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[Art Forum Pressbook, 1939-1940]

Description: Pressbook documenting art events in Abilene, Texas, from 1939 to 1940 with emphasis on those of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Sixth District. Included in this scrapbook, in addition to clippings about local, district and state news, are pencil sketches of buildings including ones of downtown Abilene, the Texas State Capitol, and the National capitol. Cutouts from Ladies Home Journal are also pasted onto pages of the book.
Date: 1939/1940
Creator: Carpenter, Allie Mae
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

History of Armstrong County, Volume 1

Description: The Armstrong County Histories are a compilation of biographical stories about the Armstrong County pioneers prior to 1900. According to the foreward: "Information supplied by members of these families make stories rich in romance, tragedy and humor, revealing the sturdy character of those who built our county. The book is made up of these family histories supplemented by ranch and community histories, articles of civic interest, church and cemetery stories, 'tall tales' by old timers."
Date: 1939
Creator: The Woman's Development Club
Partner: Armstrong County Museum

History of Armstrong County, Volume 2

Description: The Armstrong County Histories are a compilation of biographical stories about the Armstrong County pioneers prior to 1900. According to the foreward in Volume I: "Information supplied by members of these families make stories rich in romance, tragedy and humor, revealing the sturdy character of those who built our county. The book is made up of these family histories supplemented by ranch and community histories, articles of civic interest, church and cemetery stories, 'tall tales' by old ti… more
Date: 1939
Creator: The Woman's Development Club
Partner: Armstrong County Museum

Inventory of the County Archives of Texas: Number 94, Guadalupe County (Seguin)

Description: Annotated inventory of archives housed in the Guadalupe County Courthouse as of 1939. It also provides a historical sketch of the county along information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records and references constitutional provisions and laws specifically applicable to Guadalupe County. Chronological and subject/entry indexes start on pages 349 and 352.
Date: 1939
Creator: Texas Historical Records Survey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Forty-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1

Description: The Journal contains the proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas including legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order. Some volumes also contain supplementary materials. The index begins in Volume 2.
Date: 1939
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Forty-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 2

Description: The Journal contains the proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas including legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order. Some volumes also contain supplementary materials. The index begins on page 4829.
Date: 1939
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Journal of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, the Methodist Church: 1939

Description: Journal of the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Church, including the proceedings of the annual conference, committee reports, updates to conference leadership and contact information, and other related information.
Date: 1939
Creator: Methodist Church (U.S.). Northwest Texas Conference.
Partner: Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church

Road to Destiny

Description: Book discussing the rise and fall of a Quaker settlement on the Llano Estacado, which Paris Cox founded in the early 1880s.
Date: 1939
Creator: Ellis, Temple Ann, 1878-1963
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 42, July 1938 - April, 1939

Description: 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 435.
Date: 1939
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas Almanac, 1939-1940

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, weather, "resources, industries, commerce, history, government, population and all other subjects relating to the political, civic and economic development" of the time. A general index is on page 493.
Date: 1939
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1133

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Expenditure of scholarship aid appropriation for negro students, H. B. No. 253, 46th Legislature.
Date: 1939
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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