48. The library's copy of the libretto is bound with the libretto of M. Anseaume's comic opera, "Le tableau parlant."
Date: 1775
Creator: Marmontel, Jean François, 1723-1799
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Europa, secundum legitimas projectionis stereographic︠a︡e regulas et juxta recentissimas observationes ︠a︡eque ac relationes adhibitis qvoq[ue] veterum monumentorum subsidiis

Hand-drawn, color map of Europe as of 1743 with place names, geopolitical borders and some topographical features. Boundaries and features are noted, with relief shown pictorially.
Date: 1743
Creator: Hase, Johann Matthias, 1684-1742
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Carte Reduite du Golphe du Mexique, et des Isles de l'Amerique.

Map of the Caribbean area in 1774, including some portions of Central America. Some towns and roads are noted as well as depths and other geographic features, with relief shown pictorially.
Date: 1774
Creator: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

L'Amerique meridionale: Dressée sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences & quelques autres, & sur les Memoires les Plus recens

Hand-drawn color map of South America in 1708. Countries are shaded in different colors and some paths are marked in color. Bodies of water and geographic features are noted, with relief shown pictorially.
Date: 1722
Creator: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Carte Reduite du Globe Terrestre

Hand-drawn map of the world, circa 1763. The place names are in French with some cities noted as well as geographic features (with relief shown pictorially).
Date: 1763~
Creator: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Carte du Gouvernement de l'Amerique.

Chart describing the governmental structure of the political entities of the Americas circa 1719 as well as a general overview, including 4 drawings and 1 map. Contents: Instruction généralle -- Conseil de l'Amerique Septentrionalle -- Conseil de Terre Ferme -- Conseil de l'Amerique Meridionalle -- Gouvernement Ecclésiastique -- Pais de l'Amerique appartenant aux autres puissances de l'Europe -- Carte de l'Amerique -- Revenue des Arch. et Eveschez de l'Amerique.
Date: 1719
Creator: Chatelain, Henri Abraham
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Le Champ d'Asile: Romance

Musical score for voice and piano or harp written in Paris in November 1818. Cover has black and white lithograph depicting a man standing with a shovel.
Date: 1818
Creator: Romagnesi, A. (Antoine Joseph Michel), 1781-1850.
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Ticket from Cirque de Paris] (open access)

[Ticket from Cirque de Paris]

A ticket from the Cirque de Paris.
Date: September 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Advertisement from Caveau de Montemartre] (open access)

[Advertisement from Caveau de Montemartre]

Advertisement from Caveau de Montmartre in Paris.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Caveau de Montmartre
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Ticket from Cabaret Le Ciel] (open access)

[Ticket from Cabaret Le Ciel]

A ticket from Cabaret Le Ciel in Montmartre.
Date: [1929..1936]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Ticket from Folies Bergère] (open access)

[Ticket from Folies Bergère]

A general admission ticket for one from Folie Bergère cabaret music hall.
Date: [1929..1936]
Creator: Folies Bergère
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Ticket from Notre-dame] (open access)

[Ticket from Notre-dame]

Ticket from a visit to Notre Dame in Paris.
Date: [1929..1936]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Ticket from the Coliseum of Paris] (open access)

[Ticket from the Coliseum of Paris]

A ticket from the Coliséum de Paris.
Date: [1929..1936]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt from Hotel Regnard] (open access)

[Receipt from Hotel Regnard]

A receipt from Hotel Regnard in Paris.
Date: 192X
Creator: Hotel Regnard
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bob Kap Archive #4 captions transcript

Bob Kap Archive #4

Silent film of the Intercontinental Football League's (IFL's) 1976 European tour to promote American football as a leisure activity. It includes footage of players on buses and in cars, football games, spectators, cheerleaders, European scenery and promotional activities. Many stills of promotional brochures, newspaper articles, and photographs are included.
Date: 1976
Creator: Intercontinental Football League
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Intercontinental Football League presents Touchdown in Europe 1976 captions transcript

The Intercontinental Football League presents Touchdown in Europe 1976

Compilation film of home movies and news coverage of the 1976 Intercontinental Football League's (IFL) European tour of Germany, Austria, and France promoting American football as a leisure activity. Includes footage of football game play, spectators, cheerleaders, and promotional activities. The narration implies that this film was used to promote the IFL and its potential as a revenue source.
Date: 1976
Creator: Intercontinental Football League
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Book open to photograph of Valère basilica]

Photograph of an easel holding a book open to show two pictures of landscapes of the municipality of Sion in Switzerland. On the right is a picture of Valère basilica, a fortified church on a hill. The captions for the two pictures are in French and German.
Date: April 6, 1950
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library