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Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1943
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6918

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: County purchasing and leasing photostatic machine. Can the County Clerk and Commissioners' Court legally employ an operator of photostatic machine and pay him on piece-work or page basis, or is it the duty of Clerk and deputies to operate said mach… more
Date: November 15, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6217

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Sheriff's fees for transferring an insane person from Bell County to the hospital at Wichita Falls, Bell County being in the Austin Hospital district, as created by the Board of Control, under Article 3188, R. C. S.
Date: September 27, 1944
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-09

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Exemption from taxation of certain property owned by the Episcopal Church at Belton, Texas, used as a dormitory for Episcopal girls attending Mary Hardin Baylor College.
Date: January 27, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Photograph of Salado High School 1941 Baseball Team]

Description: Photograph of a group of fourteen teenage boys and an adult man (wearing a shirt, slacks, and tie) arranged in two rows, the first row sitting on a long bench and the second row standing. Most of the boys are wearing light-colored, long-sleeve shirts, high-waist baggy pants cinched at the knee, and small dark caps, although one boy is wearing long baggy pants and a shirt with the number "50" printed on the front. Most of the boys are wearing small dark caps on their heads, and some are holding … more
Date: 1941
Partner: Salado Public Library

[Photograph of Salado High School 1943 Class]

Description: Photograph of a group of 25 teenage young men and women arranged in three rows, the first row sitting on a low bench, the next row sitting on a slightly taller bench, and the back row standing. The group is standing in front of the corner of a brick wall with narrow windows, while behind the group on the right are a couple of small trees and bushes. The girls are wearing short-sleeve dresses, while the boys are wearing collared shirts. One boy on the back row is wearing a light-colored hat with… more
Date: 1943
Partner: Salado Public Library

[Photograph of Salado High School Graduating Class, 1943]

Description: Photograph of a group of teenage young men and women and an adult man arranged in two rows on the lawn against the side of a brick, multi-story building with windows along each floor. The young adults are wearing graduations caps and long medium-colored robes, while the adult man is wearing a suit with a plaid tie and glasses. A small tree and shrub are visible behind the group, on the left. The first row of students is sitting on a bench while the second row students (including the adult man) … more
Date: 1943
Partner: Salado Public Library

[Photograph of Salado 1948-1949 First Grade Class]

Description: Photograph of a group of 40 elementary-aged children arranged in four rows: the first row sitting on the ground, the second row sitting on a bench, the third row standing, and the fourth row standing on another bench. An older woman in a patterned shirt stands at the back of the group, on the right. A small dog sits with its head turned away from the camera on the ground to the left of the first row. The group is situated outside, in front of a tall tree with a large bush around its trunk, and … more
Date: [1948..]
Partner: Salado Public Library

[Letter from Vernon L. Mangun to T. N. Carswell - March 26, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Vernon L. Mangun, Dean, Mary Hardin-Baylor College (now the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor), Belton, Texas, dated March 26, 1942. Mangun advises that there are units within courses on the effects of alcohol. Typewritten on Mary Hardin-Baylor College letterhead bearing Weston's BLACKSTONE BOND watermark.
Date: March 26, 1942
Creator: Mangun, Vernon L.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from J. D. Thorn to T. N. Carswell - October 1, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from J. D. Thorn, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Belton, Texas, dated October 1, 1942. Thorn acknowledges the receipt of the letter from Carswell relative to the subject of education on the liquor question. He writes that he is impressed by the suggestion, made by Carswell, that Baptist schools should include a required course of study along that line, and, if Carswell thinks it advisable, he will incorporate the suggestion into his report … more
Date: October 1, 1942
Creator: Thorn, J. D.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to J. D. Thorn - October 14, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Rev. J. D. Thorn, First Baptist Church, Belton, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, 24th District United Texas Drys, dated October 14, 1942. Carswell replies to a letter in which Thorn inquires if Carswell thinks it advisable that he incorporate the suggestion made by Carswell, that Baptist schools require a course of study on liquor, into his report for the state convention. Carswell answers that if Thorn includes a recommendation in his report "it would be very helpful".
Date: October 14, 1942
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 7, 1941]

Description: Minutes from the Spring 1941 meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, held in Temple, Texas. Included is a list of members present, papers that were read and discussed, and other events during the meeting, as well as a roster of the society's current members.
Date: April 7, 1941
Creator: Stuck, Walter
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT
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