A History of Collin County, Texas
Date: 1958
Creator: Stambaugh, J. Lee, b. 1889
Description: This book gives an overview of Collin County, Texas. The text discusses the geography and prehistoric aspects of the county as well as the history of the people in the region (including Native American tribes and settlers). The book has a bibliography (starting on p. 279) and an index (starting on p. 283).
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61096/
McKinney Junk Company, Spencer Smith Wrecking Yard, 1940
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
Description: Four trucks lined up in front of Smith Auto Parts store in McKinney. The trucks range from 1920s to late 1930s. Nine men sit on top of the trucks.
Contributing Partner: North Texas History Center
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15435/
Employee Personnel, McKinney, Texas, Texas Textile Mills
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
Description: T. S. Morris, the father of the donor, was born in 1899. He lived and farmed at Rt. 5, McKinney. At night, he worked at the Mill in the weave shop and dye room. In this photo he is a short man, in overalls, with two men to his left in dark jackets. He is near the sixth window from the left.
Contributing Partner: North Texas History Center
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15434/
History of McKinney and Collin County
Date: May 1, 1924
Creator: Wilson, Walter B.
Description: This pamphlet gives an overview of the history of Collin County including important people, agricultural geography, and economic aspects.
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61104/
McKinney High School Football Team 1924
Date: 1924
Creator: Greenwood Studios
Description: McKinney High School Football team, "Season 24 or 25" (1924 team). 11 man squad. Person on far left is John David Stiff Bond, father of donor
Contributing Partner: North Texas History Center
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15455/
Grissom sons, Jack, Murray & Park, Plano, Texas
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Description: Studio portrait of three boys, from mid-chest. Left: youngest, wearing light-colored wide-collared, buttoned shirt or romper. Center: middle in age, wearing white, long-sleeved shirt with medium stripes and dark neck-tie. Left: oldest, wearing light-colored shirt, perhaps with woven textured stripes, and dark neck-tie. Additional information: Sons of William Lee GRISSON (27 Oct 1879 AL - 29 Jan 1949 TX) and Mollie Sandifer GRISSOM (11 Jan 1882 TX - 16 Jun 1972 TX) from left to right: Jack Kendal GRISSOM (7 Jul 1911 Plano TX - 27 May 1981 Garland TX) Murray Amos GRISSOM (19 Oct 1908 Plano TX - 4 Jan 1971 Dallas TX) Park Lee GRISSOM (16 Oct 1906 Plano TX - 25 Feb 1982 Allen TX) source: "The Family of Park L. Grissom" by Mozelle Grissom, 1981 [unpublished document]
Contributing Partner: Richardson Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3101/
Four Women and a Man Having a Picnic
Date: 1903
Creator: unknown
Description: Four women and one man sit in the shade of a tree, having a picnic, "Camp Meeting Aug 2 - 03". From the collection of James P. Thomas, Sr., McKinney.
Contributing Partner: North Texas History Center
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15451/
Four Women Sit in a Field
Date: 1903
Creator: unknown
Description: Four women sit in a field, "Camp Meeting Aug 2 - 03". From the collection of James P. Thomas, Sr., McKinney
Contributing Partner: North Texas History Center
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15449/
James P. Thomas, Sr. and Ms. Rosabelle Hines
Date: 1903
Creator: unknown
Description: James P. Thomas, Sr. and Ms. Rosabelle Hines, "Camp Meeting Aug 2 - 03". James and his girlfriend Rosabelle sit on a rocky outcropping in a stream. James was a McKinney resident.
Contributing Partner: North Texas History Center
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15452/
A Women and a Man in a Tree
Date: 1903
Creator: unknown
Description: A women and a man in a tree, having a picnic, "Camp Meeting Aug 2 - 03". From the collection of James P. Thomas, Sr., McKinney
Contributing Partner: North Texas History Center
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15450/