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[Letter from Oliver J. Glessner to Miss Lou Moore]

Handwritten letter from Oliver J. Glessner to Miss Lou Moore, inquiring about her well-being and whether she had a safe and pleasant trip to Illinois, as well as a desire to meet her again in Indiana. The two would marry later that year. The lined paper is embossed in the far left top corner with a small crown and shield.

Date: June 8, 1860

Creator: Glessner, Oliver J.

Item Type: Letter

Hand-Book of Northern Texas

Overview of the north Texas region encompassing Collin, Denton, Fannin, and Grayson Counties for potential visitors, including information about the landscape and climate, the farming and ranching industries, notable persons and businesses, and other information about the area. A description appeared in The Sunday Gazetteer [Denison, TX, Dec. 19, 1886, p.3] which described it: "This book is a quarto volume handsomely gotten up in pamphlet form, and elaborately illustrated with wood engravings. … more

Date: 1886

Creator: C.S. Burch Publishing Company

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Portrait of Henry B. Selby]

Portrait of Henry B. Selby with a white beard and wearing a suit and Albert watch chain.

Date: 1890~

Creator: Kirkness Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Mary Myrtle Wright]

Portrait of Mary Myrtle Wright, wearing a white dinner gown trimmed with possibly chenille or lace. The sleeves of the dress have small puffs at the shoulders. She is standing with her left hand on her hip, wearing fingerless mitts.

Date: 1890~

Creator: Jones Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Richard Wesley Prater]

Portrait of Richard Wesley Prater with a thick beard and wearing a suit and tie. Richard was a farmer living in Garden Valley, Texas, at the time this photograph was taken. He and his wife, Margaret Almeda Harpole, had twelve children.

Date: [1890..1900]

Item Type: Photograph

[Scrapbook Page: Chain Gang]

Scrapbook page with a photograph of several men standing in a loose semi-circle, with two hounds in the foreground. Horses hitched to wagons are visible in the background. A handwritten note below the image says "About 60 yrs ago, people who were picked up and put in jail worked their fines out by working on the roads. They were chained together while they worked. And bloodhounds were carried along. (This picture brot. [sic] by the "Rose Twins" Bertie & Myrtle, 1960)." We think that this mi… more

Date: [1890,1900]

Item Type: Text

[Petition in the Court of Claims, William C. Wright]

Petition filed in the court of claims: William C. Wright v. The United States and the Comanche and Kiowa Tribes of Indians. The subject of the petition is a theft of horses from William C. Wright by members of a Native American tribe. He filed a claim, but it was not fulfilled. A handwritten note on the back of the last page describes a testimony given as part of the case.

Date: July 1, 1891

Item Type: Legal Document

[Court of Claims, Indian Depredations, No. 6640 Evidence for Claimant]

Booklet containing evidence for claimant for the Court of Claims case William C. Wright v. The United States and Kiowa and Comanche Indians, or Indian Depredations, No. 6640. The document includes depositions of William C. Wright, Allen Simpson, Daniel Bromley, Isaac D. Ferguson, John W. Gober, Robert H. Hopkins, John Skaggs, Austin Popinaw, Matthew Gray, John Hudson, and Lock S. Forester.

Date: 1898

Item Type: Legal Document

[First Grade Class of Stonewall Jackson School]

Photograph of the first graders of the Stonewall Jackson School. The teacher, standing in the back, is Miss Maggie McNeil (Mrs. C. C. Yancey), and the students are: (left to right) first row: Fred Collins, Sidney Lacy, Lloyd Garrison, Lucille Redmond, Jennie Mae McNeill, Josie Fulmer, Mary Fox, Odessa Peters (or Peterson), and Ethel Masters; middle row: Olive Collins, Finley Hare, Robert Wheeler, Bruce Wheeler, Richard Ashby, Carl Cunningham, Will Grube, Jack Skiles, Frank Wheeler, Joe Pratt, a… more

Date: 1899

Item Type: Photograph

North Ward Class of 1899]

Photograph of the North Ward School building in Denton, Texas, with the entire student body standing in front of the school. The photograph was taken in 1899.

Date: 1899~

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Twins with Ponies]

Photograph of twin children, both wearing white suits and hats, one standing next to a pony with a dog nearby, and the other sitting on a pony.

Date: 1899~

Creator: Williams Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Lloyd O'dell]

Portrait of Lloyd O'dell as a baby, sitting in a wicker chair. A handwritten note on the back of the photo offers more details on him: "Son of Dr. and Mrs. O'dell. The latter was a sister of Mrs. Nichols, living, at past 90, on Carroll St., Denton, Texas. Lloyd O'dell died in Ark. some years ago and was buried in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery in Denton."

Date: 1900~

Creator: Williams Art Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Lorene Estelle Prater]

Portrait of Lorene Estelle Prater as a baby, wearing a white lace dress and sitting in an ornate chair. A handwritten note on the back of the photo states that she is the daughter of Dudley Green Prater. She was born January 13, 1900, in Garden Valley, Texas. Her mother was Eudora "Dora" Elliott.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil W. Shepherd]

Portrait of Virgil W. Shepherd, wearing a tuxedo and holding a bowler hat, and his wife, Maggie L. Shepherd, wearing a dress and a feathered hat.

Date: 1900~

Creator: Williams Art Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Elbert Gentry]

Portrait of Elbert Gentry wearing a suit and tie and looking to the right.

Date: [1902..1910]

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Maggie Naomi Libscomb]

Portrait of Maggie Naomi Lipscomb as a baby (age 9 months, 13 days), sitting in a wooden chair wearing a white dress and holding a bell.

Date: 1902~

Item Type: Photograph

[Souvenir Program: Second District of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, 1903]

Souvenir program for a convention of the Second District of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, including a list of the district's cities, list of events for each session, and a list of the clubs belonging to the district.

Date: 1903

Creator: Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. Second District.

Item Type: Text

Location: 33.215739 -97.132205

[Portrait of Josie V. Fisher Bell]

Portrait of a woman with short dark hair wearing a lace dress. A handwritten note on the back of the photo offers more details about the woman: "The first Mrs. W. L. Foreman. W. L. Foreman and his three wives are buried in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery in Denton. Mr. Foreman at one time (before 1900) worked in the Garrison and Kimmins Drug Store."

Date: 1905~

Creator: Jones, J. T.

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Mildred Palmer]

Portrait of Mildred Palmer as a young girl, wearing a white dress and standing in front of a mirror with her hair in ringlets.

Date: 1905~

Creator: Williams Art Company

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith as "Miss Kite"]

Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith dressed as "Miss Kite," the painted lady, in 'The Passing of the Third Floor Back" by Jerome K, which was performed at the College of Industrial Arts, where Smith was the Director of Music and Expression in 1905.

Date: 1905~

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith as "Miss Kite"]

Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith dressed as "Miss Kite," the painted lady, in "The Passing of the Third Floor Back" by Jerome K, which was performed at the College of Industrial Arts, where Smith was the Director of Music and Expression in 1905.

Date: 1905~

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith as Rosalind in "The Forest of Arden"]

Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith dressed as Rosalind in "The Forest of Arden," reading a piece of paper held in her hands.

Date: 1905~

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Nancy Jo Minnis]

Portrait of Nancy Jo "Nannie Joe" Minnis as a young girl, wearing a white ruffled dress and sitting in a wicker chair. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Minnis, and died of pneumonia at the age of 15 in 1912.

Date: 1905~

Creator: Shaw & Hargrove

Item Type: Photograph

[Postcard of First Christian Church Tyler, Texas]

Postcard of First Christian Church in Tyler, Texas and its pastor, J. J. Lockhart, addressed to Eld. M. A. Smith. A handwritten message on the front of the postcard says: "This man performed the marriage ceremony for Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Smith."

Date: 1906

Item Type: Postcard

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[Letter from Oliver J. Glessner to Miss Lou Moore]

Hand-Book of Northern Texas

[Portrait of Henry B. Selby]

[Portrait of Mary Myrtle Wright]

[Portrait of Richard Wesley Prater]

[Scrapbook Page: Chain Gang]

[Petition in the Court of Claims, William C. Wright]

[Court of Claims, Indian Depredations, No. 6640 Evidence for Claimant]

[First Grade Class of Stonewall Jackson School]

North Ward Class of 1899]

[Photograph of Twins with Ponies]

[Portrait of Lloyd O'dell]

[Portrait of Lorene Estelle Prater]

[Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil W. Shepherd]

[Portrait of Elbert Gentry]

[Portrait of Maggie Naomi Libscomb]

[Souvenir Program: Second District of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, 1903]

[Portrait of Josie V. Fisher Bell]

[Portrait of Mildred Palmer]

[Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith as "Miss Kite"]

[Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith as "Miss Kite"]

[Portrait of Miss S. Justina Smith as Rosalind in "The Forest of Arden"]

[Portrait of Nancy Jo Minnis]

[Postcard of First Christian Church Tyler, Texas]