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Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train on Its Way to Robstown

Photograph of a man standing in front of a sponsored wagon participating in the Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train traveling to Robstown, Texas. The man pictured is standing in front of a covered wagon with Copenhagen, Skoal, Billy Bob's Texas, and Fort Worth Stockyards advertisements on the cover. The wagon also has a Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train brand burned into its side.

Date: February 15, 1986

Creator: Cirincione, Nick

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

Inventory of county records, Nueces County courthouse, Corpus Christi, Texas, Volume 1

Inventory of records of Nueces County housed in the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Volume 1 describes the records of the Commissioners' Court, County Judge, County Clerk, Tax Assessor-Collector, County Treasurer, County Auditor, Purchasing Agent, County Superintendent of Schools, County Surveyor, and County Engineer. Also provides a list of Nueces County records and an index.

Date: 1977

Creator: Marcum, Richard T.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Inventory of County Records: Nueces County Courthouse, Volume 2

Annotated inventory of records documenting the history of Nueces County housed in the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas. It begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices and also describes the records of the District Clerk, District Attorney, Court Reporter, County Clerk as Clerk of the County, County Attorney, Adult Probation Officer, Justice of the Peace, Medical Examiner, Sheriff, and Constable.

Date: 1977

Creator: Marcum, Richard T.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Little Brown Cottage in Shambles]

Photograph of an unidentified brown cottage in Corpus Christi, Texas around the time of a hurricane in 1919. The cottage is falling apart after sustaining damage in the hurricane. Caption says, "Little brown cottage on the east side of the block south of us, right across from the Williams Hotel."

Date: 1919

Creator: Shirkey, Marie

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

[Photograph of Ice Factory Ruins]

Photograph of the remains of the ice factories in Corpus Christi, Texas around the time of a hurricane in 1919. Caption says, “What is left of one of the ice factories. Notice the bales of cotton washed up here."

Date: 1919

Creator: Shirkey, Marie

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

[Photograph of Houses and Debris on Water Street]

Photograph of wrecked homes and debris along Water Street after the 1919 hurricane in Corpus Christi. Inscription on the back of the photo, "On Water Street where those pretty salt cedars and oleanders used to be. Down north of us."

Date: 1919

Creator: Shirkey, Marie

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

[Photograph of House and Sand Bank]

Photograph of a house with a large sand bank behind it. Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Back of our house taken from the sand bank that was washed up there. You know how pretty and level it was there before the storm."

Date: 1919

Creator: Shirkey, Marie

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

The Story of Corpus Christi

This book describes the history of Corpus Christi through sketches of persons and events in the history of the city. According to the preface, it does focuses less on the history than on the people, "presenting in plain narrative form, a recountal of the days when Corpus Christi was young, of the trials and tribulations that fell to the lot of her residents in the war periods, and finally to emerge as a fast growing a progressive city of the Southland" (p. v).

Date: 1916

Creator: Sutherland, Mary A. & Harrison, Frank B.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

[Corpus Christi, TX Naval Station]

Photograph of a Municipal Auditorium at a Naval Station in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of the Sutherlin Family

The Corpus Christi Star. (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 21, 1849

Weekly newspaper from the Corpus Christi, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: April 21, 1849

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

The Corpus Christi Star. (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 14, 1849

Weekly newspaper from the Corpus Christi, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: July 14, 1849

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

The Corpus Christi Star. (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 25, 1849

Weekly newspaper from the Corpus Christi, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: August 25, 1849

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

The Corpus Christi Star. (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 50, Ed. 1, Saturday, September 1, 1849

Weekly newspaper from the Corpus Christi, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: September 1, 1849

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

The Corpus Christi Star. (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 30, 1848

Weekly newspaper from the Corpus Christi, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: December 30, 1848

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 74, July 1970 - April, 1971

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 586.

Date: 1971