Athol Estes Porter Autograph book
Date: September 25, 1885
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: Autograph album belonging to Athol Estes, includes 10-line two stanza poem. First letters of first five lines acrostically spell Athol (first letters of lines) and Estes (last letters of lines). Signed "W.S.P."
Contributing Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139322/
Cabbages and Kings
Date: 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: This work is O. Henry's first published volume and is considered to be his only novel. The plot is composed of several short stories, which were inspired by the author's six-month stay in Honduras in the late 1890s.
Contributing Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139324/
[Effie Roach Hofer Autograph Album]
Date: August 2, 1885
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: Autograph album belonging to Effie Roach Hofer. It includes page a 10-line verse poem entitled "Poetry," with drawing of fiddle and pointing finger and hand, signed "W.S. Porter/Secretary Jolly Brothers."
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139323/
Excerpt pages from The Caliph of Baghdad
Date: 1931
Creator: Davis, Robert H.
Description: Excerpt pages from "The Caliph of Baghdad" relevant to J.W. Maxwell’s certifying claim with copy of receipt to PH Hatzfeld’s.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139278/
The Four Million
Date: 1906
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: This work is O. Henry's first collection of short stories, many of which are set in New York City. Stories in this volume include "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem."
Contributing Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139379/
The Gentle Grafter
Date: 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: This work is a collection of short stories by O. Henry. The stories in this volume were inspired by tales of confidence men that O. Henry had heard while in Columbus, Ohio.
Contributing Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139390/
The Gift of the Wise Men
Date: 1911
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: A short story about the secret Christmas gifts that a young married couple with little money buy for each other.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139401/
[Handwritten letter from F.M. Maddox to O. Henry]
Date: April 29, 1902
Creator: Maddox, F. M.
Description: F. M. Maddox reply to O. Henry letter of March 18, 1902.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139286/
Heart of the West
Date: 1907
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: This work is a collection of short stories by O. Henry, which are set in Texas.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139412/
O. Henry Biography
Date: 1916
Creator: Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso), 1864-1924
Description: This work is the first biography of O. Henry.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139384/