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Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Austin, 1900-1901.

Description: General directory for Austin, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "the Present State, County and City Governments, and a Complete List of all Postoffices and Money Order Offices in Texas; Also an Index of Societies, Associations, Churches, Corporations, Educational Institutes; Full Name and Address of all Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classi… more
Date: 1900
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas

Description: This book discusses the action by the Mexican government to send a revenue officer and small contingent of soldiers into Texas during 1835 to collect taxes from the citizens and the resistance they faced. Includes some letters and notes from the author about later excerpts from newspapers.
Date: January 1901
Creator: Barker, Eugene C.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Circular of information, 1902-1903

Description: A pamphlet about the Whitis Avenue School in Austin.
Date: 1902
Creator: Whitis Avenue School
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The University of Texas, Austin—Galveston.

Description: This booklet is primarily a photojournal of the university and some of the surrounding area in Austin, with photographs of all of the main buildings on campus. The first two pages have a brief statement from the Registrar about admissions and departments at the university.
Date: 1902~
Creator: University of Texas
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Reminiscences of an ex-Confederate soldier : or, Forty years on crutches

Description: A narrative of a soldier's experiences in the Civil War. T.H. Bowman was a soldier in Company A, William Wirt Adams's regiment of Mississippi Cavalry. He fought in Kentucky and Tennessee, and later settled in Texas.
Date: 1904
Creator: Bowman, T. H.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Elm Grove Dairy farm

Description: Pamphlet printed by the owner of the dairy when he was trying to sell it. Notes the improvements on the dairy, price per various acreage, buildings, and terms of sale.
Date: January 15, 1904
Creator: Ladell, A. H.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Footprints of Texas history

Description: A book about Texas history.
Date: 1908
Creator: Dill, Minnie G.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

La Prelle Place, Austin, Texas

Description: This booklet describes La Prelle Place, which is "Austin's Restricted Residence District" with descriptions of the amenities and accompanying photographs.
Date: 1910~
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Catalogue of The Kelley School, 1910-1911

Description: The catalog for The Kelley School includes information about the institution, calendars, course offerings, a register of students, and photographs.
Date: 1911
Creator: The Kelley School
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Souvenir of Austin, Texas, 1911

Description: This book includes written information about the history, and schools in Austin, Texas as well as an overview of statistics for Texas and a description of the Austin Business League. Primarily, the book has photographs of different views and buildings around the city.
Date: 1911
Creator: Austin Business League
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Texas Fine Arts Association and Elisabet Ney Museum

Description: This pamphlet gives an overview of the museum with a brief biography of Elisabet Ney and legal documents of the Texas Fine Arts Association.
Date: 1912~
Creator: Texas Fine Arts Association
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Bar as an Institution of the State

Description: Transcription of the speech Phillips gave which discusses the role of lawyers and their obligations to the people that they serve.
Date: July 2, 1913
Creator: Texas Bar Association
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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