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Map of North America showing its political divisions and recent discoveries in the polar regions

Description: From: Mitchell's general atlas. Map shows major cities of the North American continent and the Russian America, Danish America, British America, and Central American boundaries dividing it during the mid-nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:28,000,000].
Date: 1860
Creator: Williams, W. (Wellington)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of North America: from the latest authorities showing the proposed railroad routes from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century major cities, existing and proposed railroad routes, Mexico, British America, Russian Possessions [Alaska], Central America, the West Indies, areas of Indian habitation by tribe with populations numbers, western U.S. territories. Includes table of distances, geographical statistics, notes, and 1 illustration. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:15,000,000].
Date: [1849..1854]
Creator: J.H. Colton & Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Johnson's North America.

Description: Map shows existing and proposed railroads, major roads, cities and towns, North American Indian tribes, U.S. Mail and Pony Express routes, and pre-statehood boundaries for contiguous western United States. Alaska is among "Russian Possessions" and Canada is "British America." Mexico, Central America, Greenland, and West Indies are also pictured. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:15,840,000].
Date: [1866..1879]
Creator: Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett), 1827-1884
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from Douglas M. Herrera to John J. Herrera - 1969-05-16]

Description: Letter to John J. Herrera from his son, Douglas M. Herrera, dated May 16, 1969. Douglas details his plans to leave university for summer work in Alaska. The letter is handwritten on loose leaf paper and mailed from the University of the Americas in Mexico to Houston, Texas.
Date: May 16, 1969
Creator: Herrera, Douglas M.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[News Script: Quakes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Alaska's palmer observatory reports a moderate earthquake rocked a wide area in Alaska about 70 miles southwest of Anchorage.
Date: August 31, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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