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[State of Texas Declaration of Secession]

Printed document of the State of Texas' Declaration of Secession from the United States of America. The document contains the reasons for secession laid out by delegates of the people of Texas in Convention, and includes the names of those delegates, with O. M. Roberts, President, at the top of the list.

Date: January 28, 1861

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Pearce Museum at Navarro College

Hand-Book of Northern Texas

Overview of the north Texas region encompassing Collin, Denton, Fannin, and Grayson Counties for potential visitors, including information about the landscape and climate, the farming and ranching industries, notable persons and businesses, and other information about the area. A description appeared in The Sunday Gazetteer [Denison, TX, Dec. 19, 1886, p.3] which described it: "This book is a quarto volume handsomely gotten up in pamphlet form, and elaborately illustrated with wood engravings. … more

Date: 1886

Creator: C.S. Burch Publishing Company

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Denton Public Library

[Photographs of the Texas Exhibit at the World's Fair, St. Louis]

Photographs of the Texas exhibit in the Agricultural Building at the World's Fair in St. Louis. A sign on the exhibit says "Wise men of the East behold the Star of Texas."

Date: 1904

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Les Tye to Rosa Latimer - February 5, 1992]

Letter written to Rosa Latimer in Lubbock, Texas to Les Tye in Fort Worth, Texas in response to an article published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (enclosed with the letter) asking for stories related to Harvey Houses. In the letter, Les Tye writes about his experience with a Harvey House in Las Vegas, New Mexico on his honeymoon in 1947. Also included is the letter's envelope.

Date: February 5, 1992

Creator: Tye, Les

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Transcript of Interview with Caroline Bush Emeny]

Transcript of an interview with Caroline Bush Emeny (Mrs. Frederick L. Emeny) by Mrs. Clyde Warwick and Mrs. Faye B. Crain, relating the history of Mr. W. H. Bush of New York, as well as his family's move to Texas via the railroad.

Date: July 17, 1969

Creator: Warwick, Mrs. Clyde & Crain, Faye B.

Item Type: Text