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Serial/Series Title
Country
Decade
Month
Language
Law and Order
Short story set on a ranch in Texas.
Date:
September 1910
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Unprofitable Servant
Unfinished short story set in New York.
Date:
December 1911
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Atavism of John Tom Little Bear
Short story about the character Jeff Peters.
Date:
July 1903
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Man Higher Up
This collection of short stories was No. 4 in the Sunday American's Summer Library of Gems of Short Fiction. The volume contains the following stories: "The Man Higher Up," "A Tempered Wind," and "Innocents of Broadway."
Date:
1911
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Call Loan
Short story set in Texas.
Date:
July 1903
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Venturers
Short story on the theme of chance.
Date:
October 1909
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thimble Thimble
Short story about a wealthy family.
Date:
December 1908
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
No Story
Short story about a journalist in New York.
Date:
June 1909
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Caballero's Way
Short story about a young desperado from the Texas-Mexico border.
Date:
June 1925
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Marquis and Miss Sally
Short story set in Texas.
Date:
June 1903
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Round the Circle
Short story set in Texas.
Date:
October 1902
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cactus
Short story about a young bachelor.
Date:
October 1902
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hearts and Hands
Short story about a marshal and a prisoner.
Date:
December 1902
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thimble Thimble
O. Henry's selection of the winners of the puzzle prize, as announced in December 1908. Includes a letter to the editor from O. Henry with his reasons for selecting the four winners.
Date:
February 1909
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receiver's Memorandum
These two pages are exerpts from a 141-page Receivers Memorandum dated 1887-1888. Pages appear to show payroll advances to O. Henry, here identified by his given name William S. Porter or W.S. Porter, for the months of June 1887 through December 1887. These pages are written in O. Henry's hand, and show his signature several times.
Date:
1887-06/1888-12
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
My Recollections of O. Henry (W. S. Porter)
Multiple typescript copies of a short character sketch describing O. Henry as a young man in the late 1800s, before he was a published writer. O. Henry worked as a draftsman at the General Land Office and for Maddox Brothers and Anderson.
Date:
191X
Creator:
Maddox, Frank
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
O. Henry Relics Guarded by State Land Office
Photo essay containing images of photos, maps, and documents describing the General Land Office Archives holdings related to O. Henry. Includes a photo of Land Commissioner Bascom Giles standing next to O.Henry's drafting table in the Land Office.
Date:
September 7, 1941
Creator:
Dallas Morning News
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Patent 87, Volume 40-A
This document was issued to the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company as the final instrument in the land grant process, assigning ownership to the railroad company for 640 acres in Tom Green County, section 21, block 20, as described in the patent. O. Henry wrote a fictional account of illegal proceedings concerning a land certificate, Bexar Scrip 2692, in the short story "Bexar Scrip 2692.” This is the patent that ultimately gave land ownership to the railroad via that certificate.
Date:
July 18, 1928
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roster of Employees in the General Land Office
Ledger contains lists of General Land Office employees, their job titles, and monthly earnings. Excerpted here are 98 pages covering January 1887-January 1891, which are the dates O. Henry was employed at the land office. W.S. Porter, later known as the writer O. Henry, is listed as draftsman, compiling draftsman and assistant draftsman, earning $100 per month. Porter's name appears on roughly half of the pages.
Date:
1881/1891
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stories of the Old Land Office
Pamphlet printed by the Texas Capital Visitor's Center. Contains a foreward and two O. Henry short stories: "Bexar Scrip 2692" and "Georgia's Ruling." Both stories take place in the old land office building where O. Henry worked as a draftsman, and both are about Texas land grants.
Date:
2001~
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flat files
Oak flat files stacked vertically. There are eight drawers with metal pulls. These files were used to store documents and maps at the Texas General Land Office around 1900.
Date:
1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flat files
Oak flat files in two sections, stacked vertically. There are 10 drawers with metal pulls. These files were used to store documents and maps at the Texas General Land Office around 1900.
Date:
1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flat files
Oak flat files in three sections, stacked vertically. There are 15 drawers with metal pulls. These files were used to store documents maps at the Texas General Land Office around 1900.
Date:
1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drafting table
Drafting table with a single metal pedestal. This drafting table was used at the Texas General Land Office around 1915.
Date:
1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History