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What's Going On? (In Modern Texas Folklore)

Description: Volume of "a collection of essays by contemporary folklorists who are writing about the customs and traditions and the songs and the stories that are going on now" (inside the front cover). It includes information about the folklore of cowboys, rodeos, chain letters and marijuana, as well as information about country, swing and gospel music. Index begins on page 301.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

What's Going On? (In Modern Texas Folklore)

Description: Volume of "a collection of essays by contemporary folklorists who are writing about the customs and traditions and the songs and the stories that are going on now" (inside the front cover). It includes information about the folklore of cowboys, rodeos, chain letters and marijuana, as well as information about country, swing and gospel music. Index begins on page 301.
Date: 1976
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Etats-Unis et nouvelle Bretagne.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century geography, political lines, territories, and cities in the United States and most of Canada and Mexico. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:19,008,000].
Date: [1848..1852]
Creator: Antoine, Louis
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Receipt for 56 francs 50 centimes paid to A. Bartz for his passage from Galveston, January 5, 1844]

Description: Receipt for 56 francs 50 centimes paid to A. Bartz for his passage from Galveston, with promise to repay in goods or cash at the end of six months. Signed A. Bartz on January 5, 1844 in Galveston. "Received from Mister Louis Huth on behalf of Mister Castro."
Date: January 5, 1844
Creator: Bartz, A.
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Carte reduite des costes de la Louisiane et de la Floride.

Description: Map shows coastline of French Louisiana along the Gulf of Mexico west of the Trinity River from a point labeled "Baye St. Louis ou de St. Bernard," and to the east to include the Florida peninsula and Atlantic coast of Florida [as Islands] ; part of the Bahamas and Cuba; islands and sailing routes through the Mississippi River delta on inset. Relief shown pictorially and depths shown by soundings. Inset: Carte des embouchures du fleuve St. Louis [Map of the mouth of Mississippi River]. Scale [… more
Date: 1764
Creator: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Suite du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis la rivière d'Iberville jusq'à celle des Yasous, et les parties connues de la Rivière Rouge et la Rivière Noire.

Description: Map shows the course of the Lower Mississippi River and its tributaries. Includes "Remarques sur la Rivière Rouge" [Notes on the Red River]. Inset: "Carte de l'establissement françois sur la Rivière Rouge" [Map of a French settlement on the Red River]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:830,000].
Date: 1764
Creator: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from J. B. Bovelly to J. B. LaCoste, March 2, 1881]

Description: Letter from J. B. Bovelly to J. B. LaCoste regarding lands owned by Albert Huth. [Ferdinand] Louis Huth was paying taxes on the land but letters to him have gone unanswered. The family would like to know whose name the properties are listed under, whether taxes have been paid, whether the land can be sold and what might its value be. Signed J. B. Bovelly on March 2, 1881 in Galveston.
Date: March 2, 1881
Creator: Bovelly, J. B.
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Nouvelle carte du Mexique, du Texas et d'une partie des états limitrophes.

Description: Map shows the geography and settlements of 1840 Mexico and the Republic of Texas along with adjoining areas of the United States. Insets: "détails des environs de Mexico et de la Vera-Cruz" [details near Mexico City and Vera Cruz] and "complément de la carte donnant le Yucatan et une partie des provinces unies de l'Amérique Centrale" [supplement to the map for the Yucatan part of the United Provinces of Central America]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000].
Date: 1840
Creator: Brué, Adrien Hubert, 1786-1832
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from Cassegrain Graveur to D. W. Kempner, December 12, 1955]

Description: Letter from Cassegrain Graveur to Daniel W. Kempner in response to a previous letter Kempner sent. The business informs Kempner of what paper colors he should choose in order for the stamps to better show up, and also informs him of the price of purchasing an engraving as well as a specific telephone, along with a book of stamps.
Date: December 12, 1955
Creator: Cassegrain Graveur
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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