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Coyote Wisdom

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Mexico and Texas, including animal folk stories, Navajo creation myths, discussions about folk characters, discussions about the philosophy of folklore, and other miscellaneous folk stories. The index begins on page 293.
Date: 1938
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27]

Description: Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1931
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28]

Description: Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1933
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Laws of Texas, 1934-1935 [Volume 29]

Description: Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1935
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31]

Description: Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1939
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Laws of Texas, 1935-1937 [Volume 30]

Description: Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1937
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
Partner: UNT Libraries

When Texas was young

Description: The battle of San Jacinto -- A surgeon's story -- The "Twin Sisters" -- Reminiscences, piratical and revolutionary, from the career of Colonel Warren D.C. Hall.
Date: 1930
Creator: Ziegler, Jesse A.
Partner: UNT Libraries

A Dictionary of the Atakapa Language: Accompanied by Text Material

Description: Volume contains all the Atakapa linguistic material known to be in existence in 1932. Includes nine Atakapa texts with English translations, an Atakapa-English dictionary, and an index to the Atakapa dictionary.
Date: 1932
Creator: Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907 & Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Partner: UNT Libraries

Soil Survey (Reconnaissance) of the Trans-Pecos area, Texas

Description: Soil survey of nine Texas counties lying west of the Pecos River. Included are Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, and Terrell Counties. Text describes the area, natural vegetation, settlement and development, climate, agriculture, soils and crops, agricultural industries and methods of soil management, alkali, irrigation, and soil erosion and rain-water conservation of these counties.
Date: 1934
Creator: Carter, William T. (William Thomas); Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter); Smith, Howard Malcolm; Hawker, H. W. (Herman William); Templin, E. H. (Edward Henry) & Reitch, T. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Life of J. W. Holston

Description: Handwritten manuscript by John Willis Holston. Chronicles his family's journey to Texas from Mississippi in 1869. Includes stories from his days as a cowboy on a cattle drive, and his two year service as a Texas Ranger.
Date: 1930~
Creator: Holston, John Willis
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Art Forum Pressbook, 1938-1939]

Description: Scrapbook that documents art events over the year with emphasis on local events and those of the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Sixth District of which Abilene, Texas, was a part. This scrapbook won first place at the Sixth District Convention. Included are 49 pages of prints purchased from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and made available for ten cents a piece by the American Committee for Art Appreciation. The brochure includes a history of the different painters. These prints were exhibit… more
Date: 1938/1939
Creator: Carpenter, Allie Mae
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Texas Centennial Scrapbook

Description: Scrapbook documenting Texas history compiled for a contest in honor of the Texas centennial, including portraits of famous Texans; clippings from newspapers and magazines; and pamphlets for the centennial events in Dallas, Galveston, San Antonio, Del Rio and other regions in Texas.
Date: 1936
Creator: Levy, Doris Rae
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

Southwestern Lore

Description: Collection of a miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folk stories about treasure hunters, cowboys, Native Americans, and razorback hogs, as well as myths, customs and other superstitions. The index of song material begins on page 192 and the general index begins on page 193.
Date: 1931
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press

Spur-of-the-Cock

Description: Collected miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Mayo Indians, Mexican folk plays, folk songs, information about Texas cacti and other folklore. The index begins on page 110.
Date: 1933
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press

Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide 1933

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, weather, "resources, industries, commerce, history, government, population and all other subjects relating to the political, civic and economic development" of the time. A general index is on page 375.
Date: 1933
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide 1931

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, history, weather, "resources, industries, commerce, government...and other social, economic and political subjects" of the time. A general index is on page 378.
Date: 1931
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Soils of Texas

Description: Text describes the native vegetation, climate, soil parent-materials, agriculture and land utilization, soils, and natural geographic divisions of Texas.
Date: July 1931
Creator: Carter, William T. (William Thomas), 1877-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution (TXSSAR) Membership Records: 416-482]

Description: Compiled membership records for the Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution from August 6, 1935 through April 1, 1938 (member numbers 416 through 482). The materials include original applications and supporting documentation that accompanied the paperwork.
Date: 1935-08-06/1938-04-01
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Kempner Scrapbook 1935-1940]

Description: Scrapbook documenting the Kempner family including newspaper clippings, letterhead, invitations, images, and other ephemera.
Date: 1935~/1940~
Partner: Rosenberg Library

A Lady and a Lone Star Flag

Description: Book discussing the history of Texas and of the creation of the Lone Star Flag by Joanna Elizabeth Troutman, which was lost at Goliad after the massacre there.
Date: 1936
Creator: Pope, Henry David
Partner: UNT Libraries

Road to Destiny

Description: Book discussing the rise and fall of a Quaker settlement on the Llano Estacado, which Paris Cox founded in the early 1880s.
Date: 1939
Creator: Ellis, Temple Ann, 1878-1963
Partner: UNT Libraries

Matches

Description: Fictional narrative featuring characters Deacon Speckham, Matilda Markham, and various historical individuals.
Date: 1937
Creator: Foster, Mary Evans
Partner: UNT Libraries

There's No Return

Description: Fictional story of the relationship between characters Jim and Fanny.
Date: 1937
Creator: Holland, Claudia Jones
Partner: UNT Libraries
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