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Amerikanische Jagd- und Reiseabenteuer: aus meinem Leben in den westlichen Indianergebieten.
This German text recounts the author's adventures traveling the western United States over a sixteen-year period. The author describes his encounters with Native Americans and the natural environment, especially the animals he hunted. The book also includes illustrations made by the author during his travels.
Date:
1858
Creator:
Armand, 1806-1889
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brands, Vol. 1
Handwritten directory of brands associated with ranches mainly located in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Directory is arranged alphabetically by brand. Volume one covers A through T.
Date:
[1890..1899]
Creator:
Cattle Raisers Association of Texas.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brands, Vol. 2
Handwritten directory of brands associated with ranches mainly located in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Directory is arranged alphabetically by brand. Volume two covers U through Z, and the numerical brands.
Date:
[1890..1899]
Creator:
Cattle Raisers Association of Texas.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Allen Family road trip to visit Berg Family in Illinois photograph album]
Photograph album documenting the Allen Family road trip to visit the Berg Family in Illinois. Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen, Frances Marion Allen, Sheila Emery Allen, Annie Belle Emery Bright, and Sue Lottie Emery traveled together by car. Several of their overnight stops were at outdoor campsites. Many of the photographs are labeled with white handwritten inscriptions.
Date:
1919~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lillian Childress Texas Woman's College Memory Scrapbook]
Scrapbook from a student at Texas Women's college that contains messages and photos from fellow students, as well as ephemera from school events.
Date:
1920-01-06/1921-02-10
Creator:
Childress, Lillian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 1
Volume 1 covers the history of Oklahoma from prehistoric times to the 1880's with special emphasis on Native Americans and the use of Oklahoma as the Indian territory. Also includes information on geography and natural features.
Date:
1929
Creator:
Thoburn, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradfield), 1866-1941 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 2
Volume 2 covers the history of Oklahoma from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries. Includes information on railways, the cattle industry, the opening of Oklahoma lands and the push for statehood.
Date:
1929
Creator:
Thoburn, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradfield), 1866-1941 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 3
Volume 3 gives biographies of prominent Oklahomans.
Date:
1929
Creator:
Thoburn, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradfield), 1866-1941 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 4
Volume 4 gives biographies of prominent Oklahomans.
Date:
1929
Creator:
Thoburn, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradfield), 1866-1941 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Man, Bird and Beast
Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about folk medicine and ranch remedies, folk songs, legends and other folklore. The index begins on page 176.
Date:
1930
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Norman High School Yearbook, 1936]
Norman High School yearbook from 1936 that belonged to Rosa Charlyne Creger. A handwritten list of the book's editors is written inside the front cover and several signatures from students and faculty are written inside the back cover and throughout the pages.
Date:
1936
Creator:
Gable, Jack; Fulkerson, Grover; Scott, Rebekah; Holland, LeRoy; Shannon, Esther Beth; Johnson, Earl et al.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
From Hell to Breakfast
Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mesquite and Willow
Collection of Texas, Spanish and Mexican folklore, including legends, child ballads, folk tales, folk songs, tall tales, information about home remedies, and other folklore.
Date:
1957
Creator:
Boatright, Mody Coggin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Madstones and Twisters
Collection information about weather, plant and animal lore in Texas and Mexico. It also discusses folk remedies, folktales about tornadoes, information about prairie dogs, and ghost stories.
Date:
1958
Creator:
Boatright, Mody Coggin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Surgeon: an Autobiography
This autobiographical account of Dr. Donald Taylor Atkinson tells "the story of the life of a world-renowned doctor who overcame tremendous financial obstacles in order to gain an education" (vii). The author chronicles his family's history, his upbringing in Canada, as well as his journey towards becoming a surgeon in Texas.
Date:
1958
Creator:
Atkinson, Donald Taylor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune
Volume of miscellaneous folklore about Texas and Mexico, including Mexican folktales, Texas folk songs, information about Texas streams and information about racial discrimination in the South. The index begins on page 273.
Date:
1964
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields
This volume includes stories about the life of a West Texas oil driller named Gib Morgan and other folk stories about the oil industry.
Date:
1965
Creator:
Boatright, Mody Coggin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dick J. Reavis 2019
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Dick J. Reavis, political activist, journalist and author. Reavis is a former staff writer for Texas Monthly, professor in English department at North Carolina State University, contributing publications for Soldier of Fortune and The Wall Street Journal, and author of The Ashes of Waco: an Investigation. He discusses childhood memories and early experiences of his father's newspaper publishing career in Oklahoma, Texas, and South Carolina; Experiences in Texas public schools during segregation era; Father's political views and development of his own political views; Experiences as college student at Texas Tech, Panhandle A&M, and University of Texas; Involvement in the civil rights and antiwar movements with Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and Students for a Democratic Society, and in various other left causes and organizations; Career in journalism; Personal life, political views and travels.
Date:
{2021-05-11,2021-06-22}
Creator:
Phillips, Michael; Wilkison, Kyle; Friauf, Betsy & Reavis, Dick J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Charles W. Burris, 1984-1985
Interview with Charles Burris, Army Air Corps veteran from Tulsa, Oklahoma, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II and as a survivor of the Bataan Death March. Burris discusses his training, the fall of Bataan, Camp O'Donnell, Fukuoka, Kyushu, and being set free.
Date:
{1984-04-05,1985-02..1985-05}
Creator:
Cruz, Richard & Burris, Charles W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Melvin Land, 1993
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Oral history interviews with Melvin Land, a veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from Coalton, Oklahoma. The interview contains details of Land's childhood and the death of his mother, his experiences in the Great Depression, his experience being a recruit and an educational advisor in the CCC, his experiences as an active duty officer for the Naval Air Station, and his experiences working at the Rusk State Hospital.
Date:
{1993-02-27,1993-03-16}
Creator:
Rowe, Beverly & Land, Melvin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Parker Brand Book]
Handwritten ledger containing a list of registered brands in Texas and surrounding states, including ear marks and branding symbols as well as the name and address of the holders.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photo Album]
Family photo album containing portraits and landscape photos of a ranch. Many of the portraits appear to have been taken by photographers in Vernon, Texas, and the surrounding region. The album pages have a printed floral design around the photo slots and decorative border along the edges.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sugar Ration Book
Fragment of a food ration stamp book. Charlyne Creger's signature is filled in on one side.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
United States Office of Price Administration
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Clippings and Eulogy Scrapbook]
Scrapbook filled with newspaper and songbook clippings about Women Airforce Service Pilots during and after World War II, as well as several pamphlets and clippings eulogizing WASP members and leaders that passed away.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History