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The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 44, July 1940 - April, 1941

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 533.
Date: 1941
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[Letter from Victor M. Reyes]

Description: A letter from Victor M. Reyes to Carl B. Compton explaining the Secretary of Public Education's failure to fulfill a Carl Benton Compton's request for a specific art book - redirecting Compton to another governmental agency, the Central Agency of Publications, for further assistance.
Date: February 20, 1941
Creator: Reyes, Victor M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: First Committee and the No More Foreign Wars Committee]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing three members of the First committee. These members include General Robert E. Wood, General Hugh Johnson, and Verne Marshall. Special emphasis has been placed on the oil financier William Rhodes Davis. A section of the newspaper clipping has been underlined in red colored pencil. The underlined passage describes a plan to purchase £2,000,000 of British and American oil and sell it to Germany and Italy. On the back of this clipping is speculation that Nazi Germany w… more
Date: January 9, 1941
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

Texian Stomping Grounds

Description: Collection containing sketches of post-war life in East Texas, including descriptions of early recreations and games, stories about Southern food and cooking, religious anecdotes, Negro folk tales, a first-hand account of a Negro folk play about the life of Christ, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 159.
Date: 1941
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press
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