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[Transcript of Letter from Erasmo Seguin to Stephen F. Austin, January 24, 1828]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Erasmo Seguin to Stephen F. Austin, on January 24, 1828, discussing an escaped slave, the sending of trees to a government official, and the loss of some documents.

Date: January 24, 1828

Creator: Seguin, Erasmo

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from J. Mo. Guerra to Stephen F. Austin, on June 11, 1831]

Copy of transcript for a letter from J. Mo. Guerra to Stephen F. Austin, on June 11, 1831, asking to receive seeds from an orange tree near the Arkansas River.

Date: June 11, 1831

Creator: Guerra, J. Mo.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Cypress Grove at Dead Man's Hole

Stereographic photographs of a forest of trees along the Pedernales River.

Date: [1872..1880]

Creator: Oliphant, W. J.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Dead Man's Hole

Stereographic photographs of trees on a bank of the Pedernales river.

Date: [1872..1880]

Creator: Oliphant, W. J.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

A Giant Cypress

Stereographic photographs of a large cypress tree. There are other trees in the background

Date: [1872..1880]

Creator: Oliphant, W. J.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Giants Pulpit, near Mable Falls

Stereographic photographs of large rocks with trees in the background.

Date: [1872..1880]

Creator: Oliphant, W. J.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[A Landscape With Trees]

Stereographic photographs of a hill with a lot of trees. Two men are standing on the hill among the plants.

Date: [1872..1880]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[A View of the Comal River]

Stereographic photographs of the Comal river with a forest on one bank.

Date: [1872..1880]

Creator: Oliphant, W. J.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[A View of the Comal River]

Stereographic photographs of the Comal River. Trees are along the far bank.

Date: [1872..1880]

Creator: Oliphant, W. J.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

A. R. Roessler's Latest Map of the State of Texas.

Map of Texas, showing counties and Indian Territory. The map includes towns, roads, railroads, bodies of water, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. The map also includes illustrations of the Texas State Capitol and of the General Land Office in Austin, an inset map showing agricultural districts and soil varieties (lower-left), and notes on geology and mineral rocks.

Date: 1874

Creator: Mittendorfer, M. V.

Item Type: Map

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

A. R. Roessler's Latest Map of the State of Texas (1).

Map of Texas, showing counties and Indian Territory. The map includes towns, roads, railroads, bodies of water, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. The map also includes an illustration of the Texas State Capitol in Austin (lower-right corner), legend, and notes on geology and mineral rocks.

Date: 1874

Creator: Mittendorfer, M. V.

Item Type: Map

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Tree in a Boulder]

Photograph of a tree growing through a boulder, with the boulder cracked midway. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Tree splits a granite boulder near Marble Falls, TX, Llano County 1879."

Date: 1879

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Tree Protector.

Patent for a new and improved tree protector. This design "provide[s] the means whereby fruit-trees, ornamental trees, and other trees may be protected against the ravages of the cutting-ant and other crawling insects" (lines 35-39).

Date: February 28, 1882

Creator: Hornung, August & Fuos, Adolph Hermann

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Landscape with a rock formation]

Photograph of a rock formation surrounded by trees and shrubs. The rock formation has a small divide that nearly splits it into two. The sky above the landscape is empty. Smaller rocks are scattered amongst the grass and shrubs.

Date: [1883..1951]

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Laying Cornerstone of Courthouse]

Photograph of a group of people laying the cornerstone of the Wilson County courthouse in Floresville, Texas.

Date: February 22, 1884

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

Heidi

Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri, translated by Louise Brooks. The front cover is a shade of yellow-brown, likely due from aging. The cover only has the book's title and an illustration of a branch of an evergreen tree with long thin needles. The spine of the book is a continuation of the illustration on the cover along with the title. At the bottom of the spine is the name of the publishers. On the title page is the title and publishing company in red ink and the subtitles and author's … more

Date: 1885

Creator: Spyri, Johanna

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Memories of Martha Elizabeth Gibson Anglin

A transcript of a 1963 oral history with Martha Elizabeth Anglin (née Gibson), recalling her childhood in Alabama, her family's move to Texas in 1895, and her marriage and life on a farm in Commerce, Texas. Footnotes are provided to add context to the narrative.

Date: 1887/1963

Creator: Anglin, Michael W.; Anglin, Reba; Barnett, Robert & Barnett, Patricia

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of LS Ranch in Oldham County, Texas]

Photograph of the LS Ranch. In the foreground is a river with tall dead trees on either side. Up the hill from the river are two large houses connected by a wall. The house facing the viewer has a large front porch. Written across the bottom of the photograph is, "LS Ranch 1887, Oldham County, Texas".

Date: 1887

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

Cheyanne Club about 1888

Photograph of a large two-story building with several brick chimneys, a wrap-around porch and a large staircase on the front. Standing on the porch are nine men in dark coats.

Date: 1888

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

[Dirt road between trees]

Photograph of a dirt road with a row of trees on either side. The dirt road has tracks on each side of it. A field can be seen through the trees, to the right of the road.

Date: [1890..1930]

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Hazy mountainside]

Photograph of a hazy mountainside landscape. Two trees can be seen in the foreground, one of which is bare. Shrubs and trees cover the mountain. Another mountain is slightly visible through the haze.

Date: [1890..1930]

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr. & Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of T. V. Munson's Vinita Home]

Photograph of T. V. Munson's Vinita house viewed through tree branches. The house is white or light-colored with dark shutters.

Date: 1890

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Grayson College Foundation

[Photograph of the Vinita Home]

Photograph of T. V. Munson's "Vinita" house viewed from across the yard. There are two large trees to the right of the house and a smaller house visible in the right side of the photograph.

Date: 1890

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Grayson College Foundation

[Photograph of the Vinita House]

Photograph of the Vinita house behind several trees and shrubs.

Date: 1890

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Grayson College Foundation