[Letter to John from his Uncle V. Metcalfe, September 30, 1858]
Date: 1858-09-30
Creator: Metcalfe, V.
Description: Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers, Letter to John [?] from his uncle V. Metcalfe emphasizing the importance of his education and chastising him for carelessness in a previous letter
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30600/
Abacus
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Wooden abacus with metal rods and wooden beads (60) of three different colors. There are illegible pencil markings on the outer edge of frame.
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30758/
[Unidentified School Children from Anderson County]
Date: c. 1940
Creator: unknown
Description: Group of Unidentified School Children posed in front of an Unidentified School in Anderson County
Holding Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34406/
"Sweets for the Leisure Hours, or Flowers of Instruction"
Date: 1840
Creator: unknown
Description: Child's book, "moral, instructive, and entertaining" "for the mind and eyes"
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30050/
Chalkboard
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Double slat padded wooden frame (cotton?); probably 20th century
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30965/
Slate board
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Slate board with wooden frame, probably 20th century
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30963/
[School Days]
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Description: Color postcard with an image of children and a chalk board. Above the children is the text, "School Days" and below the children is the text, "Never Jump at a Konclusion you Might Scare it Away." On the back of the postcard is handwritten is, "644 Paris." The postcard is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, 517 High St., Oklahoma City, Tex. It is postmarked in 1910.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35617/
[St. Patricks' Academy, Paris, Texas]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Color postcard with an image of a building. Above the image is the text, "St. Patricks' Academy, Paris, Tex." handwritten is, "This is now an infirmary and Mary Baker was sick where the x is. 10/23/05." The correspondence on the back of the postcard reads, "Dear-Little Darling:- How are you today. Why don't you write to 'Anto' and tell me how you are. 'Anto' love you just lots and lots. do you love 'Anto' your Anto Rosa." The postcard is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, 206 East 5 Street, Oklahoma City, Okla. It is postmarked Monett & Paris on Oct 23, 1907.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35596/
Sunshine Camp
Date: 1946-05-29
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Description: Young boys setting up cots with the help of a housemother.
Holding Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34204/
Sunshine Camp
Date: 1946-05-29
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Description: Group of young girls on a seesaw and sitting in a tree.
Holding Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34203/