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[Woman Sewing]

Description: Photograph of a woman working at a sewing machine, with three more women watching her. There are broken windows in the wall behind them, and boxes on a high shelf.
Date: September 1, 1960
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress, September 6, 1859]

Description: Transcript of a letter is from Maud C. Fentress to her son David discussing news from Bolivar, Tennessee and it includes: sending Kate off to school in Nashville,Maud's feelings about her children growing up, receiving Mary Tate's letter from White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, a dialogue about her stolen chickens,a conversation about Sallie starting school with Miss Hunt as her teacher and information about Jimmie and Willie's schooling, news about the weather,news about 'Aunt Mag' and her trip t… more
Date: September 6, 1859
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Two on a Mattress]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 11, 1984, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress, September 6, 1859]

Description: Letter is from Maud C. Fentress to her son David discussing news from Bolivar, Tennessee and it includes: sending Kate off to school in Nashville,Maud's feelings about her children growing up, receiving Mary Tate's letter from White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, a dialogue about her stolen chickens,a conversation about Sallie starting school with Miss Hunt as her teacher and information about Jimmie and Willie's schooling, news about the weather,news about 'Aunt Mag' and her trip to Austin,a discu… more
Date: September 6, 1859
Creator: Fentress, Maud C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Making Doll]

Description: Photograph of Emma M. Oettinger, from San Antonio, making a doll in "Grandma's Workshop" at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The woman is sitting on a chair and working on what appears to be a sock monkey. A table with other craft work is visible behind her.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Working on Quilt]

Description: Photograph of a woman working on a quilt in the Sauerkraut and Quilting booth, sponsored by Kendall County Community, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The quilt is spread out over a table; the woman is bent over the quilt and appears to be handling a needle. Another woman is sitting behind her.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Birdie McGee McKinley to Mary Ann Moore and the White family, September 22, 1913]

Description: This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Birdie McGee McKinley and is addressed to Mary Ann Moore and the White Family. In this letter, Birdie informs her kin of the goings-on in her community. The news includes: details about how they have survived the drought with their well and spring for the stock animals, a discussion about Minnie's visit and their preparation for Minnie's return to Georgia, a dialogue about Birdie's baby who likes to be in her buggy, updates… more
Date: September 22, 1913
Creator: McKinley, Birdie McGee
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letters from Frank and Alice Griffin to the Moore family, September 24-26, 1894]

Description: These are letters from the Charles B. Moore Collection. The first two are written by Alice Griffin, who was Adelitia "Dinkie" McGee's daughter and niece and cousin to members of the Moore family. An additional letter is written by Frank M. Griffin, Alice's husband. In Alice's letter, she informs the Moore family of the goings-on in Gallatin, Tennessee and the news includes: an update on family members health, news about the weather, a discussion about Matilda Dodd, a dialogue about pickling an… more
Date: September 24, 1894
Creator: Griffin, Alice McGee & Griffin, Frank M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Birdie McGee to Mary Ann Moore and Claude and Linnet White, September 22, 1908]

Description: Letter from Birdie McGee to Mary Ann Moore (who she address as Aunt Mollie) and Claude and Linnet White discussing recent news, family and friends, the weather, sewing clothes, and how she wishes they could come for a visit. There is an envelope addressed to Mrs. Claude D. White, McKinney, Texas, and it is postmarked Nashville, Tennessee on September 24, 1908.
Date: September 22, 1908
Creator: McGee, Birdie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flyer: Project B.R.I.D.G.E. Sewing Workshop for Adults]

Description: Flyer advertising the "Project B.R.I.D.G.E. Sewing Workshop for Adults" program, presented by The Texas Commission on the Arts and The Housing Authority of the City of Houston. The workshops are held Tuesday evenings from September 8 through October 27, 1992.
Date: September 1992
Creator: Community Artists' Collective
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center
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[News Clip: Garment Co]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 25, 1995, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 51 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Program: Quilt Mania]

Description: Program for a quilting event and exhibition produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Fall 2003 - Spring 2004.
Date: September 2003
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Measuring Device

Description: Patent for measurement device, specifically for the measurement of the hem of a garment. Includes two small affixments that act as placemarkers of the measured number, allowing for the measurement of the hem, as well as the distance from the floor.
Date: September 19, 1916
Creator: Davis, Margaret L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spool and Work Holder.

Description: Patent for a spool and work holder, which is in the shape of a bird and has places to store spools of thread, a pincushion, and a storage place for a piece of work.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Culver, Katherine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring-Motor

Description: Patent for spring motors that can be adapted to rotary fans and sewing machines. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Seeders, Zephaniah C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring-Motor

Description: Patent for a motor used to operate light machinery such as sewing machines using spring power. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: O'Bannon, William H. & Field, James M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Attachment for Sewing Machines.

Description: Patent for a new and improved quilting attachment for sewing machines. This design "has for its object to connect the quilting-frame and the sewing-machine so that the action of the machine will automatically propel the quilting frame; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts" (lines 17-22).
Date: September 26, 1882
Creator: German, Francis M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Mechanism for Sewing-Machines.

Description: Patent for a quilting mechanism for sewing machines that attaches to a sewing table that extends "over and above and parallel with the overhanging arm of the machine" (lines 20-22), the arm is adjustable and detachable, a track-rail is attached to the end of the arm, and a quilting-frame hangs from the sheaves.
Date: September 25, 1894
Creator: Stafford, George A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pin-Box and Fastener.

Description: Patent for a pin box fastener, which holds the tape inside the box while allowing the pins to be withdrawn.
Date: September 22, 1908
Creator: Kimbler, Henry Randolphus
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: S. Dallas Economy]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 10, 1991, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Braiding Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Description: Patent for an "attachment to the pressure-foot of sewing machines to carry a tinsel or braid in proper position relative to the needle" (lines 15-17) to ensure the tinsel or braid is fully attached to the desired outline on the cloth. Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 7, 1897
Creator: Tynes, Minor Eugene
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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