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Backwoods to Border

Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1943
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 45, July 1941 - April, 1942

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 401.
Date: 1942
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[Letter from the Laredo Mayor to the Military Commander, October 28, 1866]

Description: Letter written form the mayor of Laredo (Augustin Salinas) to the military commander (Major A. J. Hogan) requesting that a building occupied by the military be turned over to the city council for its use. A reply from the commander at the end of the text requests that any further communication be written in English.
Date: {1866-10-28,1866-10-30}
Creator: Salinas, Agustin & Hogan, A. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Subpoena: Riggs and Balenzuela]

Description: Subpoena issued by the mayor's office ordering the marshal of Laredo, Texas to bring in Juan Riggs and José Balenzuela to the purpose of testifying in regards to the assault of Tereza Bustamante.
Date: September 29, 1860
Creator: Laredo (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Statements Regarding the Death of Cesario Benavides]

Description: Sworn statements from two people regarding the death of Cesario Benevides as well as the decision rendered by the jury (in English) and signed by the members, stating that the deceased was killed by a wound caused by a rifle ball, believed to have been fired by Manuel Aguilar.
Date: November 30, 1860
Creator: Gonzalez, Aprian & Staacke, G. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

Plano de los Dos Laredos

Description: Plat of the 'two Laredos' (Laredo, Texas and New Laredo, Mexico) from January 1881. The map appears to be a cadastral map with numbered (and lettered) lots in both cities, likely showing ownership. Some streets are labeled as well as Fort McIntosh (noted as a "U.S. Military Reservation") in Laredo and the Campo de Marte in Nuevo Laredo.
Date: January 1881
Creator: Laroche, E. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Hispanic Family in Front of a Brick Building]

Description: Photograph of a young Mexican family (identified as the Olivares family) standing in front of a brick house. The family consists of a couple and six young children. The family is standing in a row and looking at the camera. From left to right, there is a young boy and two girls of the same age, a slightly older boy, the mother holding a toddler, the eldest daughter, and the father. The two youngest girls are twins, and are both wearing the same skirts and white shirts. Everyone else is wearing … more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Brick Manse with a Hispanic Family on the Porch]

Description: Photograph of a brick manse with a young Mexican family standing on the porch. The front of the building is one long brick wall with a corner at the entrance. The primary wall has three tall windows and a screened door; two of the windows are coupled together. The wall coming out of the corner has two more shorter windows and another screened door. There is a simple wooden deck with no railing that runs along both walls. Stairs leading up to the deck connect to a sidewalk. The front yard is mad… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Straight Texas

Description: Volume of popular folklore of Texas, including tales about the origins of various cities and towns, personal anecdotes, songs, superstitions and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 341.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

Texian Stomping Grounds

Description: Collection containing sketches of post-war life in East Texas, including descriptions of early recreations and games, stories about Southern food and cooking, religious anecdotes, Negro folk tales, a first-hand account of a Negro folk play about the life of Christ, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 159.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

Backwoods to Border

Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 6, July 1902 - April, 1903

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 starts on page 379.
Date: 1903
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association
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