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Description: Map of Texas, showing cities and towns, county seats, state parks and forests, pioneer roads and trails, bodies of water, and other geologic features. The map also includes information on the lands of the Permanent School Fund. Bill Allcorn, Commissioner of the General Land Office in the 1950s, emphasizes the importance of freedom and independence in the Lone Star State in a note in the lower-left corner. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,344,320] (approximately 37 miles to the inch).
Date: 1959
Creator: General Land Office
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Texas Almanac, 1958-1959

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, weather, commerce, history, "human and material resources, and its economic, civic and social development" of the time. A general index is on page 663.
Date: 1957
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas Almanac, 1943-1944

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, weather, "resources, industries, commerce, history, government, population and all other subjects relating to the political, civic and economic development" of the time. A general index is on page 321.
Date: 1943
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas Almanac, 1961-1962

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, weather, commerce, history, "human and material resources, and its economic, civic, and social development" of the time. A general index is on page [658].
Date: 1961
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[Enchanted Rock]

Description: Black and white photograph of an isolated rock hill known as Enchanted Rock. There are a few crumbly pieces of rock and several larger, angular boulders. Patches of shrubs and trees are visible on the right and near the depths of the area.
Date: unknown
Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society
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[News Clip: Laetrile]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 1, 1981, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Heard Museum]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 12, 1981, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Perry Sayles to John Sayles, March 18, 1911]

Description: Letter from Perry Sayles to John Sayles stating he believes he did well on all his exams, and that he acknowledges the deed to El Paso. He believes the information needed is on the back of a letter sent to him. He mentions all tracts of land are classified as grazing and mineral, valued at $1.50.
Date: March 18, 1911
Creator: Sayles, Perry
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Man at a Sulfur Mine]

Description: Black and white photograph of an unidentified man wearing a suit and a hat, standing amidst a massive pile of mineral rocks at a sulfur mine. He is holding a rock in his hands and observing it. A handwritten inscription on the back reads: "Hoiskoleforstander A. Gronborg foran et Svovlbjerg ved Gulf Svovlmine." An online translation endeavor provided a few potential conclusions: that the man in the picture has the name A. Gronborg and that he is indeed standing by a sulphur mine in the gulf (p… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[News Script: Rock jewelry]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a geological jewelry-making program at North Texas State College in Denton, using rocks and semi-precious stones found within Denton County.
Date: June 22, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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