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[George W. Sheldon, Selections in Modern Art]

Description: Photographs of the cover and pages from George W. Sheldon's "Selections in Modern Art," held by UNT Special Collections. These volumes contain 125 plates of steel engravings and etchings representing works of recent and contemporary artists of the late 19th century. The etching Cedars by Moonlight by James Smillies, 1878, is one of the earliest instances of an American etcher beginning to differentiate between daylight and moonlight, a distinction easier made in theory than in practice. The cov… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Historic Marker Application: Santa Fe Consolidated High School]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Santa Fe Consolidated High School, in Santa Fe, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: August 28, 2013
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 29.378613 -95.105242
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

[Historic Marker Application: Victoria Pumping Station]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Victoria Pumping Station, in Victoria, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: March 13, 2012
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 28.806414 -97.016467
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: First United Methodist Church]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for First United Methodist Church in Tom Bean, Texas. Text: This congregation was organized in the mid-1880s, growing out of Brush Arbor meetings at the Cedar campground near Whitemound. The original church building at Whitemound was moved, in 1906, to Tom Bean, where it burned in 1924. Methodists worshiped in the Presbyterian church until it was destroyed by a tornado a short time later. A new edifice was built, serving both denominations u… more
Date: 2011-12/2012-03
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Mita Holsapple Hall]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Mita Holsapple Hall (1885-1965) in Sherman, Texas. Text: Born near Fair Dealing, Kentucky, Mita Holsapple moved with her family to Sherman as a child and graduated from Mary Nash College. Wed to Hugh E. Hall in 1919, she organized the first Camp Fire Girls group in Sherman two years later. For the next 44 years, her commitment to the Camp Fire movement endeared her to the young women of Sherman and led to local, district and national lea… more
Date: 2011-12/2012-03
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: The E.M. Kohl Building]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for The E.M. Kohl Building in Denison, Texas. Text: Ernst Martin Kohl (1857-1935), former German Navy Captain who came to Denison in 1885, built the first floor of this structure in 1893 to house a grocery store and saloon. He added the top three floors in 1909-11 as his family's residence. In the 1930s, this building became the Traveler's Hotel, drawing business from the nearby railroad district. Purchased in 1968 by Mr. and Mrs. Bud Tucker… more
Date: 2011-12/2012-03
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Vittitoe Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Vittitoe Cemetery in Whitewright, Texas. Text: This graveyard was begun as a family burial plot by Samuel and Ellen Vittitoe, who settled on land surrounding this site in 1852. Their son, Frank, probably was the first to be buried here sometime before the outbreak of the Civil War, although his headstone is undated, the Vittitoes made it known to the residents of Kentucky Town (1 mi. N.) that their plot was open for burials outside the f… more
Date: 2011-12/2012-03
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

[Historic Marker Application: Powhatan and Mattie Wren House]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Powhatan and Mattie Wren House, in Galveston, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: September 7, 2007
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 29.302302 -94.781828
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, January 16, 2001

Description: Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, teacher and pianist from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Wilson talks about coming to Kerrville to teach at the "Kerrville Colored School," life for African-Americans in the area, the African-American community, and her personal life.
Date: January 16, 2001
Creator: Bacon, Dan; Bethel, Ann & Wilson, Itasco Sampson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Fresh Ink: Behind the Scenes at a Major Metropolitan Newspaper

Description: This book describes the work done at the Dallas Morning News newspaper office by taking a "behind-the-scenes" approach to discuss story selection, journalistic decisions, staff contributions, and community reactions. Although the text focuses on the week from November 4-10, 1991, it also looks at the history of the Dallas Morning News and major accomplishments of the newspaper.
Date: 1995
Creator: Gelsanliter, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

[Funeral Program for Elbert Thomas, Sr., October 31, 1990]

Description: Funeral program for Elbert Thomas, Sr., born October 9, 1885 and died October 27, 1990. The funeral was held October 31, 1990 at St. Paul United Methodist Church, officiated by Reverend Hector J. Grant. Funeral arrangements were made through Sutton-Sutton Mortuary, Inc., and he was buried in City Cemetery No. Three in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: October 31, 1990
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: San Antonio Public Library

The Munson Grapes -- A Rich Germplasm Legacy

Description: Abstract: An historical review is presented of the contributions of TV. Munson to viticulture and the improvement of cultivated grapes. Munson developed more than 300 grape cultivars with the principal goal of combining the pest resistance and climatic adaptability of various native American grape species with the superior fruit quality of commercial cultivars. Several Munson cultivars achieved commercial importance in the early 1900's and a few are still grown today, most notably the rootstock… more
Date: July 1990
Creator: Tarara, Julie M. & Hellman, Edward W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Grayson College Foundation

[Bowling Family]

Description: Copy negative of the Bowling family in Gallatin. William Sanders Bowling and his mother, Mary Jane Hoover Bowling, are seated. Lula Clifton Bowling, the wife of William Sanders Bowling, is standing behind her husband and mother-in-law.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Bowling Family]

Description: Copy negative of the Bowling family in Gallatin. William Sanders Bowling and his mother, Mary Jane Hoover Bowling, are seated. Lula Clifton Bowling, the wife of William Sanders Bowling, is standing behind her husband and mother-in-law.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission
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