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Statistics and Information Concerning the State of Texas

Description: This book covers statistical information for the state of Texas. It includes "great inducements for the investment of capital, health for the invalid, interesting sights and scenes for the tourist and pleasure seeker, broad fields of research for the historian, unsurpassed hunting grounds for the sportsman, and other resources waiting to be unlocked by the key of capital in the hands of labor and industry" (title page).
Date: 1890
Creator: Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Partner: UNT Libraries

East Texas.

Description: This book was created to provide "authentic information concerning the natural and co-operative resources and opportunities offered by East Texas and her people" for the general public. It contains information about the "General Development in 1921-22, The Evolution of transportation and Fixing of Lower Rate Levels, The Marketing Problem Nearing Solution, Organization, Concentration and Standardization of Quality; Pack and Grade, Co-Operative Work of A. & M. College Department of Extension Serv… more
Date: 1923
Creator: East Texas Chamber of Commerce.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Cotton Calculator

Description: Pamphlet with printed tables used to calculate prices of cotton. According to the title page, "Showing the results of any multiplications of all quantities from 300 to 600, at rates beginning with 1-20c or 5 points, and advancing in five points, one-sixteenth, one-eighth and one-quarter of a cent, and by cents from one to thirty." The title page also includes examples to show how to use the tables for calculations.
Date: 1917
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Land of Opportunity: West Texas

Description: This book contains a general description of the agricultural and natural resources as well as the urban development of West Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries

Allenfarm Acala Cotton

Description: This pamphlet describes the qualities of John D. Rogers' "Allenfarm Acala" with photos of the business.
Date: unknown
Creator: Rogers, John D.
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Common Errors in Cotton Production

Description: Pamphlet published by the U.S.D.A. about problems that cotton-growers may encounter and ways to avoid or fix them. Contents (from page 1): Mistakes that interfere with progress -- Causes of deterioration -- General measures of improvement: - Changing the method of buying cotton - Organizing 1-variety communities -- Some causes of inferior cotton: - Planting poor seed, Planting on price conjectures - Changing the seed - Planting too many varieties - Failure to test varieties - Misleading claims… more
Date: January 1932
Creator: Cook, O. F.
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Farm Acreage, Values, Ownership and Tenancy; Production of Principal Crops by Counties. Farm Indebtedness and Expenditures, Number and Value of Principal Livestock and Other Industries. Cotton Factories and Rice Mills. Resident and Non-Resident Ownership and Large Holdings of Land.

Description: Document listing statistical agricultural and livestock matter, with a supplement giving each Department of the State Government, including the Eleemosynary and Educational Institutions and the Judicial Department. It also gives the names of heads of the different State Departments and State Institutions, together with the number of employes and the appropriations for support of each.
Date: April 1924
Creator: Yantis, Robert Enoch, 1848-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Farm Acreage, Values, Ownership and Tenancy; Production of Principal Crops by Counties. Farm Indebtedness and Expenditures, Number and Value of Principal Livestock and Other Industries. Cotton Factories and Rice Mills. Resident and Non-Resident Ownership and Large Holdings of Land

Description: Document containing additional statistical, agricultural and livestock matter, with a supplement giving each Department of the State Government, including the Eleemosynary and Educational Institutions and the Judicial Department. It also gives the names of heads of the different State Departments and State Institutions, together with the number of employees and the appropriations for support of each.
Date: August 1927
Creator: Yantis, Robert Enoch, 1848-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with Ernest Griffith, November 4, 1982

Description: Interview with Ernest Griffith, owner and operator of Griffith's Independent Ginner. The interview includes Griffith's personal experiences about education in Texola, Oklahoma, part-time employment as cotton picker, and being involved in building cotton gins and operating drug stores. Griffith also talks about his family background, the operation of Griffith and Stith cotton gin, buying cotton and retaining cotton seed, variations in cotton prices, sale of coal to farmers, buying grain for Kimb… more
Date: November 4, 1982
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Griffith, Ernest
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

The Encyclopedia of Texas

Description: This book provides a biographical view of Texas and its history. The book uses many narratives of the individuals who helped shape Texas history. The book also includes profiles of: the public school system in Texas; banking; the public school system; the State Fair; the Cotton Industry; oil history; and histories of select towns, such as Dallas, Fort Worth, Wichita Falls, Burkburnett, Ellis County, Waco, San Antonio, Galveston, and many others.
Date: [1921..1922]
Creator: Davis, Ellis Arthur & Grobe, Edwin H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Encyclopedia of Texas

Description: This book provides a biographical view of Texas and its history. The book uses many narratives of the individuals who helped shape Texas history. The book also includes profiles of: the public school system in Texas; banking; the public school system; the State Fair; the Cotton Industry; oil history; and histories of select towns, such as Dallas, Fort Worth, Wichita Falls, Burkburnett, Ellis County, Waco, San Antonio, Galveston, and many others.
Date: 2017
Creator: Davis, Ellis Arthur & Grobe, Edwin H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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