Melodeon
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: An old wooden melodeon with carved legs. There are informational plaques visible on top of the instrument (but not legible) as well as an illustrated piece of sheet music for "The Texian Grand March."
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30498/
[Valentine Post Card]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Valentine postcard with a cupid upon a musical staff made of golden horizontal arrows with notes made of red hearts on ribbons. Text on the front of the card reads, "Yes-loving is a painful thrill, Ant not to love more painful still; But oh, it is the worst of pain. To love and not be loved again!" Correspondence on the back reads, "How is my precious 'Amnus'". It is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, Chickasha, Okla. and is postmarked Paris, Texas on Feb 14, 1908.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35849/
Prickly Pear, Yearbook of Abilene Christian College, 1974
Date: 1974
Creator: Abilene Christian College
Description: Yearbook for Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations. Index starts on page 336.
Holding Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39914/
Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 02, Number 01, Spring, 1990
Date: 1990
Creator: Dallas County Heritage Society
Description: Biannual publication "devoted to the rich history of Dallas and North Central Texas" as a way to "examine the many historical legacies--social, ethnic, cultural, political--which have shaped the modern city of Dallas and the region around it." This issue focuses on music and art.
Holding Partner: Dallas Historical Society
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35120/
Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 16, Number 02, Fall, 2004
Date: 2004
Creator: Dallas Historical Society
Description: Biannual publication "devoted to the rich history of Dallas and North Central Texas" as a way to "examine the many historical legacies--social, ethnic, cultural, political--which have shaped the modern city of Dallas and the region around it." This issue focuses on "Arts and Entertainment in Dallas."
Holding Partner: Dallas Historical Society
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35093/
The fall of the Alamo; an historical drama in four acts; concluded by an epilogue entitled, the battle of San Jacinto
Date: 1879
Creator: Nona, Francis
Description: A play about the Alamo in four acts, with music.
Holding Partner: Palestine Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39128/
[Butcher Shop]
Date: unknown
Creator: Belcher, C.
Description: Humorous color postcard with a drawing depicting a woman standing in a butcher shop with a package in her hands. Music and lyrics at the bottom of the card read, "Take back the heart"
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35723/
Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Hustlin' Heritage 75
Date: [1973]
Creator: The Jubilee Book Committee
Description: This book includes a brief history of the town with pages devoted to individuals, organizations, and businesses.
Holding Partner: Deaf Smith County Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46554/
Brass bell
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Cast brass bell with cast iron clapper; file marks are still extant and interior is unpolished.
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30794/
Public Summer Band Class
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy photograph of a public summer band class at Abilene High School. Children of various ages are posed with their instruments on the steps of a building, presumably Abilene High School. In the front row is a drum with a large letter "A" on it.
Holding Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth52850/