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Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities

Full color atlas map by county of the state of Texas, showing county towns, post offices, forts, railroads, roads, and water bodies. Map includes a population table, and notes on Rio Grande, Grande Indian Crossing, El Llano Estacado, and railroads in Texas. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,400,000] (approximately 55 miles to the inch). There is an inset map in the upper-left corner titled “Northern Texas,” on the same scale as the larger map, and an inset map in the lower-left corner t… more

Date: 185u

Creator: Young, J. H. & Sculp, J. L. Hazzard

Item Type: Map

Location: None

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Sketch of Texas

Sketch map of the state of Texas, showing major cities and water bodies, with two proposals for the Texas northwestern boundary, Clay's Compromise Line and Pearce's Line. Map includes table of "Areas" in the lower-left corner. Relief shown in hachures. No scale information given.

Date: September 5, 1850

Item Type: Map

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities

Atlas map of Texas, showing county towns, post offices, forts, railroads, roads, and water bodies. Map includes a population table, and notes on Rio Grande, Grande Indian Crossing, El Llano Estacado, and railroads in Texas. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,400,000] (approximately 55 miles to the inch). There is an inset map in the upper-left corner titled “Northern Texas,” on the same scale as the larger map, and an inset map in the lower-left corner titled "Map of the Vicinity of Galve… more

Date: 185u

Creator: Young, J. H. & Sculp, J. L. Hazzard

Item Type: Map

Location: None

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

W.A.S.P., WWII, Reunion

Program for a WASP reunion in Charleston, South Carolina. Included within is a proclamation from Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. designating August 22nd as WASP Day, letters, historical information for South Carolina, reunion itineraries, and other information about WASP and aircraft.

Date: 1988

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[History of the Second Transcontinental Railroad]

Transcription of a historical description of the Second Transcontinental Railroad found on a Texas Historical Marker in Sierra Blanca, Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: The Grace Museum

L'Archeveque: The Outlaw

This brief article by J. Evetts Haley details the interactions between Charles Goodnight and the Mexican outlaw, Sostenes Archeveque.

Date: Autumn 1958

Creator: Haley, J. Evetts

Item Type: Article

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Transcript of Letter from Sam Houston to Hon. I. L. Southard, April 1826]

Transcript of a letter from Sam Houston to Hon. I. L. Southard discussing the files that were supposedly attached to the letter, as well as the fact that Mr. I. C. Goolrick "wishes to obtain the situation of Purser in the navy."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Order for Copies of Hon. J. Brooks' Speech]

Letter containing an order for Copies of Hon. J. Brooks' Speech "to be printed at the Office of the Globe." The order was placed by four men, but only two names are fully legible: William H. Sewell and Sam Houston.

Date: unknown

Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 & Sewell, William H.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Dudley Cemetery Census Information]

Cemetery records for Dudley Cemetery in Inkum, Texas including a brief history of Inkum and information for interpreting the records.

Date: 2010

Creator: Williams, Barton R.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Abilene Public Library

[Letter from Sam Houston to Hon. I. L. Southard, April 1826]

Letter from Sam Houston to Hon. I. L. Southard discussing the files that were supposedly attached to the letter, as well as the fact that Mr. I. C. Goolrick "wishes to obtain the situation of Purser in the navy."

Date: April 21, 1826

Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Transcript of Order for Copies of Hon. J. Brooks' Speech]

Transcript of a letter containing an order for Copies of Hon. J. Brooks' Speech "to be printed at the Office of the Globe." The order was placed by four men, but only two names are fully legible: William H. Sewell and Sam Houston.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: And Bacon, Too!!!]

Newspaper clipping discussing how an 1849 advertisement printed in another clipping shows what the culture was like in that time period.

Date: 1945~

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Personal Narrative Washington Carroll Bryan]

Personal narrative written by Washington Carroll Bryan describing his family history.

Date: October 14, 1909

Creator: Bryan, Washington Carroll

Item Type: Text

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of the 1850 Crane and Breed Ambulance]

Photograph of the 1850 Crane and Breed Ambulance labeled "Private Ambulance" on the side. The ambulance appears to be horse-drawn and only the carriage is visible in the image. The carriage has two colors on the body with a lighter shade on top and a darker shade below the label.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library