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Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

Van Horn

Description: Topographic quadrangle map of Van Horn, Texas, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 200 feet with supplementary contours at 100 foot intervals) and spot heights and includes location and reliability diagrams. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: None
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

El Paso

Description: Topographic quadrangle map of El Paso, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, and roads, with relief shown by contours and spot heights. Location, coverage, and sectionalized township diagrams are included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000 On back is a map of El Paso, Texas, and the vicinity, showing roads, bodies of water, and landmarks. Scale ca. 1:40,000
Date: 1950
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: None
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[News Script: O'Dwyer and Medina Pause in Dallas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the brief stop in Dallas by federal judge Harold Medina and former New York Mayor and Ambassador William O'Dwyer. Both are headed to El Paso, O'Dwyer is returning to Mexico while Medina is staying in El Paso to speak at the League of United Latin-American Citizens convention.
Date: June 21, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 62, July 1958 - April, 1959

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 571.
Date: 1959
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957

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 587.
Date: 1957
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 61, July 1957 - April, 1958

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 561.
Date: 1958
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 58, July 1954 - April, 1955

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 587.
Date: 1955
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 59, July 1955 - April, 1956

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 547.
Date: 1956
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[The "Queen's Own" in Paso del Macho Yards]

Description: Electric locomotive of the former Mexican Railway, the "Queen's Own" in the Paso del Macho yards around 1956. This railroad has operated under catenary from Paso del Macho to Esperanza since 1928. It is the only section of the National Railways of Mexico which is electrified. On this railroad you travel over one of the most spectacular rail routes on the North American continent. In the background looms the Cumbres de Maltrata range where a 4.5 per cent gradient must be traversed.
Date: 1956~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Agenda for trip to Mexico, October 5, 1951]

Description: Agenda for a trip to Mexico from October 5-13, 1951. Sightseeing plans on agenda mention visiting Mexico City, Acapulco, Guadalajara, Veracruz. Includes meeting with the Mayor and City Officials of Mexico City at City Hall, and introduction to President Miguel Alemán Valdés.
Date: October 5, 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Market in Mexico City]

Description: Photograph of a market in Mexico City, taken in 1950. Vegetables are housed under an awning, and many people stand near them. A lamppost can be seen to the far left.
Date: 1950
Creator: Beck, Hester M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 4 - Vacations and Holidays]

Description: This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including an Easter meal and Easter egg hunt (00:00 - 08:54), children on a swing set and posing for the camera (08:54 - 09:57), fishing and boating at the Ferndale Club (09:47 - 12:29), Elizabeth's confirmation on April 26, 1953 (12:29-13:24; 32:50 - 35:04), a vacation in Mexico (17:52 - 19:13), rides and exhibits at the State Fair of Texas including a Texas & Pacific Train, Big Tex, and a Ferris Wheel… more
Date: 1953-04/1953-12
Duration: 45 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.777461 -96.758909
Partner: UNT Media Library

[Train #3100 in Mexico]

Description: Photograph of a train engine with the number "3100" printed on the cab, connected to a train car. Several buildings are partially visible in the background, including a large, two-story building on the right. Handwritten text below the image says, "N.de M. #3100 (ex T&P) #531 AgnosCalientes [sic] Mex. Apr. 1952."
Date: April 1952
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum
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