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13 Dallas Artists (open access)

13 Dallas Artists

Pamphlet promoting a group show at the Lawrence Art Galleries, Dallas, Texas, presenting the work of thirteen Dallas artists in the summer of 1936. Includes: foreword, images, artist biographies
Date: 1936
Creator: Lawrence Art Galleries
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Black Links In White Chains of Human Progress in America] (open access)

[Black Links In White Chains of Human Progress in America]

Text of a speech discussing the interracial struggle for the civil rights movement and within United States History.
Date: 1936~/1940~
Creator: Chambers, Timothy M. (Timothy Moses)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Commencement Invitation for Denton High School, May 29, 1936 ] (open access)

[Commencement Invitation for Denton High School, May 29, 1936 ]

Commencement invitation for the 1936 graduating class of Denton High School which took place at the First Methodist Church at 8 p.m. The invitation is printed in black ink on white cardstock. The front is embossed and has gilded lettering.
Date: 1936
Creator: Denton High School
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Commencement Invitation for North Texas State Teachers College Commencement, August 19, 1936] (open access)

[Commencement Invitation for North Texas State Teachers College Commencement, August 19, 1936]

Commencement invitation for the 1936 graduating class of North Texas State Teachers College. Printed on the invitation are the words, "The faculty and the graduating class of the North Texas State Teachers College invite you to be present at the Commencement Exercises Wednesday, August nineteenth nineteen hundred and thirty-six at eight o'clock in the evening Open Air Auditorium. Denton, Texas."
Date: August 1936
Creator: North Texas State Teachers College
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Commencement Program for North Texas State Teachers College, August 19,1936] (open access)

[Commencement Program for North Texas State Teachers College, August 19,1936]

Commencement program for the 1936 graduating class of the North Texas State Teachers College. Printed on the cover are the words, "The Twenty-Fourth Annual Summer. Commencement of North Texas State Teachers College. Denton, Texas. Wednesday, August the nineteenth nineteen hundred and thirty-six at eight o'clock in the evening. The Recreation Park." The program includes a list of graduates for both the baccalaureate and master degrees and the order of service.
Date: August 1936
Creator: North Texas State Teachers College
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Commencement Program for North Texas State Teachers College, May 24, 1936] (open access)

[Commencement Program for North Texas State Teachers College, May 24, 1936]

Commencement program for the North Texas State Teachers College graduating class of 1936. Printed on the cover are the words, "North Texas State Teachers College. The Baccalaureate Service. Nineteen hundred and thirty-six. Sunday Morning. May twenty-fourth at eleven o'clock. The Auditorium." The program contains the order of service for the ceremony.
Date: May 1936
Creator: North Texas State Teachers College
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Commencement Program for North Texas State Teachers College, May 27, 1936] (open access)

[Commencement Program for North Texas State Teachers College, May 27, 1936]

Commencement program for the 1936 baccalaureate class of North Texas State Teachers College, including the order of service and list of graduates.
Date: May 1936
Creator: North Texas State Teachers College
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cover Crops for Soil Conservation (open access)

Cover Crops for Soil Conservation

"Cover crops are crops sown or planted in thick stands for the purpose of protecting and enriching the soil.... That the use of cover crops is a most efficient means for preventing soil erosion and increasing soil fertility is well known; yet this practice is not nearly so widely and extensively followed as it should be. The kinds of cover crops that should be used and the method of utilizing them to the best advantage varies in different regions, according to climatic conditions but almost everywhere cover cropping in some form can be profitably followed." -- p. 1. The bulletin considers cover crops as either legumes or non-legumes.
Date: 1936
Creator: Kell, Walter V., 1889- & McKee, Roland
System: The UNT Digital Library
Echoes from the Past (open access)

Echoes from the Past

Brochure containing historical information and stories about the Presbyterian church in the southern portion of the United States. It was presented at the 1936 Spring meeting of the Presbytery of Brazos in old First Church, Galveston.
Date: Spring 1936
Creator: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Brazos.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Explorers of Texas (open access)

Explorers of Texas

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing information regarding the first explorers of Texas. Some of the explorers mentioned include Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda, Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, Fernando de Soto, and Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Homes for birds (open access)

Homes for birds

Describes various types of birdhouses, where to place them, how to maintain them, and how to protect them against enemies of birds.
Date: 1936
Creator: Kalmbach, E. R. (Edwin Richard), 1884- & McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indian Tribes In Texas (open access)

Indian Tribes In Texas

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing information regarding the primary Native American tribes native to Texas and some of the interactions between them and the Texas colonists. The tribes include the Caddo, Apache, Lipan, Comanche, Coahuiltican, Karankawa, Tonkawa, and Cherokee tribes.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Laying Out Fields for Tractor Plowing (open access)

Laying Out Fields for Tractor Plowing

Revised edition. "Tractor plowing usually requires methods of laying out the land different from those followed when plowing with horses and an ordinary plow. Farmers plowing with a tractor for the first time are often at a loss for the most satisfactory methods of laying out their fields.... This bulletin describes the more common methods recommended by farmers who use tractors for plowing. Among these will be found methods suited to laying out fields of different shapes." -- p. ii
Date: 1936
Creator: Kinsman, C. D. (Claude Dennison), b. 1889 & Reynoldson, L. A. (Le Roy August), b. 1886
System: The UNT Digital Library
List of Local Registrars of Births and Deaths [in] Texas, 1936 (open access)

List of Local Registrars of Births and Deaths [in] Texas, 1936

Pamphlet outlining regulations for recording vital statistics in the state of Texas with a listing of government officials by county who serve as registrars.
Date: 1936
Creator: Texas. Bureau of Vital Statistics.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Locoweed Disease (open access)

The Locoweed Disease

Revised edition. "Loco weeds are poisonous plants that have caused heavy losses of horses, cattle, and sheep in some parts of the West and Southwest. Three plants are known definitely to be locoes, a few others are probably injurious, and some suspected ones are harmless. The loco plants, their distribution, characteristics, and effects upon animals eating them, are described in this bulletin. Illustrations of the plants and of poisoned animals accompany the descriptions." -- p. ii
Date: 1936
Creator: Marsh, C. Dwight (Charles Dwight); Clawson, A. B. & Eggleston, W. W. (Willard Webster), b. 1863
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mirabeau B. Lamar: Father of Education (open access)

Mirabeau B. Lamar: Father of Education

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing biographical information about Mirabeau B. Lamar (president of the Republic of Texas 1838-1841).
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Missions of Texas (open access)

The Missions of Texas

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing information about the history of missions in Texas including San Miguel del Socorro, Isleta del Sur, San Francisco de los Tehas, Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, San Francisco de la Espada, Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna, San Antonio de Bexar, and others, mentioned geographically.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas State Teachers College Schedule of Examinations: First Semester 1936 - 1937 (open access)

North Texas State Teachers College Schedule of Examinations: First Semester 1936 - 1937

Bulletin outlining final exam dates and times at North Texas State Teachers College for the first semester, including departmental exams and other information related to the end of the semester.
Date: 1936/1937
Creator: Harris, B. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Philosophical Society of Texas (open access)

The Philosophical Society of Texas

Text discussing the history, purposes and new by-laws of The Philosophical Society of Texas as of May 31st, 1936. The first page contains an excerpt of the meeting summary published in the Telegraph and Texas Register for the first meeting of the society and the original signatures of the founding members are on pages four through five.
Date: May 1936
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program for the Old Globe Theatre Presentation at the Texas Centennial Exposition] (open access)

[Program for the Old Globe Theatre Presentation at the Texas Centennial Exposition]

Program for the Old Globe Theatre exhibit at the Texas Centennial Exposition. It contains the names of several Shakespearean plays performed at the exposition, as well as the actors and stage personnel involved.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program for the Tony Sarg Theatre Presentation at the Texas Centennial Exposition] (open access)

[Program for the Tony Sarg Theatre Presentation at the Texas Centennial Exposition]

Program for the Tony Sarg Theatre exhibit at the Texas Centennial Exposition. It contains the names and synopses of several marionette plays.
Date: 1936
Creator: Redpath Lyceum Bureau
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Gatesville High School Queen of Autumn Coronation Ceremony, November 19, 1936] (open access)

[Program: Gatesville High School Queen of Autumn Coronation Ceremony, November 19, 1936]

Program for the Gatesville High School Queen of Autumn coronation ceremony, held on November 19, 1936, at 9 p.m., in the high school gymnasium. Includes a list of students in the "queen's court," and an order of the evening's events.
Date: 1936-11~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recital Program: Department of Voice, 1936] (open access)

[Recital Program: Department of Voice, 1936]

Program for the McMurry College Department of Voice recital held May 17, 1936, at 5:00 p.m., in the chapel.
Date: May 1936
Creator: McMurry College
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recital Program: Dorothy Mathews, Senior Speech Recital, 1936] (open access)

[Recital Program: Dorothy Mathews, Senior Speech Recital, 1936]

Program for the senior speech recital by Dorothy Mathews held January 14, 1936, at 8:00 p.m., at McMurry Auditorium.
Date: January 1936
Creator: McMurry College
System: The Portal to Texas History