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Instructions for Ordnance Officers and Acting Ordnance Officers at Headquarters of Departments, Armies, Divisions, Brigades, or Districts.

Description: Circular from the War Department containing "General Orders No. 193" to perfect organizing the services of the Ordnance Department, as connected with Armies in the field and the Military Departments, and at the same time securing for that Department the services of a body efficient officers, trained to its special duties. The document includes 10 orders sent by Secretary of War E. D. Townsend as well as the specific orders of George D. Ramsay to complete the orders of Townsend. Two forms are p… more
Date: May 23, 1864
Creator: Ramsay, George D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Fisk's Patent Metallic Burial Cases and Caskets: Air-Tight and Indestructible, for Protecting and Preserving the Dead, for Vaults, Transportation, Ordinary Interment, or Future Removal

Description: Catalog listing descriptions and prices, with selected illustrations, for fifteen different hearse styles available for purchase from W. M. Raymond & Co. There is also an introductory statement describing order information.
Date: 1864-05~
Creator: W. M. Raymond & Co.
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

Minutes of the Leon River Baptist Association, 1871

Description: Minutes of the annual meeting of the Leon River Baptist Association in Texas include accounts of proceedings at the session, committee reports, statistics regarding Baptist churches in Texas, and other relevant notes and commentaries.
Date: 1871
Creator: Leon River Baptist Association (Tex.)
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

Texas in the Civil War: stories of sacrifice, valor and hope

Description: This booklet provides a brief history of Texas involvement in the Civil War and outlines various sites throughout the state that were important to the war, or that provide related information to tourists.
Date: 2002
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas, the Home for the Emigrant, From Everywhere.

Description: Pamphlet describing various parts of Texas -- including geography, climate, natural resources, industries, and other information -- with the intention of encouraging immigration to the state.
Date: 1875
Creator: Texas. Bureau of Immigration.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Constitution and By-Laws of Galveston Hook & Ladder Co., No. 1

Description: Constitution and By-Laws of Galveston Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1; this particular version was revised in June, 1869. This pamphlet contains the history of the department, a preamble, and the different articles of the actual document stating the rules and guidelines of the company.
Date: June 1869
Partner: Galveston Historical Foundation

[Program: Kentucky University Commencement, 1870]

Description: Program for the commencement ceremony for associated colleges of Kentucky University in 1870, listing the graduates, speakers, and order of activities.
Date: 1870
Creator: University of Kentucky
Partner: Grayson College Foundation

[Saint James A. M. E. Church 100th Anniversary Book]

Description: Booklet containing information about the history of the Saint James African Methodist Episcopal (A. M. E.) Church and a program of events held for the hundredth anniversary on February 14-16, 1975. It also contains membership and church information from 1975 and local advertisements.
Date: 1975
Creator: Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Saint James A. M. E. Church 135th Anniversary Book]

Description: Booklet containing information about the history of the Saint James African Methodist Episcopal (A. M. E.) Church and a program of events held for the one hundred and thirty-fifth anniversary on October 10-17, 2010. It also contains membership and church information from 2010 and local advertisements.
Date: 2010
Creator: Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Saint James A. M. E. Church 125th Anniversary Book]

Description: Booklet containing information about the history of the Saint James African Methodist Episcopal (A. M. E.) Church and a program of events held for the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary the year 2000. It also contains membership and church information from 2000 and local advertisements.
Date: 2000
Creator: Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Saint James A. M. E. Church 91st Anniversary Book]

Description: Booklet containing information about the history of the Saint James African Methodist Episcopal (A. M. E.) Church and a program of events held for the ninety-first anniversary on September 10, 1967. It also contains membership and church information from 1967 and local advertisements.
Date: 1967
Creator: Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Saint James A. M. E. Church 110th Anniversary Book]

Description: Booklet containing information about the history of the Saint James African Methodist Episcopal (A. M. E.) Church and a program of events held for the one hundred and tenth anniversary on June 2, 1985. It also contains membership and church information from 1985 and local advertisements.
Date: 1985
Creator: Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

A Brief History of Dodd City, Texas

Description: Booklet providing a brief history of Dodd City in Fannin County, Texas, including a summary biography of namesake Major E. H. Dodd as well as information about important people and families, businesses, churches, newspapers, schools, and other aspects of the city's history
Date: 1962
Creator: Brent, Millard Doan
Partner: Fannin County Historical Commission

Coryell County Centennial

Description: Program containing historical photographs of businesses and people in Coyrell County, Texas. It also includes advertisements from the area's businesses.
Date: 1954
Creator: Gatesville Chamber of Commerce
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

A Supplement to the Centennial Story of the First Baptist Church

Description: Booklet containing biographies of members of the First Baptist Church of Gatesville, Texas, as well as information regarding the church's programs and organization.
Date: 1956
Creator: First Baptist Church
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

An Account of the Early History of Surgery in Texas

Description: Text of the presidential address given at the Texas Surgical Society meeting held in Fort Worth on October 16, 1932. It discusses the early history of surgery in Texas, including the development of the specialty, early surgical procedures, the first medical associations and organizations, and discussions of notable Texas surgeons.
Date: October 1932
Creator: Singleton, Albert Olin, 1882-1947
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

An Account of the Early History of Surgery in Texas

Description: Text of the presidential address given at the Texas Surgical Society meeting held in Fort Worth on October 16, 1932. It discusses the early history of surgery in Texas, including the development of the specialty, early surgical procedures, the first medical associations and organizations, and discussions of notable Texas surgeons.
Date: October 1932
Creator: Singleton, Albert Olin, 1882-1947
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

Echoes from the Past

Description: Brochure containing historical information and stories about the Presbyterian church in the southern portion of the United States. It was presented at the 1936 Spring meeting of the Presbytery of Brazos in old First Church, Galveston.
Date: Spring 1936
Creator: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Brazos.
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

History of Liberty Hill Methodist Church

Description: Book describing the history of the Liberty Hill Methodist Church in Texas including photographs and descriptions of the early years of the church and its members.
Date: October 1947
Creator: Bryson, Margaret Cates
Location: 30.664800 -97.919057
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

W.A.S.P., WWII, Reunion

Description: Program for a WASP reunion in Charleston, South Carolina. Included within is a proclamation from Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. designating August 22nd as WASP Day, letters, historical information for South Carolina, reunion itineraries, and other information about WASP and aircraft.
Date: 1988
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Footsteps Across The Years

Description: Compilation of historical information about events happening in and around Kerrville, Texas, coinciding with national events or historical periods. It includes a list, at the end, of persons or families that moved to Kerrville before 1925 and still had descendants living in the county at the time of publication.
Date: March 1976
Creator: Furman, Elizabeth
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Medical & Surgical Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Michigan

Description: Promotional materials for the sanitarium at Battle Creek, Michigan, "The Largest and most Complete Sanitarium in the World." Includes a description of the sanitarium's services, reprinted articles about the sanitarium, a menu, railroad time tables, and a map.
Date: unknown
Creator: Medical & Surgical Sanitarium
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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