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Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

Amerikanische Jagd- und Reiseabenteuer: aus meinem Leben in den westlichen Indianergebieten.

Description: This German text recounts the author's adventures traveling the western United States over a sixteen-year period. The author describes his encounters with Native Americans and the natural environment, especially the animals he hunted. The book also includes illustrations made by the author during his travels.
Date: 1858
Creator: Armand, 1806-1889
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[White Sands in New Mexico slide]

Description: Photograph of a printed paper that reads, "February 1951. New Mexico," and "The pattern of ripples in the White Sands makes a beautiful picture. The Sands are a popular New Mexico playground." The print features an image of the White Sands in New Mexico. The print is taped against a wall.
Date: June 8, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.382369 -106.490653
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Slide of White Sands]

Description: Photograph of the White Sands in New Mexico. At the top of the image, there is a handwritten note that reads "Telop" with an arrow pointing down. The print is taped to a wall.
Date: July 26, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letters from J. Sabina Rucker to Charles B. Moore, June 15-16, 1888]

Description: These letters are from the Charles B. Moore Collection. They are written by J. Sabina Rucker to her brother, Charles B. Moore. In this letter, Sabina updates Charles on the Rucker family and details the country around her. She notes that while in the country she saw cowboys herding fifteen hundred cattle to New Mexico. The topic of this first letter moves to correspondences she had begun writing to Henry or Solomon. She discusses their travel and lodging plans and then closes the letter. Her br… more
Date: June 15, 1888
Creator: Rucker, J. Sabina
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888]

Description: This item is from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Julia A. Barr, Henry and Charles Moore's cousin. In the letter, Julia updates the Moore family on the happenings in Jerseyville, Illinois and the news includes: a dialogue about meeting cousin George Wilson in Eureka Springs, Arkansas while on a trip there, a discussion about the people that accompanied here on the trip and how long she stayed, details concerning the people she meet in Eureka Springs, a conversation about Seell… more
Date: December 3, 1888
Creator: Barr, Julia A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

[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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Location: 38.537003 -123.006325
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The New World, 1992]

Description: Scrapbook documenting the life of John Logan Briggs Jr. and his friends, including photographs, menus, business cards, clippings, and tickets. The scrapbook also contains photographs of his travels, social gatherings and "The Experience."John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date: 1992
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Location: 39.905667 -79.466141
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No.14 - The Doughboys on tour 1953 - 1955]

Description: This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour in New Mexico and Texas in 1953 - 1955 and performing for various events including the March of Dimes in Lovington, New Mexico and a labor convention in El Paso, Texas. The film begins with band members boarding the Flagship San Antonio airplane and includes footage of Midway Airport and Carswell Air Force Base (01 min., 08 sec.); Paul Blount, Lefty Perkins, "Big Bill" Lister, Joe Bill, Johnny Hicks, Claude King, Bobby Williamson… more
Date: 1953/1955
Duration: 30 minutes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.766332 -96.803122
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[The Sid Smith Collection, No. 3 - New Mexico and Colorado Vacations]

Description: This home movie begins with footage of students and teachers in a classroom. The film continues with the Smith family traveling to and vacationing in New Mexico. Vacation footage includes their stay at the Galisteo Motel in New Mexico, riding horses, going to a race track, visiting the Mount Evans Crest House in the Arapaho National Forest, and buildings and businesses in Silverton, Colorado.
Date: 195X
Duration: 15 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Smith, Sid
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 39.588611 -105.642778
Partner: UNT Media Library

[Scruggs Family Scrapbook]

Description: Photo album of descendants of James Robert Scruggs (1860-1937) and Mary "Molly" Thomas Brown Scruggs (1856-1933) of Baxter, Texas. The album includes photos of a parade at the University of Texas, Austin, The Texas Centennial Exposition, Dallas, and various scenes from the 1930s-1940s.
Date: 1924-01-11/1941~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[News Script: New Top Texas Weather]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of patches of fog which are hampering highway travel in Texas while fair and generally mild weather prevails over the state.
Date: January 21, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Plane Crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of three men were killed in a plane crash about three miles east of Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico.
Date: January 27, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Local Dr. Crashes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the crash of a private charter plane in New Mexico that took the life of Dr. Richard Chalmers of Fort Worth.
Date: January 28, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard of La Fonda Hotel]

Description: Postcard of a two story adobe structure taking up the corner of a block, with cars parked on the side of the street. On the back, the postcard adds the following - "This new, modern hostelry - operated by Fred Harvey - built on the lines of and maintaining both Indian and Old Spanish architecture, is the most unique and picturesque in the entire Southwest. Furnished with Spanish and Indian antiques and authentic reproductions, it is a veritable storehouse of information for the student."
Date: unknown
Creator: Southwest Post Card Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Fred Harvey's La Fonda Hotel]

Description: Postcard of an adobe building taking the corner of a block. On the back, the postcard adds the following - "La Fonda, the Fred Harvey Hotel at Santa Fe, New Mexico, embodies the charm of the surrounding Spanish-Indian country, sweeping back from the shady Plaza in the softly-rounded terraces of an ancient pueblo. Among La Fonda's many attractions are its sunny patio; the restful lounge with its huge fireplace and deep-cushioned chairs; the New Mexican Room (restaurant); La Cantina (cocktail roo… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Ernie Pyle's Home]

Description: Postcard of a one story white house with a covered porch, green roof, green trim and blue covered window. Two trees sit in the front lawn, and a white picket fence forms one boundary of the lawn. An older man's portrait encircled by white with a dark background sits on the right. On the back, the postcard continues with the following - "A note about Ernie Pyle To the American Reading public Ernie became the country's best loved and most famous war correspondent. To New Mexican's he was that and… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Alfred McGarr Adv. Service
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Capitol Building of New Mexico]

Description: Postcard of the cream colored state capitol with red accents, flying a New Mexican flag. Cars are parked nearby. On the back, the postcard is described as follows - "State Capitol, Santa Fe, New Mexico New Mexico's new Capitol Buildings and one of the most beautiful in the nation. Located at Santa Fe, the oldest permanent seat of government in what is now the United States."
Date: unknown
Creator: Hobson Bass
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum
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