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Map of the Butterfield Trail, Through Taylor County, Texas

Description: Map of the Butterfield Trail mail route in Taylor County, Texas, in service between September 1858 and 1861, from St. Louis, Missouri, to San Fransisco, California. Map includes water bodies, blocks of land, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:82,368
Date: November 1924
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Map showing location of the original King's Highway from Sabine River to Rio Grande River, marked by DAR of Texas.

Description: Map of the original King's Highway (now the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail) from the Sabine River to the Rio Grande River, surveyed on the behalf of the Texas chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The map also includes county/parish lines, bodies of water, and major towns. No scale indicated.
Date: 1918?
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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[News Clip: Judge Barnes]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Judge Wilson King Barnes, associate justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals, who is in Fort Worth for a Daughters of the American Revolution banquet. In a news conference, Judge Barnes talks with news reporter Bruce Neal about the need to reorganize the workings of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Date: March 19, 1969
Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Judge]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Judge Wilson King Barnes, associate justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals, who is in Fort Worth for a Daughters of the American Revolution banquet. In a press conference, Judge Barnes talks with news reporter Bruce Neal about the workings of the Supreme Court of the United States and Cantwell V. Connecticut.
Date: March 19, 1969
Duration: 1 minute 11 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Flag Day Ceremonies]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 179th anniversary of adopting the flag of the United States in Fort Worth's Botanic gardens and in Dallas's A. Harris Shopping Center in Oak Cliff. The event was hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Girl Scouts.
Date: June 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

DAR honors Ernestine Thompson

Description: Announcement for the reception when the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) honored Ernestine Thompson with the Community Service Award at the W.H. Passon Historical Society on May 21, 2006. Ernestine collected artifacts for the Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum.
Date: May 21, 2006
Partner: Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum

Kippy Jagoe Elected CAR Honorary State President

Description: Photograph of Kippy Jagoe, recently elected Honorary State President of the Children of the American Revolution, and several female members of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The women are wearing dresses and cloches. Some of the women have medals pinned to their dresses. A newspaper clipping describing recent events of Children of the American Revolution and a caption identifying those photographed are included.
Date: 1962-04-06?
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Texas Daughters of the American Revolution Dallas Convention]

Description: Photograph of Texas Daughters of the American Revolution (TXSDAR) at the Dallas Convention presenting Meredith Anderson, wife of Arlington Chapter President John Anderson with the "Daughters of the American Revolution Outstanding Teachers of American History Certificate," on March 18th, 2017. Two unidentified women are seen standing on either side of Anderson and presenting her with the certificate.
Date: March 18, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Texas Daughters of the American Revolution Dallas Convention]

Description: Photograph of Texas Daughters of the American Revolution (TXSDAR) Dallas Convention, the Arlington Chapter Members are seen standing shoulder to shoulder and posing for their picture to be taken, they are, (L-R) William "Bill" Convington, Dick Lee, John Anderson and Richard Lee Martin. The Dallas Convention was held on March 18, 2017.
Date: March 18, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Texas Daughters of the American Revolution Dallas Convention]

Description: Photograph of Texas Daughters of the American Revolution (TXSDAR) at the Dallas Convention presenting William "Bill" Covington with the "Daughters of the American Revolution Outstanding Teachers of American History Certificate," award to William D. Covington, Jr on March 18th, 2017. Two unidentified women are seen standing on either side of Covington and presenting him with the plaque.
Date: March 18, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Texas Daughters of the American Revolution Dallas Convention]

Description: Photograph of Texas Daughters of the American Revolution (TXSDAR) at the Dallas Convention. The unidentified woman stands at the podium and speaks into it, holding pieces of paper in her hands and wearing approximately twenty medals. The convention was held on March 18, 2017.
Date: March 18, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Texas Daughters of the American Revolution Dallas Convention]

Description: Photograph of Texas Daughters of the American Revolution (TXSDAR) Dallas Convention, the Arlington Chapter Members are seen standing shoulder to shoulder and posing for their picture to be taken with their wives, they are, (L-R) William "Bill" Convington, Dick Lee, John Anderson and Richard Lee Martin. The Dallas Convention was held on March 18, 2017.
Date: March 18, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: DAR]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about preparations for the 62nd annual conference of the Texas Daughters of the American Revolution in Dallas.
Date: February 15, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Certificate Awarded to Hester Beck Willis]

Description: Certificate awarded to Hester Beck Willis upon her entry into the Daughters of the American Revolution. It reads: "This certifies that Hester Mae Beck is a regularly approved member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Henry Downs Chapter, having been admitted by the National Board of Management by virtue of her descent from Daniel Allen who with unfailing loyalty rendered material aid to the cause of American Independence as Private during the Revolution… more
Date: February 1, 1950
Creator: Daughters of the American Revolution
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard to Mrs. Henry Sleur - October 7, 1954]

Description: Postcard written to Mrs. Henry Sleur in Belton, Texas. The letter says "Dear Bessie- Will you give me your mother's numbers as a D.A.R. Was she listed as one, in Austin? I was told to write to Washington for the D.A.R. lineage as I want to trace it beyond 1776. Thank you. Odetta."
Date: October 7, 1954
Partner: Lena Armstrong Public Library

[Program: Historic Abston Cemetery Rededication]

Description: Event program for a rededication at Abston Cemetery on April 29, 2018 held by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The program contains a cover page, an agenda for the event, a brief history of John Abston, and an acknowledgements page.
Date: April 29, 2018
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Dallas Chapter 2
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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