Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas History Collectionhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/THC/browse/?sort=creator&fq=untl_institution:JFRM2006-09-13T18:28:17-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas History CollectionLetter from State Senator Gonzalo Barrientos2006-09-13T08:22:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17451/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17451/"><img alt="Letter from State Senator Gonzalo Barrientos" title="Letter from State Senator Gonzalo Barrientos" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17451/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from State Senator of District 14 Gonzalo Barrientos, supporting First Baptist Church on its project to record their history as the oldest Baptist church for African- Americans.</p>Letter from Governor George W. Bush2006-09-13T08:22:21-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17450/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17450/"><img alt="Letter from Governor George W. Bush" title="Letter from Governor George W. Bush" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17450/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter congratulating First Baptist Church on its 130th Anniversary from Governor George W. Bush.</p>Letter from Kirk Watson, Mayor of Austin2006-09-13T08:21:16-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17453/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17453/"><img alt="Letter from Kirk Watson, Mayor of Austin" title="Letter from Kirk Watson, Mayor of Austin" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17453/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, supporting Ernestine Thompson and First Baptist Church on its project to chronicle its 133 year past.</p>Communion Cap from 19002006-09-13T08:19:51-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17467/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17467/"><img alt="Communion Cap from 1900" title="Communion Cap from 1900" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17467/small/"/></a></p><p>Communion cap circa 1900.</p>Communion Glasses in Tray2006-09-13T08:20:06-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17465/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17465/"><img alt="Communion Glasses in Tray" title="Communion Glasses in Tray" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17465/small/"/></a></p><p>Communion glasses and tray from First Baptist Church at the W. H. Passon Historical Society.</p>G.W. Norman School2006-09-13T08:52:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17428/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17428/"><img alt="G.W. Norman School" title="G.W. Norman School" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17428/small/"/></a></p><p>Written information about the G.W. Norman Elementary School in Austin, TX.</p>Hobart Taylor, Jr.2006-09-13T13:42:00-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17411/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17411/"><img alt="Hobart Taylor, Jr." title="Hobart Taylor, Jr." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17411/small/"/></a></p><p>Hobart Taylor, Jr. was educated in Houston and at Prairie View A&M College and traveled to Washington D.C. as the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. He later became a special counsel to President Johnson and in 1965 was appointed a director of the Import-Export Bank.</p>Kealing Junior High2006-09-13T08:28:07-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17447/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17447/"><img alt="Kealing Junior High" title="Kealing Junior High" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17447/small/"/></a></p><p>Written information about Kealing Junior High School in Austin, TX.</p>Letter from U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett2006-09-13T08:21:41-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17452/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17452/"><img alt="Letter from U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett" title="Letter from U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17452/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter to the Grant Review Committee in support of First Baptist Church from U.S. Representative Lloyd Daggett.</p>Mahala Murchison2006-09-13T18:28:17-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17358/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17358/"><img alt="Mahala Murchison" title="Mahala Murchison" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17358/small/"/></a></p><p>A short biography about Mahala Murchison, the first African American to live in Austin, TX.</p>W.H. Passon Historical Society Pamphlet2006-09-13T13:15:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17416/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17416/"><img alt="W.H. Passon Historical Society Pamphlet" title="W.H. Passon Historical Society Pamphlet" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17416/small/"/></a></p><p>Pamphlet about the W.H. Passon Historical Society in Austin, TX. The society's goal is the preservation of black history in the Austin area.</p>