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[Visa for R. E. Denison to Visit Mexico]

Description: Visa authorizing R. E. Denison of Texas to travel to Mexico for up to one year, starting May 1921. The front of the card has a partial photograph -- attached to the upper-left corner -- of Denison, wearing a suit and hat, standing in front of a large plant or tree. There is an official stamp from the consul general in Laredo, Texas on the front of the card.
Date: May 14, 1921
Creator: Mexico. Consul General.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Waiting for the Train to El Paso]

Description: Photograph of Vera Whetten Pratt standing in front of a pillar outside a depot while waiting for the train to visit El Paso for a Youth Conference. Vera is wearing a floral print dress with a ruffled collar and is holding a purse and luggage is visible at her feet, around the column. Other people and signs are visible in the background.
Date: Summer 1945
Partner: El Paso Community College

[The First Bull Fight in Casas Grandes]

Description: Group portrait of nine women posing together in front of building with wood siding. Seven unidentified women standing in a line are dressed in long Spanish dresses including mantillas (traditional veils) and they are holding small bouquets; two are also holding open fans. Madelyn Hatch and Vera Pratt kneeling in front of them, wearing cowboy hats and western wear.
Date: [1946-09-15..1946-09-16]
Creator: Fotos Soto
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Clipping: Abre sus puertas el segundo Templo Mormón del país]

Description: Newspaper clipping about the opening of a Mormon Temple (Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple), which is the second in Mexico. The article describes the construction (March 1998-February 1999) and describes the interior as well as the opening event with photos of the building entrance and one of the temple's elders with the Governor of Chihuahua. Portions of other stories are on the backs of the article clippings.
Date: 1999
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Juarez Stake Academy Honors Night]

Description: Photograph of Curtis Whetten speaking at a podium in his capacity as Student Body President of Juarez Stake Academy. The podium has a green banner draped across the front with white text spelling "JSA" above the school logo; in the background, party of a plant is visible at left, and a beige curtain at right.
Date: May 1993
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Student Council Float Photo]

Description: Photograph of students seated in the back of a red-and-white Chevy pickup truck representing the Student Council for Juarez Stake Academy. An unidentified person dressed as the Lobo mascot is standing in the back-left corner of the bed and the others are seated, including (left-to-right): Joshua Hatch, wearing a baseball uniform and holding a bat; Maribel Vizcaino and Lamoni Vizcaino, wearing cheerleader uniforms; Denise Hatch, wearing a green mortarboard cap and gown; and Ray Whetten, wearin… more
Date: September 16, 1992
Partner: El Paso Community College

De Cust van Westindien van La Desconoscida tot C. Escondido

Description: Map of the coastline along the western part of the Gulf of Mexico, starting in the south (left) at a point labeled "La Desconoscida" and ending in the north (right) at "C[iudad] Escondido." Segments of the coastline are shaded in red, yellow, and green, with labels for river mouths, ports, islands, and other points along the coast.
Date: 1680
Creator: Roffeveen, Arent, -1679
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mexican-Themed Float in a Holiday Parade]

Description: Photograph of a Mexican-themed float trailing behind a pick-up truck in the first annual League City Holiday Festival of Lights parade. The float decor features a string of colored lights and banners that read, "Paso Del Rey" and "Feliz Navidad." A mariachi band riding the float is playing music. The procession is traveling down Farm to Market Road 518 and Highway 3, eventually culminating in Walter Hall Park.
Date: December 11, 1987
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Mexican-Themed Float in a Holiday Parade]

Description: Photograph of a Mexican-themed float in the parade for the first annual League City Holiday Festival of Lights. The float's decor includes a banner that reads, "Feliz Navidad," a Mexican flag, and stringed colored lights. A mariachi band riding the float is playing music. A toddler-aged girl and a partially visible woman are also passengers.
Date: December 11, 1987
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

The Austin Papers: October 1834--January, 1837, Volume 3

Description: This text contains the third portion of the Austin Papers, which are documents covering October, 1834 to January, 1837. According to the preface, the documents include, "business memoranda, physiographical observations, petitions and memorials to local and superior governments, political addresses and proclamations, and much personal and official correspondence" (p. iii). Index starts on page 489.
Date: 1926~
Creator: Barker, Eugene C.
Partner: UNT Libraries

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

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

Description: This text contains the second portion of the Austin Papers, published as part of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. The previous 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 observa… more
Date: 1924
Creator: American Historical Association
Partner: UNT Libraries

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1922: In Two Volumes and a Supplemental Volume, Volume 2

Description: This text contains the second portion of the Austin Papers for 1922, "belonging to the years 1828-1834," published as part of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. It includes a preface by the editor with a general history of the Austin Papers and states, "the documents here published continue...to shed much light on the conditions and motives which led to emigration from the United States to Texas" (p. vii). Index starts on page 1177.
Date: 1928
Creator: American Historical Association
Partner: UNT Libraries
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