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Texas Almanac, 1986-1987

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, history, livestock, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time. An index to the newspapers published in Texas is on page 729.
Date: 1985
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide 1933

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 375.
Date: 1933
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide 1936

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 501.
Date: 1936
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide 1912

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal, political and social issues of the time.
Date: January 1912
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide 1914

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal, political and social issues of the time. A general index is on page 354.
Date: January 1914
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide for 1904

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: May 1904
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide for 1911 with Map

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, history, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal, political and social issues of the time.
Date: January 1911
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide for 1910 with Map

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: January 1910
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide, Supplementary Edition 1937

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, weather, "government, population, education, resources, industries, commerce and other matters pertaining to the economic, political and social development" of the time. A general index is on page [99].
Date: 1937
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[Boston Almanac: 1873-1874]

Description: Almanac including a chronicle of events for 1873, figures for the 1870 census, calendar pages for each month in 1874 -- with day of the week, sun rise/set and solar information, lunar information, and tides -- list of government officials and members of Congress, state government information and officials in Massachusetts, county register, and information about Boston -- including officials, government departments and services, churches, societies, and railroads -- along with extensive advertis… more
Date: 1873~
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

Battery A on the Mexican Border

Description: This book is an account of Battery A of the Rhode Island National Guard and its activation on June 24, 1916, its travel to the U.S.-Mexico border, its activities until it was mustered out on November 2, 1916. They were stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and also referred to their site as Camp Pershing. Includes a narrative description of their trip by train, their camp and training activities on the border. Also includes many reproductions of photographs of the troops and sites, cart… more
Date: 1916
Creator: Stiness, Henry R. W.
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

Madstones and Twisters

Description: Collection information about weather, plant and animal lore in Texas and Mexico. It also discusses folk remedies, folktales about tornadoes, information about prairie dogs, and ghost stories.
Date: 1958
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press

Norwegian Settlements in Bosque County, Texas

Description: Book discussing the immigration and settlement of Norwegian settlers in Bosque County, Texas; it covers families and their settlements once they arrived here. Bibliography begins on page 50.
Date: 1979
Creator: Pierson, Oris Emerald, 1889-1977.
Partner: Cleng Peerson Research Library at the Bosque Museum

A Stake in the Prairie: Mesquite, Texas

Description: Book providing a narrative overview of Mesquite, Texas and the immediate area, including significant people and events as well as general history with images and references. Index starts on page 256.
Date: 1984
Creator: Mesquite Historical Committee
Partner: Mesquite Public Library

Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields

Description: This volume includes stories about the life of a West Texas oil driller named Gib Morgan and other folk stories about the oil industry.
Date: 1965
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press

Women and Texas History: Selected Essays

Description: Book containing thirteen essays presented at the Texas State Historical Association's "Women and Texas History" conference. The essays relate to the role of women in the history of Texas.
Date: 1993
Creator: Downs, Fane & Jones, Nancy Baker
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including folk dramas, myths, folk music, stories about farming and agriculture, religious folk stories, and information about folk customs, dances and folk art. The index begins on page 157.
Date: 1972
Creator: Hudson, Wilson M.
Partner: UNT Press

2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society "contains a sample of the research that members of the Society were doing at the turn of the millennium as represented at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 meetings." The volume covers "a wide variety of contemporary and historical topics," including baby lore, stories about notable women, stories about food and cooking, information about the Model T Ford, and more (inside front cover). The index begins on page 339.
Date: 2001
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Theses on Texas History: A Check List of Theses and Dissertations in Texas History Produced in the Departments of History of Eighteen Texas Graduate Schools and Thirty-Three Graduate Schools Outside of Texas, 1907-1952

Description: Book containing theses collected from the history departments of fifty-one graduate schools. The theses are listed in alphabetical order by author and relate to Texas. Includes the degree conferred upon each author, the title of the theses, and lists of illustrations, maps, tables, and contents.
Date: 1955
Creator: Elliott, Claude, 1896-1958
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Corners of Texas

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date: 1993
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

A History of Collin County, Texas

Description: This book gives an overview of Collin County, Texas. The text discusses the geography and prehistoric aspects of the county as well as the history of the people in the region (including Native American tribes and settlers). The book has a bibliography (starting on p. 279) and an index (starting on p. 283).
Date: 1958
Creator: Stambaugh, J. Lee, b. 1889; Stambaugh, Lillian J., b. 1888 & Carroll, H. Bailey
Partner: UNT Libraries

Texas Travel Handbook

Description: Guide to assist tourists in Texas: "Attractions and points of interest are listed under the city where they are located; city names are arranged in alphabetical order. Public campgrounds are listed at the end of each regional section" (p. 2).
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas State Library
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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