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[Effie Roach Hofer Autograph Album]

Autograph album belonging to Effie Roach Hofer. It includes page a 10-line verse poem entitled "Poetry," with drawing of fiddle and pointing finger and hand, signed "W.S. Porter/Secretary Jolly Brothers."

Date: August 2, 1885

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Journal of Gertrude Osterhout at Baylor Female College, 1880-1883]

Journal of Gertrude Osterhout, kept while she was at Baylor Female College. The journal starts with entries on her life in the boarding house at the college, spanning from the end of 1881 to April of 1881. Between these entries and the final page, Gertrude kept quotations from different materials, including many from "Lucile" by Owen Meredith. The final entry is at the start of the new year in 1883. The journal is bound and has an illustration of a pink flower on the front cover.

Date: October 20, 1880

Creator: Osterhout, Gertrude

Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

Minutes of the Organization and First Annual Session of the Denton County Baptist Association

Minutes of the Organization and First Annual Session of the Denton County Baptist Association. The booklet contains the list of delegates and the location of their churches, constitution, rules of order, and the declaration of faith of the association.

Date: 1886-10-01~

Creator: Denton County Baptist Association

Partner: Denton Public Library

Letterbook 1888-1892

A book of letters written by and received from Charles B. Moore from January 1, 1888 to February 13, 1892. Book is made of leather. Note on front cover: "Reynods, McKinney Tex; Arkansas Travels; 182 Monroe Street; Chicago Ill; 10 cts". Back cover has a pocket and a pen holder. Each page has a header of "Letters Written." Columns which cover two pages are: Month, Who To, Mailed At, Directed To. Includes a general goods flier with a listing of rainfall by month in 1892.

Date: January 1, 1888

Creator: Moore, Charles B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Report of the proceedings of the various associations of ex-confederates: held at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, August 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th, 1884

This book covers an Ex-confederates meeting held in Dallas County in 1884. Topics covered include a list of members and attendees, scheduled events, entertainment, and excerpts of numerous speeches.

Date: 1884

Partner: Dallas Public Library

[El Paso, Texas and Paso del Norte, Mexico Business Directory for 1885]

Directory for El Paso, Texas and Paso del Norte, Mexico includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. Separate introductions give narrative histories and descriptions of El Paso, Texas and Paso del Norte (later called Ciudad Juárez) with lists of major public buildings and officials.

Date: 1885

Partner: El Paso Public Library

General Directory of the City of El Paso for 1886-87.

Directory for El Paso, Texas includes a narrative introduction about El Paso, names of government officials, listings of societies and organizations, churches, schools. Contains alphabetical address listings for businesses and individuals as well as many advertisements from local businesses.

Date: 1886

Creator: C. A. Gould & Co.

Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

Directory of the City of El Paso 1888

Directory for El Paso, Texas; "Embracing a street guide, United States, State, County, and City officials, churches, secret, benevolent and social organizations, the name, occupation, and residence of adult population, and a classified business directory."

Date: 1888

Creator: El Paso Directory Company

Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

Directory of the City of El Paso 1889

Directory for El Paso, Texas: "Embracing the official census of the city, a street guide, United States, State, County, and City officials, secret and benevolent societies, the names, occupation, and residence, of all adult persons, together with a classified business directory" (page 1).

Date: 1889

Creator: El Paso Directory Company

Partner: El Paso Public Library

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 79

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from December 1887 to July 1888, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of s… more

Date: 1887-12/1888-07

Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.

Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 55

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from February 1883 to June 1883, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of s… more

Date: 1883-02/1883-06

Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.

Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

[Diary of Minnie M. Howard: June 14,1885 to June 12, 1886]

Diary of Minnie M. Howard from June 14, 1885 through June 12, 1886.

Date: 1885-06-14/1886-06-12

Creator: Howard, Minnie M.

Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

[Diary of Minnie Howard Walker: 1881]

Diary of Minnie Howard Walker from the year 1881.

Date: 1881-01-01/1881-12-11

Creator: Walker, Minnie Maud Howard

Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Austin, 1885-86

General directory for Austin, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "the present state, county and city governments; a complete list of all county officials, post offices, telegraph, express, and money order offices in Texas; also, an index of societies, associations, corporations, churches, educational institutes, the full name and address of all residents, their occup… more

Date: 1885

Creator: Morrison & Fourmy

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Minutes of the Twenty-Third Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Minutes of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, appointements, reports of the conference boards, and statistical tables.

Date: 1888

Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.