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[Belle R. Davis, and J.H.P. Davis.]

Description: Photograph of Belle R. Davis, and J.H.P. Davis (as identified on back in blue ink). Photo was taken outdoors with Belle standing next to J.H.P. who is seated in a wooden chair. Belle is wearing a dark skirt with white shirt; she has her hair pulled up in a bun at the crown of her head. J.H.P. is wearing a three-piece suit and hat. Grass in foreground and shrubbery in background. Photograph is mounted on a tan cardboard matte. Matte has stains across it. Stamped on back of photo: Aug 15 1904 No.… more
Date: 1904
Creator: Mitchell, M.K.
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Bust photograph of a young girl]

Description: Bust photograph of a young girl facing forward with her eyes adverted to the right. She is wearing a gingham print jack with a puffed sleeves and dark triple edging along the large collar. She has a similar print puffy top on underneath with a high collar. Her dark curly hair is pulled back. On matte at bottom, photographer's mark: "Bowles & Hayden, HOPKINSVILLE, CADIZ, Ky." Attached to a black cardboard substrate with sheared edges.
Date: unknown
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Bust photograph of Nannie Haggard wearing a dark dress]

Description: Oval bust photograph of Susan Elizabeth Ryon Davis' cousin Mifo (?) Nannie Lon Haggard of Winchester, Ky. Nannie Haggard is wearing a dark dress with a large white collar and a dark tie around her neck. She is wearing dangled earrings. Her dark wavy hair hangs past her shoulders and pulled back from her face with a dark headband. On back of photo, handwritten: "Mifo (?) Nannie Lon Haggard, Winchester, Ky Presented to Lizzie by her devoted cousin Nannie". Attached to a cardboard substrate. more
Date: unknown
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Charles Howard Blackshear II]

Description: (back of photo) My beloved cousin Chas. Howard Blackshear II, son of Uncle Joe and Aunt Mollie Colbert Blackshear. This is his freshman year at University of Ky. and he has on the "Pledge Pin" of my own college fraternity. 1926 - I had sent C.H.B. (Chas. Howard Blackshear II) to "Bob" Massies School for Boys (Massie was son of the Dean of the Lexington Ky Cathedral. (Signed) William S. Blackshear. P.S. Chas. H.B. was the first of my several 1st cousins I sent to school and/or aided financially … more
Date: 1926
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Charles Howard Blackshear]

Description: Photo of Charles Howard Blackshear taken Christmas 1963 at 501 Kemilworth Rc. - Louisville, Ky 40206. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: December 1963
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[22nd Annual Congress Medal]

Description: Photograph of a member medal for the 22nd Annual Congress distributed by The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution that was held in Louisville, Kentucky, 1911. Along with the medal, is a paper document that says the badges should be worn by the wives and daughters of the delegates of the congress.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Slave-made bucket

Description: Handmade bucket with two iron loops for hanging; made and owned by Seth Thomas, a slave owned by Will Bishop who had a tobacco plantation in or around Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
Date: unknown
Creator: Thomas, Seth
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Maps from Mitchell's School and Family Geography]

Description: This series of maps are printed on a single sheet with Maps No. 12 (Texas) and No. 14 (Michigan & Wisconsin) on one side and Map No. 13 (Chief Part of the Western States) on the other. All of the maps include major cities, roads, and geographic levels (relief shown with hachures) and have the counties of each state drawn in and labeled. On the map of Texas, there are two insets: in the upper left corner, "Northern Texas on the same scale as the larger Map" and in the lower left corner, "Map … more
Date: 1858
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Public Hanging

Description: Copy negative of two pictures of a group of men on a hanging platform where a man is about to be hanged, with a very large crowd in the background. This was the last public hanging for rape, held in Owensboro, Kentucky. Other pictures are partially visible below and on the left.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Public Hanging; 3000 People in Crowd Witness Last Public Hanging

Description: Copy negative of two pictures concerning the last public hanging for rape in Owensboro, Kentucky. The first is of a group of men on a hanging platform where a man has just been hanged, with a very large crowd in the background. The second is a picture of just the crowd with buildings in the background. There is a descriptive typed note under the bottom picture.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Portrait of Two Adults and Three Children

Description: Copy negative of a portrait of Henry and Melinda Roberts and their three children taken in Three Springs, Kentucky. They are in a yard in front of bushes and trees, and Mr. Roberts is sitting in a chair while Mrs. Roberts and their son and two daughters stand around him.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Student in Front of Building

Description: Copy photograph of Elwin Skiles standing on the campus of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Skiles is wearing slacks and a polo shirt. Behind him is a building with the name "James P. Boyce" over the door.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 86, July 1982 - April, 1983

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 589.
Date: 1982/1983
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Papers concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 2

Description: "Leftwich's Grant is the second volume in a series that is intended to document the colonization of an area in Central Texas that eventually became known as Robertson's Colony." It covers "the three years that [Robert] Leftwich spent in Mexico City and Saltillo" and includes "a complete account of his official negotiations with both the national government in Mexico City and the state government of Coahuila and Texas. It also includes documents concerning Dr. Felix Robertson, President of the T… more
Date: 1975
Creator: McLean, Malcolm Dallas
Partner: UNT Libraries
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