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Forgotten Texas Census: First Annual Report of the Agricultural Bureau of the Department of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History, 1887-88
Date: 2002
Creator: Foster, L. L.
Description: Book containing a county by county census of Texas taken in 1887-1888. Information tallied includes such things as divorces, marriages, number of workers, church affiliation, and ethnic makeup. There is also a overview of state institutions, mineral wealth, geography, and miscellaneous information from the time.
Contributing Partner: Texas State Historical Association
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296841/
The History of Texas: or, the Emigrant's, Farmer's, and Politician's Guide to the Character, Climate, Soil and Productions of That Country: Arranged Geographically from Personal Observation and Experience
Date: 1990
Creator: Edward, David B. (David Barnett), 1790-1870
Description: Book containing a history of Texas and acts as a guide to the area during period of Anglo colonization. Includes observations of the land, critiques of the people who lived there, and a translated Mexican Constitution.
Contributing Partner: Texas State Historical Association
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296848/
The La Salle Expedition to Texas: The Journal of Henri Joutel, 1684-1687
Date: 1998
Creator: Joutel, Henri, 1640?-1735
Description: Book containing an annotated and edited translation of an account of Robert La Salle's expedition down the Mississippi River and into Texas. Joutel recounts such things as sailing to North America, daily activities during the expedition, and the murder of La Salle.
Contributing Partner: Texas State Historical Association
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296849/
Land is the Cry!: Warren Angus Ferris, Pioneer Texas Surveyor and Founder of Dallas County
Date: 1998
Creator: Starling, Susanne
Description: Book containing the biography of Warren Ferris, a man from New York who pursued business opportunities in the frontiers of New York, the Rocky Mountains, and Texas.
Contributing Partner: Texas State Historical Association
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296836/
Log Cabin Village: A History and Guide
Date: 1980
Creator: Jordan-Bychkov, Terry G., 1938-2003
Description: Book about the historical Log Cabin Village in Fort Worth, Texas. Includes the histories of the log cabins preserved in the Village, as well as information regarding everyday life in frontier Texas such as cabin construction and milling corn. Contains numerous pictures of log cabins, tools, and furniture from the period.
Contributing Partner: Texas State Historical Association
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296832/
Lone Star Blue and Gray: Essays on Texas in the Civil War
Date: 1995
Creator: Wooster, Ralph A.
Description: Book containing sixteen essays from the Southwestern Historical Quarterly and other scholarly journals. The essays are related to the state of Texas during the Civil War and cover such topics as military actions, Texan feelings towards the Union, and supply issues.
Contributing Partner: Texas State Historical Association
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296842/
Mexican Americans in Texas History: Selected Essays
Date: 2000
Creator: Zamora, Emilio
Description: Book containing eleven essays from the Texas State Historical Association's "Mexican Americans in Texas History" conference. The essays discuss the history of Mexicans in Texas, their social and political culture, and conflicts with Anglo-Americans.
Contributing Partner: Texas State Historical Association
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296843/
Mistress of Manifest Destiny: A Biography of Jane McManus Storm Cazneau, 1807-1878
Date: 2001
Creator: Hudson, Linda S.
Description: Book containing a biography of Jane McManus Storm Cazneau, a journalist, publicist, and advocate for military, political, and class reforms. Includes her time in New York, Texas, and Cuba, as well as her coverage of the Mexican War.
Contributing Partner: Texas State Historical Association
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296844/
Picturing Texas: The Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Photographers in the Lone Star State, 1935-1943
Date: 1994
Creator: Reid, Robert L., 1938-
Description: Book containing photographs taken by photographers of the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information between 1935 and 1943. Subjects include men and women struggling through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, migrant workers, and the cattle industry.
Contributing Partner: Texas State Historical Association
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296835/
The Portable Handbook of Texas
Date: 2000
Creator: Barkley, Roy R., 1941-
Description: Book containing a brief history Texas from prehistoric times to the end of the twentieth century. Following this is a series of alphabetical arranged articles which cover various aspects of Texas history, including significant communities, people, institutions, and agencies.
Contributing Partner: Texas State Historical Association
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296845/