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[Letter from Dinkie and Birdie McGee to Mary , Linnet and Charles B. Moore, August 7, 1891]

Description: Letter from Dinkie wrote about her family's health; the dry, windy weather; she went to a dinner at the Guild Smiths and was not happy with the manners of the people who showed up; she ends her part of the letter by giving an account of what they had for dinner. Birdie wrote her cousin Linnet about the shortage of water; making cider; the flower garden; and the start of school.
Date: August 7, 1891
Creator: McGee, Dinkie & McGee, Birdie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Alice Griffin to Mary and Charles B. Moore, August 20, 1891]

Description: Letter from Alice McGee Griffin to Mary and Charles Moore in which she discusses the dry weather and some welcome rain. She recounts visits with family and friends. She heard the Reverend Dr. Hendrix from Dallas, Texas speak. She also made grape preserves and had plans to make preserves from peaches. Other topics covered include her garden, the start of Birdie's school, and the work her husband does around the house and on the farm.
Date: August 20, 1891
Creator: Griffin, Alice
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Matilda Dodd to Mary and Charles B. Moore, October 16, 1891]

Description: Letter from Matilda Dodd to Mary and Charles Moore in which she updates them on her and her family's health; the weather; the crops; the new house Mrs. Ellis is building; taking rags to a weaver; hunting for chestnuts; Frank Albright studying to be a lawyer; and the children and their schools. Dinkie wrote part of the letter. She gave updates on the health of friends and family; the sowing of wheat; the weather and how that has affected her flowers; new shoes; and the chores Birdie does before… more
Date: October 16, 1891
Creator: Dodd, Matilda & McGee, Dinkie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Tarply, E. D. to Charles B. Moore, December 6, 1891]

Description: Letter from E. D. Tarply to Charles Moore in December of 1891. The letter has split along the folds, which has caused the loss of some of the contents. He writes about his children's schools. He also give news about the weather; milling corn and wheat; the health of family and friends; and that he hoped to go to the Columbia Exposition.
Date: December 6, 1891
Creator: Tarply, E. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Pictures to Please You]

Description: Photographs of Clifton Bingham's "Pictures to Please You" with illustrations designed by Ernest Nister, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has white and pink tones, with an illustration of two young blonde girls, one taller and older, standing in a doorway with white branches above them. The title is at the top with the first two words white bubble letters. Image 2, poem titled "Good for You" with a sketch at the bottom of a dog, cat and pig in striped shirts. Another sketch… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Map Showing the Location of Battle Fields of Virginia

Description: Hand-drawn color map of the state of Virginia which shows the location of Civil War battlefields (1861-1865), Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad lines, distinguishing between those which are pre-war and post-war, other railroads during the war, plank roads, turnpikes, other roads and light houses. Bodies of water and geographic features are noted, with relief shown by hachures.
Date: 1891
Creator: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Rand McNally & Co.'s Wyoming

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century Wyoming counties, township grid, Yellowstone National Park, Shoshone Indian reservation, military posts and reservations, mining activity and mineral resources. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1891
Creator: Rand McNally and Company.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Exchange National Bank Pay to Sheriff Callahan

Description: Check from Exchange National Bank to Sheriff Callahan for 4.50 dollars on September 27, 1892. A note below the amount says, "to cover cost in work case." The check is signed by "Jagoe & Ponder." In 1892, W. A. Ponder was Vice President of the Exchange National Bank. There are two signatures on the back of the check for J. M. Jones and Sheriff Callahan.
Date: September 27, 1891
Creator: Exchange National Bank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

Exchange National Bank Pay to Denton Mill

Description: Check from Exchange National Bank to Denton Mill & Co. for 8.34 dollars on October 22, 1891. The note above the amount says, "for J. W. Jagoe wheat account." The check is signed by Jagoe & Ponder. In 1892, W. A. Ponder was Vice President of the Exchange National Bank.
Date: October 22, 1891
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Flag Day Ribbon, 1891]

Description: Photograph of a guest ribbon printed by the Lebanon War Office in Celebration of Flag Day, 1891 for the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Connecticut Society.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Dinkie McGee to Mary and Charles B. Moore, March 1, 1891]

Description: Letter from Dinkie McGee to Mary and Charles Moore in which she wrote about the health of her family and the cold weather. She describes Alice McGee's wedding including the food that was served and some of the presents. She also wrote about the visits between family and friends since her last letter. She requests blue dye as the indigo she has turns the cloth "black." Will Dodd adds a note at the end of the letter. On a separate sheet of paper Birdie McGee wrote about working on two quilts, n… more
Date: March 1, 1891
Creator: McGee, Dinkie & McGee, Birdie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Report of the Boundary Commission Upon the Survey and Re-Marking of the Boundary Between the United States and Mexico West of the Rio Grande, 1891 to 1896: Parts 1 and 2

Description: Report documenting a four-year project to survey and re-mark the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande, including text of various relevant treaties and conventions, documentation regarding astronomical determinations and geodesy, explanations of the surveying methods, descriptions of topography, and various other relevant information along with photographs, data tables, and supplementary illustrations.
Date: 1898
Creator: International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Map showing route of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway]

Description: Hand drawn map showing routes of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway including Texas counties and cities, rivers and topography of part of Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Arkansas. On the back of the map is text in German encouraging German Catholic colonization to Pilot Point.
Date: 1891
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

1891. Announcement of Closing Exercises of Texas Normal College

Description: Announcement and invitation to the closing exercises and commencement at Texas Normal College in Denton, Texas in 1891. The closing exercises include a musicale by students of the Department of Music on June 17, exercises by the Scientific Class on June 18, and annual commencement and presentation of diplomas on June 19. The invitation was printed on Argyle Linen paper and bears their watermark.
Date: 1891-06-10~
Creator: Texas Normal College
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Maps of the United States, Northwest Territory, and Western States]

Description: Map shows state and territorial boundaries, railroads, cities, towns, military posts, and notable physical features; Oklahoma and Indian Territory splitting [modern-day] Oklahoma; state boundaries and some cities on topographical view on verso; cities, towns, railroads, and notable physical features for provinces of Athabasca, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Assiniboia in Canada on verso. Relief shown by hachures. No scale indicated.
Date: [1891..1893]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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