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A Map of the Travels of George Washington

Description: Map of the travels of George Washington in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States between 1732 and 1799, with insets of New York and the lower Hudson Valley, Mount Vernon, the tidewater region of Virginia, Philadelphia, and Boston. The map includes towns, colonial highways, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geological features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,502,720] (39.5 miles to the inch).
Date: 1931
Creator: National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: "They Flew, Too"]

Description: Copy of the May 25, 1977 issue of The Gazette. An article of the WASP, who they were, what they did, Helen Snapp's service with them, and their efforts to gain veteran status is included. Articles about city government, summer jobs for youth, nutrition, cooking, and sports are also provided in this issue.
Date: May 25, 1977
Creator: Remington, Eileen
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and connections.

Description: Map shows major railroad company lines and connections; state boundaries, cities and towns along each train routes, steamship lines for coastal ports, and notable physical features. Alphabetical listing of railroad companies shown in margin text. Scale not given.
Date: [1907..1910]
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of the southern provinces of the United States.

Description: Map shows counties in South Carolina, roads, coastal swamps, cities, towns, and military outposts in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and Indian villages primarily in Georgia and Tennessee. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:2,400,000].
Date: 1800~
Creator: Russell, John, fl. 1733-1795
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map to illustrate the Civil War.

Description: Map shows state boundaries, military posts, major cities, and notable physical features. Inset: "North Eastern Virginia." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:9,216,000].
Date: 1885
Creator: A. S. Barnes & Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865, Plate LXXXVI : [Savannah, Ga. to Washington, D.C.].

Description: Map shows troop locations, cities, towns, rivers, streams, lakes, bayous, marshes, swamps, post offices, roads, railroads, vegetation, and terrain, for area from Savannah, Ga., to Washington, D.C. Map titles: 1. Savannah River at convergence of Beaufort (SC), Effingham & Chatham (GA) counties (Savannah, Springfield, Gualamville); 2. Barnwell & Beaufort (SC) counties.; 3. Lexington & Orangeburg (SC) counties,; 4. Fairfield & Richland (SC) counties (Columbia, Winnsborough).; 5. Lancaster, Chester… more
Date: [1891..1895]
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Freight routes in southern territory.

Description: Map shows railroad freight routes in the southeastern United States; state boundaries and major cities; shipping routes to major ports. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Bouldin Family Scrapbook]

Description: The first half of the scrapbook is composed of newspaper articles that have been pasted onto the pages and some that were inserted in between the book's pages. The articles are from Confederate states and contain news, poems, and stories centered around the Civil War and the time after. The second half of the book served as a ledger for the family to keep track of their expenses.
Date: unknown
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

Map of the chief part of the southern states and part of the western : engraved to illustrate Mitchell's school and family geography.

Description: Map shows state and county boundaries, cities, towns, railroads, canals, battlefields, swamps, and notable physical features. Includes explanation, text notes, dates, distances, and population statistics. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,700,000].
Date: 1852
Creator: Williams, W. (Wellington)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A map of the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia : comprehending the Spanish provinces of east and west Florida, exhibiting the boundaries between the United States and Spanish dominions as fixed by the treaty of peace in 1783.

Description: Map shows treaty boundaries, roads, swamps, towns, areas of Native American habitation, and notable physical features. Includes explanation. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:6,336,000].
Date: [1794..1802]
Creator: Purcell, Joseph Southern
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Helen Wyatt Snapp in Her Own Words

Description: A document about Helen Snapp in her own words. She describes growing up, and her inspiration to become a pilot. She also mentions her stations while enlisted and her life after the WASP disbanded. There is also a picture of Snapp about halfway down the page on the left.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Marium Frances Hood Schmerbeck, March 15, 2011

Description: Interview with Marium Frances Hood Schmerbeck, a 94 year old former teacher from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Schmerbeck discusses being brought up by her grandparents in Dallas, her education, her teaching career, and meeting her husband, Garrett Schmerbeck.
Date: March 15, 2011
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer & Schmerbeck, Marium Frances Hood
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

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

Colton's new topographical map of the eastern portion of the state of North Carolina : with part of Virginia & South Carolina from the latest & best authorities.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia coastal forts, cities, towns, county boundaries, township boundaries, roads, railroads, swamps, and watershed. Scale [ca. 1:506,880].
Date: 1863
Creator: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Lloyd's map of the southern states showing all the railroads, their stations & distances, also the counties, towns, villages, harbors, rivers, and forts. Compiled from the latest government and other reliable sources 1862 [Sheet 2]

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century geography, county lines, state lines, settlements, and railroad lines in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and parts of Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Includes text titled "Sketch of the whole southern coast" and map key. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,000,000].
Date: 1862
Creator: Lloyd, James T.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life and travel, 1987-1991]

Description: Scrapbook documenting the personal life and travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1987 and 1991, including color photographs, tickets, menus, business cards, receipts, clippings, stickers, and other records of travel. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. This scrapbook also documents his time spent with friends and family.
Date: [1987..1991]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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News coverage for the Washington D.C. AIDS ride 4

Description: Video footage from the Resource Center LGBT Collection. A compilation of news stories and coverage of the fourth annual AIDS ride from Raleigh, North Carolina to Washington D.C. The first story starts at 0:23. The second at 2:43. The third at 4:43. The fourth at 6:04. The fifth at 9:06. The sixth at 12:30. The seventh at 15:54. The eighth at 18:53. The ninth at 22:13. The tenth at 25:55.
Date: 1999-06-24/1999-06-27
Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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