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Map of Uvalde County.

Description: Survey map of Uvalde County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, lakes, towns, mines, and roads. No scale information given.
Date: 1862
Creator: Martin, J. & Reichel, R.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Uvalde Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1931
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.25 -99.75
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Uvalde Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1910
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.25 -99.75
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Uvalde Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1898
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.25 -99.75
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Uvalde Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1931
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.25 -99.75
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Uvalde Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1992
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.19 -99.81
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Uvalde Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 2013
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.19 -99.81
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Uvalde Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1974
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.19 -99.81
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clamp

Description: Patent for a clamp. This device is employed to use a hoisting line attached to well casing or tubing. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Athey, Earl
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blank Book.

Description: Patent for a new and improved blank book. This design "consists in securing blank sheets to a binding forming the back of the book . . . so that the attachment and detachment of the sheets may be conveniently effected. Thus [the design] produce[s] a blank book which is particularly adapted for use of type-writers and other copyists" (lines 11-18).
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Burris, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blank Book.

Description: Patent for a new and improved blank book. This design "is an improvement upon the Megee-Miller blank book which adapts it for use of type-writers and others requiring one whose sheets or leaves may be readily detached and again secured together after having been written or printed. The sheets are detachably connected with a binding-strip by means of a cord or cords" (lines 7-14).
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Burris, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Chris Reyes Mendeke, July 15, 2016

Description: Cresencia Reyes Mendeke ("Chris") was born in the late 20s and raised in Uvalde during the Great Depression. In her interview, she talked about the strict segregation in the town during those years. She attended a "Mexican school" for her early education, and recalled the neglect and disinterest in educating the Mexican American children. She also talked about her father's role as a benefactor in their neighborhood, and of his relationship with a prominent family of Anglo business owners. After… more
Date: July 15, 2016
Duration: 3 hours 35 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Mendeke, Chris Reyes
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Mario Cruz, July 14, 2016

Description: Mario spoke about growing up in La Pryor, Texas. He remembered his dad working in the Blewett mines near Uvalde; he talks a bit about the culture there because it was a company town. He talked about the discrimination his father felt in the mines and how his dad organized for union representation in the mine. His family moved to Uvalde in the 1950s. He talked about the segregated schooling in Uvalde--separate schools for ethnic Mexicans and African Americans. He talked about the reprimands he w… more
Date: July 14, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Cruz, Mario & Arionus, Steve
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Gilberto Torres, July 6, 2016

Description: Gilberto Torres grew up around Uvalde and the Winter Garden area. He recalled different instances of discrimination against people of Mexican descent, particular in school settings. Torres had a long career in the military and a prolonged tenure in the Uvalde County Commissioner's Court. He reminisced about his contentious relationship with other members of the court, and the sometimes heated exchanges between them.
Date: July 6, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Torres, Gilberto
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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