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Portrait of Soldiers

Copy negative of a portrait of two soldiers on leave from the Spanish-American War. They are in uniform, standing in a room with a table and chair, books and hats, and a studio background. There is a photographer's logo under the photograph.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest.

Book describing the causes of the Spanish American War, the incident with the Battleship Maine, African Americans in the Navy, African Americans on San Juan Hill, Roosevelt, McKinley, Buffalo Soldiers, African American officers and regiments. General themes include civil rights and prejudice.

Date: 1899

Creator: Johnson, Edward A. (Edward Austin), 1860-1944

Item Type: Book

Partner: Other

[Spanish-American War Memorial]

Photo of Spanish-American War Memorial. Austin, Texas.

Date: August 29, 1955

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Monument to Confederate Soldiers]

Photograph of a monument dedicated to the memory of Confederate soldiers and their descendants who fought in the Spanish-American War and both World Wars on the lawn of the Tarrant County courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas.

Date: unknown

Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.757174 -97.333123

Partner: UNT Libraries

The Cuban and Porto Rican campaigns

This book covers the organization of warships during the Spanish American War, and discusses the battles in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Also mentioned in the book are the Rough Riders, General Miles, General Shafter, General Wheeler, General Sumner, Colonel Wood, General Young, the Red Cross, General Wilson, Key West, Admiral Sampson, Captain Chadwick, General Kent, General Lawton, Buena Ventura, Ensign Curtin, Captain Paget, Commander Davis, General Breckinridge, and General Chaffee.

Date: 1898

Creator: Davis, Richard Harding

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

[Longview Veterans]

Photograph of many unidentified Longview, Texas veterans that fought in the Spanish American war.

Date: 1899

Creator: Culpepper, Cody B.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Longview Public Library

Popular Songs During the Major Wars of the U.S. 1812-1945

A compilation of "Popular Songs During the Major Wars of the U.S." through the years 1812 to 1945, including: Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean (1812); For Sev'n Long Years (The Wild Mizzuri) (Mexican War); There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight (1898); Over There (1917); and God Bless America (1941). There are also "Songs of the Civil War, North and South" including: Battle Hymn of the Republic (1862) and Bonnie Blue Flag (1861).

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest.

Date: 2017

Creator: Johnson, Edward A. (Edward Austin), 1860-1944

Item Type: Book

Partner: Other

[News Script: On This Day]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Date: May 22, 1969

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from I.H. to Cecile Kempner, April 3, 1949]

Letter to Cecile from her father about family that recently visited, a speech that Winston Churchill gave in MIT, nuclear weapons, past wars, a possible future war, tax returns, the Thompsons, and a film he watched with his wife.

Date: April 3, 1949

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, December 11, 1950]

Letter to Cecile from her father about a trip with her mother to Austin, the President's decisions, Russia, World War II, the Spanish-American War, and speculation about potential war with Russia.

Date: December 11, 1950

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Sam Loving With a Horse]

Photograph of Sam Loving of Round Rock ready to be shipped out to Cuba in the Spanish American War in 1898. He was in First Texas, Company E.

Date: 1898

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The Williamson Museum

The Rand-McNally map of the city of Havana showing suburbs, parks, forts, and principal buildings.

Map shows site of the wreck of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898. Includes directory (index). Scale [ca. 1:15,360].

Date: 1914

Creator: Rand McNally and Company

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[News Script: Spanish war vets]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 65th anniversary of the Spanish American War celebrated at the Veteran's Memorial Building in Fort Worth.

Date: April 21, 1963

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Cape Kennedy]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Date: May 12, 1973, 10:00 p.m.

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: "Veterans Remembered"]

Magazine clipping containing letters from John Mounce and Chaplin Robert Deming about Veteran's Day celebrations and dedications. Editor's notes about the next issue's content are highlighted.

Date: November 1992

Creator: Mounce, John & Deming, Robert T.

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

America's Best Kept Military Secret: Its Servicewomen.

Pamphlet advertising the construction of The Women's Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery and its many features. The pamphlet also includes a donation form, a brief history of women in military service, and features two notable women in military history, Eugenie Wilkinson and Deborah (Rober Sutcliffe) Sampson.

Date: unknown

Creator: Women in Military Service for America Foundation (U.S.)

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of a Soldier at Camp Cuba Libre, Jacksonville, Florida]

Photograph of a soldier standing by a deck and leaning against his large rifle at Camp Cuba Libre in Jacksonville, Florida; there is a name on the back of the photo that reads "Arthur Mader." This soldier is wearing his military uniform with an ammo belt, boots, and campaign hat.

Date: 1898

Creator: Waterman Photography

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Dewey Boys]

Copy negative of a troop of the Jacksonville "Dewey Boys" of the Boy Scouts of America, holding rifles. The boys in the front row, kneeling, are Joe Henry Hodges, Miller Devereux, Ruben Sory, Frank Fuller, Lee Caperton, Hubert Chessher, and Spurgeon Byrd. The boys in the back row, standing, are Charley Otts, Stewart Hawkins, Allen Templeton, Tracy Bolton, Robert Bolton, Morris Hodges, Ross Boles, and Cecil Byrd. Behind the back row, a girl, Lottie Dee Collins, holds an American flag, which disp… more

Date: December 5, 1987

Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Edgar B. Sutherlin in Navy Uniform]

Photograph of Edgar B. Sutherlin in his U.S Navy uniform. He is holding onto the arm of a chair visible to the left.

Date: 1902

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of the Sutherlin Family

[News Script: Veteran finally received medal]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an elderly Fort Worth veteran of the Spanish American War finally receiving a medal of valor for his actions in the conflict.

Date: November 14, 1955

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Veteran finally received medal]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an elderly Fort Worth veteran of the Spanish American War finally receiving a medal of valor for his actions in the conflict.

Date: November 14, 1955

Duration: 52 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Fenner Forebears of Samuel Fenner Leslie

A book complied by Ruth Leslie Barrett detailing the history of immigrant Richard Fenner and his son Robert Fenner and one line of his descendants: Robert Fenner, Jr., Joseph F. Fenner, and Lucy Fenner Leslie, the mother of Samuel Fenner Leslie. The texts includes information about Fenner family children, kin, and the family of their spouses as well as family military service spanning from the American Revolutionary War to the Spanish American War. Each chapter has a narrative, notes, sources… more

Date: 1987

Creator: Barrett, Ruth Leslie

Item Type: Book

Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

Rally 'Round: Art and icon in a landmark historic flag exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, or Flag Parade: Art and icon in a landmark dflag exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Draft of an article about the Texas Flags exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston that was published in the March 2002 issue of Texas Highways magazine.

Date: 2002-03~

Creator: Mallory, Randy

Item Type: Text

Location: 29.725623 -95.390533

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections