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A History of Texas and Texans, Volume 5

Description: Book discussing the latter parts of Texas history and the history of Texans; this volume discusses a multitude of individuals, their families, and lives. The text is separated by various portraits of individuals, and followed by a short history of the person. This particular text does not include an index.
Date: 1914
Creator: Johnson, Frank W. (Frank White), 1799-1884
Partner: Cleng Peerson Research Library at the Bosque Museum

Rangers and sovereignty

Description: A book about Texas Rangers and the events they took part in. Some of the contents detail the battles that the Rangers fought in, the different criminals they dealt with, and some of the events in their own personal lives.
Date: 1914
Creator: Roberts, Dan W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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

Dallas City Directory, 1915

Description: General directory for Dallas, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1915
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Company
Partner: Dallas Public Library

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

Worley's Directory of El Paso, U. S. A., 1916

Description: General directory for El Paso, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1916
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Company
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

[Clara Evans' Wedding Journal]

Description: Journal belonging to Clara Evans detailing her relationship with John T. Willis, Sr., from their first meeting to their wedding. Newspaper announcements, wedding invitations, fabric samples from Clara Evans' bridal trousseau, pressed flowers, and photographs have been pasted into the book, along with descriptions of important events written by Clara Evans. It also contains articles pertaining to the Willises' Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1967.
Date: 1917/1967
Creator: Willis, Nannie Clara Evans
Location: 31.554850009752382 -97.15775699999995
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Waifs and Strays

Description: This work contains short stories by O. Henry and critical and biographical analyses of his life and works, which were written by various contributors.
Date: 1917
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Dallas City Directory, 1918

Description: General directory for Dallas, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1918
Creator: Worley
Partner: Dallas Public Library

[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1921-1924]

Description: Ledger containing minutes of the city Board of Commissioners in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities December 9, 1921 to June 27, 1924.
Date: 1921-12-09/1924-06-27
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
Partner: Abilene Public Library

Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 2, Volume 3.

Description: Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of naval correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Navies discussing their operations. According to the introduction in the first volume, the second series contains "reports, orders, and correspondence relating to -- 1. The condition of the Union Navy in 1861, before the commencement of hostilities, and to its increase during the progress of the war, including the annual and special re… more
Date: 1922
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The Story of the S.M.S. Ranch

Description: This booklet is primarily photographs of life on the S. M. S Ranch. Near the end are several text sections, the first of which states, "It is the design of the S. M. S. Booklet to give feeders and breeders both by picture and written word a comprehensive idea of our methods and breeding in which we have been so successful..." (p. 78). The first section gives an overview of the policies and buying options for the cattle company. Next, "Some Glimpses Into Ranch Life" gives an overview of how r… more
Date: 1922
Creator: Swenson Brothers
Partner: UNT Libraries

Coffee in the Gourd

Description: Collection of miscellaneous folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folk songs, information about Indian pictographs, legends, superstitions, and weather lore. The index begins on page 105.
Date: 1923
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, Part 1

Description: This text contains the first portion of the Austin Papers, published as part of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. This volume includes a preface by the editor with a general history of the Austin Papers and states, "The Austin Papers are the collection of materials accumulated by Moses and Stephen F. Austin in the progress of their busy enterprises from Virginia through Missouri and Arkansas to Texas. They consist of business memoranda, physiographical observations, pe… more
Date: 1924
Creator: American Historical Association
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide 1925

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 378.
Date: 1925~
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide 1926

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. An index to the newspapers published in Texas is on page [422].
Date: 1926~
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

1927 The Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide

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 376.
Date: 1927~
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Dallas City Directory, 1927

Description: General directory for Dallas, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1927
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
Partner: Dallas Public Library

Farm Acreage, Values, Ownership and Tenancy; Production of Principal Crops by Counties. Farm Indebtedness and Expenditures, Number and Value of Principal Livestock and Other Industries. Cotton Factories and Rice Mills. Resident and Non-Resident Ownership and Large Holdings of Land

Description: Document containing additional statistical, agricultural and livestock matter, with a supplement giving each Department of the State Government, including the Eleemosynary and Educational Institutions and the Judicial Department. It also gives the names of heads of the different State Departments and State Institutions, together with the number of employees and the appropriations for support of each.
Date: August 1927
Creator: Yantis, Robert Enoch, 1848-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The 1928 Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide

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 377.
Date: 1928~
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Dallas City Directory, 1928

Description: General directory for Dallas, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1928
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
Partner: Dallas Public Library

Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 1

Description: Volume 1 covers the history of Oklahoma from prehistoric times to the 1880's with special emphasis on Native Americans and the use of Oklahoma as the Indian territory. Also includes information on geography and natural features.
Date: 1929
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradfield), 1866-1941 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: UNT Libraries
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