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Grove Road, Richardson, Texas

Description: Looking west, a plowed, bare field, with a street, Frances Way, and utility poles on the far right. At the horizon is a street, Grove Road, with homes on the west side, facing east. Homes on the west side of Grove were built ca 1954. Homes on the east side were not built until ca 1973.
Date: 1968~
Partner: Richardson Public Library

[Transcript: Memoir of Cornelia Garner]

Description: Transcript of handwritten notes written by Cornelia Garner describing what she remembers of moving to Texas as a child, living on a farm in Navarro County, managing a ranch and making cloth during the Civil War, and various other details that she remembered. There are notes and annotations added to the end for clarification.
Date: 2019
Creator: Treadwell, Cornelia Evelyn Garner
Partner: UNT Libraries

Family Food Tales and Recipes

Description: Compilation of personal anecdotes and reminiscences about topics related in some way to food, collected from people living in or around Grayson, Texas. It includes biographical information for each person and some of the stories include recipes. A cumulative index (volumes 1-6, 9, and 12) starts on page 103.
Date: 2012
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan, 1942- & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Partner: Austin College

1957 Travis County Rural Directory

Description: Directory and classified buyers guide for Travis County, Texas. Included is an alphabetical listing of the names of Travis County residents and business concerns, a listing of house numbers by road, an alphabetical listing of farms by type of farming done, and a classified advertisement section and buyers guide.
Date: 1957
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

1958 Travis County Rural Directory

Description: Directory and classified buyers guide for Travis County, Texas. Included is an alphabetical listing of the names of Travis County residents and business concerns, a listing of house numbers by road, an alphabetical listing of farms by type of farming done, and a classified advertisement section and buyers guide.
Date: 1958
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Postcard from The National Farm Loan Association of Bandera to Mr. Willie Agold, July 29, 1952]

Description: Postcard from Mr. W. R. Fletcher of The National Farm Loan Association of Bandera to Mr. Willie Agold, inviting him to come in and discuss a farm loan. The front of the postcard features a photograph a line of six mules pulling a plow through a field towards the camera. Behind the mules, a man sits on a seat on the plow.
Date: July 29, 1952
Creator: Fletcher, W. R.
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

Winnsboro, Texas: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Description: This book is a reproduction of the original 1952 publication, which is the only bound copy of the history of Winnsboro, Texas. It includes information about the original settlers, the general organization of the city, the railroad system, the original schools, churches and businesses in Winnsboro, as well as information about agriculture and farming.
Date: October 1, 2003
Creator: Suiter, Will D.
Partner: UNT Libraries

A B C of Truck Growing

Description: This bulletin outlines the methods and best practices of commercial truck farming in the state of Texas. It provides an A to Z list of various crops and detailed information on cultivating each one.
Date: September 1910
Creator: Dixon, Sam H.
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Vardeman Farmhouse]

Description: Framed photograph of the Vardeman farmhouse. The Vardeman family is sitting on the porch for a family portrait. Sitting right to left: Elijah Vardeman, Lewis Vardeman, Emma Della Vardeman, Eva Vardeman, Ethelleen, Vardeman, Lela Vardeman, Annie Vardeman, Kirksey Vardeman.
Date: 1910
Partner: Midwestern State University

A History Of Dickens County: Ranches and Rolling Plains

Description: This book discusses the history of Dickens County, Texas. The Table of Contents breaks the book into eight portions: The Beginnings, Education, Churches, Businesses, Ranches, Farming, Miscellaneous, Family Histories. An index to family histories is on the pages after the table of contents and before the first section.
Date: 1971
Creator: Arrington, Fred
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Greenwood Plantation Accounts: Appendix 1, Interleaved Material]

Description: Compiled appendix to the account journals documenting daily work, conditions, and other records for the Greenwood plantation in Montgomery County, Texas, near Danville. It contains "loose and formerly attached interleaved material, including correspondence, receipts, production reports, &c, keyed to the places in which they were found in the plantation books. In addition, a few relevant documents, including obituaries, have been included at the end" (title page).
Date: 2006~
Partner: Private Collection of Elsa Vorwerk
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